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Weeks of April 24- May 12

Week of May 8-12

Mondy-

  • Watched girl rising documentary

Tuesday-

  • Brown and Plessy case

  • Congress overrode President Andrew Johnson veto of bill with a nearly unanimous vote from the Republicans

  • Act declares people born in the US are officially citizens, reg

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Week of May 15-19

Monday

Countries Over the Centuries Presentations 

Germany

  • 15th Century
    • Martin Luther
      • 1400-1500s
      • Very smart: reading, writing, Latin, arithmetic, astronomy, geometry, and philosophy
      • His dad wanted him to be a lawyer
      • He was caught in a violent thunderstorm
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May 15th-22nd

Monday-1970's. Singers-queen, Beatles, Kiss, the beach boys, Led Zeppelin. Famous songs-American pie, T.N.T, Bohemian Rhapsody. Movies-Star wars, Rocky, Monty Python the holy grail, jaws, blazing saddles, Grease. Famous people- Clint Eastwood, Burt R

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Week of May 15th-19th

Monday- 1970's project: Singers- Queen, Beatles, AC-DC, kiss, the beach boys, led zeppelin. America pie by don McLean, T.N.T. AC/DC, rock and roll all nite, bohemian rhapsody, i will survive, stairway to heaven. movies of the 1970's: star wars, rocky

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15-19th of May

Monday- 70's presentation (my group) Starting the 80's presentation

Link

Tuesday- Continuing with 80's presentation

Wednesday- 90's presentation

Thursday- 2000's presentation

Friday

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Week of May 15-19/Monday 22

Monday - Presented Project

Tuesday - Took Quiz over East Africa, Continued Presentations - Pollution

Definition - to make something foul or unclean, with chemicals, to make it dirty

Water - contamination of water bodies - save them by not disposing wast

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Week of May 15-19

Monday- 

  1. Video Games
    1. Space war
    2. Space Travel
  2. Women's Fashion
    1. Early- Jackie Kennedy
      1. Well Fitted Dress
      2. Jacket with one button
      3. Low heeled shoes
      4. Simplistic
      5. Chunky Jewelry 
      6. Hats
    2. Mid-Late
      1. Graveyard Look
      2. Bright, Pastel Patterns
      3. Pointy shoes
      4. color tights
      5. simplistic yet chic
      6. Hi
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Week of May 15-19

Monday: presentation notes

1960's presentation continued 

Video Games

  1. Spacewar (1962)
  2. Space Travel (1969)

Sports

  1. Football
    1. Most famous team was the Green Bay Packers
      1. They won 2 super bowls
  2. Basketball
    1. Boston Celtics was most popular
    2. Won 9 out of 10 championships
  3. B
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Week of May 8 - May 12

Music - Elvis Presley was the most popular artist.

New cars were about $1,500 and the cost for college was about $600. Average income was $3,216. 

McCarthy communist witch hunt, Churchill elected back into office, Polio vaccine, DNA structure discovere

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Week of April 3 - April 7

Allies - Great Britain, France, China, United States, Soviet Union. 

Treaty of Versailles - United States did not sign the treaty. Wilson (democrat - wanted to join the League of Nations) vs. Congress (republican - did not want to join the League of N

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Week of April 10 - April 14

Hunter-Killer Convoy Groups - They would form around escort aircraft carriers that would provide air assistance to the convoy. They would try to sink the U-Boats. Corvettes, Destroyers, Destroyer Escorts, Frigates, and Cutters. 

Depth Charges - It wou

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Week of April 17 - April 21

Causes of WWII - (Europe) Treaty of Versailles, The Great Depression, Hitler's actions in the 1930's, Mussolini's actions in the 1930's, Failure of the League of Nations, Policy of Appeasement, Hitler's invasion of Poland, Rise of Nationalism. 

Causes

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Week of May 1 - May 5

United States vs. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. A political, strategic and ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1945-1990. Spread throughout the world-Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Bolshevik Revolu

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May 8th to the 12th

Monday - 

work day 

Tuesday- 

1950s present(Sent us their powerpoint so didn't take notes) 

Wednesday - No school 

Thursday - 

work day 

Friday- 

1970's went(Sent us their powerpoint) 

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Week of May 8th-12th

Monday: We watched Girl Rising

Tuesday: Took the Western Africa group quiz, and continued presentations

Racism:

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    • Established segregation of public schools

    • Unconstitutional origin of the Civil Rights movement

  • Civil Rights Act of 1

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