Friday, February 6, 2009

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Most important event in the war


For weeks we have been discussing the most important battles of the Revolutionary war. We have learned about the battles and why they are significant or important. Choose an even and explain why it is the most important and post your answer as a comment to this blog.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Revolutionary war


Each side in the Revolutionay war had a few advantages over the other side. Some experts say that the home field advantage helped the Americans or that the experience helped the British. What do you think? Which advantage was the most important and why? Write your answer as apragraph in the official format with at least 5 sentences. Post your answer as a comment to this blog.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Coney Island Advertisements


View the link on the History of Coney Island, the first amusement park in the world. It is in New york City and was very popular in the 1800s and 1900s. Read the article and then use Publisher to to create an advertisement attracting people to come to Coney Island in the year 1927. It should include all of the main attractions and many reasons why people should come as well as pictures. Print your one page ad and turn it in.


Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Discrimination and Segregation



Click on and Read the links below:

From www.classzone.com , click on the links for chapter 21 section 3 and read about segregation in American History.

Use Publisher to create a one page newsletter or newspaper that explains some of the difficulties that some Americans faced during this unfortunate time period in history. Create a newspaper title, headline to your story and a short news article summarizing segregation. Add a picture as well. Save your finished copy to the Mr. Mountain folder on the network.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Immigrant Experience presentation


You are going to be making a PowerPoint slideshow that accurately portrays the experiences of most immigrants that came to the United States through Ellis Island. Use the links given to you at the following website under section 2. Your presentation should consist of 4 slides with at least one picture on each and include special effects such as background colors, slide transitions and more.