Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
day 6
Today we went on a scavenger hunt! We were told to go around the first floor with our devices and scan all of the QR codes we could find and by the end we should have 10. All of the QR codes contained information on The Battles of the American Revolution and we had to figure out what the battle was and what was the date that battle had taken place. One of the battles we learned about was The battle of trenton Which was when Goerge Washington had his troops surround the Hessians ( German mercinaries). They accomplished this by crossing the Delaware river on Christmas night. Soon after that battle The Battle of Princeton occured in January of 1777. The Battle was the site of a colonial victorry that gave the Continental Army the boost it needed. I think that this scavenger hunt helped us distinguish the different battles and how each had a role in each others. Some battles made the continental army's convidence grow, and some shattered it. With each win that the colonies were able to obtain brought them closer to their goal and they were not giving up at all. I think these battles cold be kind of a metaphor how life is, because we all have some minor set backs but we have other thing we still have to deal with and we have to over come obsticals just as the continental army had to keep charging ahead.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
day 4
Are we really as bad off as we think we are? I was asked this question in class today and my first reasponse was yes. Yes, because we are told so many people are laid off, many people are going hungry, people are in dept, we are at war, people are dying at war. Now my teacher asked us a few more questions, Are the malls empty when you go shopping?,No. Are there no cars on the high way?, No. How many of you know people at war? About five hands went up in my class including me. That left me with the question still, Are we really as bad as we think we are? So i guess in a way no we aren't. We may have to cut back on a few christmas gifts or not go on as many vacations but what makes us so bad? I guess we aren't that bad because i look around me and i may not see everyones struggles but i see the girl next to me with her ugg boots and the kid up front with the Northface backpack, i don't see anything that would alarm me that anything major is going on. So why are we told all of these things? to keep us working hard, maybe to try and watch our expences but honestly we are not at all THAT bad. We are not perfect, people are still at war and people are still having trouble paying bills and getting laid off but we have been worse. So now that i look back at the question we were given i would say no because the malls are full, the highways are pact and not very many of us are affected by war.
day 2
IN class we did project presentation. I had Betsy Ross the women who made the first american flag. Mrs. Ross personaly knew Goerge Washington, because she was his seamstress. Mrs. Ross ran her own business after her husband had died and kept it going. When aproached by George washington and asked to make a flag for the colonies she agreed. The flag she made had 13 red and white alternating stripes along with 13 white stars in a sea of blue.what i mostly took away from Mrs. Ross' case was that she was one of the first women to actually get credit for something. There still is no legal documentation that she had made the first american flag but htere is so much history that comes with her name. Most women were never recorded in text books that they helped out the war until her, she opened the gate for many women. Who no's, if she never got her credit for what she had done then maybe we wouldn't have women wouldn't have made such history. All it takes is one person to light the fire to start something that could potentally be eye opening. When Betsy Ross came out with this flag many other women could start getting their cresit as well begining a trend that would soon lead to many accomplishments by women.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Day 6 post.
IN class we discused the Bunker hill and olive branch petition. The olive Branch Petition was the colonies asking for territory they won in the Indian war and asking for representaion. The kind of Representation that the colonies wanted was to have a say in taxes and laws. The colonies still wanted to have the kings support and agreed to still be loyal to him but they wanted more of a say. In their agrument to the king they stated that the Battle of lexington and Concord were in self defence. the king Rejected their petition. Another oppinion in the matter of breaking away from britian was Tomas Payne who wrote Common Sense and said that if people sgreed with britian then they were agreeing with the fact that it was ok to murder people. He believed that any friendly connection with Britian was un natural and that Britain was causing the city of Boston to starve because they would not let anyone out of boaston. In reasponse to Common Sense an ammerican loyalis, James Chelmers wrote The Plain Truth. He wanted to stay with Britain and still be under their control. He made accusations that Democracy was a bad way to go and that they should just stick with Britain. He said that the taxes were fair, having Britain back them up was helpful and that because Britain is so far away it will mean they will be less strict. I disagree with that last statment, i think that by them being father away they are going to send people who will follow up the laws they make and strictly enforce them. These Documents were very helpful in my comprehending of where different parts of the Colonies stand and that not everyone wants britain completely out of their country.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Day 4 post
Today i learned that over time its hard for some people to tell the difference between what is true and what is false. For example in the case of the "shot heard around the world" there were accounts that both the british and American accounts that the one another was the first o shoot. In class to day we looked at multiple documents all claiming that different things accured during this battle. Some of the British documents even said the British were the first ones to shoot. My main question is, what do i believe? I have so many different stories from poeple all claiming they saw or heard what happened. In reality you can't just believe anything you read, because here i am still confused on who was right in this situation. In order to figure out all of the possibilities that are false you have to look into why this person was writing this, for pleasure, for legal purposes, or for self gain. If it is for legal purposes or self gain you may not want to believe what it says. When someone writes something in a journal, no one is going to see what they are writing, and they are not going to get into trouble for writiing it, some people also write false things or put their opinion in their work to much, but sometimes journals are not always accurate as well. You just have to learn how to eliminate the ones that can not possibly be right and ones that could possibly be right. I think that this activity helped open my ideas that i really have to always watch what i use as my primary sources and how peoples opinions conflict in my different sources.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
day 2 post
Today we did an Edcafe discussion in class, in the begining there wasn't much talking and more so people trying to get down information, but after the initial shock everyone began to relax and take in the information and ask questions. One of the events that showed me how a bunch of things conected was the Townshed acts. The townshed acts contained The Sugar act, the Stamp act, and the Quartering act. The colonies were very against these acts which helped them form no taxation without representation." All the people wanted to do was be heard and let the British Parliment that what they were doing was wrong and wouldn't be tolerated. These acts caused an event called the boston tea party. Even tough the tea britain was importing was less than what they were paying for the Colonies would not purchase their tea and would make their own and smuggle other tea into the country. This caused the company to retreat because it could feel the tension between the colonies and britain, but the ship wasn't allowed to leave until the tea was sold. So one night a group of colonists dressed up as indians and boarded the boat and tiped the tea barrels in to the boston harbor. The British parlement had no idea that the colonist were going to commit such an act and caused such a scene. All the colonist were trying to do was be heard and that was the only reason why they dumped the tea into the harbor it was an act of passion so the Parliment could take a step back and see that the Colonist were over these acts Britain kept throwing at them and that they were going to take a stand for what they believe in. If Britain had listened than none of this would have happened and there would have been no need for the Boston Macasar or the boston tea party because the Colonist would have "no taxation without representation".
Day 6 post
Today we talked about the French and indian war. This war was lead by George Washington. George Washington wanted to try and get through the Appilation Montains and go around so that he could deliver a message to virginia faster. when he went over the mountains he was faced by the french territory. The French wanted him out and brought in troops to fight him and what little men he had with him. All of the odds were against Washington, he had few men, limeted reasources, no amunition, and no one to come in for back up. He was out numbered and had no second options.in the end he had a military victory but in the end he lost due to no revenue for the army. I learned that you can't always go into forigien territory head on and that you have to make percusions for what may happen if you were confronted with an outside force. I think that George Washinton had alot of courage to try his new thought plan and proceed even when the going got tough. Courage doesn't always require success but you being willing to fail and ready to take on anything that comes you way. George Washington also demostrated perserverence because he didn't just give up when he saw the French in the way he perservired and stuck it out in stead of retreating right away. I think this Event showed you don't always have to win something to do something big.
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