Holiday Gift Exchange

We will be having a "holiday celebration" the last day of class before break.

You will need to bring in a 5 euro gift for our holiday exchange. Please, make sure it is wrapped!! Also, the gift needs to be appropriate for a boy and a girl.

If you would like to bring in a snack, please do.

Roby class,
Our class meets in the morning, so please bring "morning snacks".

**You do not have to participate in our gift exchange. It is your choice.

Comic Strips

Your comic strips about the problems between workers and business owners in the 19th century are due at the beginning of the next class (Roby, December 12 and Lycee, December 14). You will receive a description of the assignment during our next class.

The assignment:
Create a 6 panel comic strip that illustrates a problem between workers and business owners in the late 19th century.

Your task is to choose one type of factory and one type of possible problem that existed in that factory. You should describe the problem and how some workers reacted to it. USE YOUR ORGANIZER TO HELP YOU.

Your comic strip must include:
a description of one type of problem workers faced ___
a description of how some workers reacted to the problem ___
a title ___
a narration box and/or a dialog bubble in each frame ___
a plot (your comic strip should have the same story in all 6 frames) ___
a setting (date, type of factory) ___

YOUR COMIC STRIP SHOULD ALSO BE
NEAT, LEGIBLE, EASILY UNDERSTOOD AND SPELLED CORRECTLY.

HAVE FUN!

Long Awaited Update

First, I want to apologize for not updating this blog sooner.

Secondly, I hope your pen pal letters are ready for the next phase in the writing process, the teacher edit (Roby) and self-edit (Lycee). Remember, you are representing, not only yourself, but your school and France, so you want your letters to be as perfect as possible! I hope to mail all of the letters out before the holiday break.

Lastly, we will continue exploring our current unit, intervention and change, until January. By now, you should have all read chapter 5, lesson 1 entitled Big Business and Industrial Cities.



For extra credit, answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. Be sure to use complete sentences. You must answer both questions correctly in order to receive extra credit.

1. Why do you think railroad stock would have been a good investment in the late 1800s?
2. How do you think the transcontinental railroad affected economic growth? Explain.