Create a cause and effect diagram showing 3 causes of the great depression and 3 effects of those causes.
This is a open note quiz grade and will count as quiz points.
Stock Market Game
Using the attached document, you will be given $200 to invest in stocks from the 1920′s. Spend all of you money and plot their progress on the chart at the bottom of the page. If you have any questions, see me in class.
Story of Us – Boom
Go to the videos page and watch all 5 clips from the America: The Story of Us episode entitled Boom. As you are watching answer the following questions:
1. How did the U.S. change after huge amounts of oil were discovered in Texas in1901? Do you think this event still shapes our lives today?
2. Why did Los Angeles city leaders need to seek water sources outside the city? What do you think were the risks of bringing in water from beyond the city limits?
3. What was the “Great Migration” and when did it take place?
4. Why do you think there was so much tension and violence against African
Americans in urban areas in the 1910s and 1920s?
5. What were some of the reasons for and against Prohibition in the 1920s?
Despite the ban on alcohol, why do you think sales of liquor continued, and
what were some methods police used to stop it?
Treaty of Versailles
Open the attached document, read the directions, read through the outline of the outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles and answer the writing prompt at the end of the document.
Zimmerman Note
Google the Zimmerman Note and read some background information on this document. Then, open the document attached bellow, read the Zimmerman not and answer the 4 questions that follow.
Trench Warfare Letter
Imagine that you are fighting in WWI, in the trenches. Write a letter to a loved one (Mom, Dad, sibling, spouse, best friend) that details what a soldier must have been thinking in the trenches.
Think about: Fears, experiences, sights, sounds, smells
Must be at least 2/3 of a page no more than 1 page.
END OF SEMESTER!!!
I hope all of you enjoy your winter break… see you on January 9th.
JEOPARDY! Review Game
Here is the game that we played in class. Click the link below and it should open on your computer (you mush have PowerPoint though). Happy Studying!
SEMSTER 1 FINAL – Review Topics
Here is a review sheet that you can use a s a check list to tell if you are ready for the final. Go through the list and see if you can identify each person, place or thing and tell why it is significant. If this task is easy for you, you are good to go… if you struggle with some topics than you know what you need to go back and look up in your notes.
This is not an assignment just a way to help you prepare for the final exam. Please feel free to email me any questions that you might have (bfranz@yumaed.org) or talk to me before or after class.
Good Luck!!!
Story of Us – Heartland
For this episode go to the Videos page and watch all 5 clips that make of the whole video. As you are watching create 6 “Higher Level” questions that go along with the video.
A higher level question is one that causes you to think deeper than an answer of just one or two words. An example being: “How was the telegraph used in the Civil War and what was its impact on the outcome of the war?”
