It feels like forever since I blogged ... not like, posted, since that was yesterday, but actually blog blogged. If you know what I'm trying to convey.
Yesterday we talked a lot about the Missouri Compromise and the Mexican War. At the very beginning of class, we all took out the worksheets that we completed last Friday. And then - voila! - the same map appeared on the projector, like magic or something. Or technology. Whatever. Mr. Boyle explained how they needed to keep a balance between free and slave states, and how they came to the agreement that the 36'30 line would represent the split between the slave territory and free territory.
I left class shortly after we split into groups to read what different textbooks had to say on the Mexican War, which followed the Missouri Compromise. This ;ed us into class today, where we spent the first half watching a video about the Mexican War, featuring a woman who spoke very quickly. Not ideal for taking notes. Follwing this was a quickie quiz (alliteration, score).
We got back from lunch and discussed the nation's problems some more, and we had to come to our own decisions. It some cases it looked like we had overestimated our founding fathers, as, for at least trying to decide what to do with the territory, they chose to do absolutely nothing.
What other great decisions lie in our nation's future? Stay tuned to find out.
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