Week 03

Dust Bowl era in the United States on Prezi

Formative Assessment
Topic.07

The Scopes Trial- A teacher named John Scopes goes to trial for teaching evolution in school which leads to a bigger picture of God v. Darwin

Prohibition- pushed mostly by women and smart business men, stating that manufacturing and distribution of alcohol is illegal, enforced by IRS, caused more trouble, crime and bars than anything, overrided by 21st Amendment

Flappers- ladies with short hair and a lot of make-up that wore dresses showing their knees, gams, and shoulders that also smoked and drank in public, got their names because the dresses they wore flapped and just hung

Economic Issues (1920s)- the demand for products grew due to a new concept called credit -buying with money that isn't really there- along with low interest rates and the introduction of the installment plan, professional guessers or better known as investors work with stock market speculation, people start buying shares of on margin -paying for a fraction of the price and "margin" paying for the rest and after you resell the stocks you pay off the margin price whether the value of your stock increased or decreased-

Dust Bowl-over farmed land not given enough time to recover so no nutrients holding the top soil down making the wind pick up and blow around dirt

Agriculture Issues- machines make farming easier and faster achieving maximum income at time but farmers getting greedy and not rotation the land

Immigration Policies (1920s)-Limiting immigrants and not allowing any Asians into the country mostly due to Americans being scared of foreigners

Nativism- Americans proud to be born and raised in the States

Significant Literary Works (1920s)- people where experiencing the power of the written word: Jacob Reese writes "How the Other Half Lives" , Elton Sinclair writes "The Jungle", and Ralf Nader (in the 1950s but correlated because the automobile was introduced in the 20s but no seatbealt) writes "Unsafe at Any Speed"

The Great Migration- African Americans moving from the rural south to the city north, caused racial tensions in places where they didn't exist before resulting in a new wave of KKK -larger and killing Jews, Catholics, Immigrants, and Divorcees among with Blacks-

Harlem Renaissance- African American embraced their color and culture for the first time, expressed themselves through arts such as music, literature, and art

Sacco and Vanzetti- Italian Anarchists, in 1927 sentenced to death later to find out that they might of not been guilty, followed Galleani Luigi -bomb Wall St. and made bombs-

Labor Issues (1920s)- while soldiers where away at war they got replaced at work and came back not having a job, women started working

The Red Scare- Americans became scared of anything non-American especially those who were foreign, Palmer Raids -big groups of people charged with conspiracy-

Schenck v. the United States- (in 1919) Charles Schenck, a member of the Socialist Party -a group of people that opposed the war and tried to get others to oppose believing that the war was being fought by the poor but only helped the rich- was tried for violating the Espionage Act, one of the first fights vs the State for the 1st Amendment

Week 02

1.From the organized crime small group presentations I learned that the gangsters mostly escaped from the cops and had a few good runs but always ended up getting caught and dieing in the end. I also learned that the gangsters crimes got worse as they surrounded themselves with more or daring gangsters. Some of my favorite cool facts where: Bonnie Parker, for example, was married and wrote poetry, Clyde Barrow killed 9 police officers and also dropped out of school in 5Th grade, "Baby Face" Nelson was 5'4 and got made fun of for it, "Pretty Boy" Floyd grew up on a farm, and Kate "Ma" Barker waited until her four sons graduated high school to start a life of crime as a family.


Pinched for selling booze
Rise in crime due to sneaking around for booze
Overtime prohibition ended
Hooch, bootleg booze, easier found and more economic than real booze
Introduction to real gangsters
Booze ,giggle water, banned
Involuement in black market booze
Twenty-first Amendment made manufacturing and distribution OK
Infamous man- Al Capone
Over stressed by the people to bring booze back
Not too many people happy with the 18Th Amendment


Red Scare, Americans are scared of everything non-American
Out-of-Pocket paid didn't have to be much thanks to Margin
After necessities are payed the money left over is called Discretionary Income
Roosevelt makes repealing 18Th Amendment part of his campaign
Imagration Restriction
No Asians allowed in entirely
Going strong, Henry Ford introduces the assembly line

Two Americas, the Old and the New
Welcomed by even police officers were Speakeasies
Espionage & Sedition Act make Palmer Raids okay
Not only females pushed for Prohibition but smart business men as well
The Flapper is a new daring trend amongst few women
Italian Anarchist appear more and more
Electric things such as radios and cars are being sold
Soldiers after WWI are Demobilized

Week 07

By looking at the Wordle for the United States Declaration of War I feel like the tone was a little cocky and of political concerned. I feel like the US thought they were doing the right thing for thier people and not only the nation but for peace within other nations. I think the US was fed up with Germany and thought that if they didnt step up and declare war things would only get worse, more out of control. The word "belligerents" makes me think they didnt think too highly of Germany's government thus not liking Germany as a whole.
Which in turn, I believe, Germany responded in a scrambled way. Being closer to where the action was going on, they were worried about more than just the US. I assume that the scramble lead to the responce being less agressive and pushy. Germany's thoughts were all over the place not really being able to give 100% effort to all of the subjects, because of the fear of leaving one out maybe and feeling like they're all important.

