Friday, January 23rd

We continued reading Messenger and then we finished our 1920s notes.  At the end of the lesson, students discussed Herbert Hoover and his role at the beginning of the Great Depression.  We concluded our day by reviewing the poetry elements we've already discussed and a few new concepts.  Next week they will finish the activity and review for the upcoming literary assessment (date TBD).

Students who want to get a head start on next week's vocabulary can go to the vocabulary quizlet.

Students successfully identified the alliteration and personification in Shel Silverstein's "The Farmer and the Queen."

After they finished the notes, students worked together to answer the question, "What was Herbert Hoover's role in America's economic decline?  Was the 1929 Stock Market Crash and/or the Great Depression his fault?"

1920s Economics Notes

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Students continued to work on the Exhibition projects.  They worked on gathering the last bit of information for their Presidential Pages and started constructing their booklets.  The new due date for this project is Friday, May 18th.  


We concluded the day with an Economic/Budget Activity.  Students watched a BrainPop video on why people use budgets and they were randomly assigned a job w/ a monthly income.  Over the next week students are going to examine fictional budgets and go through simulations where they have to deal with expected and unexpected expenses.  Lastly they will write a reflection on the budget activity and I will take a final writing grade from that.

Field Trip / Field Day Updates

• We are walking to Renfroe tomorrow and we leave at noon.  If you would like to accompany us please show up around 11:50am so we can walk together.
• The field day adult lunch price is $3.50.
• If you would like to help chaperone the MLK field trip or to Field Day please let me know.  
• Students are allowed to decorate their own field day t-shirts as long as they say "Brainiac" on some part of the shirt.  Shirts need to be done by Friday and students can wear them during the day if they wish.