World War II Blog Assignment

For your last blog assignment this trimester, please pretend you have traveled back in time during World War II. You may choose to have ended up in Europe, Japan or the United States. Some possible topics would include

• Pearl Harbor
• Life on the Home Front
• Military Battles
• The Holocaust
• Japanese Internment
• Dropping the Atomic Bomb

You should provide some detailed information about World War II. Use your class notes, textbook and supplemental readings. This entry should be several paragraphs and include a picture. Make sure you use proper spelling, grammar and punctuation.

Great Depression Blog Assignment

Complete a post for your time travel blog about your time spent living through the Great Depression.

1. Select a photograph from the great depression.
2. Pretend that you are one of the people in the photograph.
3. Write about your life. Make sure to include information about what your life was like before the stock market crash, how you felt and what you did during the Great Depression, and your thoughts about President Roosevelt and the New Deal.

You will be graded on the historical accuracy, detail and quality of writing. Please proofread your blog entry before you post. This is an assignment for class, so you should use proper punctuation, spelling and capitalization!

Immigration Presentation

Hi Class!

Here are the class presentations about the growth of industry and immigration in case you missed anything. Let me know if you have any comments or questions!

Growth of Industry

Immigration

Time Traveler Blogs

Hello! I hope you're blogging is going well. In case you forgot what you should have on your blog, here is the assignment information.

Your Tasks

• Set up your blog
• Post at least 5 entries about your trip
• Comment on other students' blogs

Blog Posts

• Discuss one aspect of life during this time period
• Explain information and include your analysis and evaluation of the time
• Include pictures- don't forget to cite your sources!
• Should be written clearly- proper spelling, cpaitalization, punctuation and grammar

Sources of Information

• Textbook
• Class Readings (Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, The Strike for Three Loaves)
• Class Activities (Assembly Line)

Grading

• Complete & On Time
• Explanation
• Evaluation
• Pictures
• Overall Impression

Hello!

Hello American History B students! I'm glad you've made it here.

I'm Mrs. Steinhoff, a social studies teacher at Simley High School. This is my first year at Simley, but my 5th year teaching. I'm really excited for this trimester, because it includes some of my favorite U.S. history topics to talk about.

I grew up near Madison, Wisconsin, in the small town of Lodi. When I graduated I moved to Minnesota to go to college at the University of Minnesota Morris. In college I studied history and the other social sciences. I was also part of student government and on the cheer team.

Now I live in St. Paul with my husband, and soon a little baby girl. I have 5 younger brothers and sisters who still live in Wisconsin. When I'm not at school I like reading, photography, running, traveling, making jewelry and spending time with friends and family.