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MVHS American History Class -- SS3 Welcome to American History Class. This site will be used to explore history, to access resources, and to develop online learning skills. **Links, Activities & Updates **

Trimester 2 -- 2015/16

February 29, 2016 -- The Great Depression 1929 Wall Street Market Crash -- Video (10:05) The Great Depression Intro. -- Video (3:37) and Article Dust Storms Strike America -- Video (3:00) Black Blizzard -- History Channel Video (3:00) Migrant Mother Photo -- History Channel Video (4:00) FDR's First Fireside Chat -- History Channel Video (2:00) The New Deal -- History Channel Video (3:00) FDR's New Deal -- History Channel Video (2:00) FDR and the Tennessee Valley Authority -- History Channel Video (2:00) FDR Creates the Social Security System -- History Channel Video (2:00) FDR: A Voice of Hope -- History Channel Video (5:00)

January 26, 2016 -- World War 1 Project
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Activity #1: __ **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: baseline;">America Enters the War Notes
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Read section in textbook and take notes using a handout guide.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Optional websites to use: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">All Quiet on the Western Front — Reading In a Nut Shell — shmoop.com <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Paul Baumer Character Analysis — shmoop.com
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Activity #2: __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: baseline;">All Quiet On the Western Front Video
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Watch Discovery School Video about “All Quiet on the Western Front
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Complete worksheet.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Activity #3 **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">: Weapons of WWI Crossword Puzzle
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Complete a crossword puzzle. There are three handouts needed: crossword, the clue sentences, and the reading packet about WWI weapons (the answers are there).

__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Activity #4 **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> In Flanders Fields Poem


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Read the packet that includes the poem and information about the author & poem.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Complete the worksheet using the packet.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Optional website to use: Prose & Poetry: The Making of the Poem (First World War.com)

__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Activity #5 **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">: WWI Photos
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Look at different photos taken during WWI of the battlefield, soldiers and other related things.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Complete worksheet using what you learned from the photos. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">[[file:WWI Photos Questions.docx]]


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Activity #6: __**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: baseline;">Wilson Struggles for Peace Questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Read section in textbook and answer questions on a handout.

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">January 20, 2016 -- World War 1

__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Start of the War **__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Frightful First World War -- Video (2:38)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Why did WWI start? -- Video (2:20)

__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Fighting the War **__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">World of Trenches - Role of Non-White Colonial Soldiers - WW1 Uncut - BBC (6:31)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Surviving the U-Boats - WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (8:41)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Why Trenches? WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (7:49)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Escaping the Trenches. WWI Uncut: Dan Snow BBC -- Video (7:45)

__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">United States Joins the War **__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Crash Course American History #30: America in World War I -- Video (13:39)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">The U.S. in World War I - History Channel Video (4:00)

__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">End of the War & Peace Treaty **__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">The Treaty of Versailles in 1918 and its Consequences -- YouTube slideshow (8:34)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I -- History Channel Video (2:00)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Did WWI Lead to WWII? - History Channel Video (3:00)

__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Misc. **__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">World War 1 (In One Take) -- History Bomb Video (6:11)

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">December 9, 2015 -- Muckrakers
 * View of Industrial America -- Video YouTube (7:14)
 * A Dream Deferred -- Video YouTube (start at 13:45 - 16:46) -- Covers a little bit about Ida B. Wells & More (21:47-24:00) & More (27:11)
 * Upton Sinclair's The Jungle -- School Tube Video (5:54)
 * Great Books The Jungle -- Video (25:00)
 * Jacob Riis Clip -- YouTube (9:44)
 * Boss Tweed & Thomas Nast -- YouTube (9:17)

Progressive Era Presidents

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #030415; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Why Study History?

What is History For?

Why We Need Geography

<span style="background-color: #eaf0ea; color: #1e249c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px;">November 16, 2015 -- The Great Depression <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1929 Wall Street Market Crash -- Video (10:05) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Great Depression Intro. -- Video (3:37) and Article <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dust Storms Strike America -- Video (3:00) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Black Blizzard -- History Channel Video (3:00) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Migrant Mother Photo -- History Channel Video (4:00) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR's First Fireside Chat -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The New Deal -- History Channel Video (3:00) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR's New Deal -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR and the Tennessee Valley Authority -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR Creates the Social Security System -- History Channel Video (2:00) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">FDR: A Voice of Hope -- History Channel Video (5:00)

