Quiz Prep-Brief Description of Great Depression/New Deal

Today the 8th Graders

• Read, analyzed, and discussed Brief Descriptions of the Great Depression & New Deal
• Worked together to prepare for tomorrow's Quiz over the GD/ND

Assignment for Tuesday: Quiz over Brief Descriptions of Great Depression & New Deal

Thanksgiving Sjaromg Feast

Today the 8th Graders helped teachers and parents get things set up for the Sharing Feast.

Assignments

For the week of November 23-27 (and the weekends before and after) - 

Enjoy your Thanksgiving hols!!

For Tue, 12/1- Quiz over "Brief Descriptions of the Great Depression and New Deal"

Graph/Timeline of Business Cycle 1913-45 + Simulation Situation (Handout 43)

Today the Grade 8s:

• Reviewed the Graph/Timeline of the Business Cycle 1913-45, focusing specifically on the Bull Market of 1929, the Stock Market Crash of 1929, and the approach of President Herbert Hoover in dealing with the Great Depression
• Did Handout 43, which set up a simulation situation in which they imagined themselves to be President Franklin D. Roosevelt coming into office in March 1932 and choosing from 10 policy options submitted by his advisers for dealing with the Depression.
• Ranked the 10 options in order of imagined effectiveness
• Wrote a paragraph stating and defending their own policy

Assignments

For Friday - Finish Handout 43: What Should Be Done About the Depression.

For Tue, 12/1- Quiz over "Brief Descriptions of the Great Depression and New Deal"

Class Pictures + Stock Prices 1929 & 1932

Today:

• Most of the period was spent in the sanctuary getting class pictures taken.
• Students continued working on the exercise on stock prices in 1929 & 1932, giving students a sense of how much stocks plunged as a result of the Stock Market Crash of 1929 & the Great Depression.

Assignments

For Thursday - Complete the worksheet on stock prices in 1929 & 1932

For Tue, 12/1- Quiz over "Brief Descriptions of the Great Depression and New Deal"

Phases of the Business Cycle + Graph/Timeline on Business Activity 1913-1945 + Stock Prices in 1929 & 1932

Today our 8th Graders:

• Learned the 4 Main Phases of the Business Cycle: Prosperity--Recession--Recovery--Depression
• Analyzed a graph/timeline showing The Business Cycle 1913-1945
• Wrote what they noticed about economic development in the USA during the years indicated
• Color coded the graph/timeline by time period
• Analyzed a handout showing stock prices in 1929 and 1932

Assignments

For Wednesday

1. Read and study "Brief Descriptions of the Great Depression and New Deal - Quiz Thursday
2. Try to do the handout on the Stock Market Crash; it shows what happened to stock prices in the Crash of 1929 and then how they were by 1932, three years into the Great Depression.

• As we were running out of time today, give it a try (especially if Mrs. Holbrooke was able to assist you) and if you can't quite get the hang of it, we'll work on it in class on Wednesday and make it due Thursday.

For Thursday - Quiz over "Brief Descriptions of the Great Depression and New Deal"

Only Yesterday Presentations, cont'd + Conservative Policies of Twenties Presidents

Today the 8ths:

• Presented & took notes on the Stock Market Crash of 1929 & the Great Depression (based on Frederick Lewis Allen's Only Yesterday
• Continued analyzing Conservative Policies of 3 Twenties Presidents (Harding-Coolidge-Hoover), as described here.

Assignment for Tue - Finish analyzing Conservative Policies of 3 Twenties Presidents

Presentation on F. L. Allen's Only Yesterday + Greek Museum

Today the 8ths:

• Continued presentations on Frederick Lewis Allen's book on the Roaring 20s, Only Yesterday; click here to see notes taken thus far.
• Visited and learned from the excellent Greek Museum set up by the 3rd Graders in the school library

Assignment for Monday: Be ready to give your Only Yesterday presentation if you've not yet done so.

Have a Gr8 Weekend!

CAC Science Fun + "Bartleby" Discussion

Today the Eighthies:

• Went to the CAC to learn some science from a pseudoscientific actor/magician
• Enjoyed viewing the artworks of former CCS teacher Debbie Smith Barnes and Ted Barnes
• Returned in time to sit in on the 6th/7th discussion of "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street"

Assignments

For Friday - Wes will present the second of his two chapters & Jay will present the first of his two chapters.

For Monday - Jay will present the second of his two chapters.

