FDR and Steinbeck

Agenda:

• Quiz chapter 21 of Anthem: The Great Depression
• Introduce FDR: 1st inaugural address/Fireside chats 
• Introduce Steinbeck; read The Turtle

President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a Fireside Chat. Public Domain

The Great Depression-Dorothea Lange and Photo Analysis

"Migrant Mother" by Dorothea Lange. Library of Congress, Public Domain

• Your task today is to choose a Dorothea Lange photograph to analyze. You can find one at the The History Place.
• Once you have chosen a photograph, open a Google Doc (name and share it with us immediately) and paste the photo in. Then go through the three steps of visual analysis. Each step should be about a paragraph.
• For step three, the "formal" analysis, use the elements and principles of composition to help you.
• For full instructions for this activity, go HERE.

Unit-The Great Depression

Today's agenda:

• Finish Chapter Attack: Anthem Chapter 21
• Discuss Chapter 21: Hoover's Response to the Crash
• Election of 1932
• Photography Analysis

New Unit-The Great Depression

Today's Agenda:

• Gatsby Film Wrap-up: Read this article about how a journalist tried to write an essay on The Great Gatsby without reading the book...
• Discuss: The Stock Market Crash of 1929. What impact did this event have on the economic conditions of the 1930s?
• President Hoover's response to the economic difficulties. Anthem Chapter 21
• The Election of 1932
• If there is time...Photography analysis & Dorothea Lange

The Stock Market Crash of 1929

1920s Wrap-up/Mid-Term Review

• Hand back chapter attack quiz, go over
• 1920s/Gatsby discussion/lecture/review
• Mid-Term review (this link is also under our "Resources" tab)

1920s Wrap-up

Agenda:

• Gatsby chapter 9 Notes & Quotes
• Textbook 1920s quiz
• Finish presentations
• If there is time, check out these two John Green videos: one is an overview of the book, and the other explores whether Gatsby is "great."

1920s/Gatsby

Agenda:

• Gatsby chapter 8 Notes & Quotes
• Start chapter 9--FINISH BOOK FOR HOMEWORK!
• Chapter Attack Textbook: QUIZ TOMORROW
• Any remaining 1920s group projects will present tomorrow
• LINK TO TEXTBOOK ONLINE (all text is the same, but illustrations are different)

1920s/The Great Gatsby

Today's Agenda:

• 2-3 more 1920s project presentations
• Review: Notes & Quotes, Chapter 7 in Gatsby
• Continue the Chapter Attack: Anthem (20)
• HOMEWORK: Chapter 8 of Gatsby

The 1920s/The Great Gatsby

Today's Agenda:

• 2-3 more 1920s project presentations
• Finish Chapter 7 in Gatsby
• Chapter Attack: Anthem (20)

Al Capone: 1929
 As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

The 1920s/The Great Gatsby

Today's Agenda:

• Gatsby Chapter 7 (acted out in play form)
• 2-3 more 1920s project presentations
• Any extra time should be devoted to finishing the Chapter 20 Chapter Attack

Life Magazine Cover 1922
"The Flapper"
This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1923.

1920s--Gatsby Chapter 6

Agenda:

• Chapter 6 Reading Quiz!
• Notes & Quotes of Chapter 6
• 1920s Project Presentations

Unit-The 1920s/The Great Gatsby

Welcome back from break!

• Reminder: We have less than 2 weeks until the end of first semester, so start preparing for the midterm exam.
• Continuation of Gatsby--Chapter 6
• Chapter Attack on Anthem: Chapter 20 "The Roaring Twenties"
• HOMEWORK: Finish chapter 6

Jolicoeur created a google doc that is linked under Resources that details the historical units for semester 1