Ms. Coyle’s Top 5 Greatest Americans:

1)    George Washington- George Washington’s greatest accomplishment was being the first president of the new country, United States of America. I chose him and picked him first because he was America’s first leader as a general and president.

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2)    Abraham Lincoln- Abraham Lincoln’s greatest accomplishment was writing the Emancipation Proclamation and ending slavery. I chose him and picked him second because if it was not for his efforts, there could still be slavery today. He lost his life because of something he believed in.

3)    Martin Luther King Jr.

4)    Susan B. Anthony

5)    Sacajawea

1. One thing I thought was interesting about the Great Depression was...

2. Does the Great Depression lesson remind you of what is going on today?

1. Something I thought was interesting about World War One was...

2. Something I learned Today was...

Pick a woman who was alive sometime between 1870 and 1930.  It can be one of the women you’ve already learned about in this unit, or someone else

You will make a new Post answering these questions about the woman:

1) Who was she and what did she do?

Susan B. Anthony was a teacher and fought for equal women's rights. She started the National Women's Suffrage Assocation and fought for voting rights for women (women's suffrage)

2) Why did you pick her?

I picked her because I admire her strength to continue to fight for what she believed in.

In the same Post, please pick a woman who you know personally (your grandmother, mother, a teacher, etc.) who reminds you of the famous woman you picked to write about.  Explain why she reminds you of that famous person.

This reminds me of my Aunt Wendy because my Aunt Wendy has continued to fight for improvement in child health care and early education for young children. She never gives up like Susan B. Anthony

Similarities to 1800s Immigrants

1. We both lived with our families like our aunts, uncles, and cousins in the United States.

Differences to 1800s Immigrants

1. My family came by airplane. The immigrants of the 1800s came by boat.

What I found interesting about Starting A New Life In America Post is...

FIRST PART:

Invention # 1

You will need to answer these questions:

What is the invention? telephone

Who invented it and when? Alex Graham Bell

What problem were they trying to solve?

How has the invention affected your life?

Invention # 2

You will need to answer these questions:

What is the invention?

Who invented it and when?

What problem were they trying to solve?

How has the invention affected your life?

Invention # 3

You will need to answer these questions:

What is the invention?

Who invented it and when?

What problem were they trying to solve?

How has the invention affected your life?

SECOND PART:

Think of something you would like to invent. Answer these questions:

What is its name?

What does it do?

What problem does it solve?

How will it affect people’s lives?

Word Bank:

The first working _________________________ was invented, designed, made, and flown by the _________________________ brothers, Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright. Their "_______________________" was a fabric-covered biplane with a _________________________ frame.

On December 17, ____________, their plane flew for 12 ______________________ and for a distance of 120 feet (37 m). The flight took place at Kitty Hawk, _________________________, USA.

Orville and Wilbur Wright were raised in Dayton, Ohio. Before _________________________ their airplane, they operated a _________________________ repair and sales shop. They made their own bicycles.

The brothers chose Kitty Hawk to fly their planes because it was an isolated town on North Carolina's Outer Banks that had steady _________________________ and sand dunes on which they could glide and land gently. The brothers' first two gliders failed. Later that year, the brothers built a _________________________ in which they tested over 200 wing and airframe designs.

Returning to Kitty Hawk, they began test flights in 1903. The planes accelerated on a monorail _____________________ and flew into the air.

During the next few years, the brothers developed more sophisticated planes. They later formed the _________________________, which built and sold their airplanes.

The Wright brothers' famous airplane is on permanent _________________________ at the National Air and Space _________________________ in Washington, D.C., USA.

As soon as news of the discovery of gold in California reached China in 1849, there was an increase in the numbers of Chinese immigrants to the west coast of the United States. They came because wars, floods and famine had made earning a livelihood difficult in China.

Why did Chinese immigrants come to California?

How do you think the Chinese heard about the discovery of gold?

Chinese workers on the railroad were fed a Chinese diet including dried oysters, dried fish, sweet rice, crackers, dried bamboo, salted cabbage, Chinese sugar, dried fruits and vegetables, dried seaweed, Chinese bacon, dried mushrooms, peanut oil, tea, rice, pork, and chicken.  This was a much healthier diet than the beef, beans, bread, butter and potatoes of white workers at the time.  The Chinese also drank barrels of hot tea.   White workers, instead, would drink cold water.  Too often this water was contaminated and caused illness among the workers.

Literal Question:

Figurative Question:

For each picture, please write in your own words:

1. one piece of information you learned about that chapter that you think is interesting or important

2. why you think it is interesting or important.

Independence For Texas

The United States Grows Larger

On To Oregon and California

The Southern States Leave

The Civil War