Levels of Government

Today we reviewed federalism and added the idea of local government working alongside the federal and state governments.  As part of their zoo assignments, students will be exploring the zoo to find out how different laws, statutes, ordinances, and codes affect the zoo and those who visit it.  Students will be collaborating to find this information while they explore the zoo tomorrow!

The Russian Revolution

Today in class as well as last Friday we began to explore different economic systems.  We began to look at how Russia became the Soviet Union as part of a communist revolution.  You can see what we discussed below:

WWI Leads to Trench Warfare

Today in class we talked about how WWI officially began and quickly devolved into trench warfare.  You can see what we discussed (and watched) about WWI below:

WWI Begins

Today in class students read and also watched a video about the series of events that led to WWI.  You can view the video below:

Causes of WWI

Today we began unraveling the many layers of global issues that caused WWI.  You can see what we discussed below:

Imperialism Defined

Today we took time to focus on what imperialism means and how the world was setting itself up for World War I.  We also focused on how America began to build its empire.  You can see what we discussed below:

Imperialism Again

Today in class we took a look at a video about imperialism and also read a short article about U.S. territories.  You can see the video we watched below:

Imperialism

Today in class we worked on a map showing how the European nations, Japan, and the USA had begun to develop empires in the early 1900's.  The maps below will help to complete the map, which is due Thursday.