Age of Revolutions

Green Careers Pathway

    General Vallejo, from the Latin American Revolution, was a man of proud Spanish heritage and a citizen of early Mexican California.  As the commander of the San Francisco Presidio, Vallejo played an important role in the development of California.   He later moved his fort north to the Petaluma area and founded the city of Sonoma.  Vallejo discovered that the land was very fertile and rich with nutrients; producing lucious grass that allowed the animals to graze on the land. Sonoma Country now flourishes with agriculture and is a leading producer of poultry products, grapes, prunes, apples, and dairy products. The Green Career Pathway has a major focus on Green Economy and students are given the opportunity to partnership with many different organizations focusing on clean technology, one of which is the Sonoma County Water District.  Vallejo's Rancho Petaluma Adobe is now preserved in the Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park as a National Historic Landmark.

http://www.sonoma-county.org/agcomm/crop_report.htm
This official agricultural commissioners website gives us an in-depth look into what their organization does to maintain Sonoma County.

Health Careers Pathway

    The American Revolution has a significant influence on what shapes the Health Career Pathway at Casa Grande High School.  The Health Career Pathway supports a broad variety of numerous physical and mental health fields providing students with the opportunity to encounter complex, real world experiences. During the American Revolution, the army barracks were in close quarters and diseases such as small pox were spreading quickly. Because the hospitals were very uneducated and unsanitary, many died of diseases and battle wounds. Most injuries could have been treated quickly, but since the nurses and doctors did not yet have the knowledge of how to treat the soldiers, many were unable to be helped.   It is important to understand how much our country has evolved through medicine; the progression from the American Revolution until present day is tremendous. The students in Health Career pathway will take the knowledge gathered from past doctors and put it into action with their own patients, improving treatment, surgeries and cures.
http://warrenabernathy.tripod.com/
This link shows a journey of one man's near death experience.  It demonstrates the ability and skill level of the great doctors we have today.  

Liberal Studies

    The Liberal Studies Pathway at Casa Grande focuses on the themes behind ethnicity and the constant opposition between any two political systems.  It serves students with an interest in political rights, responsibilities, and regulations.  Liberal Studies provides an in-depth look into the work behind public administration; whose goal is to help solve government problems.  During the Age of Revolutions, all rulers were placed in power with one objective; create an efficient, self maintaining government that benefits the people.  This main goal—to reconstruct past governments in an effort to improve them—is a continuing challenge the governments of our world are still attempting to perfect today.  In their quest to find the ideal governments, leaders look at attempts made by late rulers of the world.  Charles I for example, tried many different forms of parliament.  First he dissolved the parliament because they were demanding him to sign the Petition of Rights, but once he needed a favor, Charles restored parliament's power.  When Charles tried to arrest the parliament's leaders, starting a war between his own country, he was ordered to be executed by parliament.  Although his method didn't succeed, the world learned from his failure.  To this day our government is still not perfect. There are many laws and choices made by the government that are not liked by the citizens. Each new President and high official is thinking the same thing that the kings were thinking in the English Revolution; how can I better the life of my people and my country?  Liberal Studies Pathway opens doors to increase the possibility for students to be heard and help influence change in the world.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/21/dont-ask-dont-tell-us-appeals-court-stay
This is just one of the many laws under debate by the citizens of the United States.

The Storming of Bastille (7/14/1787)

Marketing, Media, & Management

    The beginning of the French Revolution was a time of mandrialism; the economic system was based on the exchange of goods and services with little or no money involved. The serfs and lords taxes were paid in the form of labor and property such as crops, animals, and supplies.  To avoid giving more power to the lords, kings such as Charles VIII, Louis XI, and Louis XIII began taxing people directly rather than through the lords, placing taxes on land and salt, and using intendants—the middle class—to collect taxes. In the Marketing, Media, & Management Cluster, student's main goal is to learn from successful business leaders, and the kings of the French Revolution are powerful examples of the many strategies and tactics that can be used in running a business. For example, Louis XIV built up his navy to protect merchant ships, and employed numerous middle class citizens to build roads; the middle class was rapidly increasing in power due to these supportive actions, and as their power grew, so did their loyalty to the King. To successfully operate a business one must understand the mathematics behind it; to understand these mathematics one must review the procedures of the corporate leaders of our past and Marketing Media and Management helps students accomplish just that.
http://www.securingpharma.com/40/articles/370.php
This "Cutting out the Middleman" link is connected to the way all 3 kings tax directly to the people.  Cutting out the middleman is like cutting out the king's lords from handling the tax money. 

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