World War II

Ok, Back to the blog and sorry about the absence! We finished writing our practice DBQ and we're moving on to the Second World War. On Monday we began by dissecting the different dictatorships that arose in Europe in the 1920's and 1930. We also look at the aggression that the Empire of Japan displayed in China and southeast Asia.

Today we are looking at one of the worst attacks in American History. The surprise attach on Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands on December 7th 1941. after reviewing the events and problems the U.S. had with Japan we starting watching the film Pearl Harbor from the start of the attack. We will continue this tomorrow.

Homework: Complete Worksheet Ch.24 Sect 1 Quiz

FDR and the New Deal

Today in class we are looking at the new presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Elected by a huge majority, FDR promised "relief, reform and recovery" to the American people. Using Stick Figure Theater we are looking at FDR's first term.

Project Day #2

Some Places to Start:
America in the 1930's
Timeline of the 1930's
American Culture Timeline
Science and Inventions Timeline
Years of Dog Breeds Recognized by the AKC
Fads of the 1930's
Games Invented in the 1930s
Lots of Things from the 1930s
Many facts and dates in the 1930's!!!
America in the 30's

Mini Project Day #1

Today's Goal: Begin researching events in the 1930's to include in your timeline project. You may also decide on a specific theme of events (Sports, Music, Science, etc) and look for events in these categories.

Search Tips:

You may want to use combinations of these words

1930's
30's
Timeline
Great Depression
America, American,U.S., American History
(include your theme) Yankees, Movies, Inventions. etc

Ideas for Themes
Science and Technology
Favorite Sports Teams
Movies and Music
Inventions
World Events
Art and Literature

Some Places to Start:
America in the 1930's
Timeline of the 1930's
American Culture Timeline
Science and Inventions Timeline

We Will be in the Lab again tomorrow for more research....