Climate Science

The section about climate that I am most interested and would like to study is the Science part, the questions in this section interest me because the science aspect really makes me think. I wonder how the climate really changes, and how all of this stuff that we hear about actually works. This section would be a fun topic for me to research.

Climate

First Five Words: Environment, Snow, Rain, Temperature, Tropical

I thought of these words when I heard the word climate because it made me think of the weather, and when I thought of weather I thought of ways to describe the weather, that is how I came up with these words.

My question: Are our previous generations or us to blame for climate change?

The 1930s

The Depression

• Hoover said it would be over in 60 days, when it lasted for years
• Hoover didn't think the government should offer help to the poverty stricken 
• People associated all the success in the 20s as earned, so they did the same with all the failure in the 30s as earned too
• This was invalid, it the Depression was caused by the stock market crash, something that had to do with the extreme imbalance of the extremely wealthy and the lower class 

Black Sunday 

• I would have feared for my life, it seemed like every person's story was life threatening 
• During the storm I would be wondering if I would even come out alive
• After the storm I would question if I needed to move my family to a safer, more suitable place to live our lives

The Drought

• The western third of Kansas, Southeastern Colorado, the Oklahoma Panhandle, the northern two-thirds of the Texas Panhandle, and northeastern New Mexico were affected by the drought
• Improper farming techniques my so many of the settlers loosened up the top soil, and when the wind blew, the soil went with it 
• Yes, America was out of balance, America went from the Roaring 20s, to the Great Depression in the matter of a day. The whole country was out of balance

Mass Exodus from the Plains 

• By 1940 2.5 million people had moved out of the plains
• It was the largest migration in US history
• Californians did not give the people coming into California a warm welcome
• Police were set up at borders telling all the "undesirables" they couldn't come in 
• Many of the farmers that tried to farm in California, were put onto big, corporate farms that were unfamiliar to them
• They made very little money, so that way they could buy overpriced groceries and rent a little shack with no water, plumbing, or electricity

How Radios Work

• The antenna catches and receives all the info 
• Antennas are sometimes called receivers 
• A transmitter is a different type of antenna
• Transmitters turn the info into a radio wave so it can travel around the world or even to space and back
• The electrons in the radio waves bounce back and fourth and that causes invisible electromagnetic radiation and that is what causes the radio waves
• Radio waves move at the speed of light
• The waves that travel at the speed of light take our radio program with them
• The first radio antenna was about 60-100 ft tall
• The first antennas were made out of copper
• On radios you have 2 different antennas for the different frequencies on AM radio and FM radio
• AM radio signals have a frequency of about 1000 kHz
• FM radio signals have a frequency of about 100 mHz

In Class Speech

The 1920s were called the “New Era” for one reason; it was a time where many new and modern ways of life were introduced. Some people were against the modernistic movement, and some accepted it. Religion, the economy, nativism, new technology, and culture were all incorporated in the New Era modern movement.

In the early 1900s, religion played an important role in almost every American’s life. When the theory of Darwinism began to come about many people were skeptic and not very happy about it. In fact, people were so against it, that when their kids were taught this in school, they were enraged. Parents got so torn up about this that it led to the Scopes trial. Scopes was a young teacher who taught Darwinism to his students even though he was told he could not. This led to a trial that caught everyone’s attention and showed people that traditional religion, and science, could co-exist.

Another way the New Era changed our country, was how it helped shape the youth culture to the way we are today. The number of schools available increase, which made high school attendance nearly double, and the number of college students doubled as well over a 12 year span. Spending more time in schools and colleges allowed young people to acquire the skills necessary for a specific work field; people began to define themselves more by their social groups as opposed to family background. Teenagers really branded themselves with a separate title during this time by using slang, an becoming the type of youth that we consider ourselves today. 

There was also vast economic change in the 1920s. One of the biggest changes in the economy was that women began to have jobs that weren't just in the house. Still, women were confined to more feminine jobs, such as fashion, social work, education, and nursing. Most women still ended up staying in their house and being the traditional woman figure. Even though women weren't the leaders of companies or anyone's boss, this was still the first time in history that women were seen in the normal workplace.

Another thing that had not been introduced until the 1920s was the fact that people were buying things that were considered "luxury items." These items consisted of refrigerators, cars, radios, vacuum cleaners, cars and more. These things in previous years were considered rare to even see in the upper class homes, now you'd see them in many middle class people houses. The rise in automobile use, drove the construction factories to rise and improve so they could pave more roads and make it possible for everyone with cars to safely travel.

Some groups of people who were against the modern movements took action in harsh ways. The KKK was revived and their targets weren't blacks, they were trying to eliminate Blacks, Catholics, Jews, and anyone else who challenged their traditional values. After 1925 the clan took a harsh decline and not much was done after that. 

The 1920s, or the "New Era," was one of the most important time periods in our countries history. It helped shape they way we view modern religion, culture, and our economy. Without the people who pushed this modern movement, our country wouldn't be the way it is today.

Book Review

I read Alexa's booklet, hers was titled "Love in the Renaissance," it was about how the lifestyle for African-Americans changed and was molded around some big names in music at that time. The book used the old slang in a way that even though I didn't know what all the words meant originally, I could understand what she meant by the way she used the words. The story was interesting, but at the same time very informational and taught me a lot just through the story. The illustrations were simple, but got the point across and were effective. Overall good book and I enjoyed reading it.

Abbie wrote her book on prohibition. Her cover art was very good, and all of the other illustrations throughout the book really help tie the text together. There wasn't much writing in the book, but I didn't mind it because everything said was very informational. 

My Little Booklet

I made a little booklet that was about 5 pages. In my book I talked about the KKK in the early 1900s and the revival of the Klan, and also the decline.