Monday, December 15, 2014

1920s Court Cases

Directions: students should grammatically correct the sentences below, in red.  There is a missing colon and several misspelled words. 

To court cases embodyed the feeling of conflict during the roaring twenties The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial and the Scopes Trial. 


Sacco and Vanzetti 



Suggested Answer: 

Two court cases embodied the feeling of conflict during the Roaring Twenties: The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial and the Scopes Trial. 

FLAPPERS: go to 5:19.......ends at 11:40 with Scopes Trial 

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Ameliorate The Square Deal

Students should grammatically correct the sentence below, in red. There are two missing commas, one use of the COLON ( : ), and one missing apostrophe.

the square deal was president theodore Roosevelts domestic program and it was formed upon 3 basic ideas conservation of natural resources control of corporations and consumer protection.






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SUGGESTED ANSWER

The Square Deal was President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program, and it was formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.