Barack Obama: the First Black President!

On January 20,2009 Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Over 1million people gathered at the National Mall to experience history. This was an exciting and emotional day, especially for African Americans. Many people at the National Mall that day never thought that they would live to see a Black man become president. In his inaugural address, President Obama spoke of serious issues that he plans to solve, such as the economy and the war in Iraq. After the inauguration, Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, attended a luncheon with members of congress. At this luncheon, he urged lawmakers to come togehter, "with a sense of purpose and civility and urgency,"so that they could work towards finding solutions to the nation's problems. Later in the day, Obama and his family, along with vice president Joe Biden, went to the inaugural parade. Before taking their seats to view the parade, Barack Obama and his wife got out of their car to wave to fans and suppoters. It is good to see that he is still down-to-earth even though he has been getting alot of publicity. I believe that Barack Obama will be a good leader of this country, and lead the United States to a brighter future.

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/us/politics/20web-inaug2.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&sq=obama%20inauguration&st=cse&scp=1

-Adiya

Muckraking....Ewwwwww!!!!!

Today in class we went into a term called muckraking. Muckraking is a term used to describe when people try to "dig out dirt" on people or companies. Muckraking can sometimes be bias and most of the time it is. From getting fired form your job to not getting the satisfaction guaranteed. Not all Muckraking comes from bias sources. Many people discover their "dirt" through research. In a movie we watched called "Super size Me" the main character found out that McDonald chicken Nuggets are made from not the healthy but crippled, diseased, and old chickens with enlarged breast. They put the chicken through a processor,then form them into their shapes, and ship them while in refrigeration to McDonald's where they are basically reheated. What I just stated was an example of muckraking on McDonald's chicken nuggets.

Super Size Me Movie

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1432315846377280008

Water Gate Scandal Article

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/specials/watergate/articles/

-Michael Page

Inquiry Leson........Final!!

Today in U.s. History class we finished our inquiry lesson. The class read the last primary document and learned of the dangers of working in a coal mine.

In the article we found out that the coal mine practiced child labor. The children dealt with sharp coal that would often cut them and they also dealt with dangerous machines that would suck them up and spit them out in half.

We finished the class off with a paragraph that asked if labor unions were necessary. I said that labor unions were necessary because they lowered work hours and higher wages, which were two of the mot famous problems in the early labor world.

Child labor song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDN3X-WORI4&feature=related

-Michael Page

Inquiry Lesson Prt.2!!

Today in class we continued our inquiry lesson, although this time we focused more on laborers conditions and they hardships they faced. We went through different songs and newspaper articles to find the bad conditions faced by laborers. An example of one of the articles we read was The Triangle shirtwaist factory Fire newspaper article. The bad conditions faced in this article were the workers had low wages, long hours, insufficient escape plans, and they worked in a poorly built building.

Triangle Shirtwaist factory article.

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refshirtwaist.html

A link to a video about Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf9GVbzf7Q4

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