"There are two types of education. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live..."

--John Adams

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

March 23-27, 2k20

Welcome to Week 1 of #DigitalLearning!  I am treading easy on you this week so you can get acclimated to other assignments, expectations, etc...

Below is my Zoom Office Hours Schedule -- BOTH Classes will be recorded and uploaded to the blog if you miss something!




Feel free to continue to reach out via e-mail or IG if you have more Q's.  Be Good!

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When you are done with the President Research Paper, here is your 
first "assignment" of Digital Learning Week #1

Please watch the video podcast below about the Gilded Age and then begin reading the Gilded Age Doc... While reading through the Doc, answer the following Q's.


  1. Define gilded.  
  2. What was a massive problem facing the nation after the Civil War?
  3. What was some of the social cost of the Gilded Age?
  4. What percent of the nation lived below the poverty line in the Gilded Age?
  5. What is the difference between vertical and horizontal integration?
  6. What industries were the following men dominant in:  Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan
  7. How does the Johnstown Flood prove the nation was "gilded" Enjoy the flick
  8. Why do you think the nation was "gilded" during this age?
Johnstown Flood Flick!


Type the answers and e-mail them to me by Friday, March 27, by 4 pm EST.