Write a five-sentence paragraph on how the landscape of where you live shape your life.

Grapes of Wrath

Read chapters 1 - 4 of the book. 

Review for Quiz

Review all class materials about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl for quiz on Friday.

Surviving the Dust Bowl

 

 

1.  Write a 5-sentence paragraph to answers the question below.

 

If you had been part of one of these farm families during the 1903's, do you think you would have wanted to stay on your farm or leave?  why or why not?  What would you lose by leaving?  What would gain?

 

2.  Read chapter 1 of the Grapes of Wrath.

Primary Sources

Explore primary source documents from your family and write your history based on these documents.

Life During the Depression Era

 

 

After viewing the handout with the photographs, answer the questions below in full and complete sentences, and then write a 5-sentence paragraph on what life must have been like during the Great Depression. 

 

1. Briefly describe the pictures from the page.

 

2.  How do you feel when you look at these pictures?

 

3.  Look at the faces of the individuals, what do you think the person is feeling and why?

 

4.  What do your pictures show us about the depression era?

 

 



Wednesday, October 2, 2013

 

Write a 5-sentence paragraph describing "Black Tuesday" and its significance.  You might want to check the internet for more information on this topic.

Think about:

1.  What brought about this dark day in history.

2.  What was going on in the country at the time?

3.  What long term effect did it have on the economy and the people?

Homework 9/30/2012

Read the last two paragraphs of the text "What is the difference between fiction and non-fiction" and answer the questions below.

1.  What would render a non-fiction text to become outdated?

2.  In what other ways are non-fiction different from fiction texts?

3.  Write the titles for two fiction and two non-fiction books you have read.

September 27, 2013 Homework

Answer the questions below in full and complete sentences after watching the first 45 minutes of the documentary "Custer's Last Stand."

Which battle put Custer on the front page of Harper’s Weekly?

Why was he given the nickname “The Boy General?”

In what state is little Bighorn located

 

 

September 2013

Continuity and Change

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Video Project

Homework