Create your own Big Business Voki! Click on the link – – – http://www.voki.com/classroom Then type in your username and password! Follow your directions and have fun! Early Finishers: 1. Create the Early Finishers Voki! 2. www.solpass.org (Password – wgms) 3. Blog-it games and activities – www.cityschools.com/swalsh
3 Comments »
Filed under: Business & Industry, Computer Lab Instructions
Here are a few raps that we made in class during our Big Business Unit!!!! They are awesome and we will adding more soon! Austin R., Trenton M., & Joshua S. Rap Ashley C., & Maren G. Rap Caitlyn M., Natalie L., Mikella M., & Ellie S. Rap Taylor G., Shamir F., & Keelah [...]
7 Comments »
Filed under: Business & Industry, This Week in History...
For those who are curious and may want to get an early start! Unit 6 Test is this Friday, November 18th! Unit 6 Study Guide
2 Comments »
Filed under: Business & Industry, Dates To Remember
Test your knowledge of the Wright Brother’s first historic powered flight and see if you can fly further than they did on December 17, 1903!!!
No Comments »
Filed under: Business & Industry
http://www.riversofsteel.com/ - offers a look at the steel industry in Pittsburgh, PA.
No Comments »
Filed under: Business & Industry, Uncategorized
Great website from the Smithsonian! It covers almost all the information we have studied about transportation and the automobile. Check it out the site and click here! Then try out the games for kids!
No Comments »
Filed under: Business & Industry, Jazz Age
They called it the Cleveland Massacre. In 1871 John D. Rockefeller struck a secret deal with the railroads that transported his oil. By March of 1872, the 33-year-old businessman had used this and other tactics to take over 22 of the 26 refineries in Cleveland. This was the first step in his rise to industrial [...]
No Comments »
Filed under: Business & Industry
From Unit 6 Notes 3, we dicussed Child Labor in the late 1800′s and early 1900′s. From 1908 to 1912, Lewis Hine took his camera across America to photograph children as young as three years old working for long hours, often under dangerous conditions, in factories, mines, and fields. Hine was an immensely talented photographer who [...]
1 Comment »
Filed under: Business & Industry
Follow one fictional family’s adventures as they shop, buy, drive and plan a vacation in a new Model T. Click here to begin the journey!!!
2 Comments »
Filed under: Business & Industry, Jazz Age
Experience the flight that Wilbur and Orville took that day in Kitty Hawk, NC, explore the 1903 flyer in 3-D, or check out the brothers’ living quarters on the beach - all at one website CLICK HERE FOR TAKE OFF!
2 Comments »
Filed under: Business & Industry