I apologize for missing the posts the past two evenings. There is no homework for the weekend, so enjoy!
Go Saints!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
7th Grade Study Guide
Jeffersonian America Test
Format
10 – True / False
10 – Matching
10 – Multiple Choice
1 – Essay
Key Terms and People
Thomas Jefferson
Agrarianism
Jefferson’s goals in office
Marbury v. Madison
Louisiana Purchase
Cost?
Why?
Lewis and Clark
Sacajawea
War of 1812
Impressments
Embargo
Chesapeake Incident
Napoleon
Invade Canada? Why?
Tecumseh
William Henry Harrison
Battle of Tippecanoe
“Free Trade and Sailor’s Right!”
Andrew Jackson
Battle of New Orleans
Burning of Washington D.C.
Dolley Madison
Ft. McHenry
Francis Scott Key
“Star Spangled Banner”
War Hawks
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Old Ironsides
Treaty of Ghent
How many Americans lost their lives?
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
5th Grade Study Guide
Resources:
- Notes (Play, Reading, Class)
- Louisiana Purchase Map
- Causes of the War of 1812 Worksheet
Topics:
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
War of 1812
Era of Good Feelings
Louisiana Purchase (Play Notes)
- Cost
- Who did we buy it from?
- Who was president?
- Who else had controlled the territory?
- How much land?
Lewis and Clark (Notes)
- What was their mission?
- How long did it take?
- How many people were there?
- How did they travel?
- What was Sacagawea’s role?
War of 1812 (Reading Notes)
- Causes (Reading Notes)
- Embargo Act
- What was the war like on water?
- What was the role of Native Americans
around the Great Lakes?
- Why did the British burn DC?
- Why did the British attack Baltimore?
- “Star-Spangled Banner”
- Battle of New Orleans
“Era of Good Feelings”
- Why was it called this?
- What was the one political party?
- Seminole Wars
Key Terms and People
- First 4 Presidents
- Washington
- Adams
- Jefferson
- Madison
- Napoleon
- Orders of Council
- Embargo Act
- Dolley Madison
- Tecumseh
- William Henry Harrison
- Touissant Charbonneau
- Pompy
- Missouri River
- John Jay
- Francis Scott Key
- War Hawks
- Henry Clay
- “Old Ironsides”
- Democratic Republicans
- Monroe Doctrine
- Adams-Onis Treaty
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
8th Grade Study Guide
Great Depression / New Deal Test
Material covered in Notes
- “After the War”
- “The Great Depression”
- “The New Deal”
Format
10 – True / False
10 – Matching
10 – Multiple Choice
1 – Essay
Key Terms and Themes
Red Summer of 1919
Hoovervilles
Walker Evans
Dorothea Lange
Eleanor Roosevelt
Popular Opinion of the New Deal
Huey Long
“Every Man A King”
Beginning of World War II
Repeal of the 18th Amendment (Why? When?)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Federal Music Project (FMP)
Birth of a Nation
Xenophobia
Dust Bowl
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Langston Hughes
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
Irving Berlin
Causes of the Great Depression
Woody Guthrie
This Machine Kills Fascists
“This Land is Your Land”
What made the Second New Deal different?
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
Joad Family
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Social Security Act
What percentage of the population was unemployed?
How did the Federal government grow in size?
How did people feel about FDR? His power?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
WPA Project
The Federal Works Program was one of the major components of Roosevelt’s New Deal. Putting millions of people to work provided for their well-being, but it also produced the infrastructure and cultural institutions that would last far beyond the lives of any government program or even the lives of the individuals involved.
The Works Progress Administration was the largest of the New Deal programs and provided jobs for millions of Americans, employing people to do jobs similar to those they did before the Depression. Builders built. Writers wrote. Photographers took pictures. Musicians played music. Visual artists were involved in the promotion of it all.
There has never been a time in American history before or since, where the federal government provided so much support for both the physical infrastructure and cultural institutions of the nation. Because we cannot build buildings or bridges, your assignment will be in the foray of the art of the New Deal.
The Works Progress Administration was the largest of the New Deal programs and provided jobs for millions of Americans, employing people to do jobs similar to those they did before the Depression. Builders built. Writers wrote. Photographers took pictures. Musicians played music. Visual artists were involved in the promotion of it all.
There has never been a time in American history before or since, where the federal government provided so much support for both the physical infrastructure and cultural institutions of the nation. Because we cannot build buildings or bridges, your assignment will be in the foray of the art of the New Deal.
Assignment – You are to produce a poster, photograph, or interview as if you were working for the WPA in the New Deal Era. Whether poster, photograph, or interview, each project should look authentic in its design.
Written Work – Each project is required to have two TYPED paragraphs attached, in which you describe what you are either documenting or advertising and why you chose to represent it in such a way.
Resources for Research –
New Deal/WPA Art in South Carolina
http://www.wpamurals.com/scarolin.htm
WPA Life Histories from South Carolina
http://memory.loc.gov/wpaintro/sccat.html
WPA Posters
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/wpahome.html
Project Choices – Be sure to research your particular medium so that you can make your project look as authentic as possible.
WPA Poster – Your poster must look like a poster from the New Deal era and must advertise a New Deal program. Be sure to include a WPA logo of your own design, plus any relevant material for describing your chosen program. Keep in mind these posters were not “busy” with details. Try to make them colorful in the same ways the actual posters were. Google “WPA Posters” to get an idea of what might be expected of you.
Drawn Photo – Photographers were paid to document the era. They chose to take pictures of people working, of the poverty characteristic of the era, or of the physical landscape of homes and cities. You can draw a photo of your own creation that depicts these same things from the New Deal era. Google “Walker Evans” and “Dorothea Lange” to get an idea of what might be expected of you.
Photo Essay – If you choose to take actual photos you must have 3 to 5 photos, with one paragraph describing each. These can be fictional representations of the Great Depression that you might find in the world around you, or you may document the current recession in the same way. Google “Walker Evans” and “Dorothea Lange” to get an idea of what might be expected of you.
WPA Interview – If you choose to do a mock interview, you must pick one perspective from the era that interests you. Come up with questions that might be appropriate to ask a person speaking from that perspective, and write sample answers that you think they might have given. Google “WPA Slave Narratives” for an idea of what might be expected of you.
How You Will Be Graded –
| | Points Total | “I think…” | Grade |
| Information – Message of project is clear and suitable for the era. Student displays a depth of understanding of the artwork of the era and New Deal programs. | 40 | | |
| Design – Project uses colors, styles, or formats indicative of the New Deal era. This project could have been produced in 1937 rather than 2009. | 30 | | |
| Use of Time In Class – During all class time provided, you are to be working on your project – research, design, implementation, or discussion. | 10 | | |
| Written Work – Two TYPED paragraphs describing what you are either advertising or documenting and why you chose to represent it in such a way | 20 | | |
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