Thursday, 29 September 2016

Join Kidblog

If you haven't done so already, Create a blog using Kidblog. Use this link and sign in with the same user name and password that you use to get onto your computer

Once you have created your kidblog, join the Social Studies class with this code rfui9jp

Here are some instructions if you need extra help

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

The Cold War


With Lyndon Johnson's new biography coming up, how and why did the Cold War heat up!!

The Industrial Revolution

Read this link here 

1. What was the role of the spinning wheel in the Industrial Revolution?

2. How many shirts would one have before the Industrial Revolution?

 3.How did the lives of people changed with the invention of the modern factory?
-How one lived
-Where one lived
-Social Mobility
-Living conditions

4. What was, is a luddite? What motivated them?





Age of Elightenment

Not in our curriculum, but how do you get from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution with Enlightenment?



In the teacher provided Links at the top of the page, I have posted sites that give information about changes in society that led to the Renaissance, which means Rebirth. Devour those pages and become a class expert on what lead to the Renaissance. Using the links found in the link above, title 'links,' find the main causes for the start of the Renaissance. Be prepared to defend your answer.