Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Day 2 Blog of the Century (It's pretty deep)

Today for class we finished notes on the Reconstruction and also we began to plan out our RSA animate style projects. I'm pretty sure my groups RSA will be the best. On Tuesday we took our notes on the Reconstruction effort. We also learned about how badly the african americans were put down by the white southerners. Then we did a worksheet on the Car act. It's really stupid, separating whites and blacks on trains. Equality cannot exist with separation. However, I believe equality is a lie made up by us humans to make ourselves feel better about ourselves. I mean we are all the same, right? No. How can we be treated equally or have equal experiences if we are all different people. There is no equality we are bought up differently. Certain advantages that some people are born with may cause them to be better than others, thus canceling out equality altogether. because of our conversation I learned that we live in a world molded by hypocritical lies.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Day 7 blog

Today in class we took notes about the 14th amendment, and the reactions about it from white southerners and african americans. We also looked at wether the 14th amendment was constitutional or not. On day 6 we did worksheets about the 14th amendment. The last two classes have been a blast!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

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.

Monday, January 28, 2013

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.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

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.



Monday, January 7, 2013

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.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

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.