Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Let's reflect about reflecting.

Today and yesterday we started to talk about the Black Panther group, and what they demanded of our government in order to achieve equality. We filled in a chart yesterday, and today we discussed it. With the extra time from the lock down drill, we talked about new (exciting!) things we'll be doing next quarter, including how crappy our blog posts have been (I'm paraphrasing) and how that's going to change.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Let's make motivational speeches.

I haven't blogged in what feels like forever. So here's a quick summary of the last three days - bonus.

The day before yesterday and the day before that we worked on articles about Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Once we took notes on our respective articles, we were split into groups to share the information we found.

The day before yesterday we got to listen to the "I Have A Dream" speech, and learn about the march on Washington.

Yesterday we learned about the Voting Rights Act, and listened to a speech made by Lyndon B. Johnson regarding it.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Let's stand for Civil Rights.

My documentary on Emmett Till and his effect on Civil Rights.

http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/my_videos

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Let's celebrate! (being the fiftieth blog post and all)

Yeah, fifty blog posts this year. How ... exciting. Not really, but you get the idea. Right?

We started off the week by talking about segregation in schools, then and now. Mr. Boyle gave us an article talking about race discrimination in the United States today, which led into another deep discussion in History class.

Today, we had a sub and watched a movie about the Civil Rights movement. Broad, no?

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Let's desegregate.

Yesterday we were split into groups in order to read about the segregation of schools in the case of Brown v. Board. Today we watched a documentary video about the murder and case surrounding teenager Emmett Till. It was truly horrific in places, like how such brutal killer could get away with murder.