1. Tuesday, 12/8/09 It is 1900 and you want to sell Hawaiian products in your New York City business. List the different paths of travel for your products. What is good/bad about them?

2. Monday, 12/07/09 Please copy the chart you see on the chalkboard in your notebook. Please copy the chart you see on the chalkboard in your notebook. Haw

3. Friday 12/4/09 How do you get your news and how do you know that it is reliable?

4. Thursday, 12/03/09 Please pick up the two papers for the Spanish-American War. You need to read the Preview section (where the is located) Copy or cut the question and answer it in your notebook

5. Tuesday, 12/01/09 Why is it necessary to consult multiple sources when studying the past? Place your current events for Progressivism in the bin on the front desk.

6. Monday 11/30/09 Grab a copy of the article Last Colonies. Based on the info you read, answer the three questions (below) in your notebook: What is a colony? Why did so many countries want colonies? What colonies did (or does) the United States possess?

7. Tuesday, 11/24/09 Please pick up a worksheet to organize your information regarding Progressivism prior to the “Quest.” Follow the directions to complete. USE YOUR NOTES!

8. Monday, 11/23/09 Please pick-up a copy of the Note Sheet for today (last one!!!) We will be watching a short video on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Your warm-up assignment will follow.

9. Monday, 11/23/09 Write a headline and the opening paragraph of an article that illustrates the details about the fire and reflects the reforms you might wish to establish as a result of this tragic event. IMAGINE YOU WERE A MUCKRAKER AND WERE THERE!

10. Friday, 11/20/09 Please pick up a worksheet of the reading, How the Other Half Lives, by Jacob Riis. Read through it and answer the questions.

11. Thursday, 11/19/09 Describe a time when you or someone you know purchased food that was of poor quality or unfit to eat. What did you do?

12. Wednesday, 11/18/09 Pick up a copy of the reading in the bin on the front desk. Imagine you found this among your great-grandparent’s things. What can you determine about their life?

13. Tuesday, 11/17/09 Based on information from our last few units (reconstruction, westward expansion, immigration, industrialism) describe several problems faced by the United States as of 1900 (the beginning of the 20 th Century).

14. Friday, 11/13/09 Pick-up a worksheet in the bin Read the song lyrics and in your notebook, answer the 3 questions found on the worksheet titled “The Progressives Respond”

15. Thursday, 11/12/09 If given the opportunity to go back in time (temporarily) to live, what time period would you like to experience and why? If you are not interested in going back in time explain your reasoning. Also, please put your Industrialism Current Events in the basket.

16. Tuesday, 11/10/09 Be prepared with any questions regarding the material for the Industrialism Unit Test.

17. Monday, 11/09/09 Have you ever played the board game Monopoly? If so, what would make you successful at the game?

18. Wrap-up 1.What are some specific job-related problems that Charlie encounters? 2.How do the business leaders try to increase production and make more money? Give examples.

19. Copy of 9 th Grade SS Final Exam Available for Purchase Wednesday, 11/04/09 Graph the headline below. Start with the basic graph and show the shift.

20. Tuesday, 11/03/09 Please graph the following headline: Chesapeake Bay Crabbers report blue crab harvesting in record numbers! Start with both supply and demand curves. You will show a shift in only one. Check the chalkboard for how it starts!

21. Toyota unveils new car that gets 97 mpg!

22. Protected Owls Discovered in Lumber Forest! Companies told to discontinue logging.

23. Please write the red part but read the rest! Read the following sentence: The promise of his $20 allowance was enough incentive to get Bob to take out the trash. Now answer the following question: What is an “incentive”? What incentives are there for people to create new inventions?

24. Monday, 11/02/09 Have your new notebook out on your desk so that we can get it updated and ready for the second half of the class.

25. Monday, 11/02/09 Remember Halloween was Saturday! What was the price of Halloween candy on Saturday afternoon, compared to Sunday afternoon? What is the need for Halloween candy on Saturday afternoon, compared to Sunday afternoon?

26. Friday, 10/30/09 Not until the late 1800s do we see skyscrapers in cities. What technology needs to be invented (or at least in place) for such buildings to be built? Be specific.

27. Advertising Intro! What are your two favorite advertisements (tv, radio, or print)? What makes them so effective?

28. Thursday, 10/29/09 Pick up a piece of colored paper Sketch and name an invention that will make the upcoming winter/holiday season better or more fun.

29. Closing Task – did not use Fall 2009 Describe how your invention might change or impact society?