11/27-11/28

Yesterday in history we learned about Dred Scott's lawsuit against his masters to free himself and his family. We also took notes on how slaves were not considered people, they were property and therefore could be taken anywhere free or not. For my thirty-day challenge I started a letter to my friend Sara who goes to Waring. Today in history we talked about and watched a video about the election for U.S senate in Illinois between Stephen Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Then we got a couple of papers. One had parts of speeches they gave while running and the other had questions for us to answer about them. For my thirty-day challenge I finished the letter from yesterday.

11/19-11/26

Last class was last Monday and it was so long ago I have no idea what we did. I'm pretty sure we got a lot of papers though and had a discussion about them.
For my thirty- day challenge I have written a couple of letters to my sister at college, a letter to my friend Emily, a couple of letters to post secret, and letters to various family members. I am finding it very difficult to write a letter a day an often only remember right before I'm a noir to go to bed. But the people I've been sending them to have mostly written me back and said that they really liked receiving them.
Today in history we learned about how Kansas and Nebraska became states and the chaos it caused. Stephen Douglass wanted to organize the unorganized territory and so he made them states and decided that they would solve the issue of slavery with popular sovereignty. A bunch of chaos inside and 200 people were killed in only a couple of years.

11/16-11/19

On Friday in history we read a chapter from Harriet Breecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin this chapter was about a woman named Eliza that ran away from her master with her two children. He master is trying to hunt her down and hires two men and their dogs to do the job. For my thirty- day challenge I sent in an application letter to e a CIT at a summer camp. Over the weekend for my thirty-day challenge I wrote letters to My granparents. Today in history we talked a little bit about the chapter of Uncle Tom's Cabin we read and then we talked about the fugitive slave law. Te fugitive slave law said that anyone caught helping slaves whether directly or indirectly would be fined a sent to jail. This helped the slave owners, because many people started to comply to this law and turn in slaves just out of fear. For my thirty-day hallenge I wrote another letter to my friend Priya who wrote me back from the first letter.

11/14-11/15

Yesterday in history we read textbook excerpts on the mexican war and compared what each of them said. Then we watched a video on the Mexican War and its effects. At the end of the video we took a short quiz on what we had seen. For my thirty day challenge I wrote a letter to my sister at college. Today in history we learned about what happened after the Mexican War and chose what we would do or what decisions we would make if in the postitions that the U.S. leaders had been in. For my thirty day challenge I wrote a letter to my friend Hannah who lives in Salem.

William Lloyd Garrison

11/9-11/13

On Friday we took notes on the anti-slavery movement and on how slaves escaped to the north using the Underground Railroad. Then we got several excerpts from textbooks on the Underground Railroad and we looked at their similarities and differences. For my 30 day challenge I wrote a letter to my friend Sara who goes to Waring High School. This weekend for my 39 day challenge I wrote letters to family members in other states. Today in history we went to the computer lab and filled in two papers about a map of slavery in the U.S. and the Missouri Compromise. Today for my 30 day challenge I wrote a letter to Jess.

11/6-11/7

Yesterday in history we finished the papers we started on Monday and while we were doing that, we went up one at a time to vote on who we thought should be president, who should fill the spot in the senate and go should fill the seat in congress. Then looked at different parts of the Constitution and determined whether or not each part supported slavery. For my 30 day challenge I sent a letter to my friend Priya wo is going to a boarding school in Connecticut. Today in history we learned about slavery in the early U.S an the invention of the cotton gin. Then we read either the "Mudsill Theory" by James Henry Hammond or "Slavery's Opponents and Defenders" an answered questions about them. Today for my 30 day challenge I wrote a letter to Post Secret.

11/2-11/5

On Friday in history, in groups we read stories about slavery. Two of the stories were just different parts of the same story. The story I read was about a young slave girl who was treated so well as child that for a while she didn't even know she was a slave. When she was old enough to start doing slave activities, she had fun an was treated fairly by her mistress. After reading the story we had to summarize it, create a storyboard for it and make a question about it. Today in history we shared our information from the stories and filled in a venn diagram about them all. Then we got into new groups and read about different people and their thoughts on slavery. For my 30 day challenge I sent a letter to my cousin in Arizona.

30 Day Challenge

For 30 days, I am going to write a letter everyday. I always wish that I would get a letter in the mail, but I never do. The only time I ever get a letter in the mail is when it is a thank-you note, which are all the same. So, I am going to write and send a letter a day for 30 days.