Summary of Class 2/26-2/27

Yesterday in Class, we got together with our groups from the previous day and we were then assigned to reading four documents. These documents ranged from autobiographys, to letters, to a memo. These documents were all related to Garvery and what he believed. Garvey believed that all of the African Americans should go back to Africa. Today we read three poems, which mainly talked about how bad the South is. One even refered to going as far east as to the ocean. We then listened to a couple of songs from the Harlem Renaissance which showed the happy enivronment which they were now in, in the North. We then ended the class with looking at some pictures from that time period.

Summary of Class 2/15-2/25

On the Friday before February vacation, each group got a turn to go up to the microphone and record their scripts. Each groups script is going to be their voice over for their animate video. Today in class, we paired up with a partner who shared the same letter as us, such as A or B.With our partners, we read the corresponding document and answered the questions that followed. Once we were done, we partnered up with someone that read the other document, we then copied down each others answers. These documents talked about E.S.W. DuBois and Booker T. Washington who disagreed on one particular subject which was the rights of the African Americans and white supremacy. On this note, we ended class where our teacher gave us a project in which we are assigned to create a documentary f the assigned person. In my case, I got Rosa Parks, an African American who is well known.

Summary of Class 2/13-2/14

Due to the recent snow days, our in class project has been done, cramed together in the matter of three days. Yesterday in class, we worked on our project by doing a "dress rehersal" orrough draft. In this, we pretty much planned out everything that we were going to draw on the board today. Today in class, we took some time to do the final draft of the drawings on the white board. It really helped us that we already had it planned out and drawn. On the time we had off, before and after recording, we spent it on writing the script for the voice over that we are doing tomorrow. Once we do the voice over, our project is going to be complete.

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Summary of Class 2/5-2/6

Yesterday in class, we were faced with the question "what does equal mean?" Most of us answered it with "it means the same". We were then questioned and given a piece of paper in which we had trouble because we started to contradict ourselves. We then came to a conclusion that "equal" does not mean the "same", but some what balanced. We then watched a short video, ending the class. Today in class, we started off class by taking three, quick slides of notes. These notes mainly focused on the black codes and the different types of ways people kept blacks from answering. Once we were done taking notes, we started talking about our upcoming project, the RSA video. Mr.Boyle cleared up all the questions that were present and then he gave us the rest of the class to work and plan with our groups.

Summary of Class 2/1-2/4

On Friday in class we stared off class by reading Andrew Johnson's obituary Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States who faced many difficulties in his childhood, such as education where he had to educate himself. After reading his obituary, we had a brief discussion on him. Today in class, we took notes, again about the Reconstruction Period. In these notes, we focused on the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The KKK were an organization of white men who looked to harm, torture or kill any African Americans. In some cases they would drag them out of their houses and beat them or they would burn crosses into their lawn.