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1920s Research

Today's Agenda:

We are in the library today to research our 1920s projects. Here is the libguide from Mrs. Hopkins

Blog comments are due tomorrow.

20s Research

Today's Agenda:

• 1920s Project Intro
• Project goals/presentation
• Google Presentation - Haiku deck
• Prezi
• Library research time

HW:  

• Project work time
• Gatsby chapter 1 due Monday

Presenting Content/The 1920s

Today's Agenda:

• Review: The Aftermath of WWI
• 1920s content from litbrick
• New Presentation Guidelines
• 1920s Project Introduction

HW: American Pageant Chapter 32 was assigned yesterday.

"Close the Gate"
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New Unit-The 1920s

Today's Agenda:

We are moving across the hall second semester to Room 229/231.

• The Aftermath of WWI: article and questions
• The Race, Class, and Gender blog: moving forward and improving.
• Lit brick reading on the 1920s

HW: Begin reading American Pageant Chapter 32, "American Life in the Roaring Twenties"

In Another Country Quiz

If you would like your quiz from In Another Country, I have them graded.  Right after finals I will be in 258.  By 11:00 I will be in 237.

Wednesday January 22, 2014

Today's Agenda:

• Mid-term essay: Write the essay in class
• Second Part of the Mid-term exam is on Friday 
• The Currier Art Analysis
• The Race, Class, and Gender Blog: Where do we go from here? 

HW: Study for midterms/finals. Good Luck!

Plans for a delay or school closing on Wednesday January 22, 2014

Here is the link to the email from Principal Collyer

Review

Today's Agenda:

"Studying French in the Trenches"
This image is public domain.

• Smore's 
• exemplars 
• corrections
• Skills covered this semester
• Writing
• Reading
• Researching
• Presenting
• Transferable skills
• Content covered this semester
• Midterm Review sheets - English
• Midterm Essay
• Unit 27-31 Pageant test

HW: If you have not posted the Currier Art Analysis to your Blog, you need to do so by 7 AM on Monday 20th.

WWI

Today's Agenda:

"Portrait of author Ernest Hemingway
with a Sailfish in Key West" use with no
copyright restrictions

• WWI Veterens 
• "In Another Country" analysis
• What elements does Hemingway use?
• How do you use this analysis on future pieces?
• Imperialism Unit Exam (review)

"Hemingway Residence in Key West" by Serge Melki
Used under the permission of a Creative Commons License

World War I

Today's Agenda:

"Ernest Hemingway Aboard the Pilar"
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• Review of Hemingway's Soldiers Home
• In Another Country is due tomorrow
• Lecture/Discussion: The End of the War
• Activity: Map of Europe-1918 What has changed?
• Unit Review: Pageant Chapters 27-31

World War I

Today's Agenda:

"Uncle Sam Wants You"
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• Review of Hemingway's Soldier's Home
• Lecture/Discussion: World War I/The Home Front and American Involvement in Europe.
• The last veteran of WWI died in 2011!

HW: Read/Analyze Hemingway's In Another Country

Rest in Peace Sam.

This weekend, 17 year old Massachusetts native Sam Berns passed away. He had a very rare disease called progeria that makes you age incredibly fast. Here is the Ted talk that he did a couple of months ago about his philosophy of life.

WWI

Today's Agenda:

• Hemingway Background - lit brick assignment (?)
• Map of Europe-1914
• The start of WWI
• Sinking of the Lusitania

HW:  Read Soldier's Home for tomorrow

Early 20th Century

Today's Agenda:

• Discuss/Review concepts in lit brick reading
• Go over "Acquainted with the Night"
• Discuss Project Expecations
• Mrs. Desjadon's Example
• Library Time
• Play in the "sand box" on  SoundCloud today!
• Complete any other research

HW:  Project is due by Monday.  Submit a link to your project on this form by Monday morning, 7 a.m.

Food for Thought: According to a recent report by the National Students Clearinghouse, only 54% of students that enrolled in college in 2007 have earned their degree. Here is the link to the report.

New 2014 Winter Olympics Commercial

Moms!

Early 20th Century Introduction and Research

Today's Agenda:

• WWI-Map of Europe
• Early 20th Century assignment
• Choose/assign topics
• Libguide - 
• format
• Using Easybib
• Library research time - 45 min to 1 hour

Imperialism in the early 20th Century

Today's Agenda:

• Finish the Lecture/Discussion: Foreign policy under the Progressive Presidents
• Map of Europe
• Lit Brick Reading - p1866 Handout - due Thursday 

  

  "Winter Wonderland" by Albertherring
  Image used with a Creative Commons Attribution License

• Robert Frost poetry - 
• Biography/background
• "Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening"
• Map of Europe (1914)

HW: Lit Brick reading is due tomorrow

Foreign Policy under the Progressive Presidents

Today's Agenda:

• Quiz on the Progressive Presidents
• William Carlos Williams Reading
• Modern Poetry - William Carlos Williams
• Reading the Lit Brick - 
• taking notes
• Lecture/Discussion: Foreign policy from 1901-1916
• Extreme Engineering: the Panama Canal
• Map of Europe

HW:

•  begin reading chapter 31 in Pageant
• Lit Brick reading is due on Thursday

"Letter From the President" 1915
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American Imperialism

Today's Agenda:

Review Spanish-American War paragraphs
Activity: the Progressive Presidents and Foreign Policy

"Baby Kiss Papa Goodbye" 1909
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