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Rules for the game "Pit"

The purpose of us playing this game in class- This game is a simulation of the Commodities Market.  However, we can understand a lot of the parallels between this and the stock market.  Some of the people that are aggressive and take risks will do well.  Some people will be cautious and they rarely do very well, but if they are cautious and play the game aware and slyly, they will not suffer.  People who are slow to action, take risks that they do not understand and do not understand what they are doing in general will do poorly.  Sometimes you will get burned even if you are good at this and play hard, because it is very hard and unpredictable.  That is why if you are good, you seek to continue making transactions to stay on top of the market and to not let the market play you. OBJECT OF THE GAME The object of Pit is to corner the market on Barley, Corn, Flax, Hay, Oats, Rye and Wheat by trading cards with other players. PLAYING THE GAME Pit can be played...
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11/24 and 7.7

Roaring Twenties Timeline What is the 1920's commonly called? What is that supposed to mean? What was roaring in a good way? What was roaring maybe in a negative way? Essential Question #10-  How have advances in Technology impacted the development of the country and the American people? (in the 1920's) Essential Question #9- How has the rise of Mass Media influenced and transformed Culture ? (In the 1920's) Period 7: 1890-1945, Topic 7- 1920's: Innovations in communication and technology Student learning objective - Explain the causes and effects of the innovations in communication and technology in the United States over time. Historical Developments: -Production of consumer goods -Improved standards of living -Greater personal mobility -Better communications systems - Mass media “For Summer Sport. . . . “Down to the beach again–into the water–out on the boats. And every party a [radio] party, with concerts and dance music coming in on the air. “Off to the camps ag...
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11/18, 11/19 and 7.6

Tuesday, November 18 Period 7: 1890-1945, Topic 6- WWI: The Home Front Student Learning Objective - Explain the causes and effects of international and internal migration patterns over time. “We realize that certain bodies of men, who do not believe in the basic principles of our Republic, having taken advantage of American hospitality to secure residence within our territory, have brought into organization a large number of committees and associations whose avowed purpose it is to destroy our Government (using force if necessary) and to place the country under the domination of some such self-constituted commission of Socialists or Bolshevists as has brought anarchy and misery upon Russia. “To nullify the pernicious influence of these enemies of the Republic, we, the undersigned, herewith declare and take oath that we hold ourselves ready to answer any call to defend our country against any and all attempts to change our Government by usurpation or by force. We seek for this pledge th...
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11/17 and 7.5 continued

Period 7: 1890-1945, Topic 5- WWI: Military and Diplomacy (continued) Student learning objective - Explain the consequences of US involvement in WWI. “Who has registered the knowledge or approval of the American people of the course this Congress is called upon in declaring war upon Germany? Submit the question to the people, you who support it. You who support it dare not do it, for you know that by a vote of more than ten to one the American people as a body would register their declaration against it. “I venture to say that the response which the German people have made to the demands of this war shows that it has a degree of popular support which the war upon which we are entering has not and never will have among our people. The espionage bills, the conscription bills, and other forcible military measures . . . [are] proof that those responsible for this war fear that it has no popular support. . . . “It was our absolute right as a neutral [power] to ship food to the people of Ger...
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11/14/25 and 7.5

Period 7: 1890-1945, Topic 5- WWI: Military and Diplomacy Student learning objective - Explain the causes of US involvement in WWI US isolationism ? " Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? ...
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11/13 and WWI Intro

Essential Question #6-   How have the Costs of War affected the development of America? WWI Intro questions Is it right for America to intervene in foreign conflicts? Explain. When American lives are threatened, how should the government respond? Should America go to war to make the world "safe for democracy"? (Song) Student learning objective -  Students will explain the point of view of the song and find evidence in the song to support the position. “One” Lyrics and Reflection Directions: First, listen to the song and follow along with the lyrics.  Think about what does it all mean? Secondly, the class will discuss the inspiration and meaning of the song as well as what they think the point of view is and what evidence could be used to support that position. “One” by Metallica I can't remember anything Can't tell if this is true or dream Deep down inside I feel the scream This terrible silence stops me Now that the war is through with me I'm waking up, I cannot...
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11/7 and 7.4 continued

Go to page 663 of The American Pageant Chapter 29 What is unusual/historic about the election of 1912? Essential Question #4-  How is Power acquired and what measures does it take to Protect Itself? 60 Sec Pres- William Taft How would you evaluate Taft? 60 Sec Pres- Woodrow Wilson Essential Question #8-  How have citizens affected the growth and change of Political Parties and Government ? Essential Question #7-  Where does the drive for Expansion/Intervention come from and what is its impact on America and the rest of the world? Period 7: 1890-1945, Topic 4- "The Progressives" Student learning objective - Compare attitudes toward the use of natural resources from 1890 to 1945. “Hetch Hetchy Valley, far from being a plain, common, rock-bound meadow, as many who have not seen it seem to suppose, is a grand landscape garden, one of Nature’s rarest and most precious mountain temples. . . . The sublime rocks of its walls seem to glow with life, whether leaning back in re...
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