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Vanderbilt in the Gilded Age

  Cape Echols Mr. Roddy  IHSS 24 May 2022 Vanderbilt in the Gilded Age From the Gilded Age, arose some of America's most notorious business tycoons. Vanderbilt, a name still well-known due to its massive success in the railroad industry, gained its position from Cornelious Vanderbilt. Cornelious started his career by working for his father’s ferry business. By sixteen he was ready to start a business of his own. He borrowed $100 (about $3,000 today) from his parents to buy his own ship, a sailing vessel, named the Periauger. He ferried people from New York to Staten Island. he was able to compete with the competition by offering cheap fares. He invested the money he earned back into his business by buying more ships. As his business continue to grow she earned a reputation for being reliable and hard-working earning him the nickname “the Commodore”. His good reputation helped him secure a contract with the US government in 1812 during the war, supplying forts and ferrying sold...
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What do you know, Peasant?

  The article that I read was about the false perception that modern people have about life during medieval times. Due to the constant romanticization of medieval life in modern-day media, there has been an interesting desire by certain internet groups to return to the medieval way of life. Most believe that these were the “simpler days” when people worked much less and celebrated holidays more. A study done by a medieval economic historian at UC Davis found that the average English peasant worked 150 days a year in comparison to the average modern worker who works 250 days a year. With this information, it becomes clear why people want to return to these so-called “simpler times”. However, many scholars agree that medieval life is being oversimplified,  upon reevaluation, it was estimated that medieval peasants actually worked 300 days a year.  This is because actions such as milking the cows and tending the fields were daily tasks for the working class of this time rath...
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What Did Medieval Peasants Know?

  Jayla Balderas  Mr. Roddy  IHSS  16 May 2022                                                   What Did Medieval Peasants Know? A comment often thrown around is how much easier life was in medieval times. What sparked this specific article was a tweet made by a woman named Azie Dungey she said, “We give a lot more labor to increase someone else’s wealth than in times past. We generally work much longer hours. We have far fewer holidays and times of community festivity,” (Dungey).  This sparked a controversy, and brought up the question, what were things really like during the medieval times? It was stated everyone has a different variety of what they believed this era looked like in their head because it's ...
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Sand shortage crisis

 Rachel Baker IHSS 5/16 Sand Shortage Crisis        I have previously heard about the world's sand shortage and coastal erosion, and chose to read the article "The World is Running Out of Sand" to gain more context on the issue. The article details the cause and current state of the sand shortage crisis. Sand is the most used global resource behind water, with humans consuming 50 metric tons annually. Coastal erosion and habitat destruction as we mine for sand has become a huge issue, with Earth simply unable to replace the sediment. Sand is so important because of its place as a key ingredient in construction, agriculture, manufacturing, land development, and electronics, not to mention small-scale everyday uses in sports, aquariums, zoos, etc. Until recently, sand use has been completely unregulated, although now some countries and industries are beginning to put down new restrictions on sand mining and usage. Suppliers have seen the opportunities this present...
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Splitting a Cow

 Gloria Morales Mr.Roddy Ihss May 16, 2022                                                                      Splitting a Cow               Click2Houston posted an article on May 9, 2022, about people using different methods to buy meat because of the increasing cost of meat. In this article there and interviews who inform the audience about why buying large cuts of beef specifically buying half a cow, which you would be given about 210 pounds of meat, or even a whole how, and how is beneficial to her. Additionally, you do not only get a grand amount of beef, but once your cow is butchered, you will get all the different cuts of meat in your cow. Buying a cow/sides, is, in the long run, could save i bit of money, about 1500 - 2000 dollars ...
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Charts show why our food is not ready for the climate crisis

 Alexander McGill  Charts Show Why our Food is not Ready for the Climate Crisis     Some people think that agriculture will change do to the climate crisis. Food production losses are already happening due to the climate.  In Asia, rice fields are being flooded with saltwater; cyclones have wiped out vanilla crops in Madagascar; in Central America higher temperatures ripen coffee too quickly; drought in sub–Saharan Africa is withering chickpea crops; and rising ocean acidity is killing oysters and scallops in American waters. A crop like wheat, which is the most consumed consumed grain, was effected by climate change. The prices for durum wheat went up by 90% after droughts and unexpected heatwaves in Canada. Coffee is also being greatly effected. When it’s too hot and dry, coffee ripens too quickly which makes the quality worse. It also can not be too wet or windy, so countries that get hurricanes can not grow it. Some of the ways that people save crops is...
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The Rio Grande Runs Dry

 Sophia O'Heron Mr. Roddy  IHSS 16 May 2022 The Rio Grande Ran Dry This article talks about how the Rio Grande is and has been a hugely impactful river to both communities of people and animals. It has helped sustain life for unique species that call it home and has created spectacular canyons in its time flowing. In the past, there have been instances where parts of the river have gone dry. However, these were only temporary set backs and have never lasted too long. But this spring, the reasons that 75 miles of it have run dry don't seem as reversible. Dean David is a person who has spent a substantial amount of time researching and studying The Rio Grande. His input is that there are two main causes for so much of the Rio Grande's water to have run low. Climate change has caused the most severe drought that the west has seen in over 1000 years, which definitely impacted the river a lot and likely played a big role in the stop of the water flow. The second reason is, sadly...
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