What's Happening this Week?
10/20 - 10/24
10/20/14 - Today we will look at how the oil and steel industries revolutionized American industry in the late 1800s, especially at the lives of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.
10/21/14 - Today we will look at how natural resources influenced the development of industry in the U.S. in the late 1800s.
10/22/14 - Today we will wrap up Ch. 20 on Industrial America by detailing the rise of labor unions in America, and early labor unrest in the events of the Pullman and Homestead Strikes and the Haymarket Riot here in Chicago. We will look at short video clips of each, take some notes from the book, and create a labor advertisement for workers back in the late 1800s.
10/23/14 - Today we will clarify what stocks are and what the stock market is through BrainPop and a look at the NYSE website!
10/24/14 - Today we will head to the Library and research some companines' stocks on the New York Stock Exchange. Students will select 5 companies to "buy" stock in and will write down information about how the stock is doing. In two weeks, we will go back to see how well our "investments" have been doing!!
10/21/14 - Today we will look at how natural resources influenced the development of industry in the U.S. in the late 1800s.
10/22/14 - Today we will wrap up Ch. 20 on Industrial America by detailing the rise of labor unions in America, and early labor unrest in the events of the Pullman and Homestead Strikes and the Haymarket Riot here in Chicago. We will look at short video clips of each, take some notes from the book, and create a labor advertisement for workers back in the late 1800s.
10/23/14 - Today we will clarify what stocks are and what the stock market is through BrainPop and a look at the NYSE website!
10/24/14 - Today we will head to the Library and research some companines' stocks on the New York Stock Exchange. Students will select 5 companies to "buy" stock in and will write down information about how the stock is doing. In two weeks, we will go back to see how well our "investments" have been doing!!