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Wednesday, Sept 12th

Why did immigrants come to the US? Immigrants all came to the US for different reasons. Some of them came for jobs, to get away from difficult ways of living, and some only planned to come for a short period of time in order to make money and then pl

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Wednesday September 12th

This is what I did.

Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?

A- Nearly 20 million people arrived in the U.S. between 1870  and 1920. Early on Many people were attracted by the Gold Rush. Many Chinese cam over to work on the r

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Wednessday September 12, 2012

This is day #2 of working on our presentation. 

  It started in 1850 to 1940's. There then became a policy. the policy was established by a group called the machine. Earlier there was a way that the presentent got to make the job decisions. The people

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September 12, 2012

More women became teachers during the late 1800s
JohMore women became teachers during the late 1800s
John Dewey helped reform the focus to the students at school
They went from a laid back world to advanced one
In the late 1800s there was a lot of invent

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9/12/2012

During the Reconstruction Era Africans were supposed to be treated equally but they still weren't. They still had less rights than whites even after the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments which were made to help give them equal rights.

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Wednesday September 12, 2012

This is how I contributed to my group today!

  • The ground was hard and dry which made it hard to grow crops.
  • Wind would blow the seeds away
  • The solution of this was the invention of the sod buster and the industrial plow
    • There was a drought
    • Only about 13 cm
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9/12/12 U.S. History Project

This is the 3rd work day in class to work.  Tomorrow will be another work day.  I will decide tomorrow how much more work time that I will allow in class.  The rubric is posted on yesterday blog post. 

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9/12/12 World HIstory Presentations

Today, the students starting presenting their projects in class.  This will continue throughout the rest of the week.  Most of the presentations were very well done.  Keep up the good work class!

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wednesday, Septemder 12,2012

Athenian Religion              

Monotheism or Polytheism

  • Are polytheistic
  • Believe in more than one god

Gods of the Greeks in Athens

  • Zeus—god and ruler on sky
    • Was the ruler of the sky, thunder and lighting
    • Athena broke out of his skull
    • Ate his pregnant wife t
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9-12

Athens

  • Government
    • Limited democracy
      • Included rich and poor
      • People could speak their minds
  • Influenced our gov in different ways
    • People directly voted on thingws
    • We are different, representative gov
    • Gave citzens roles
  • Gov before democracy
    • Aristocracy
    • Rule by nobi
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Wednesday September 12 2012

Notes:

Art and Architecture in Athens: Phidias- Parthenon, Zeus, and Athens and Erechtheion, Polyclitus- athletes.

Key Building: Parthenon, Theater of Dionysus, Odeon of Herodes, Atticus. Temple of Zeus, Temple of Athena and Erechtheion.

Purpose of buil

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