Omnibus III B Week 10

Nov. 4-8, 2013 Classwork Topics

Mrs. Moore dmoore@veritasca.com www.historydiva.com Homework America: A Narrative History (A) O Pioneers!(O) Stock Market Simulation- (SMS)

Monday

Teacher Work Day

NA pgs. 485-494, A SweatShop Romance- Discussion O: Read chps. 1-3. Know the main events of each chapter and keep track of the characters. Find and write 3 significant quotes about the land, and 3 for main characters (a total of 6). Write the chapter, page number of each quote. Why did you choose these? What do they reveal?

Wednesday Introduction to O Pioneers! Introduce Stock Market Game for 1870s. Begin Industrial Giants

Stock Market Simulation- (SMS)- Read the Stock Prospectus 1871 (HANDOUT) and plan your stock purchases for next class. Make a shopping list. Remember the companies described in the Stock Prospectus 1871 were real and the information provided is historically accurate. Reading: Father Lets in the Telephone. How did the telephone change the Days life? What was surprising about the account? Name 2-3 ways the story showed how telephone changed every day life.

Continue Industrial Giants Friday O Pioneers! Discussion Stock Market Game Outcomes for 1871.

GoldNotes, Big Business and Organized Labor. Complete as directed. Due on Friday, Nov. 15 before the quiz on the material.
O: Read chps. 4-5. Contrast Lou, Oscar and Alexandra. Support with passages from the book. List 5 things you have learned about pioneer life in this time. Stock Market Simulation- (SMS) With your earnings from the Outcomes for 1871 (Remember these are historically accurate outcomes), plan your stock purchases for 1872.

Notes:

Unless otherwise noted, assignments are due following the class

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