4/30 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-Answer the following question:

How did World War 1 end? What countries would you say won? What countries would you say lost? Explain your answers.

2. Russian Revolution- Go to the following links and read the articles about the Russian Revolution. While you are reading you are going to play the role of a reporter and on a sheet of paper answer the following questions. Your links are here and here.

What-What was the Russian Revolution?

Why-Why did the Revolution happen?

When-When did the Revolution occur?

Who-Who were some of the key figures from the Revolution?

How-How did the Revolution happen?


3. Great Depression-Today we are going to briefly look at the Great Depression.

4. Great Depression Weekly Project-For this assignment, you are going to try your best to get into the minds of the people who experienced the Great Depression. You will pick 5 pictures from the following 8. They are all pictures of people from the Great Depression. Once you have picked your 5 pictures, you are to create a Google doc entitled "Great Depression Project." You are going to write (at least 7 sentences each) 5 stories based on the pictures you have chosen. Each story needs to be written in First Person. You can create your story in any way that you see fit but they must be tied to the Great Depression and be school appropriate. In your doc, paste your photo and then write your story. Do this for each picture and story.  Here is the link for the pictures.