The 1920s -- "Let's Misbehave!"
 * <span style="color: #800e35; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19.5px;">November 3, 2015 -- Jazz Influence & The Great Gatsby **

It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra (1932) Fergie - A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) ft. Q-Tip, GoonRock
 * __Song #1__**:

#1 Charleston. Four versions TOP 40 CHARLESTON SONGS of the 1920s. Cotton Club Dancers Bust Some Moves Cab Calloway's Hi De Ho -- YouTube will.i.am - Bang Bang (Official Video)
 * __Song #2:__**

The Great Gatsby Sneak Peek - A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (2013) - Leonardo DiCaprio Movie HD -- Movie Trailer Epic Party - The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby - The First Time We See Gatsby Scene -- YouTube (:45)
 * __The Party Scene:__**

__**Extras:**__ The Great Gatsby -- Great Music is Timeless Featurette -- YouTube (4:42) The Great Gatsby -- Gatsby Revealed Pt 1 -- YouTube (7:09) The Great Gatsby - The Greatness of Gatsby -- YouTube (9:11)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Great Books Video - All Quiet on the Western Front YouTube (24:39)
 * <span style="color: #800e35; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19.5px;">October 26, 2015 -- World War I Project **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sainsbury's OFFICIAL Christmas 2014 Ad - YouTube (3:40)


 * <span style="color: #800e35; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19.5px;">October 1, 2015 -- President Teddy Roosevelt **
 * 8of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- America at a new century & Governor Roosevelt
 * 14of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- Trusts; Northern Securities Company
 * 16of22 -- TR: An American Lion (start at @6:38): YouTube Video -- Conservation & Preservation
 * 13of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- Race & Booker T. Washington
 * 19of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- African & European Trip; Taft as President; Challenge to Taft
 * 20of22 -- TR: An American Lion: YouTube Video -- 1912 Election Campaign; Trip to Brazil; WWI starts

#26 Theodore Roosevelt Video -- YouTube (14:41)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">1912 US Election Campaign Speech Audio - Theodore Roosevelt 9 of 9 -- YouTube (4:08)

Crash Course History - Women's Suffrage Suffragette Official Trailer #1 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Suffragette UK Trailer <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">School House Rock - Suffrin' Till Suffrage <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Iron Jawed Angles Trailer -- HBO film
 * <span style="color: #800e35; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19.5px;">September 25, 2015 -- Muckrakers **

End Women's Suffrage Prank

**<span style="color: #800e35; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19.5px;">September 15, 2015 -- Muckrakers **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Overall Information **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Progressive Era: The Muckrakers -- (3:53) MrVEducation Channel -- YouTube Video


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ida Tarbell **


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ida Tarbell:PBS The Rockefellers -- A biography on Ida Tarbell
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ida Tarbell:PBS The Rockefellers -- Primary Resource: Excerpts from The History of the Standard Oil Company
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ida Tarbell: Erie Hall of Fame -- (3:04) No Man More Dangerous - YouTube Video


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ida B. Wells **


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ida B. Wells Undaunted and the Southern Press -- (5:38) Podcast/YouTube Video
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ida B Wells -- BioChannel: Biography & Video links


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Jane Addams **


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Jane Addams -- BioChannel: Biography
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Jane Addams of Hull House -- Junior Scholastics biography
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Life and Work of Jane Addams -- (5:49) YouTube Video


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Thomas Nast **


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Boss Tweed - Thomas Nast -- (9:17) Excerpt from a 1999 documentary about NYC
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Thomas Nast Biography -- Reading


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Lewis Hine **


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Photographs of Lewis Hine -- The History Place: Child Labor in America
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Lewis Hine: The child labour photos that shamed America. -- BBC article & video
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Lewis Hine -- Biography & Photos

<span style="color: #0e0105; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">By 1900, the country was changing in many ways. The Industrial Revolution moved the U.S. from an agricultural based economy to an industrial (mass production of goods) economy. This brought with it many improvements and benefits for society but also there were many growing problems as well.
 * <span style="color: #800e35; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19.5px;">September 14, 2015 -- Industrialization & Robber Barons **

<span style="color: #0e0105; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Watch the following videos: The Industrial Revolution -- History Channel (3:00) The Men Who Built America: Monopoly -- History Channel (3:00) Homestead Strike -- History Channel (5:00) Robber Barons and the Industrial Age -- YouTube (8:39)

Robber Arons Sing Pharrell's "Happy" -- YouTube (3:45)


 * <span style="color: #800e35; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19.5px;">September 11, 2015 -- 9/11 **