USA History / Mr.Saindon
Monday, March 27 to Friday, March 31
Countdown to The Civil War
Students will understand how a variety of events compounded to create the boiling tensions leading into the Civil War.
Harriet Tubman and the Abolitionist movement
What was the Underground Railroad and how did it operate?
The Civil War
1. Compare/contrast/analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the Union and Confederacy.
2. Compare/contrast the goals and strategies of the Union and Confederacy.
3. Evaluate major events of the Civil War.
4. Be able to explain what happened at Gettysburg
The Bakersfield Poverty Project
Mr. Saindon's and Mr. Zoeller's
United States History Classes
Sponsored by the Students of Freedom Middle School
Bakersfield named 4th poorest large metro area in US
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA, Associated Press Published: Sep 20, 2012
The "Bakersfield" sign next to Buck Owens' Crystal Palace off Buck Owens Boulevard and Highway 99
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Three metropolitan areas in California's Central Valley rank among the poorest in the state and country.
Census figures released Thursday found that the Fresno, Modesto and Bakersfield-Delano areas are among the top five U.S. regions with the highest percentage of residents living below the poverty line.
The data show the Fresno area is the nation's second-poorest large metropolitan area, trailing only McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, at the U.S.-Mexico border. Bakersfield-Delano and Modesto rank as the fourth and fifth poorest.
The valley's poverty rate is high even though its agricultural productivity is soaring. Fresno County itself produces more than $5.6 billion in agricultural products.
In Fresno County, 1 in 4 people live under the poverty line. Statewide, 1 in 6 California residents live in poverty.
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Information from: San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News
