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.