Day 3 and 4

The past two days in class we have started talking about the battles of the Civil War. The last day three we did a scavenger hunt with the QR codes. I thought the it was a fun way to learn about the battles of the Civil War. Today, we split into two groups and one group researched the Battle of Gettysburg and One did the Campaign of Vicksburg. I did the Campaign of Vicksburg. We had to look up certain questions and about the battle then make a brochure using the information we colected.

1850's

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Constitution and Slavery

The United States constitution is supporting slavery. The documents that we read in class have made it clear that the government wants slavery but tries to stay away from the subject as much as possible. Out of all the documents that we read there was only one that was really showed off its affection for slavery. All the writers of the constitution owned slavesamd didn't want to get rid of them. The slaves were the key to their success and they were the slaves they owned. Overall, the writers of the constitution supported slavery.

First of all the writers of the constitution were all slave owners. Slaves were apart of their everyday life and it made their life easier and made them more money. Why would the writers put something in the constitution that would make their lives harder and not make them as rich? According to Europians, blacks were less superior than whites so it was the whites job to keep the world civilized. They thought that they were superior and more civilized so the whites thought it was right to give the blacks the note uncivilized jobs. The whites thought ruling over we're more civilized.

In the constitution the writers also say the slaves are unequal. The people who wrote the constitution say the slaves only counted as three fifths of a person. The slaves weren't considered people they were only considered property of their owners. The slaves owners were allowed to do whatever they wanted to do with the slaves. The slaves were not allowed to react to anything or they would have been beat and whipped. The slaves were tricked into going with sellers and sold for a prophet. The slaves were treated the exact opposite of the whites.

All whites were allowed to own slaves. The constitution gave the whites the right to own slaves. The constitution writers thought that it was good to put the right to own slaves in the constitution. They didn't try to think about how the slaves would react. They were American and their natural rights were taken away because of the constitution. The constitution writers new they were taking away the rights of black Americans.

The constitution was very pro slavery. The constitution writers wanted a better life for them so they put the blacks through hell making them work for their personal gain. The whites would have been ruined without the slaves. They would have had to do the work themselves and they thought they were above all of the chore labor. The constitution fed the fire of slavery.

Dred Scott

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Last week and day 2

Last week we worked on our projects in class. Yesterday we received a document with information on a person that was either pro slavery or against slavery. Then we wrote down information about them and met with other members of our class to copy down their information. We also had to choose a challenge to try for 30 days as a result of the Ted talks videos. I decided to take a picture on my phone every day. So for the next 30 days I will post a picture of something.

Day 5 and 6

On Friday we took notes on battles in the beginning of the Rvolutionaru war. We learned how George Washington escaped from the British several times. Monday we had a scavenger hunt around the downstairs of the school. I thought this activity was extremely fun because of the competitive edge. Competing for extra points made the activity that much better. It was really fun getting to run around the school looking for the right we codes. Overall the last two days have been a great experience in learning about the revolution.

Day 3 and 4

On Wednesday we broke into two groups and we shared our information we pulled out from our article on the Decleration of Independence. This was good but it got noisy and almost became competitive to see who could be the most obnoxious. Then Thursday we had a sub and we wrote an essay on whether we believed we are still in, " times that try men's souls". I believe we are because of the war in Iraq for their independence.

Day 1 and 2

Monday we presented our "guests" in class. Overall I thought that it went well. I had a good time learning about the other students people and their history in the American Revolution. Tuesday, we broke up into groups of three and we read different parts of the Decleration of Independence. Then we had to make a twister tweet using 140 characters to describe our section. I thought that was fun creating a unique username and #'s.

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Civic Values

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