Autobiography of Henry Wiliams

Summary of Class 3/25-3/26

Yesterday in class, we happened to have a shortened class because MCAS testing ran later than expected. Instead of waisting ten-twenty minutes on doing an activity, we talked about upcoming events. Mr.Boyle was so generous in giving us an extra day to work on our projects due to snow days. We then talked about an upcoming thing called a flip class in which we will we learning the event at home and then coming to class prepared to do an activity on it. Today, we had another shortened class due to a stay in place. Once we were able to go to class, we read and answered questioned that followed about the Black Panther group. The black panthers were run by Huey Newton. We learned about their ten percent plan and determined if it was reasonable or unreasonable. We then had a discussion on what we thought, where Mr.Boyle played the devils advocate.

Summary of Class 3/21-3/22

Yesterday, we completed the sheets that we received a while ago and then we had a discussion about the papers. Today in class, we started off class by looking at a picture and answering questions mainly about how we felt while looking at the picture and what we thought it was about. We later found out that it was Martin Luther King Jr.'s march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama over a bridge. We then talked about the new laws that were put in place around that period.

Summary of Class 3/18-3/19

Yesterday in class, we got into groups based on a document we received last week, we then got a big document. Each group got a different document. With our groups, we read our four page document and then answered the questions that followed. We then got into different groups and shared our findings because each group got a different document. We did not get time to finish in class. Today, we did not have class because we had another snow day.

Desktop Documentary: Rosa Parks

wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

Summary of Class 1/14-1/15

On Thursday in class, we started our class by introducing what sit ins were.We learned that sit ins were when were non violent protests where African Americans and whites that were supporters, would sit in an area not designated to their race and not move, no matter what. We watched a video on this to better our knowledge. Today in class, we took notes and watched a video about another group that participated in sit ins. Unlike the other sit ins that were in a restaurant, this took place on a bus. The African Americans sat on this buses, so white people could not. Angered by this, whites threw stuff at them, beat them, slashed the tires, etc.

Summary of Class 3/12-3/13

Yesterday I was absence from class, but from what I heard, the class watched a movie about Civil Rights and answered some questions on it. Today in class, we started off by reading a document about Little Rock. Little Rock was the place where the mob started and 9 students were escorted all around by armed soldiers. After we read this document, we talked about it and then we watched a video on this event. We were also asked the question: could anything like this happen in the real world, today? Many off us said no, but few said yes. The few that said yes were right and with this information, we were given another document. This document said that a similar thing happened in Louisiana in 2006.

Summary of Class 3/7-3/8

On Thursday we spent the whole class talking about Rosa Parks. The first document and resource we looked at was from a text book. After reading other documents and recourses  we noticed that they were all extremely different from the text book when compared. The text book states that Rosa was too tired and lazy to give up her seat, but the other documents state that she actually did it to make a point. Rosa Parks was a huge part of the Civil Rights Movement. On Friday we did not have class because of a snow day.

Summary of Class 3/5-3/6

Yesterday we talked the whole class about segregation primarily in schools. There was this idea of "separate, but equal". Many people were fine with this saying that blacks are more comfortable with blacks as whites were more comfortable with whites. Other people even stated that blacks should go back to their homeland which was Africa.People were extremely disturbed by what other people had to say and they  Many believed that when they were separate, it was taking away the learning from them. Today in class, we spent the whole time watching a video. This video was about the Emmett Till case, in which he was warned before going to the South, but still proceeded in whistling at a white lady. With this action, came consequences. Emmett Till was later found killed in a river. The husband of the lady he whistled at admitted to whipping Emmett for his behavior and was found innocent because they couldn't prove that the body was Emmett. Later in the husbands life, he admitted, in a book to killing Emmett, but it was too late. This case really disturbs me and shows how far a country can come over the years, proved now.

Summary of Class 3/1-3/4

On Friday, we did not have class because it was a half day. Today in class, we talked all about the Scottsboro Trials and how To Kill a Mockingbird is based on these trials. These trials came about when  nine african americans allegedly raped two white girls. With this, we read a timeline and an article in which our group was given with the corresponding person. My group got Ruby Bates who was one of the girls who claimed she was raped by these boys. She later confessed that nothing happened and she did not really get raped. With our person, we were to right three diary entries from different time periods, in their perspective.