The follwoing questions will be on the next test:1. What was President Bush doing when he heard of the attacks?Reading to kids at a school in Florida.2. According to President Bush, what is the first thing a leader needs to do for the country in times of crisis?Remain calm.3. Why did the Secret Service refuse to allow President Bush to go back to Washington D.C. right away?They were afraid they would be under attack.4. What did the US government/military do to to ensure another attack did not occur?They ordered all of the other planes to land. Told the air force to shoot down any plane that did not go down. All the airports were closed.5. Why was President Bush sent to Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha?It was the safest place to go. It was in the heartland of the country.6. Why did President Bush eventually insist on going back to Washington D.C. later that day against the will of the Secret Service?Wanted to be in the white house when he gave the speech, because he didn't want the people to think that the enemy had a tiny victory.7. What was the point of President Bush's message to the nation on the evening of 9-11?We are going to bring the people that did this to justice.8. Why did President Bush decide not to blame the CIA/FBI for not doing there job?He didn't want to point fingers he just wanted to move forward.9. How did President Bush feel when he heard that Osama bin Laden had been killed?He felt the sense of closure. He felt gratitude towards Obama and the people that did this. Justice had been served.1. Be sure to personalize your website--change your profile picture and background color.2. Be sure to do your forum posts. Try to do at least five per week(Fifteen every three weeks).3. Be sure to take notes in your daily blogs.4. Be sure to do your assigned blog and be sure to actually research the required topic(s).5. Tips for better assigned blogs:a. Expand your length. Many blogs are just too brief that don't hit everything they need to.b. Be sure to have at least two pictures or one video.c. Be sure to actually embed your pictures into your blog. Learn how to do this.d. Be sure to break your info up into shorter paragraphs.e. Be sure to add your personal thoughts/opinions.f. Be sure to summarize info into your own words. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE!g. Be sure to have at least two sources and hyperlink them please.6. Be sure to check your blog comments as well as your comment wall on your website.Mr. Bruns introduced the chapter 5-9 project:Over the course of the next week, students will be researching specific chapters/sections from Ch. 5, 6, 7, and 8. Your ultimate goal is to present to the class the most important information from your chapter/section using Powerpoint, Prezi or Google Docs.Your first duty will be to look through your section/chapter and pick out the most important information that you should include in your presentation. This is a very important skill that many students struggle with.Once you figure out the main topics you want to present on, you must then research those topics and put together your presentation.You will have the remainder of the week to work on this project.Ch. 5-Changes on the Western FrontierSection 1: Cultures Clash on the Great PlainsSection 2: Settling on the Great PlainsSection 3: Farmers and the Populist MovementCh. 6-A New Industrial AgeSection 1: The Expansion on IndustrySection 2: The Age of the RailroadsSection 3: Big Business and Labor UnionsCh. 7-Immigrants and UrbanizationSection 1: The New ImmigrantsSection 2: The Challenges of UrbanizationSection 3: Politics in the Guilded AgeCh. 8-Life at the Turn of the CenturySection 1: Science and Urban LifeSection 2: Expanding Public EducationSection 3: Segregation and DiscriminationSection 4: The Dawn of Mass CultureCh. 9-The Progressive EraSection 1: The Origins of ProgressivismSection 2: Women in Public LifeSection 3: Teddy Roosevelt's Square DealSection 4: Progressivism under TaftSection 5: Wilson's New Freedom
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