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Time line of the 1850's

12/3/2012 and 12/4/2012

In class today we did an ED Cafe activity. Our activity was to show that the person we studied was te most important person in comtribuing to the movement. I had Harriet Beecher Stowe. When we were discusing our people i found it easy to relate all of how they each contributed to the movement. Many people had relationships with other people which helped them make a difference. Ofcourse everyone believes they are right so we were bound to butt heads a bit especially with a expressive class like ours. I found it no trouble to say what i felt and why i thought it, although sometimes what i said didn't make sense i felt that i might have gotten people to think of other things as well. It was one of my favorite classes and i loved how the class room was full of chatter and how we were all so passionate in our discusions.

12/30/12

In class we watched a clip about the debate lincon and Douglas had. This debate helped me better understand how really different each canidate was and how they would state their own opinions and how they disagreed withone another. I noticed that the crowds would get really in to these debates. This was another perfect example of how technology has helped me better understand what is going on in class. Whatching the debate gave me a sense of how people were divided and how passionate both canidates were. It goes to show out side sources and an extra tool can help really connect the dots for some people like me. Another example of how great technology is!

11/27/12 11/28/12

In class we read information on the case of Dred Scott. It was mind blowing that people were considered to be property. When you look at a person you see them as they are, a person, when you look at land or something someone would consider "property" your first thought is not humans. What makes no sense is how anyone can just own a human being its like "hey im selling my brother, 100 bucks and he is all yours". One other thing we leared is that lincon did not agree with the whole dred Scott case and that Douglas wasn't overly vocal on his opinion. Pretty much everything Lincon was for Douglass was against.This is what helped the people decide who they wanted to vote for because they were almost complete oppistes which made it eaiser to guess there opinions on things.

11/18/2012

In class we read a chapter from Harriet Stowes novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin". I had Harriet as my person to research so i came to class with alittle more knowledge on her and her background. She was an aboloinitionist that work twords getting the Fugitve slave act repealed. In class we saw how slaves would risk a posibitly of getting caught or being more badly beaten for a posibility of freedom if you succeed. I thought that if i was in there place i would take the risk of being free because you really have nothing to lose but you have so much more to gain. It maybe hard leaving the people you care about butonce you are free you could try and go back and save others as well like other people like Harriet Tubman had done.

11/15/2012 blog post

today in class we watched a Movie about the Mexican war. During the movie we took notes and were able to better undersand what was going on not only in class but what was happening during that time period. At the end of the video we took a 5 question true false quiz which was an open note quiz. I think i did perty good on the quiz but almost half way through the Movie i realized that i should have focused more on the actual movie itself rather than worrying about recording down the content and missing other key parts. I feel like when we take a look at outside sources other than what we learn in class that I better understand things and it helps me connect and peice events in time together.

11/9/2012post

We learned about the underground rail road in class. we learned that it was run by Hariet Tubman. Hariet Tubman was a former slave who escaped but made it her goal to go back and save as many more slaves as she could. We read several text book's out look on the under ground railroads and came across alot of the same material and some very different material. Looing at different doccuments helped us determain the truth and what may not be exactly true.most of the documents said stuff about people making stops along the way or white people helping the slaves. If any one ever got causght helping the slaves escape they would have to face legal charges. The slaves were veiwed as property so they treated it like it was stolen property not a person looking for freedom. I don't agree with this desicion and think that they shouldn't be trated as property.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

day4/ 30daychallenge

Today in clsss we discussed the constituions relation to slaver. The question was "does the constituion suport slavery"? At first look i said that it doesn't come out and say they support it but they don't discourage it either. In the constitution you can find many loop holes that would make slavery be considered an "ok" thing to do. I also got in to a conversation with Mr. Boyle where he asked me well is they don't say their against it and if they don't do anything to discourage it then what are they really saying? Everything clicked, i realized that usually if you ask someone a question and they don't answer its usually because its something you wouldn't want to hear which is kind of what the constitution is toying with by being wishy washy lets them not only get away with slavery but secretly support it as well. Weather or not people agree the constitution in certain ways supports slavery.Now back to my 30 day challenge, my day two pictureis of a sign in my house that says family. Family is my everything, without them i would have nothing. I have a bunch of cousins and uncles and aunts who i all love and care for and we all extreamly close. I don't know where i woulod be or what i would be like with out my family in my life. My day 3 picture is of school supplies. Believe it or not i actually enjoy school, i love being with people everyday and having conversations with classmates that i wouldn't normally talk to outside of school. School provides stability and allows me to be on a set schedule and routine that helps me be successful each day.

day 2 blog 30 day challenge

30 day, 30 pictures, at least one a day. The pictures of something in my life i am greatful for or things i don't know what i would do with out. what i am looking to get out of my chalenge im not quit sure but I'm hoping along the way i pick up a few thing that i will always treasure. They say you may not realize what you have till its gone, and thats what my challenge is trying to prevent, i want to make sure that everyone knows how much they mean to me and how they impacted my life, and i want to know what things that i wouldn't be able to go days or weeks with out missing them. Now a days we take everything for granted when what we should be doing is celebrate the people and things we have around us. So here it goes, 30 day, at least one picture a day.My first picture is of my closest friends i have at school. These are the girls i trust and who i go to when i need advice or i need someone to listen to what i have to say. All of these girls have a special place in my heart and always find a way to make me laugh even in my darkest days. We have all had our ups and downs but at the end of the day they are almost like a second family and we get past what ever obsticals get in our way. I don't know what i would do with out them by my side.

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