Feb. 25 & 26

Feb. 25:

Zero: 1930s unit objectives. Students prepared a "brief" explaining Hoover's response to the Great Depression.

Third: We discussed how stocks work, and the stock market collapse of 1929.

Feb. 26:
Zero: We discussed how stocks work, and the stock market collapse of 1929. Reading Guide: Chapter 14, Section 1.

Third: We discussed the 6 causes of the Great Depression. Reading Guide: Chapter 14, Section 1.

Feb. 13, 14 and 15

Students continued working on the Harlem/Blues project. Project elements (visual and written) should be done and turned in.

Feb. 7, 8, 11 & 12

Feb. 7: I assigned a reading guide on the Harlem Renaissance and collected the 1920s packets.

Feb. 8: 3rd period attended a Spare Change assembly, zero period was assigned the reading guide.

Feb. 11: Students performed the blues songs that they'd written, and I introduced the Harlem/Delta culminating project (due Friday).

Essential Questions for Project:
1. How was black culture in the Mississippi Delta in the 1920s different from black culture in Harlem in the 1920s?
2. How did the jazz and blues music of the time reflect that difference?

Feb. 12: Students worked on Harlem/Delta project.

Feb. 5 and 6

Feb. 5: Students took notes about the blues and answered questions from a dvd about the blues. 3rd period had homework about Super Tuesday.

Feb. 6: Students wrote their own blues songs. We discussed Super Tuesday. Chapter 13, Section 4 (Harlem Renaissance) reading guide was assigned. Due on Thursday.

Feb. 4

Today students presented the 1920s biographies.

Jan. 31 and Feb. 1

Jan. 31: Students created a photoshop/powerpoint biography of a famous figure from the 1920s.

Feb. 1: Continued work on 1920s biographies.