Tuesday & Wednesday

On Tuesday and Wednesday students presented their projects.  We also did a review for Thursday's assessment and continued reading Messenger.  Also, a few students have informed me that they will be missing Friday.  I won't be giving assessments on Friday; however, we will be doing some activities that will start the Social Studies curriculum for next term (The Cold War & the Civil Rights Movement).  We will also (HOPEFULLY!) finish Messenger.  If your child will not be here on Friday, please let me know. 

Students should study tonight and many of them brought their notebooks home.  Here are some pictures of the notes and I typed some of the remaining notes below since they were accidentally erased before I could get a picture of them.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen and why were they important?
--They were an all African-American airman unit and their mission was to serve as escorts for Allied fighter and supply planes in Europe
--None of the planes they escorted were lost/shot down (that had never happened before)
--They proved that African Americans can become skilled pilots
--They helped with the Double V campaign (Victory against the Axis & Victory against American racism)

Women’s lives changed because of WWII.  Why?

--They gained the opportunity to work at different types of jobs

--Many gained respect as hard-working America

--A woman’s value extended beyond just being a wife and mother.

--They contributed in many ways to the war effort (selling war bonds, rationing, planting victory gardens, working in factories, serving in the military)

How did Americans help with the war effort?

--Rationing:  people could only get a set amount of certain foods & car gasoline.  They conserved so that essential materials (flour, sugar, meat, gas, rubber, metals, etc could be used by the military)

--Work in factories that produced supplies and weapons for the war

--Buy War Bonds so the U.S. government could pay for the war

--Keep secrets (for people building war machines & military people who made strategic plans)

--Plant victory gardens and eat food they grew themselves

What's the purpose of the UN?

--prevent conflict and war

--help disagreeing countries come to agreements

--humanitarian efforts (help people in famine and/or war torn areas, monitor elections, etc...)