In my Level 1 class we’re studying the Gilded Age and some of its reform movements. One of the things that came out of that period was a focus on Labor laws. Particularly the hours that children worked.

What’s curious is to compare how the United States was in the past, how it is today, [...]

This is a busy week. We have a number of field trips and other interruptions. Still, we’re pretty much sticking to the same game plan.

Objectives: Geo 8:1,2,3 Hist 8:3

Week Schedule:

Warm Up Current Events and Discussion Frontier House: Watching and Discussing Frontier Journal

Sorry about being gone for the past few days. I’m looking forward to getting back on task.

Objectives: Geo 8:1,2,3 Hist 8:3

Week Schedule:

Warm Up Current Events and Discussion Frontier House: Watching and Discussing Frontier Journal

After a long hard week of testing, we’re ready to move on and complete the last few weeks of school. For these weeks, we’ll examine what it was like to live on the frontier, interactions between settlers and natives, and their effect on the environment.

Objectives: Geo 8:1,2,3 Hist 8:3

Week Schedule:

Warm Up Current [...]