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.
Complete a crossword puzzle. There are three handouts needed: crossword, the clue sentences, and the reading packet about WWI weapons (the answers are there).
Activity #4: In Flanders Fields Poem
Read the packet that includes the poem and information about the author & poem.
September 14, 2015 -- Industrialization & Robber Barons 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.
Welcome to American History Class. This site will be used to explore history, to access resources, and to develop online learning skills.
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
Activity #1:America Enters the War Notes
Activity #2:All Quiet On the Western Front Video
Optional websites to use:
All Quiet on the Western Front — Reading In a Nut Shell — shmoop.com
Paul Baumer Character Analysis — shmoop.com
Activity #3: Weapons of WWI Crossword Puzzle
Activity #4: In Flanders Fields Poem
Optional website to use: Prose & Poetry: The Making of the Poem (First World War.com)
Activity #5: WWI Photos
Activity #6:Wilson Struggles for Peace Questions
January 20, 2016 -- World War 1
Start of the War
Fighting the War
United States Joins the War
End of the War & Peace Treaty
Misc.
December 9, 2015 -- Muckrakers
Progressive Era Presidents
Why Study History?
What is History For?
Why We Need Geography
November 16, 2015 -- 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)
November 3, 2015 -- Jazz Influence & The Great Gatsby
The 1920s -- "Let's Misbehave!"
Song #1:
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 #2:
#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)
The Party Scene:
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)
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)
October 26, 2015 -- World War I Project
Great Books Video - All Quiet on the Western Front YouTube (24:39)
Sainsbury's OFFICIAL Christmas 2014 Ad - YouTube (3:40)
October 1, 2015 -- President Teddy Roosevelt
#26 Theodore Roosevelt Video -- YouTube (14:41)
1912 US Election Campaign Speech Audio - Theodore Roosevelt 9 of 9 -- YouTube (4:08)
September 25, 2015 -- Muckrakers
Crash Course History - Women's Suffrage
Suffragette Official Trailer #1
Suffragette UK Trailer
School House Rock - Suffrin' Till Suffrage
Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage
Iron Jawed Angles Trailer -- HBO film
End Women's Suffrage Prank
September 15, 2015 -- Muckrakers
Overall Information
Ida Tarbell
Ida B. Wells
Jane Addams
Thomas Nast
Lewis Hine
September 14, 2015 -- Industrialization & Robber Barons
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.
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)
September 11, 2015 -- 9/11