Social Studies Toolbox

-How did Prohibition help increase the presence of organized crime in America?  -Discuss how the culture of the 1920s broke and transgressed different boundaries in American society, especially the accepted roles for women.  -The media has had a tremendous influence on the twentieth century.  What were the effects of the mass media on the 1920s?  -The 1920s saw a burgeoning of African-American culture and talent, centered in the Harlem section of New York City.  Discuss the contribution of the Harlem Renaissance to American art and literature.   -In the 1920s, for the first time in the country’s history, more Americans lived in an urban setting than a rural one.  Discuss the process of urbanization and how it affected the country.  -Compare rural and urban areas in the 1920s.  -Discuss the role of advertising in the 1920s.  -Discuss some of the changes for women in the 1920s.  -How did...

How old was Lily when her mother died? What is the first and only memory Lily has of her mother?   Briefly describe Lily’s relationship with her father.   What three objects does Lily posses that are her only link to her mother?   Where does Lily hide these objects? How does Lily spend her days during summer vacation? What punishment does Lily’s father inflict on her so often that she compares it to enduring the common cold? Why does Rosaleen make a special trip into town?   What happens to Rosaleen and Lily on their way to town? Extra Credit: Lily has a special place, a place she considers a sanctuary. A place where she can go to get away from her father and a place she can go to "get away from her thoughts." Do you have a place like this? If so, where is your special place? Why is this place your "special place"? Compare the "learned helplessness" of Lily's bees not leaving their jar and the learned helplessness of women not leaving ab...

Interactive Map (How the states compare Drunk Driving Fatalities, etc.) http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/30903834.html How drinking affects your body (infographic) http://media.jsonline.com/documents/drinkhealth_102108.pdf "Straight Talk" Many Resources http://www.jsonline.com/news/36457334.html "Wasted in Wisconsin" Interactive http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/30919394.html Drinking Ingrained in Wisconsin Culture: http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/31237904.html Effects of alcoholism: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=intoxicating-studies

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/22/women-winning-map.html

Interactive Map: http://maternalhealthtaskforce.org/index.php?option=com_google&view=advanced&id=10&Itemid=141 Data: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/apr/12/maternal-mortality-rates-millennium-development-goals

http://dynamo.dictionary.com/games/46080/nations-of-the-middle-east/match/

http://dynamo.dictionary.com/games/48048/state-capitals-in-the-united-states/match/

Interactive Map: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/15/worst-place-women-afghanistan-india Life in Afghanistan for Women: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/22/147060923/a-favored-daughter-fights-for-afghan-women http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/world/asia/05afghan.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/09/afghan-women-abuse-united-nations?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487

Khaled Hosseini vividly describes Afghanistan, both the privileged world of Amir’s childhood and the stricken country under the Taliban. How did his descriptions differ from ideas that you may already have had about Afghanistan? How is the Taliban portrayed in this film?  What specific acts of violence are  committed by the Taliban in the film? Were you surprised to learn about the racial tension between the Pashtuns and Hazaras in Afghanistan?  Why do you think racial tension exists both in the United States and elsewhere? http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/key_maps/ethnic_hazara.stm http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/asia/afghanistan/map_flash.html Life for women under Taliban rule: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/a-woman-among-warlords/womens-rights-in-the-taliban-and-post-taliban-eras/66/ Life for women in Afghanistan today: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/15/worst-place-women-af...

What is it? Generally, there are two established, legally prohibited types of sexual harassment: Quid pro quo: Compliance or noncompliance with a sexual demand is used as the basis of an employment decision. Hostile work environment: An employee is subject to unwelcome verbal or physical sexual behavior, including requests for sexual favors and other conduct of a sexual nature that is either so severe or pervasive that it adversely affects her or his ability to do work. Sexual harassment includes offensive or pervasive conduct in the workplace related to a person’s sex that negatively affects a reasonable person’s employment . Unfortunately, sexual harassment is common in workplaces throughout the United States. Facts: Sexual harassment includes  verbal, nonverbal,  and  physical  behavior. Unwanted and unwelcome  lewd jokes ,  gender-based slurs , and  sexual contact  all represent examples of sexual harassment. Behavior that creates ...

