WWI ....USA joins the WAR

uCW: Complete rewrite of the JUST WAR.
HW p. 378 SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA AND EVENTS THAT BROUGHT U.S.A. INTO WAR; Write summary paragraph. Was this a good reason to join the war? Why or why not? Were other reasons contributing as well?

TRENCH WARFARE! WW1 technology

HW: Read 375-376 Describe Trench warfare: include description, technology, problems, type of battles, death and diseases; etc.

Causes of WWI; "isms and assassination"!!

uRead . 372-374
uDef nationalism; militarism
uDescribe the ALLIANCE SYSTEM
uHW: p. 374 Describe the assassination of the Archduke of Austria; and, how the alliance system led to war

WEDS NIGHT HW....sorry

uHW: Describe picture on 370 What does the text and picture tell you about the war.
uList 3 observations and 3 pieces of information

Complete outline for essay on Progressive Issues in 1900s

HW: Culminating Task: Newspaper Column on Issues of 1900’s. Choose one big problem. You can write as a muckraking reporter, a progressive with ideas for solving the problems, or a person who suffers from this problem in Society. Outline Due Friday.
uInclude:
1.headline,
2.shocking intro, a personal story about someone
3.2 main informative paragraphs,
4.solution, conclusion….Continue to using shocking language. One page minimum. Essay due Mon.
Notebooks collected tomorrow…FRIDAY.
PERIOD 5 USE YOUR TEXT as the resource.

The successes of Progressives

HW: What new programs did Progressives provide for Food and Drugs, conservation/pollution, civil rights, Women/suffrage

MUCKRAKERS of the early 1900s.

HW: p. 326-7 Read about a Muckraker: Summarize what they investigated. What did they write or publish?
Why was their work so valuable? What would you want to “muckrake” today?? Would you want to be a photojournalist or reporter? Why?