Only Yesterday Presentation + Conservative Policies of Three Twenties Presidents

Today the 8th Graders:

• Presented and learned from a presentation on Frederick Lewis Allen's Only Yesterday: Ch. X: Alcohol and Al Capone
• Analyzed charts, timelines, and quotations on the Conservative Policies of Three Twenties Presidents: Harding, Coolidge, & Hoover

Assignments

For Thursday - No Assignment - CAC Field Trip

For Friday - Wes will present the second of his two chapters & Jay will present the first of his two chapters.

For Monday - Jay will present the second of his two chapters.

Cultural & Social Changes during the Roaring 20s + Part 2 of 20s Video + Only Yesterday Presentation Preparations

Today the 8ths:

• Discussed cultural and social changes during the 1920s, with particular attention to advertising, mass culture, and the changing role of women
• Viewed & periodically paused to discuss Part 2 of the Roaring Twenties video
• Reviewed the requirements for the Only Yesterday presentations; click here for written instructions
• Worked on Only Yesterday presentations

Assignments

For Wednesday - Wes will present the first of his two chapters from Only Yesterday.

For Thursday - Wes will present the second of his two chapters.

For Friday - Jay will present the first of his two chapters.

For Monday - Jay will present the second of his two chapters.

Only Yesterday + Part 1 of 20s Video + Ch. 24 of Nation of Nations

Today the Eighthies:

• Each chose 2 chapters from Frederick Lewis Allen, Only Yesterday on which to become the class expert.
• Viewed the first of 3 videos on The Roaring Twenties, pausing periodically to discuss
• Were to finish reading Ch. 24-"The New Era" in the textbook Nation of Nations - They were to check out a copy to take home to finish reading.

Assignments
For Tuesday
1. Finish reading Ch. 24 on "The New Era" (if you haven't yet finished).
2. Be reading and preparing your presentation on the first of your chapters from Frederick Lewis Allen's Only Yesterday.
For Wednesday
1. Be ready to make your presentation on the first of your chapters from Only Yesterday.
2. Your presentation:

• Should be c. 5-10 minutes long.
• You may have a note card with 20 words or less to serve as a prompt.
• Know your information well enough so you don't have to read it.
• Your PPT should be mostly pictures.
• You may have short phrases identifying the various pictures.

For Future Reference:

Part 2 of 20s Video

Part 3 of 20s Video

Quiz over Roaring 20s Brief Summary + Reading on 20s

Today our 8ths:

• Took their Quiz over the Brief Summary of the Roaring 20s
• Read the first half of a textbook chapter on the 20s

Assignments: None

Illustrations of Brief Summary of the 20s + Timeline of Twenties Presidents + Quiz Prep

Assignment for Friday -
1. Study well for the Quiz over

• A Brief Summary of the Roaring 20s - words & pictures
• Timeline of Twenties Presidents (names of presies, dates of their administration, nicknames)

2. Have your GooSlides Illustrating the Brief Summary of the Roaring 20s ready for grading. Studying it should help you on the Quiz, too!

Roaring 20's, cont'd

Today the 8ths:

• Finished reading and discussing the Brief Summary of the Roaring Twenties
• Watched a Crash Course Video on the Roaring Twenties

• Collaborated on a Google Slides presentation illustrating people and concepts mentioned in the Brief Summary of the Roaring Twenties

Assignments

For Thursday - Collaborate on a slideshow on the Roaring 20s.

1. Find and label pictures illustrating as much of the Brief Summary of the Roaring 20s as you can. 
2. Do this on a Google Slides document.

For Friday - Quiz over Brief Summary of Roaring Twenties

Roaring 20's

Today the 8th Graders:

• Began reading and analyzing a Brief Summary of the Roaring 20's
• Collaborated with the 6th and 7th Graders in reading a play called "Symbols of the 1920s"

Assignments

For Wednesday - Read and come prepared to discuss Ch. 23 & 24 of Will's War.

For Thursday - Quiz over Brief Summary of Roaring 20's

Class Discussion of Will's War + Begin Study of Roaring 20's

Today the 8ths:

• Analyzed Will as a witness in his own defense
• Debated which was the better lawyer: Prosecutor O'Dell or Defense Atty Atwell - notes here
• Listed all they could remember about the Roaring 20's from Texas History last year
• Began reading and learning the Brief Summary of the Roaring 20s

Assignments 

For Tuesday
1. Read Ch. 21 & 22 of Will's War

• No discussion questions required

2. List everything you can remember from our study last year of the Roaring 20's in Texas
For Thursday - Quiz over Brief Summary of the Roaring 20's