Our (Partial) Writing List

Hello, everyone! This post is all about our writing assignments this year and, like Gwenyth in her booklist post, I will include my own opinions on them where applicable. I hope you enjoy!

Weeks 3-4: A creative writing essay about the life of an officer or general fighting in the trenches of WWI. This assignment was truly enjoyable, as I love to write historical fiction, though Majestra Payne threw the class a curveball and allowed us to write it in the 1st person.

Week 6: An analytical essay on one of three topics-"Americans proved crucial to the war effort," "Woodrow Wilson experienced great temptations, so it is not surprising that he lost sight of realities in pursuit of his dreams," and "At the Paris peace talks, realities won out over altruism." I nearly lost my mind with this assignment, but it taught me quite a bit about the Treaty of Versailles and some of the basics to a well-rounded analytical essay, including how to properly cite my sources (thank you, Majestra Payne, for the time you spent helping me with this paper❤️)

Weeks 11-13: Design a website. Yes, this is a class assignment!

Finally, there have been approximately three in class (and approximately two at-home) timed essay tests. If you have ever taken the ACT or the SAT, you know what they are. And, if you are like me, you barely scraped through them alive.

Overall, this has been an awesome year in writing and I cannot wait for the next assignment!

Sincerely, Espella

Timeline this is my timeline....

Here are my most favorite history dates from our year 4 timeline up to week 13.
Check out my favorite historical pictures too!

Comment which is your favorite history dates!

The Quantum Theory Formula (1900)

1899-1901: The Second Boer War rages in Africa.
1900: Max Planck develops Quantum Theory.







1903: The Wright Brothers achieve the first successful flight in Kitty Hawk, NC.
1904: Construction begins on the Panama Canal.

San Francisco earthquake (1906)

1906: San Francisco earthquake kills over 700 people.



1913-1921: Woodrow Wilson is President.
1913: Congress passes the Federal Reserve Act, the most wide-reaching banking bill in the nations history.
1914: Congress passes the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Adamson Act (8-hour day for railroad workers), and the Child Labor Act.

Lusitania (1915)

1915: German U-boat sink the Lusitania.
1916: Over a million men die at the Battle of Verdun.
1916: Over a million men in the Battle of the Somme.

Battle of Caporetto (1917)

Feb. 1917: Wilson ends diplomatic relations with Germany after Germans sink the U.S.S. Housatonic.
Apr. 1917: Congress declares war against Germany.
Oct.-Nov. 1917:Italians are devastated at the Battle of Caporetto.

The Ottoman Empire (October, 1918)

1917: Jerusalem is overtaken by the Allies.
Jan. 1918: Wilson announces his Fourteen Points for a just peace.
Oct. 1918: The Ottoman Empire collapses.








1917: Police arrest White House suffragette picketers.

First radio broadcast (1920)

1920: Nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote.
1920: First radio network broadcast.



1921-1923: Warren Harding is President.
1922: Stalin is named the general secretary of the Russian Communist Party.
1924: Lenin dies.

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)

1923-1929: Calvin Coolidge is President.
1925: The Scopes Trial takes place.
1926: Robert Goddard launches the first modern rocket.


1924: J Edgar Hoover becomes head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
1929-1933: Herbert Hoover serves as President.


1929: The Stock Market crashes on Black Tuesday.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

1929: FDR becomes governor of New York.
1933: Twentieth Amendment is ratified.


1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt serves as president.
1933: Roosevelt has his first "fireside chat".
1933: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is  established.
1935: The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) is established.
1935: Congress passes the Social Security Act.
1936: The Works Progress Administration (WPA) begins.
1936: The Boulder (later Hoover) Dam is completed.

Ethiopian Flag (1896)

1935: Italy invades Ethiopia.
1939: Franco turns Spain into a fascist state.
1939: Japan invades Chinese Machuria.










Sincerely,

                  Camilla