2009-2010 WW1 Assembly Line Bookmarks

We assembled bookmarks individually and then on a line to see which was faster and had better quality!

2009-10 Civil War: A Soldier's Life

http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/gettex/

Research the life of a soldier during the civil war.

REPLY TO MS. WELCH 3 THINGS YOU DISCOVERED AFTER READING.

2009-10 Civil War: Hard Tack

Read about Hard Tack here:
http://kenanderson.net/hardtack/

REPLY AND TELL MS. WELCH 2 THINGS YOU DISCOVERED AFTER READING ABOUT HARD TACK!

Next Unit-WW2

Our next unit is World War II

Links:

Count the Stars:

http://www.digitales.us/story_details.php?story_id=83

Hiroshima:

http://www.digitales.us/story_details.php?story_id=5

1934: A New Deal for Artists

1934: A New Deal for Artists is organized and circulated by the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Look at these great artworks!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/americanartmuseum/sets/72157613558866320/

2.9 MON Harlem Renaissance Artists

Read in your SS book pgs. 328-335.

Focus on the parts that detail the Harlem Renaissance and the new kinds of entertainment. Today we will focus on Louie Armstrong. At the end of the lesson you will choose an artist from the Harlem Renaissance to research. You will create a podcast (a computer recording) detailing what you find.

Louie Armstrong

Langston Hughes

2.2 MON Assembly Line (begining of class)

1. Watch these video clips of an assembly line:
Crayola Crayon Assembly Line: http://science.discovery.com/videos/assembly-line-crayola-crayons.html
Wilson Football Assembly Line: http://science.discovery.com/videos/assembly-line-wilson-footballs.html
Potato Chip Assembly Line: http://science.discovery.com/videos/assembly-line-herrs-potato-chips.html

2. Write (reply) about your experience “on the line” or about producing the bookmark as a “craftsman” designing and producing your bookmark independently.