Sources from class listed below. Dates indicate date on blog when each was posted, but now there are links, so you should be good just using this page.
[ ] Uses at least 3 sources AND CITES THEM (No Works Cited Page Needed, Limit yourself to the sources provided. Informal citation is fine [e.g. “foreigners invested more money in the United States than Americans invested in other countries – about three thousand million dollars more” (Data Set 19).]
[ ] claims made and backed with evidence
[ ] evidence is explained
[ ] strong introduction
[ ] strong conclusion
[ ] strong and varied transitions
[ ] hypothesis / thesis / overarching claim given at the beginning that is CLEAR and is PROVEN
[ ] mechanics are correct, sentence structure is strong, and shows variety in phrasing and word choice
[ ] organization makes logical sense*
[ ] Editing and revision process shows growth
Mon 1/29 – Planning
Tues 1/30 – Full Class writing block
Wed 1/31 – Editing
Thurs 2/1 – Full Class Revision Writing Block
Friday 2/2 – Move on to New Deal
Monday 2/5: Final in-class day for work time.
Tuesday 2/6 – Writing assignment Due (beginning of class)
Today we will create our plans for our writing assessments using the documents, lecture, and videos from the last 3 classes. Specific order of planning includes
Homework: Watch “The Great Depression Part I”on youtube (plan when you’ll watch this – it’s an hour). Take notes and write a
1-page response detailing new information you did not find previously in
another source.
Welcome to Semester 2 of your 11th Grade US History course.
This is our new learning target:
LT1: I
can assess the social, political, economic and military conflicts that faced
“the Greatest Generation.”
Sooooo... there's a lot going on in this target, so let's do a little predictive Q&A here!
Q1: What the heck is the "Greatest Generation," Mr. Galanis?!
A1: Well, that's a term coined by a famous journalist named Tom Brokaw to describe a specific generation of Americans. Those people who lived through the Great Depression as children, and then grew up to be sent to fight in World War II.
Q2: Well, so what, why do I care about them?
A2: Well, this is my grandparents generation, so I guess your great grandparents generation. A lot of the times when, in popular culture, we talk about "the good old days" we're talking about this generation's lifetime. Their experiences can help us understand and contextualize a lot of aspects of our own lives, the implications and seriousness, and horror of war, sacrifice, what it means to be American, as well as point out some of the not-so-great things that happened in our country in this era.
Q3: So what are we going to be doing?
A3 This target is divided into subtargets. Compared to last year, I'm shortening this target, so I'm going to be doing a lot of revision. This is in part because A) this target was way too long last year, and B) because of that our Civil Rights and Women's Lib targets were way too short, so there's that.
I plan on there being at least one roundtable assessment in this target, as well as a few on demand writing assignments to continue to get at our skills targets.
Q4: How long is it?
A4: As it's planned now, we're looking to see this target extending from now until the first week of March. This might seem like a long time but it isn't really. It's already practically February, AND we have a vacation in February!
Q5 Well, what are some of the things we're learning about in this target?
A5 The Great Depression, The New Deal, The home front and the front lines during WWII (focusing on PEOPLE, we won't be doing a comprehensive study of the war, sorry WWII buffs), considering the idea of "the good old days."
IN CLASS TODAY (after reading everything I typed above this....)
Watch this video about the BOOM of the 20s (this would have actually fit in our last target, but it wasn't what I decided to focus on. We do need to have an idea of this stuff though in order for this next target to make sense). In your notebook, put this into your notes under "The ROARING ECONOMY OF THE 1920s!" (Warning: the video does sort of just end, I know)
I can't decide if this is terrible or good. Probably both. Don't ask me if I know these dudes. I definitely don't. Watch this video and then the video from our friend John Green (remember, CC is your friend)! Take notes under the heading "THE GREAT DEPRESSION"
Once you've finished watching all three of these videos, respond to the following question in about a page! (can be typed or written)
How did America change from the roaring 20s into the 1930s (i.e. what was it like in the ROARING 20s vs. the GREAT DEPRESSION)? Why did the Great Depression happen?
"The 1930s was an era in US History known as the Great Depression. This era followed the "Roaring 20s" when the nation's economy was booming"
1) What is this document?
2) Who do you think wrote it?
3) What exactly is the point of the document? KING,
In view of your low grade... I will not dignify
your name with either a Mr. or a Reverend or a Dr. And,your last name calls to mind only the type of King
such as King Henry the VIII...
King, look into your heart. You know you are a
complete fraud and a great liability toall of us Negroes.White people in this country
have enough frauds of their own but I am sure they don't have one at this time
anywhere near your equal. You are no clergyman and you know it. I repeat you
are a colossal fraud and an evil, vicious one at that. You could not believe in
God...Clearly you don't believe in any personal moral
principles.
King, like all frauds your end is approaching.You could have been our greatest leader.You, even at an early age
have turned out to be not a leader but a dissolute, abnormal moral imbecile.We will now have to depend on our older leaders like
Wilkins, a man of character and thank God we have others like him.But you are done. Your
"honorary" degrees,your Nobel Prize (what a grim farce)and other awards will not
save you. King, I repeat you are done.
No person can overcome facts, not even a fraud
like yourself. Lend your sexually psychotic ear to the enclosure. You will find
yourself and all your dirt, filth, evil, and moronic talk exposed on the record
for all time. I repeat — no person can argue successfully against facts. You
are finished. You will on the record for all time your filthy, dirty, evil
companions, male and females giving expression to you with your Gospel hideous
abnormalities. And some of them to pretend to be ministers of the Gospel. Satan
could not do more. What incredible evilness. It is all there on the record,
your sexual orgies. Listen to yourself you filthy, abnormal animal. You are on
the record. You have been on the record - all your adulterous acts, your sexual
orgies extending far into the past. This one is but a tiny sample. You will
understand this. Yes, from your various evil playmates on the east coast to
[sic] and others on the west coast and outside the country you are on the
record. King you are done.
The American public, the church organizations
that have been helping — Protestant, Catholic and Jews will know you for what
you are —an evil, abnormal beast. So will
others who have backed you. You are done.
King, there is only one thing left for you to do. You
know what it is.You have just 34 days in which to do it (this exact
number has been selected for a specific reason, it has definite practical
significance).You are
done.There is but one way out for you. You better take it
before your filthy, abnormal fraudulent self is bared to the nation.
Do Now: Staple
your print-out to your mini-poster, make sure your name is on it, put it in the
inbox. Written:In what
ways do you think birth control changed life for women when it came available
in the 1920s? [notebook]
