PJ DAY!!!!!!
starting blog discussion today then continuing presentations
assigned blog for this week, we have two choices and we can do family tree and find out your family history or same as this week where you pick anything from chapters 5-9.
Kenzie: Susan B. Anthony
- her family was quaker which where they follow the inner light and very strict
- at an early age she had a strong sense of justice
- later in life she began teaching because her family was in debt
- she began talking at conferences
- wasnt allowed to speak because of her gender
Taylor F: John D. Rockfeller
- his first job was a book keeper at a library
- eventually partnered with his brother and started an oil company
- the company employed a huge number
Taylor L: immigrants
- came to america for better life and gold and to admire a lot of states
- came from all over the world
- had hard times when they came with all the questioning on ellis island
- there were restrictions that were put on immigrants
Sidney: John D. Rockfeller
- was the first us trust to start this
- his oil company was the biggest in the world
Jordan: Child Labor
- cildren worked in factories but didnt make much
- some orphans were used in factories
- the treatment was harsh
Shawn: John D. Rockfeller
- look to Taylor and Sidney
Chantel: invention of electricity
- started way back
- most people know edison invented the lightbulb but didnt invent electricity and how to have it move to different places like the lightswitch
- then a lot of other things started using electricity
Tony: Thomas Jefferson
- wrote the declaration of independence
- was the 3rd president of the US
- was the govenor of Virginia
- when he was elected in 1801one of his major acomplishments was the louisiana purchase
- was on the louis and clark expedition
Kendra: Jane Adams
- born into a wealthy family
- her mother died when she was two durring child birth and always looked up to her dad but he thought she was ugly sho she wouldnt walk with him in church so she wouldnt embarass him
- she wanted to be a docter but couldnt finish health school because of her medical problems so she started traveling the world
Zach: Wright Brothers
- in 1900 they began testing a series of gliders
- they tried to make it stay in the air more than a couple of seconds
Megan: George eastman
- the idea of the kodak camera came up when george got into photography
- it became a problem when you had to carry up to 100 pounds of equipment
- the name was just totally came up because they wanted a name that started and ended with a k
- the first kodack was $25 and film
- if you wanted the pictures developed you could send them
Ashton: Steam Engine
- thomas savery was the first to build one
- he built it so it would be more efficent
- was the first person to find out that steam would work
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