Hello, America!

Use the links below to help you understand what type of government the Articles of Confederation created.  In your comment, tell what one weakness of them was and why it was a weakness.

The Articles of Confederation (try all the links on the sidebars)

More Articles of Confederation

Another Teacher Blog

We’ll try Reader’s Theater when everyone is done!

Dust Bowl (map, pics)

Dust Bowl

Dust Bowl Pictures

On your preview page, record these questions and answer them using the above links about the dust bowl.

1. Which states were most affected by the dust bowl?
2. What were the storms during the dust bowl called?
3. What year did the droughts that caused the dust bowl begin?
4. In what year did the drought finally end with the arrival of rain?
5. Describe what the dust storms were like.
6. Why was the Dust Bowl such a big deal? Name three effects of the Dust Bowl.
7. How did the dust bowl affect the people who lived in those states?
8. Using the second link, find as many connections to things we’ve already learned that you can.  List them.

When you’re finished with this preview activity, feel free to share your thoughts on the Dust Bowl by posting a comment.

The Jazz Age

USII Students,

Here are two links for two topics about America’s culture shift that took place in the 1920s.  Check out the links, and follow the directions for your response.

1. The Great Migration – Skim the information and focus on the statistics (the numbers information).  In your response, please tell me two statistical facts you learned from the site – IN YOUR OWN WORDS.  (For example: Over the course of 5 decades, 1/2 a million African Americans moved from the South to Chicago.)

2. The Roaring Twenties or were they?  A you-choose website that allows you to learn facts while deciding just how “roaring” you think the 1920s really were.  If you have time, check out the other links on the homepage sidebar, like the video.  In your comment, tell me what facts surprised you on this website and why.

Have fun on these sites!

USI Students,

Check out these websites to learn more about life in the colonies.

Colonial Life

Colonial Trades

In a response to this post, tell me two new things you discovered about what life would be like in the colonies.  What jobs did they have back then that we don’t have now?  Why don’t people do those jobs anymore?