Summary of Class 1-30-1/31

Yesterday, we spent the whole class mainly talking about the 14th amendment, which could be the basis of all of our classes up until the end of the unit. The 14th amendment gave equality such as property, right of marriage, jobs, etc to all African Americans. With this amendment, we filled out a a worksheet and then went on to do a magazine cover, covering all the basics and rights. Today in class, we spent the whole class filling out the different plans introduced by Lincoln, the radical republicans, and another man. After this, we recreated a chart that was found in our textbook using colored pencils. We then ended the class with a discussion about what our plan would be, if any.

Summary of Class 1/25-1/28

On Friday in class, we spent the period talking about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The assassination was planned and accomplished by John Wilkes Booth, a well known actor of the time. His plan was not to kill Lincoln, but because he got a "good" opportunity  where Lincoln went to see a play, he thought he'd take advantage of it. We then listened to two songs that tied our lesson together. Today in class, we started talking more about after the Civil War or the Reconstruction period. We started with a worksheet where we compared different aspects from after the war, such as population. We then looked at a picture of the KKK holding a banner in which they were lynching two African Americans. After, we read another worksheet that talked about "Black Codes" and what they entitled to the blacks and why. After reading the "Black Codes", we then had to answer some questions about them.

"Winnie the Pooh" 1/23/13

Upon reading about the different characters in the Winnie the Pooh story, I decided that I would be Eeyore. Eeyore is described as being "gloomy, but loyal" whereas he always has a harsh attitude, but means the best for all of this friends and is always having bad luck.
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You are Piglet. You are timid, quiet, and like to stay in others' shadows. Though your shyness can irritate some, you are courageous when it counts and are always loyal to your friends. Although I thought I'd be Eeyore, I wasn't surprised when I got Piglet. Eeyore and Piglet both share the same quality of being loyal, but I also believe I share the qualities of gloomy and timid at the same time.

Summary of Class 1/8-1/9

Yesterday in class, we spent the whole class taking notes. During the notes, we finished the Civil War. All of the women that were wives to confederate soldiers, knew it was time to end the war along with the generals. Robert E. Lee also knew this, which is why he met U.S. Grant at Appottomax Court House, VA. This initiated the final end to the Civil War against the confederates and the Union.Today, in class we ended this unit by taking our test.

Summary of Class 1-4-1/7

On Friday in class, we started off by being handed a bunch of diaries. These diaries were written either by Georgia citizens, South Carolina citizens, or a person from the Union. In total, there were five diaries and then we were assigned to read them all. Once we read them all, we were had to write our own one page diary based on the different type of person that we had. Today in class, we started off by taking the memorization quiz for the Gettysburg address. We then took notes on the Anaconda Plan where the Union took over Savannah Georgia. We then watched a video on everything that we previously took notes on.