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

Quiz over Brief Summary of WW I + Cartoon Analysis over Causes of WW I

Today our 8th Graders:

• Took the Quiz over the Br. Summary of World War I
• Analyzed Cartoons on the Causes of WW I

Assignments for Monday:  Finish Cartoon Analysis on Causes of WW I

World War I + The Call of the Wild, Ch. VII

Today our 8ths:

1. Began our study of World War I

• Examined a map showing the Allied Powers vs. Central Powers + the main fronts of WW I
• Examined drawings & pictures of German, French, British, and American troops during WW I
• Noted how their uniforms can help us distinguish one country's troops from another's
• Noted how the uniforms, especially headgear, changed as a result of trench warfare in WW I

• Learned nicknames of some of the nations' troops: Poilu (French), Doughboy (American), Tommy (British), Hun (pejorative nickname given by Allies to German soldiers)
• Began reading A Brief Summary of World War I
• Discussed & analyzed cartoons about MANIA, the 5 Main Causes of WW I: 
• Militarism
• Alliances
• Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary

2. Began reading Ch. VII of The Call of the Wild

Assignment for Tuesday - The Call of the Wild

1. Finish reading Ch. VII
2. Write 5 discussion questions and post them at your blog.
3. Finish the My Map on Buck's Itinerary
4. Finish the sheet on Events That Change Buck.- The final copy is due Tuesday, 9/29.

WW I Resources

• PBS Site - The Great War & the Shaping of the 20th Centry
• First World War.com
• World War I: The American Legacy

The Call of the Wild, Ch. V + Critiquing Imperialism Cartoons

Today our Grade 8s:

• Discussed Ch. V of The Call of the Wild, beginning with a student's question: Why did Jack London make the chapter so gruesome?
• Explored the literary genre called Naturalism and identified some of its themes and practices in The Call of the Wild.
• Looked at student blogs to see 
• what it looked like when a heavy individual jumped from a pier onto a light sheet of ice (memories of Charles, Hal, Mercedes, and the pooches crashing through thin ice and disappearing into the Yukon)
• where we might find clothing and supplies should we want to trek up to the Klondike/Yukon (click here, here, and here)
• where we might go to have a team of huskies pull us in an authentic, tired, tourist sled
• Did an exercise called Critiquing Imperialism Cartoons, showing how a pro-imperialist and an anti-imperialist might view two cartoons on U. S. overseas expansion.

Assignment for Monday -
Finish Critiquing Imperialism Cartoons.
Read Ch. VI of The Call of the Wild and post 5 discussion questions at your blog.

Have a great weekend, young huskies!!