Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Final Exam



Congratulations! 

Hope you have a great summer and best of luck as you enter the next chapter of your life!

Monday, May 2, 2016

Friday, April 29, 2016

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Chicago Mayors Project -3





1. Chicago Mayors Project Work Day

Presentations on Monday 5/2

Current Event #9 Due Friday

Field Trip $9

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Chicago Mayors Project -2





1. Chicago Mayor's Project Work day

Presentations on Monday 5/2

Current Event #9 Due Friday

Field Trip $9

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Chicago Mayors Project






1. Introduce the  Chicago Mayor Project Ch 11-12

Group Members

2. Chicago Mayors Project Work Day

Project Presentations Begin Monday 5/2
Field Trip $9

Monday, April 25, 2016

Chicago Housing -2





1. Find a video on Cabrini Green or the Robert Taylor Homes in Chicago on the internet and watch.

3. Copy & Paste the following to your blog:

Post Title: Chicago Housing

        - Insert video
        -  Insert map of housing project to illustrate where in the city it is located.
       - 6 adjectives to describe Cabrini Green/Robert Taylor Homes
       - What challenges existed in these homes?
       - What did these homes provide for the residents living in them?
       - Research and find out do these homes exist today? If so what do they look like now? If not
         what happened to them and why?



HW: Complete Current Event #9 DUE FRIDAY

Friday, April 22, 2016

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Ch 10 Test Day






1. Great Depression, World War II and Suburban Growth Ch 10 Test


HW: Current Event #8 Due Friday

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Great Depression, WWII, Suburban Growth 1929-1955



1. Watch  New Deal Projects in Chicago ( 8:20)

2. Copy & Paste the following to your blog:

             Post Title: Chicago & the New Deal

             1. How did Chicago benefit from the New Deal?

             2. What evidence is there today of the New Deal Programs that were implemented during the
                 Great Depression?


3. Listen to Podcast below


4. Copy & paste the following to your blog:


Post Title : Chicago & WWII


Why were POW’s brought to the United States during WWII?


Where in Chicago were POW camps located?


What was life like for prisoner’s of war in these camps?


How did these POW camps impact the city of Chicago and it's people?

Monday, April 18, 2016

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Organized Crime -3






Organized Crime Project Work Day
All projects must be share with mmaloney@student.leyden212.org



HW: Organized Crime Project DUE Friday 4/15
Current Event Discussion #7 DUE Friday

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Organized Crime -2



Organized Crime Project Work Day

HW: Organized Crime Project DUE Friday 4/15
Current Event Discussion #7 DUE Friday


Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Organized Crime -1





1. Introduce  Organized Crime Project

2. Organized Crime Project Work Day

HW: Organized Crime Project DUE Friday 4/15
Current Event Discussion #7 DUE Friday

Monday, April 11, 2016

1920s Prohibition



1. Watch Prohibition documentary

2. Copy and paste the following to your blog:

Post Title: Prohibition
1. What is Prohibition? What was the purpose of Prohibition?
2. How did Prohibition effect Chicago?



Thursday, April 7, 2016

Ch 9 Quiz





1. CH 9 Test
2. Begin Ch 10 Reading Guide located in your Google Drive
3. Complete Current Event #6 Due Friday

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Chicago Housing




1. Use the links below on Chicago Housing to complete the blog post questions.









2. Copy & Post the following to your blog:


Post Title: Chicago Housing


-Explain the history of Racial segregation in Chicago?


- Explain what Clyde Ross and the Contract Buyer’s  League were fighting for? What strategies did they use? Were they successful?


- List 6 adjectives that describe what Segregation in Chicago looks like.


- Using the In Step with Income  Inequality maps , explain the connection between segregated neighborhoods, poverty, and life expectancy.


Current Event #6 Due Friday

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

CH 9 WWI - 1920s



1. Class presentation of  Ch 9 Activity 

2. Discuss 15-20 in Ch 9 Reading Guide


Current Event #6 DUE FRIDAY

Monday, April 4, 2016

Ch 9 Catch Up




1. Discuss Ch 9 Reading Guide 1-14.

2. Finish Ch 9 Activity located in your Google Drive.

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

WWI & Roaring Twenties





1.  Complete  Ch 9 Reading Guide located in your Google Drive.


WWI & 1920s*



1. Discuss Ch 9 Reading Guide


HW: Ch 9 Quiz 11/12
Bring  a pencil for Quiz tomorrow

Monday, March 21, 2016

Current Event Day




1. Current Event Discussion #5

2. Complete Shame of Cities Activity - if time

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Shame of Cities






1. Complete  Shame of Cities ActivityMake a copy of document and share with your partner and with mmaloney@student.212.org.



Monday, March 14, 2016

Progressivism and Urban Reform 1890-1920





1. Copy & Paste the following to your blog:

Post Title: Progressivism and Urban Reform 1890-1920


Using the information you learned from your project, write a paragraph describing
Progressivism and Urban Reform in Chicago 1890-1920.


2. Complete Peer Evaluation

3. Discuss Progressivism and Urban Reform 1890-1920.

Current Event Discussion #5 Due Wednesday 3/16

Friday, March 11, 2016

Ch 8 Project Day 4

1. Finish Ch 8 Project using WeVideo 

2. Share link of WeVideo with mmaloney@student.leyen212.org


CH 8 Project DUE TODAY

Hw: Current Event Discussion  #5 DUE Friday 

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Ch 8 Project - Day 3



1. Finish Script & Storyboard

2. Begin WeVideo

MEET IN LIBRARY FRIDAY
Ch 8 Project DUE FRIDAY 3/11





Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Ch 8 Project - Day 2


1. Write script for news broadcast and begin storyboard.

MEET IN LIBRARY THURSDAY & FRIDAY
CH 8 Project DUE FRIDAY 3/11

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Ch 8 Project -1



Progressivism and Urban Reform 1890-1920

1. Research topics for CH 8 Project


CH 8 Project DUE FRIDAY 3/11

Friday, March 4, 2016

Current Event Day

                                                    


Current Event #4 Discussion Day

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Cubs Day *



1. Make a copy of the Cubs Activity. Share with your partner and with mmaloney@student.leyden212.org. Make sure the send an email box is checked.


Current Event #4 DUE FRIDAY


Wednesday, March 2, 2016

CH 7 Wrap Up



Form


1. Copy & Paste the following to your blog:

Post Title: New Immigration

Compare and contrast the various immigrant groups and their experience that came to Chicago after 1890.



Immigrant Group
What was their experience like in Chicago? What part of the city did they settle in? What type of jobs did they have?
Polish

Italian

Jewish

Greeks

Czechs

Swedes



How are these immigrant groups and their experiences similar?


How are these immigrant groups and their experiences different?


Chicago Cuisine Day $ DUE THIRSDAY
Current Event Discussion #4 Due FRIDAY

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

New Immigration





1. Discuss Reading Guide Ch 7 #1-20.

2. Watch City of Century Disc 2 24:20




Current Event Discussion #4 Due Friday

Chicago Cuisine Day DUE THURSDAY

Monday, February 29, 2016

Current Event Day





Complete Current Event Discussion #4 DUE FRIDAY

Money For Chicago Cuisine Day DUE THURSDAY