You should treat the detained prisoners how you would any others. On the surface make it look like you haven't done anything bad but the truth being that your treating them worse. Maybe give them a few slaps. Offer them deals to rat out the other people and in return when they go to jail they wont be given as much h*ll as the ones that chose not to rat. Be creative but making sure that nothing you do could back fire on you and your team.
If any of them were to get mistreated and it go out to the public credibility would be lost. Things in the past that were over looked now maybe have to be looked at. Short-term repercussions, the prisoners feel a little uncomfortable. Takes you a little longer to find the other bomb makers because you cant be too rough other wise you might get suspended or worse.

Extra Credit

Place:School Lunchroom
A conversation between old friends after coming back to school from summer brake

BILLY: Hey Bobbie! Its been a while, how do you feel back at school?

BOB: eh, It can be so darb, but it all really depends on the teacher. Like this year my math teacher is the cat's moow, but last year Mr.D gave me the heebie jeebies. Mr.D was always talking about his dogs. Who does that?, maybe if he was the anatomy teacher

BILLY: Yeah I'm glad I've never come across him. What about the big cheese?

BOB: Who? Mr.R?, yeah poor guy. (Billy with a puzzled look) He liked my aunts gams so he dressed all spiffy and asked her to go with him. A couple weeks later Mr.R asked to go steady. I guess she had a crush on him and was diggin' his style so she accepted in a heart beat. Too bad for him now, he's got the handcuffs.

BILLY: And Mr.R being the drugstore cowboy, i guess that's part of gettin' old. Makes me kinda up chuck. Old people in love is definitely not the bee's knees.

BOB: So far things are just berries ,but i can totally feel them turnin' into major fire extinguishers.

Weekly Article 02

In a close to perfect world I would not see a problem with war video games. If while at war, soldiers themselves act as if combat were a game, why shouldn't games that portray war exist? Until those soldiers went out and did their job in a serious way, I wouldn't see a problem with games such as Call of Duty and Gears.
I would argue that the critics questioning the players, the games, the makers, and their morality have no right to say if its offense or not. I would argue that I bet they've never fought in war. That if it doesn't offend the real soldiers the games are trying to portray why should it an average Joe? I might even say that such games help show today's adolescents that war is a bloody dangerously scary situation that only the bravest put themselves in. That they are heroes and should be better respected.
But today's adolescents aren't the only ones playing these games. Its turned into youngens, girls, and even older men obsessing over these games.And with shows like Jersey Shore being such a hit how mature are the customers these days?
Moreover we don't live in a world full of sane people. Not everyone was blessed to have good role models to teach them that video games are just games. That shooting real people should not be fun. Not everyone can differentiate between reality and fiction. Unfortunately it only takes those few insane people to kill many and to give games like Gears a bad rep.
On top people don't understand that young children shouldn't be exposed to violent games. Younger kids look up to their fathers, brothers, sisters etc. and seeing them over react to a loss. Or become addicted to playing those games makes them feel like its the right thing to do. Which in the eyes of most, again gives the right for negative light upon the games.
A major quality for humans is to conform. And future generations see more and more that its OK to be overly aggressive. That if anything I've got to be tough to have power, confusing toughness with violence. Possibly thinking, I've got to learn to play these games and to act this way for me to get my brothers affection. Or, for me to be able to get attention from my boyfriend I need to focus more on these games. Maybe even, to be part of the cool crowd and hold conversations with fellow peers I admire I must first get in touch with these games.
Those in favor of such games might respond in saying: Gears and Call of Duty help keep kids out of the streets and causing trouble by staying home with friends to enjoy their games, that they also relive stress and teach friendly competition.
It's all about how far people take things. Promoting competition can be a good healthy thing but too many times it gives people the feeling like they have to fight for everything. That they have to be defensive because there isn't enough to go around for everyone. Yes, while uniting friends and relieving stress might be true, might not be.
Like an alcoholic, you don't know when you crossed the line from friendly drinking to dependence. How much are these people playing that the stress reliever later turns into a stress creator. How long before 'just hanging with some friends' turns into hey group of friends lets plan on how to later go out and kill?
Another thing is that now technology is so advanced that these games to compete with one another have to have better graphics. Playing a game with better graphics makes it feel more realistic. Its not something the producers can help since it's what the consumers want, but it is not helping the cause. Perhaps if all game makers agreed on making their games be more realistic in the sense that one shot to the head bam your done, not, ten shots later your life power goes down to red meaning your about to die. Never the less that still wouldn't solve all the other problems these violent games cause.







http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/10/modern-warfare-2-the-case-for-the-dedicated-server.ars
http://www.nowpublic.com/us_soldiers_use_video_game_skills_to_master_remote_guns_crows