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Week of Sept. 22-26

Monday- Worked on map and talked about middle

Tuesday- Worked on middle east doc

Wednesday- Still working on middle east doc

Thursday- Took a break from middle east and started talking sexism, and how this is happening in India.

  • Women thought that it was

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Weekly Blog Post: September 29th- October 3rd

Monday- We discussed forum post topics. Then we continued with Chapter 8 presentations. After Mr. Bruns went over his presentation.

Voting Restrictions-

Poll Tax was an annual tax people had to pay in order to vote

  • If someone could not pay the Poll Tax
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Sept. 22-26

Monday -

tuesday - sick

Wednesday - sick 

Thursday - discussion about sexism

Friday - chapter 8 presented

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Week 22-26

Monday- presented chapter seven section 2- didn't finish

Tuesday- finishing section 2 then section three -an organize group that controlled the activities of political party, tweed ring- a group that work for boss tweed. politicians wanted more power

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Week of September/October 29-3

9/29 Monday - Went over forum posts, studied map tests

9/30 Tuesday - Took map tests

10/1 Wednesday - Took more notes on key questions. We discussed how guys typically get paid better than girls even if they aren't doing well in school and we are still

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22/26

22/26 Chapter 7 presentations:

Ch. 7.1:

 

Why did immigrants come to the US? they wanted to escape religous persecution. better life, escape rising population in home country. farming

Where did immigrants come from?    japan, china, mexico, germany, euro

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15/19

15,16,17- Chapter 6 presetnations

Ch. 6.1:

-What caused the Industrial revolution to really take off in the late 1800's?Support from the government for business, growing urban population, wealth of natural resources, technological improvements, roads,

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8-12

8- We Finished our powerpoint, and prepared for the quiz over the section we are covering. My section is 8-2

9- Took our quizzes over the section we have.

10,11,12- Chapter 5 presentations.

Ch. 5.1:

 

-Describe Native American culture. Men hunted, were wa

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22-26

Ch. 7-1

mine                    

Ch. 7-2

Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800s and early 19000s?

Cities were the cheapest and most convenient place to live. They also offered unskilled laborers jobs in mills and factories. Lots of farmers move

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Week of 22-26

Monday: 

Ch. 7.2

Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?           Natural and economic disasters, unskilled labors were offered jobs in mills and factories, very hard to make living back then, immigrants

What problems di

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week of sept. 22-26

Ch. 8.1:

-What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems? In 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was built in NY and help transportation. 


Ch. 8.2:

-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's? more people went to school

Ch. 8.3:

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Week of September 22nd 0 26th

Monday 22nd-  Jane adams co-founded a settlement house.

Tuesday 23rd- Cities were the cheapest and most convenient place to live. they also offered unskilled laborers jobs in mills and factories. Immigrants faced housing, transportation, water, sanita

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Weekly Blog Post: September 21th-26th

Monday/ Tuesday- We had internet troubles, so we had to talk about current world issues until about the end of class. The next day we continued with chapter 7’s presentation

Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s-

  • Cities wer
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Week of September 22-26

Monday: My group presented.

Tuesday: We continued presenting

Guilded: painted or covered in gold. (Corruption) 


Ch. 7.3

What was the political machine and what did they do for a city? An organized group that controlled the activities of a political pa

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Week of September 22nd-26th

Monday-

Section 7-2: Why did cities grow so quickly in 1800’s and early 1900’s? Schools taught children how to live, skills like reading, cleaning, cooking, and dressing. Urban problems consisted of poor living conditions, pollution, running water pro

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Week of 22-26

Ch. 7.1:

 

Why did immigrants come to the US? they wanted to escape religous persecution. better life, escape rising population in home country. farming

Where did immigrants come from?    japan, china, mexico, germany, europe, asia, scandinavia, west in

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Week of 22-26

Monday: Went over world notes on countries and key questions

Tuesday: Took class quiz over the Carribean

Wednesday: Kept working on notes and key questions 

Thursday: Went over the history of sexism and segregation of women

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Week of September 22-26

Monday:

Tuesday: Took the class test watched a video  

Wednesday: Watched a video about Obama

Thursday: Talked about sexism and how men are more superior

Friday: HOMCOMING FRIDAY

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family history

I am doing my dad’s side of the family. My great grandpa originated from Mexico and had been there since the late 1800s. He and his family had worked out in the cotton field picking cotton. They had been working out in the cotton field since they wer

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Week of September 22-26

Monday: Went over world notes on countries and key questions

Tuesday: Took class quiz over the Carribean

Wednesday: Kept working on notes and key questions 

Thursday: Went over herstory and sexism

Friday: US and Iraq notes 

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