"Reasons to Seethe" Infographic of the Middle East: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/weekinreview/20110206_middle-east-map.pdf Arab World Map: http://www.sonoma.edu/users/l/laney/geog302/resources/supplem/arab_world.jpg Printable Middle Eastern Map: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/learning/pdf/activities/MapMidEast_NYTLN.pdf Printable Map of Africa: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/learning/pdf/activities/MapAfrica_NYTLN.pdf Arab Uprisings, Country-by-Country Look: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/middleeast/middle-east-hub.html Political Unrest in the Middle East: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/21/world/middleeast/update-mideast-countries.html Timeline (Audio/Photo Slide-show): http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/middleeast/2011-spreading-revolutions.html#1 Interactive Timeline: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline Lesson Plans (Covering th...

Read from The Kite Runner http://teacher.scholastic.com/writeit/cavalcade/pdf/jan2005/literature_kite_runner_p12_p17.pdf Watch excerpt from the film Questions from the reading and the film (threaded discussion on the white board) Discuss:   Assef   says to   Amir , " Afghanistan   is the land of  Pashtuns . We are the true Afghans, not this   flatnose   here. His people pollute our homeland. They dirty our blood." How does  Assef's   attitude compare to some of the individuals or groups we have learned in our history classes? (the KKK, Hitler, etc.) How do these attitudes lead to hate crimes or even genocide?

Most of the immigrants coming into the United States in the last two decades of the nineteenth century were from _______________ and ______________. In general, Populists were against _________________ and capitalism. Many also opposed immigration, especially from ______________. What is a "Robber Baron"? A scab is a name given by strikers for ______________________________. Theodore Roosevelt said, " I should welcome almost any ______________, for I think this country needs one." What economic reason could explain U.S. involvement in foreign affairs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Most American deaths from the Spanish American war were not from ___________________ but rather from ____________________. What is imperialism? Was WWI an imperialist war? What event was the catalyst for U.S. joining World War I? Was the war "popular" with most Americans? How do we know?

U.S. involvement:

Each student will get three minutes to place Arab World countries on the map. Whoever places the most states in three minutes wins a prize! http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

Assignment: Each student is responsible for two questions from the list below.  1. Why is this episode called Shell Shock?  What does the term mean?  When and how did it come into use?  2. A German U-boat sank the Lusitania off the Irish Coast.  Despite the knowledge of a war waging in the Atlantic, passengers chose to sail in these waters.   Why did the passengers of the Lusitania have a false sense of security?  3. Discuss some of the causes of World War I.  4. Why was World War I different from all previous wars?  How was this war truly a product of the new century?  5. What was the “massacre of the innocents?”  Why did this event bear this name?  6. The automobile is one of the most influential machines of the twentieth century.  How did the automobile change American life in the early years of the century?  7. How did propaganda shape American views of World War I?  How has p...

Psychology offers several theories to explain how the sexualization of girls and women could influence girls’ well-being. Ample evidence testing these theories indicates that sexualization has negative effects in a variety of domains , including cognitive functioning, physical and mental health, sexuality and attitudes and beliefs. Although most of these studies have been conducted on women in late adolescence (i.e., college age), findings are likely to generalize to younger adolescents and to girls, who may be even more strongly affected because their sense of self is still being formed. Cognitive and emotional consequences: Cognitively, self-objectification has been repeatedly shown to detract from the ability to concentrate and focus one’s attention, thus leading to impaired performance on mental activities such as mathematical computations or logical reasoning (Frederickson, Roberts, Noll, Quinn & Twenge, 1998; Gapinski, Brownell & LaFrance, 2003; Hebl, King ...

