Monday, 4/29

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Monday, 4/29
Also Drop-off last weeks warm-up/closer sheet
and pick-up the one for this week!

• Please pick-up a packet titledPolitics in the
  Gilded Age
• Read through the information and answer the
  questions that follow for pages one and two only.
  Do not go on to the note sheet that is attached.

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Friday, 4/26

• Pick-up a cartoon in the bin on the desk.
• Please circle any symbols and key words or
  phrases on the cartoon that you picked-up that
  you think are important to linking it to reforms
  (things that need to be fixed). Be ready to
  discuss!

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Thursday, 4/25

• How would you fix or reform Middletown High
  School to improve your education?

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Closer Activity - 4/25

• Now that you know all about Progressive Era
  Muckrakers, use your knowledge and readdress your
  warm-up question/answer.
• How would you fix or reform Middletown High
  School to improve your education? Write a note
  to an administrator (Dr. Donovan or Ms. Duggins)
  explaining your reform issue and your idea for
  how it should be fixed.

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Tuesday, 4/23

• Pick up a reading in the bin and answer the
  following question
• Explain how technological innovations and
  cultural changes are reflected in the food
  products offered to Americans in 1900.

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Eating Habits Change
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Closer Tuesday, 4/23

• What are some difficulties found in The 1900
  House that we do not have today?
• What are some similarities in your life to those
  of The 1900 House?

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1900 Charts/Graphs

• Part I Use your answer sheet to record data
  from the charts and graphs.
• Part II A Power Point will begin scrolling
  later in the period it will provide the
  information for the questions at the bottom of
  your answer sheet.
• Part III Read the green information about Life
  in 1900 and complete the triangle graphic
  organizer.

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1900 Charts/Graphs - Vocabulary

• Longevity how long someone lives
• Homicides murders
• Nonmarital Births babies born to an unmarried
  woman
• Infant Mortality Rate death rate of those
  between birth and first birthday
• Lynching to hang someone used predominately
  against the African American community (or those
  who supported African American freedoms)

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Monday, 4/22

• Predict what life will be like in the year 2113
  by answering the following questions
• What language is the most spoken language in the
  world?
• What is the most populated country?
• What is the biggest ethnic group in the United
  States? (e.g. Caucasian, Multi-Racial, etc.)
• What will transportation look like?

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The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is
only a noveltya fad.

• Advice from a president of the Michigan Savings
  Bank to Henry Ford's lawyer Horace Rackham.
  Rackham ignored the advice and invested 5000 in
  Ford stock, selling it later for 12.5 million.

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Who is this US President?
Our 32nd President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Current Day Prices of Sears Products

• Now 11.00
• Now 19.60
• Now 105.00
• Now 286.00

• Womens Corset .48
• Childs Walking Cloak (Coat) _at_ .75
• Boys Suit _at_ 4.00
• Bicycle _at_10.95

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Corset Stays Made of Whale Bone
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Closer Monday, 4/22

• What are some differences found in clothing
  styles between 1900 and today?
• What are some similarities found in clothing
  styles between 1900 and today?