Great Depression

The Great Depression lasted from 1929-1939. It was the longest economic downturn in American history. By 1933,  Over 13 million Americans were unemployed. It started with the stock market crash back in 1929. That put Wall Street into a panic losing millions of investors. During the 1930's president Franklin D. Roosevelt helped to lessen the effects of the Great Depression. The economy turned around however in 1939.WWII got American industry back into progress. It is still considered one of, if not, the biggest economic crisis in world history.

                                                My sources are HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Steve Jobs

    Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco, California on February 24, 1955. Steve's         hobby growing up was working with electronics (radios, TV sets, etc.) in his garage. He 
    was very intellectual but got bored with school and he got into trouble a lot. In the 1970's 
    he became famous for co-founding Apple Computers. In 1986,he bought a computer             graphics company which became Pixar and made CG greats such as Toy Story and A         Bug's Life. In 2007 Steve Jobs company, Apple, Created the iPhone. Steve Jobs died on     October 5, 2011 of pancreatic cancer. Steve Jobs sure had an interesting life.

                My Sources are HERE, HERE, and HERE.

                     

General MacArthur

Here is my A to Z on General MacArthur.

Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt was born 1858 in New York City. His family was very wealthy. His first wife Alice and his mom died in 1884 on the same day. He married his second wife Edith in 1886. He had six kids. Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the US in 1901 after President William McKinley was assassinated. He was only 42 years old which made him the youngest president. One of the things he is most known for is in the field of conservation. He set aside 5 national parks and 150 national forest. He also thought there was a need for a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans so he made the decision to build the Panama Canal. He was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as president until 1909. The teddy bear is named after him because one time when he was hunting and they had not seen any bears, a guide found an injured bear and tied it to a tree for the President to shoo but he refused to shoot it.  A political cartoonist made a cartoon for the paper. A candy store owner saw it and started calling his toy bears Teddy's bears.  President Roosevelt died in 1919.

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John F. Kennedy

President Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. After he graduated college, he went to the Navy.  His ship once got hit and he and ten other sailors had to spend 3 days afloat. He wanted to pursue a political career so he did. He started from eleventh congressional district of Massachusetts and worked his way up to President. Soon after he won the eleventh congressional district of Massachusetts, he married Jacqueline Bouvier. They had two kids Caroline and John Jr.  And then he got a disease called Addison disease and that would weaken his immune system. As the election day comes, Kennedy's winning chance was very thin but, he won and got the nomination. Then he won again for president. As president he proposed to raise the minimum wage to $1.25/hour and it worked. Kennedy was going on his daily routine raising money for his campaign for his reelection. While passing through Dealey Plaza in a parade in Dallas, he was shot in the throat and head and they took him to the nearest hospital.  Then he soon died. The police finally caught man by the name of Lee Oswald and that was the person that did the crime. Although he may have died, he is still a very famous president.



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All About Russia

     Russia is the world's LARGEST country, with a population of 142,470,272, and guess who gets to rule it? Vladimir Putin. I've never met him in person so I don't feel very comfortable talking about him and his personal things. But, enough about Vladimir.

     The real name of Russia is the Russian Federation, but, nobody really wants to say "I'm  going to visit the Russian Federation!"
Exactly.
The capital of Russia is Moscow. The people of Moscow and everybody else that lives in Russia speaks Russian. Their money is called Ruble. The religions that remain inside of Russia are, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism. The people of Russia speak Russian, obviously.

     One fun fact is: The Russian Federation borders three seperate oceans.

Here are the websites I used: russiapedia.rt.com/basic-facts-about-russia/, kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/russia/#russia-st-basils.jpg, and the Barefoot Atlas, you can find in the Social Studies folder on Mrs. Bronn's iPads, that she provides us with.

   

All About Iceland

Iceland, a beautiful country off the southwestern coast of Greenland, also a country about the size of Kentucky, USA. It was formed by a series of volcanic eruptions. Speaking of volcanoes, the country contains of thirty-five active volcanoes. Crazy, huh?

     Iceland is known to be one of the most distinct and beautiful landscapes in the world. With 332,000 people to enjoy it! The people of Iceland speak Icelandic and English as their official languages. The religion there is mainly Christain. The beautiful country has a nickname of "Land of Fire and Ice".

     Let's get to know some of the (main) animals that roam the Land of Fire and Ice. Puffins, sheep, and Icelandic horses are those animals. If you want to look up some pictures of any of these animals. Just type their names up in the google search bar!

     Enough about landscapes, and animals. Want to learn some fun facts? Here they are: It would be a 5.5 hour flight from NY/ USA to Iceland. That's not very long in my opinion! Another fact is, the education there is FREE of charge. That would be amazing to not pay for any education! The country also contains geysers. They're pretty cool.

     I hope you enjoyed learning about Iceland. Here are the links that I used. www.kids-world-travel-guide.com, icelandreview.com, and the app "Barefoot Atlas", you can find that on Mrs. Bronn's Social Studies folder, on the iPads she provides us. :