Day 4 blog post

Today, I learned about the three reconstruction plans, Johnson's reconstruction plan, Lincoln's reconstruction plan, and the strict laws. The Strict Laws mainly punished the south, Lincoln treated everyone fairly, and Johnson gave more freedom for former slaves. Then we created our own reconstruction plans. Mine consisted of almost all of Lincoln's reconstruction plan. Yesterday, we got into groups of three and made political magazine covers about the 14th amendment. Our cover was title "Politics Today". It was most excellent.

Blog Day 2

On Friday we took notes on Lincoln's assasination. Which is quite an interesting subject. I really liked going into detail about the background of John Wilkes Booth as well as his capture. Today we filled out a worksheet on Louisiana and stats about it after the war.

Winnie The Pooh Day

I believe that I am like Tigger. I am very energetic and always bounce off the walls. Unless it's a school day. I love adventure, and I take great risks. I did expect to be Tigger and I am. I was also kind of thinking that I might have been Pooh. Which I am okay with I guess. I think that both of these characters combined do show who I am.

	You are part Winnie the Pooh. Oh, bother. You are sweet, simple, and popular for your honesty and goodwill. Though you may be the biggest personality in the woods, you sometimes need the help of others in the brains department!
	You are part Tigger. You are very confident and competitive--not to mention a little cocky sometimes. You are easily excitable, perky, and loved by all for your, well, bounciness.

Day 2 Report

On day one we did a diary entry as one of the civilians in either Georgia or South Carolina, or a union soldier during Sherman's destruction of South Carolina and Georgia. I was assigned with a diary entry as a South Carolina citizen. I explained my distaste against the Union and their "ugly distasteful" flag. We then got ready to pass in the diary entries at a later date. Today we took notes on Sherman's conquest throughout Georgia and South Carolina.  He completely destroyed everything in site, a term to describe this is total war. Total war is when a country uses all resources available o take another country out of military competition.

What I have done this week

I was absent during day 7, however on day 6 we learned about Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation. Neal and Caleb got into two heated debates over both The Emancipation Proclamation and The Gettysburg Address. Neal said that The Emancipation Proclamation wasn't that big of a deal, and that it was more of a military tactic and not a statement to begin the freedom of all slaves. Caleb said that the Emancipation Proclamation truly helped all the slaves and played a big role in the war. We also did a worksheet on both The Gettysburg Address, and The Emancipation Proclamation. I hope we can learn more on Friday and review our Gettysburg Address worksheet that we did in class.