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Monday, December 7, 2009

Monday, December 7th



image from Pearl Harbor courtesy of dartmouth.edu

On This Day.....December 7, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor claimed more than 2300 American lives and plunged the United States into WWII.

Advanced American History

After finishing the introductory video "Boom to Bust", we examined some of the economic aspects of the "Roaring Twenties."  Pay particular attention to new phenomena that shape the economic landscape of the twenties like installment buying, scientific management, and conspicuous consumption.

Assignment:  Read 10.3 335-342. 


American Studies

Today we are introducing the decade of the 1920's.  As we examine some of the people and events of this period, you will find that it is an era of both tremendous modernization and economic activity as well as one of conservative backlash. 

Assignment:  Read 10.1 324-29 due Wednesday

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