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Tuesday, October 6

Posted by 3Michyla on October 11, 2009 at 9:19pm

Today in class I learned that the settlers goals were to change 400 acres of land, it took 250 years. In 1850-1871 the government gave them land to build railroads. People wanted to be closer to the railroads. They would charge the farmers high price

Assigned blog- Battle of Wounded Knee

Posted by 5Amanda on October 11, 2009 at 9:16pm

The Souix were suffering poverty and diseases. So they turned to a Paiute prophet, who promised that if the Souix performed the Ritual "Ghost Dance" their land would be restored. The Ghost movement spread rapidly amoung the 25,000 Soiux on the Dakota

10/6/09. 5-1 con't. & 5-2

Posted by 5Shelbie on October 11, 2009 at 9:07pm

5-1Today Rachel finished her presentation. Cowboys were based off of vaqueros. Cowboys learned a lot from Mexico. Worked 10-14 hours a day. The age of cowboys ranged from 15 to 40 years old. Basically cowboys drove cattle everywhere. Because buffalo

Failed States

Posted by 5Lauren on October 11, 2009 at 9:02pm

A failed state is when a country feels deserted. It begins after a fatal event, such as a civil war, natural disaster, or brutal takeover. They say it's just like cancer eating away at a country. They are not only a danger to themselves but a threat

Its Friday! October 9, 2009

Posted by 4Drea on October 11, 2009 at 8:59pm

The uber topic for today was how Obama won the Noble Peace prize. Some people are like, "Why, what has he done, he ain't done nothin'" And some people are like, "GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!" I dunno, I can see where both sides a

Thursday October 8, 2009

Posted by 4Drea on October 11, 2009 at 8:52pm

Today was the assigned blog topic of Iran and Iraq that's been pushed off for forever. 'Cause of the debate thing. Which I clearly missed out on because of the whole wisdom teeth/vicadin foolishness. Really depressed about that. We talked about the U

Shattered Somalia

Posted by 2courtneyb on October 11, 2009 at 8:48pm

A failed state is a weak government who can not control their area that they live in. The government can’t provide basic services to its people. An example of basic services would be water, sanitation, and things you need in daily life. They can’t co

Wednesday October 7, 2009

Posted by 4Drea on October 11, 2009 at 8:40pm

Well... Bruns was gone, taking care of his daughter, who may have swine flu. The swine flu is definatetly hitting Harlan now, but no ones died yet. In fact one of my mom's co-workers son had it and the little squirt wasn't all that bothered by it....

Week 8 Assign

Posted by 4Drea on October 11, 2009 at 8:30pm

Now, if I wanted to be a smart mouth I could say that a failed state is a state of failure and that it happens when you lose. I won't though say that though because I don't feel like it...The term 'failed state' is a very broad label. It doesn't part

-John D. Rockefeller-

Posted by 5megan on October 11, 2009 at 8:20pm

John was the second oldest and there were six kids. He was born in Richford, New York on July 8, 1839. John had to do the normal chores of anybody. He earned money by selling things like potatoes and candy. John’s father was gone a lot, but that didn

Andrew Carnegie

Posted by 4erin on October 11, 2009 at 7:44pm

Andrew Carnegie was born on Novemer 23, 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland. He was born to a poor family. They lived in a house with only one main room, it was the typical weaver's cottage. The only room in their home was shared with the neighboring famil

10/9/09

Posted by 5megan on October 11, 2009 at 7:25pm

Chelsea finished her presentationProblems with the Railroads--The problems with the railroads were that the farms wanted credit to buy seed and supplies. The farmers just said that they were going to run a credit cycle and just go and get the seed.Th

10/8/09

Posted by 5megan on October 11, 2009 at 7:25pm

Ashley continued on her slideshow.Revised Homestead Act-In 1889 the government "revised" the homestead act. There was a major land give away near what is now called Oklahoma. After a few days there was over 2 million acres that were given away.A lot

10/7/09

Posted by 5megan on October 11, 2009 at 7:24pm

Today Mr.Bruns was gone so it was a working day. I finished my slideshow and added pictures to it. That is what I did for most of the class period. Then I read some of chapter five to see if I wanted to do my blog on anything in that chapter.Well I d

8.2 William Torrey Harris

Posted by 3Breann on October 11, 2009 at 6:30pm

William Torrey Harris was born on the 10th of September, 1835 in North Killingly, Connecticut. He started the first permanent public kindergarten in St. Louis. His ideas for a better education system is like what we have today, high school should be

Working Conditions during the Industrial Revolution

Posted by 3AustinE on October 11, 2009 at 6:20pm

Today life in factories and businesses is pretty pleasant and not very dangerous at all. This is because of a few laws that they didn’t have back in the time of the Industrial Revolution. Working conditions in this time were the opposite of today.Peo

Failed state and two articles

Posted by 3Madison on October 11, 2009 at 6:19pm

To not make the needs of the country, and the things that the country’s government supplies for them is called a failed state. The Fund for Peace gave four main things that a state falls into, if it is a failed state. The first one is “Loss of physic

9-30-09

Posted by 3BrandonJames on October 11, 2009 at 6:09pm

Yet another work day and Bruns was gone at a tennis meetign or somethign so we had Mrs. Vis and I started on my powerpoint.

A Failed State

Posted by Brie on October 11, 2009 at 6:00pm

Wikipedia says, "The term failed state is often describe used by political commentators and journalists to describe a state perceived as having failed at some of the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government. The following attri

John Deere

Posted by 4Nathan on October 11, 2009 at 6:00pm

John Deere was born on February 7, 1804 in Rutland Vermont. Later he moved to Decatur, Illinois and invented the steel plow. The steel plow that John Deere invented was the first steel plow that was actually "successful" at plowing up the hard prairi

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Tuesday, October 6

Assigned blog- Battle of Wounded Knee

10/6/09. 5-1 con't. & 5-2

Failed States

Its Friday! October 9, 2009

Thursday October 8, 2009

Shattered Somalia

Wednesday October 7, 2009

Week 8 Assign

-John D. Rockefeller-

Andrew Carnegie

10/9/09

10/8/09

10/7/09

8.2 William Torrey Harris

Working Conditions during the Industrial Revolution

Failed state and two articles

9-30-09

A Failed State

John Deere

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