BBC (History of the Movement) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9663646.stm BBC (One year later) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16234537

What is The Arab Spring : it refers to the pro-democracy uprisings currently sweeping the Middle East and North Africa . Introduction (Video):  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9663646.stm Most of the information you need can be found here: Interactive Timeline : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline 1. The first of the Middle Eastern protests started here. Name the country, the date, and the event that sparked the first of many protests throughout the Middle East. 2. When was the first recorded international response to these uprisings? What country/leader motivated the response? What was the response? 3. (February 25, 2011) Thousands join "___________________" across the Middle East. 4. Protests on this day took place in _____________, ______________, _________________, ______________, _______________, _________________, and _____________. 5. List four examples of reforms prote...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/nov/02/human-development-index-data

So far, this is my favorite Michael Perry book. I can appreciate the self-depreciating humor; I am the same way.  I admit,  it is the love story between Anneliese and himself, not the love story between Perry and his International that I enjoy reading most.  He details the growth of a relationship in a refreshingly authentic and humorous way. I certainly can't ignore his descriptions of small-town Wisconsin life.  I am a resident of a small, southwestern Wisconsin town. Population 600 (give or take ten). He's not embellishing...if you want to know what it is like to live in a small town in Wisconsin, read his books.

A Timeline for Change | Teaching Tolerance

Santa Land Diaries, David Sedaris The Freedom Writers Diary, Erin Gruwell The Bookseller of Kabul, Asne Seierstad Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write about Their Search for Self, Sara Shandler Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, Mary Pipher More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction, Elizabeth Wurtzel Magical Thinking: True Stories, Augusten Burroughs First Person Plural: My Life as a Multiple, Cameron West Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Aspberger's, John Elder Robison Take the Cannoli, Sarah Vowell Almost a Woman, Esmerelda Santiago When I Was Puetro Rican, Esmerelda Santiago Breath, Eyes, Memory, Edwidge Danticat The Dew Breaker, Edwidge Danticat I Was Told There'd Be Cake, Sloane Crosley When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris Naked, David Sedaris Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurtzel Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris Dry, Augusten Burroughs Girl Interrupted, Susanna Kays...

Africa Infographic: http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1101/african-energy/flat.html Africa Interactive Map: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/interactive/2011/dec/25/wealth-poverty-africa-interactive

Video Clips: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/for-educators/women-on-the-rise-in-afghanistan-video-segments/ 1. Explain what the Taliban is and how the lives of women were restricted under its rule. 2. Describe progress women have made since Taliban rule. 3. Describe dangers women currently face in Afghanistan. 4. Discuss steps individual Afghan women are taking to empower other women in their country. 5. Describe why Afghan women felt it was critical to be involved in Afghanistan’s peace process and steps they took to make sure they would be part of the process. Afghanistan ranked most dangerous place in the world for women.  Report: http://www.trust.org/documents/womens-rights/resources/2011WomenPollResults.pdf 6. After viewing the report, briefly explain why Afghanistan ranked last among nations. Additional Resources: http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/kiterunnerhigh_0.pdf

Go to the World Atlas (Middle East) website: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/middleeast/memaps.htm Using the countries/capital cities, landforms, and rivers maps, label your maps provided in class. http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/magazines/assets/sn_ts_020211_map.html

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

How have politics and technology made the twentieth century the “killing century?” Historians of immigration use a migration theory known as push/pull.  Something  “pushes” the immigrant from her homeland and “pulls” her to her new home.   Discuss some of the push/pull factors for immigrants during the great waves of  migration in the early twentieth century.  Discuss the changes and advances in technology during the twentieth century. Labor conditions at the beginning of the century were dangerous, dirty and miserable.   Why were industrial conditions so bad?  Why did these conditions go unchecked?   Why weren’t workers able to organize and unionize for better conditions?  What is Progressivism?  How did the Progressive Movement shape early twentieth  century history?  What were Jim Crow laws?  How did these laws go against American ideals?  Why  were these laws allowed?

