2015 in review
How will historians remember 2015?
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1950’s DBQ
US HISTORY
MS PODPESKAR
1950’s--What do you know?
TinkerToys, Lincoln Logs, and
Toys & Games
jacks
More Toys & Games
Bazooka bubble gum with a
Erector sets
comic inside
wrist watch, with maybe Davy
Crockett, Mickey or Minnie
Mouse on the dial
a 25-cent allowance each week
if you did your chores
1950’s quotes
“I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. Now
they're making electric type- writers."
"I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be
impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20."
"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a haircut, forget it."
"If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is
ridiculous."
"When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would some- day cost
29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage."
"Too bad things are so tough these days. I see where a few married women are
having to work to make ends meet."
Women’s changing roles
a traditional family
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Weekly Schedule
Monday: Start DBQ
Tuesday: Document Analysis
Wednesday: Document Analysis
Thursday&Friday: Writing/Work Day
*Extra Credit by Friday at midnight,
otherwise due Monday by 4pm
Take out
Dbq
Packet
Tuesday, January 5th
Finish up Background information reading
Document analysis
Tuesday: Independent Work Day
*You will look through the documents & answer questions that
follow
*All documents need to be looked at/?’s answered by class
tomorrow
Wednesday: Group Document ‘Share Day’
Take out
Dbq
Packet
Wednesday, January 6th
Group Sharing
With your group go through each document &
think of a 1-2 sentence summary for each
one
We will go around the room&share-random
groups&people will be picked, so be a team
& keep everyone on task
get out computers & dbq
packets
Thursday & Friday
WOrk/typing days
Helpful Hints:
1) Rubric is in Fusion DBQ Folder
2) Look over comments on your first DBQ on
turnitin.com
3) Have a peer proofread your essay, read it outloud
to hear the flow
4) Use the documents by citing the title or author
DO NOT use (Doc A) or “According to Document A”
5) Friday by midnight for extra credit OR Monday by