Last two days of class 3/27 and 3/28

Yesterday in class on 3/27 we went to the computer lab and worked on our eboooks. I finished mine up and then posted it in my blog. Today in class we did the same thing, we went to the lab and I didn't really have much to do, but it was a good way to end the day.

Civil Rights ebook

Last two days of class 3/25 and 3/26

Yesterday in class we weren't able to do much due to MCAS. we just talked about the upcoming 4th quarter and what it would bring for us. We talked about a few new ideas Mr. Boyle came up with to change the class around a bit and make it a little different. Today in class we did a worksheet and discussed the Black Panther Party, a group of blacks who believed in getting equal social power by force. We then discussed their plan and chose whether their ideas were reasonable or non reasonable.

Last two days of class 3/21 and 3/22

On Thursday, 3/21, the first half of class we worked on our Martin Luther King worksheets and finished filling out the questions for all four of them. Then after lunch in the second half of class we watched a video on Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. On Friday, 3/22 we started by analyzing a picture of African Americans marching to the capitol and then talked about how they were attacked and beat but kept moving on. We then talked about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how it was similar to the same act in 1883. We also talked about whether or not blacks and whites are equal today.

Civil Rights Documentary

Bobby Seale Documentary

Last two days of class 3/5 and 3/6

Yesterday in class we talked about segregation particularly in schools. Segregation was a big problem after the civil war because realistically the blacks and whites just could not fit in together right away. We talked about how schools were "separate but equal" but in most cases the quality of the black schools was a lot less than the quality of the white schools. Today in class we watched a documentary on the killing of Emmett Till and the case that followed.