Vocabulary and Discussion Questions: http://www.history.com/images/media/pdf/Century1.pdf

NY Times Infographic: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/02/12/us/entitlement-map.html?ref=us

Who said, " I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one."? (185) What economic reason(s) could explain U.S. involvement in foreign affairs. (185-191) What other reasons did the United States involve itself in foreign affairs? Discuss the role of race in both the Spanish-American War and the Philippine War. (189-190, 196-197) How many died (on both sides) in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine War? Most of the American deaths in the Spanish-American War resulted from ____________________. (191) Spanish-American War Statistics: http://wars.findthedata.org/l/35/Spanish-American-War Philippine War Statistics: http://wars.findthedata.org/l/37/Philippine-American-War American Casualties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war

What does the cave represent to the boys? What play did Neil try out for? (p.63) What part did Neil get? (p.72) What gift did Todd get from his parents for his birthday? (p. 83) Why was Todd upset about the gift? (pages 83-85) What lesson was Mr. Keating trying to teach the boys at the end of chapter 10? Why do you think the boys seek advice from Mr. Keating? Briefly describe what happens when Neil tries to communicate with his father?(pages 15-16, 117-119)

1. Find and label all countries and capitals on the map. 2. Outline all countries in marker or color pencil. 3. Locate and mark with dot all capital cities in red. 5. Find and label the most populous city in China. Mark with a yellow dot. 6. Find and label the most populous city in India. Mark with a purple dot. 7. Find and label the most populous city in Japan. Mark with a green dot. 8. Find and label the most populous city in Iraq. Mark with an orange dot. 9. Find and label the most populous city in Saudi Arabia. Mark with a blue dot. 10. Find and label the most populous city in Iran. Mark with a brown dot. Afghanistan Kabul Armenia Yerevan Azerbaijan [Europe] Baku Bahrain Manama Bangladesh Dhaka Bhutan Thimphu Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Cambodia Phnom Penh China Beijing Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei India New Delhi Indonesia Jakarta Iran Tehran Iraq Baghdad Israel Jerusalem Japan Tokyo Jordan Amman Ka...

Find and label: Land Features: West Siberian Plain East Siberian Uplands Kazakh Uplands Kara Kum Desert Hindu Kush Gobi Desert  Kunlun Mountains Taklimakan Desert Plateau of Tibet Himalayas Western Ghats Eastern Ghats Great Indian Desert Ural Mountains Zagros Mountains Caucasus Mountains Water Features: Caspian Sea Black Sea Gulf of Tonkin Bering Sea Aral Sea Tigris River Euphrates River Red Sea Gulf of Aden Gulf of Oman Persian Gulf Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal South China Sea Pacific Ocean Yellow Sea Sea of Japan Yangtze River Ganges River Indus River Mekong River

Using a Historic Atlas and A Young People’s History of the United States , find and label the following items on your United States Map: Indicate all strikes with a red dot. A.Equal Rights Party Rally p. 160 B.Lowell, Massachusetts p. 161 C.Martinsburg, West Virginia (p. 166) D.Rock Springs, Wyoming (p. 171) (Black dot) E.Central Pacific Railroad p. 173 (Draw in grey) F.Union Pacific Railroad p. 173 (Draw in grey) G.The Haymarket Affair p. 179-181 H.Homestead, Pennsylvania p. 181 I.Washington D.C. (mark with a star) J.Sierra Nevada Mountains (Shade brown) K.Rocky Mountains (Shade brown) L.San Francisco, California M. Chicago, Illinois N. Baltimore, Maryland p. 167 O. St Louis, Missouri, 167 P. Mississippi River (Color blue)

1)    What is the capital of Wisconsin?  2)      Name  one Democratic candidate for the 2012 Presidential Campaign?  3)       Who is the vice president of the United States?  4)       In what war did the U.S. gain its independence?  5)       Name all of the countries that border the United States.  6)       Name  a country that starts with a ‘U’? 7)       How many stars are on the American flag? 

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