Current Event #9

Current Event Discussion #9 



Field Trip $9  DUE 

Chicago Mayors Project -3

1. Chicago Mayors Project Work Day

Presentations on Monday 5/2

Current Event #9 Due Friday

Field Trip $9

Chicago Mayors Project -2

1. Chicago Mayor's Project Work day

Presentations on Monday 5/2

Current Event #9 Due Friday

Field Trip $9

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

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

Current Event Day

1. Current Event Discussion #8

2. Chicago Cuisine Day 

Ch 10 Test Day

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


HW: Current Event #8 Due Friday

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

WBEZ - Curious-city Podcast

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?

Great Depression, WWII, Suburban Growth 1929-1955

1. Discuss Ch 10 Reading Guide

Great Depression, WWII, Suburban Growth 1929-1955

Fire Drill

1. Complete Organized Crime Project Peer Evaluation

2. Complete Ch 10 Reading Guide in your Google Drive

HW: Current Event #8 DUE FRIDAY

Current Event #7

1. Current Event Discussion #7

2. Complete Organized Crime Project Peer Evaluation

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

Organized Crime -2

Organized Crime Project Work Day

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

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

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?

Current Event Discussion #6

Current Event Discussion #6

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

Chicago Housing

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

Chicago's history of racial segregation-MSNBC 1:22

The story of Clyde Ross and the contract buyers- league  The Atlantic 9:34

Segregation in Chicago Video Essay 6:11

In Step With Income Inequality, US Cities More Geographically Segregated than Ever - Smithsonian magazine - charts

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

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

Ch 9 Catch Up

1. Discuss Ch 9 Reading Guide 1-14.

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