The Roaring 20s, Day 2 - Class Recap

Air travel makes all sorts of places possible to get to! This is a photo I took in New Zealand in 2014.

Hi everyone,

So, it turned out that last weekend was a bit shorter than we thought it might be, due to the snow forecast not being accurate. That said, next week is still a short week, with President's Day on Monday! Here's what happened in class today:

Learning Targets Addressed:
KNOWLEDGE ALT 8: I can identify how technological knowledge and innovation shapes a society, place, or region.

Soundtrack: "Refuge (When It's Cold Outside)" by John Legend. Selected for today in continuation of the recognition of black artists as a part of Black History Month and because of the very minimal (if any) snow from over the weekend. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 2/12/19:
Wildcat News Brief - Sofia
Roaring 20s
Air Travel
Work Time

Homework: Read the blog! Know your grade (updated on StudentVUE) and how to improve it, if possible! Finish the air travel assignment if you did not in class. Next news brief: Esther.

News Brief: Sofia had the news brief today, but missed the start of class, so I filled in and selected an article about this story to talk about: NBCNews.com - California lost 18 million trees in 2018, adding fuel to future wildfires. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.

Esther was assigned to do the next news brief.

Today's Black History Month fact is that on February 12, 1909 (110 years ago exactly): the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.

I also passed back grades from the American Dream Revisited unit Socratic Seminar. If you missed class for the day of the seminar, the expectation is that you make up the assignment by writing a reflection (I passed out the prompt for this in class). If you would like to revise your Socratic Seminar preparation packet and resubmit for a better grade, you are welcome to!

As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):

BBCNews.com - One-minute World News

Finally, we also watched Westview Wildcat News (featuring me!) in class, which is available to watch here:

Roaring 20s: Last class, I went through most (if not all) of this PowerPoint with the class as students took notes:

Google Drive - The Roaring 20s Introduction PowerPoint

We reviewed (and/or finished) the presentation in class, and made a summary of notes (using the Cornell Notes process).

Air Travel: Next, I showed students how air travel in the 1920s made many rapid advances and became a mode of transportation for people who could afford it:

As a part of this, I told everyone about my fondness for this invention, while showing my FlightMemory map of places I have visited via air travel. Here was the worksheet that was due in class about the innovation of air travel (especially as it relates to United States geography):

Google Drive - Coast to Coast Transportation Analysis Worksheet

This should have been fairly straightforward for everyone - the advance of air travel made it MUCH quicker to get from place to place in the United States.

Work Time: Finally, at the end of class, I gave students work time and explained some of my favorite websites for finding great airline deals! Here is the presentation that I went through and tried to guide students with:

Google Slides - Guide for Airfare Deals

DISCLAIMER: This information may be out of date - I take no responsibility for any use of this. It is just to help think creatively about air travel (as people in the 1920s were definitely doing)!

Aviation is such an amazing innovation! See you next class!