Climate concerns

“How will the availability of drinking water change as the climate changes?”

“How long can we sustain this amount of fossil fuel energy and have a livable climate?”

“Are the humans affecting the climate or is it just natural? Or a combination of both?”

“What will the long term effects of climate change be?”

“Are humans to blame for the drastic changes in the climate?”

“What will people in the future think about our society today?”

“Who is to "blame" those who created climate issues, or those stood by?”


http://www.climatehotmap.org/global-warming-effects/water-supply.html

http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/cause/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99888903

https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/science/causes.html


So, how climate change works is we have earth, and then we have the atmosphere which is a big bubble around earth, this atmosphere is being filled with CO2 released from burning fossil fuels such as gasoline and coal, and with the massive amounts that we are burning we are actually altering the climate of the world. But maybe we can fix this right? Well, not really, we can cut back on the gasses and fumes, shrinking the amount of smog, but the mass of CO2 output is irreversible, or at least it is for over a thousand years, according to Susan Solomon, a top climate scientist. But no, humans are not 100 percent to blame for the rapid destruction of the environment, random natural changes happen because of solar activity and changes in earth's orbit and volcanic eruptions, but with humans cutting down all the trees that draw in the CO2, we are purely speeding up our own demise.

Climate Topic

In all of the categories the one that interested me most was the concerns, I would like to find out what the people's concerns were and why were they having these concerns. One of the most interesting questions in this section is the one about the cause, did humans cause the climate change, was it natural, or was it a combination? I don't know the answer to this right now but I would like to find out for myself, and also see what people of the time period found out.

Dam stuff

http://lifeafterpeople.wikia.com/wiki/Hoover_Dam

Hoover Dam is supposedly going to be one of the last remnants of human society, capable of surviving 10,000 years after humans, it will be one of the last intact human remains

In the early 20th century farmers wanted to move some water from the Colorado river to the communities developing in the Southwest. When this failed, the US Bureau of Reclamation had to step in.

At the time of it's completion it was the largest dam in the world

6 of the 7 states that would gain benefits from this dam were worried that the power would go mainly to California.

When the Great Depression hit, many workers came to the Las Vegas area and settled in the desert for a chance to work on the project

The tunnels were around 140 degrees and contained dust and carbon monoxide which lead to a strike, but work quickly got back on it's way

The project took 5 million barrels of concrete and 45 million tons of steel

if used differently all that concrete could have built a road from San Francisco to New York City

Lake Mead, created by the dam was the nations first national recreation area

Hoover Dam was actually the target of a German bombing in WWII



power for the southwestern regions of America was obviously a big step in making the dam,

Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover were the ones to authorize construction and provide funds for the project.

There were many natural challenges that needed to be tackled and many hippies may have not liked the dam due to some negative effects on the environment.

The dam made America's largest and first recreational area which was a large step in recreational areas and natural parks. It also made Lake Mead a very popular lake

This would NOT have been considered a good job, but in the Great Depression you were lucky to have a job so you'd take what you could get, 140 degree heat, carbon monoxide, and dust caused serious health issues for men working in the tunnels.

The community wanted the power but they were also worried all the power would go to California so 6 out of 7 of the states had to make sure they got power too

The Grand Coulee dam is a gravity dam constructed from 1933 to the early 1940s, it was for power and irrigation

Many dams and other things constructed in the 1930s and still very important, this means that they have by now gotten web pages and possibly even facebook pages due to their impact in society

The dam was going to be named Boulder dam since it was in Boulder canyon, but hoover played a large part in construction and funding, the name was very controversial because many felt that hoover caused the Great Depression.

This was a marvel at the time it was built, they weren't just thinking about the now when it was built, Hoover dam will be one of the last standing remnants of human society, it was not built for short time, it will last almost forever

Word Cloud

Speeches

The speeches were good, I enjoyed it more than a test, I'm not a fan of public speaking but it wasn't too bad. Overall it was fun.

No I don't think anyone really stood out, they were all good, but none were just fantastic.

Maybe practice the speech before performing a little more.

Radio technology

The radio in the 1930's was a common item found in nearly every household in America. So everyone knows how sound works, there are different vibrations with different wave lengths, in our voices, it's our vocal cords that make the vibrations, in radios electricity flows through an antenna making electrons move up and down. These waves then travel the speed of light to another antenna, then these electron vibrations are projected through the speaker. But wouldn't you hear all the waves? Well that is where the dials and knobs that tune you into a certain station. Different types of antennas make different types of waves, but most common are antennas that don't travel super far, and in that range, every station has their own frequency. That's why when you take a road-trip you might have to change the station as you go in and out of different station's ranges.


Radio vid

Radios

BJ USH Speech

Ben Justice

US History

Era Speech

The changing American culture was trying to hang onto it’s traditional values, but with so many new inventions and views it was struggling to maintain popularity. Technology, the new definition of women, conflicts of cultures, religious fundamentalism, and nativism were all defining aspects of American civilization. In the new wave of inventions and the stability after WWI America was truly defined as an economic power of the world. The rising popularity of automobiles and forms of communication brought new jobs and a new way for americans to go about their daily lives. For women going about their daily lives, a drastic change  was happening. Women could now hold jobs in many professional industries and although they were confined to more feminine industries they were still escaping the stay-at-home life. This new change in even the smallest of areas in american civilization caused some unrest between the more classic view of america and the new ways that were being defined by the changing world. This conflict was also reflected in the religious community. Modernists and fundamentalists started to branch away from each other as new views came into play with the evolving civilization. Fundamentalists had the view that everything should stay the same and there was no need for change. But modernists were open to change and believed it was possible to maintain your faith and evolve with the culture. Nativists also had a more traditional view, in their eyes America needed to keep its population pure and keep immigration low or even nonexistent. Along with this nativist view came the Klan, who not only hated African-Americans, but also began to shift its focus to Catholics, Jews and immigrants. The success of the Klan reflected that the American culture was changing but still retained many of its old, traditional views. All of these factors have many things in common, not only are they some of the most important factors in the changing culture, but they all truly shape the American culture and it’s citizens. From the traditional aspects such as religious fundamentalism and the Nativists, to the newer additions such as professional women and the wave of new inventions, America was in one of it’s most defining era’s. Old views were challenged, and new ones were flooding in to take the weaker traditions spot as a major factor in American civilization.

Andrew's Mini-Book review

Average Family that is Somewhat Average in a 1920's American society by Andrew Johnson is a compelling story about a 1920's family that is way out of the norm, the dad is progressive, and the mom is a working woman, the kids even go on to higher education, it is quite a nice read, but don't read it in the morning because it might just make you fall asleep, very good for before bed though!

Mini-Book Review

Professional Women and the "Flapper", by Madison Smith is an intriguing story about professional women, their struggle in the professional world, how it affects their marriage and children. It also talks about the life of a flapper and many commonalities in the 1920s

Mini-Book

This is a book I made about the 1920's it includes slang words and facts about religious tensions of the times.