Wednesday, February 27th

Yesterday in class we read a few documents on Garvey and how he wanted the blacks to return to their homeland in africa and how that would just solve everyones problems with the african americans. We then discussed him for a bit and were given the assignment to write a couple paragraphs about him for next friday.

Today in class we looked at some langston hughes poetry describing the north and the south. These poems illustrated how many of the blacks moved to harlem and became much happier. we then listened to some music from the time and talked a little more about what life was really like for them.

Monday February 25th

Last class to be honest i have absolutely no idea what occured considering it was before vacation BUT it probably went something like Mr.Boyle giving us a document of some sort and everyone being like, "we're still in school...but its the afternoon on a friday...no."

However! today in class being the first day of vacation everyone was trying to remember what exactly happened before we all completely checked out for a week. We got a number as we entered class and grouped up accordingly to answer questions on two documents and then shared answers with someone from the opposite group. the documents discussed booker washingtons  and WEB Dubios plans for the african americans in the country.

Reconstruction Timeline

Thursday, February 14th

Yesterday in class we got together with our groups to plan out the drawings for our RSA projects. My group was fairly prepared

Today in class we recorded the video of the drawings. Well...it wasnt exactly smooth sailing for my group considering we ran out of time, and space on the board...that was an issue...

Wednesday February 6th

Yesterday in class we talked about what it means to be equal. We came up with the synonym of "same" which I completely disagreed with because you don't treat a person with a brain tumor the same as someone with a headache

Today in class we took some more notes to finish up reconstruction and then had an opportunity to work on our RSA projects.

Monday February 4th

Friday in class we read the obituary of Andrew Johnson and highlighted and pointed out what we thought was important. I didnt manage to get to the end of in seeing as it was rather lengthy, but I definitely got the point of it. I was very happy to have had second lunch that day to break up the period

Today in class we took another set of notes on reconstruction. We learned about the KKK or the Ku Klux Klan, I wonder who came up with that name....but anyways, i found it interesting and agreed very much with the fact that people were finally starting to realize that they should stop paying so much extra attention to the blacks and just treat them as normal citizens! isnt that what they want??? It kindof reminded me of Sandy Hook. Dont get me wrong it was a horribly awful act, but the fact that they are continuously drawing attention to it with the news and the recent superbowl performance, i think its just making it harder for the children, families, and teachers to move forward.