Inquriy Lesson.... WHAT!!!??

Today November 5, 2008 in History class we did what is called an inquiry lesson on work and living conditions during the progessive era. I learned that in this progessive era work wages were low, many people's work instituion was poorly santintized and dangerous, and worked for ten hours a day.

When bosses started to cut wages for factory workers many people quit or were fired. This movement bought chld labor to play. Boss's would only hire men who had male children that could work. For example if a man applied for job and he had a son that was at least five years old he was usually hired.

I also learend that when people loss their job the came together to form labor unions. These labor unions set goals for things that would better help the working people. For example labor unions wanted to lower work time and hire wages. These attempts were usually denied .

Here is a video that exposes Nike sweatshops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVuScVCF1Ws&feature=related

-Michael Page (1a)

Barack Obama: The Next President of the United States of AMerica

At 11:03pm with 284 electoral votes, Barack Obama is now the projected 44th President of the U.S.

WHOOOOAAAAAAA!!!!!!! MSNBC News Link

I am so proud and excited to say that Senator Barack Obama from Illinois is the next President of the United States of America...

And the votes aren't even done being counted in other states!!!!

-Kanisha F.

-Found a funny video called "Vote Barack"...thought you all would enjoy it.

6 days left til' election day.....I know we can't, but you should explain to your family and friends why Barack Obama is a great candidate for president and why they should...."VOTE BARACK"!!!

Vote Barack Rap Video

-Kanisha

1860's-1920's

Today in class we finished up our different summaries on the topics assigned to us. In my group we were assigned Plessy vs. Ferguson. This court case (a Supreme Court case) happened in 1896 in Louisiana. A black man sat in the white section of a train just to "test" the law. Once arrested he plead that this violated his 14Th Amendment. The court agreed with and accepted separate but equal so they overruled it. This decision was a catalyst of some sorts that continued discrimination and segregation. Lastly, we went over some of the does and don'ts of our paper. We are to cite all of our resources, and to use only .edu websites. Don'ts would be not to speak in the first person, and to be professional (do not speak as if you are writing a blog). Some of these new stipulations may mess up some people and cause them to revise their paper, but it will make it even better.!!! Good luck!!


(Got IT!!)

-Kanisha

Gilded Age

Today we learned a little bit about the Gilded Age.
This era of time involved corruption, lies, and deceit.
Gilded gold is basically a fraud where an item is recognized as gold, but it is only gold on the surface while the real substance is something else. Mark Twain feferred to this time period as the Gilded Age because Boss William Marcy Tweed used money from city contracts for his own benefit. He was sent to jail because he was convicted for fraud and extortion. Ulysses S. Grant also used liquor funding for his own personaly gain and stole a great amount of money from over priced taxes.







by:Karen Sanderson
more to come......tomorrow!

Unit 1 Test....YIKES!!!

Today was BORING.....Just kidding...

In class today we took our unit 1 chapter test. In my opinion it wasn't too hard, but it wasn't easy either. Our test was about the Reconstruction period, after Reconstruction, the manufacturing industry, and the steel,oil, and railroad industries.

The most of the questions dealing with reconstruction and the aftermath of it were pretty easy. The BCR'S dealing with the struggles and challenges of blacks were also kind of simple. Then again Reconstruction has been something that we focused on for a while.

Another part of the test dealt with the expansion of the country west or "manifest destiny", as well as the settlers of the west. Those questions were also very simple, we studied a lot and even played Jeopardy to help prepare for this test.

Our test was also about the industry of the railroad boom, as well as the oil and steel company advancement in the industry. People like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt.

For the most part our test was OKAY...and even if you didn't study the night before, the studying we did in class should have helped educate you for the test.

HOPE WE ALL DID WELL!!!!

-Kanisha

IT'LL BE CANADA FOR ME!!

I JUST GOT THIS TOTALLY AWESOME BULLETIN ON MYSPACE. IT'S A VIDEO THAT USES THE TUNE OF "HEY THER DELILAH" TO DIS SARAH PALIN. IT'S HILARIOUS!! PLEZE COMMENT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!!

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