3/4 - 3/5 Class Update

Yesterday, we read a timeline about the Scottsboro Boys Trial. We were put in groups to write diary entries from the point of view of different people during the trials. My group got Ruby Bates, one of the two women who accused the nine boys raping her and her friend Victoria Price. Ruby felt guilty due to her actions and eventually confessed to the rape charge being a scam.

Today, we learned about the case of Brown v. Board of Education. The case was five different cases that were combined. These cases, mostly from the South, were from people against the segregation of schools. White and African American children went to different schools that were supposedly "separate but equal," but African American children often received lower quality school supplies and teachers. The Supreme Court  ruled that school districts could no longer be segregated as a result of the case.

2/27 - 2/28 Class Update

Yesterday, we talked about Marcus Garvey and the United Negro Improvement Association. We read four documents about him and the UNIA, as well as answering questions. We also were given a writing assignment to answer why Marcus Garvey was a controversial figure.

Today, we read multiple poems by Langston Hughes and listened to a couple of songs by Duke Ellington from during the Harlem Renaissance.

2/25 - 2/26 Class Update

Yesterday, we only had 7 or so minutes of class due to the assembly running into F period. We listened to Mr. Boyle while he talked about what he got from the assembly.

Today, we got in partners to read and analyze documents about the Civil Rights Movement. We got in different groups and shared what we had so we'd have he stuff for both documents.

2/14 - 2/15 Class Update

Yesterday, we filmed the drawing part of the RSA project. I controlled the camera while the others in my group were drawing, but we had some difficulty with making the camera focus stay where it was supposed to because the tripod would let us raise the camera view but not lower it. Due to this, I held the tripod at weird angles to have the camera capture what we wanted it to.

Today, we recorded the VoiceOver for the RSA project. This recording will go over the video we did yesterday. Over vacation, Mr. Boyle is going to put the finalized video together so it will be ready when we go back to school.

Reconstruction Timeline

2/6 - 2/7 Class Update

Yesterday, we finished the PowerPoint notes about the response to the Fifteenth Amendment, which we focused on the Civil Rights Cases and the Jim Crow Laws, which allowed for segregation of public places and transportation.

Today, we talked about sharecropping. At first, the contracts for sharecroppers seemed to be fair, but upon further investigation, there was no way for sharecroppers to get out of it and pay off their debt, which made it very similar to slavery.

2/4 - 2/5 Class Update

Yesterday, we took PowerPoint notes on the response to the Fifteenth Amendment. The government passed the Enforcement Act of 1870 and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 due to the response by the South. We then looked at the Civil Rights Cases from 1883.

Today, we decided if treating people equally means treating them the same. It was decided that to treat people equally, they have to be given the same opportunities, even if it's unequal conditions that get them there. Also, treating people equally is proportional to their conditions. For example, if two people went to the doctor with headaches and one had a brain tumor while the other had a regular headache, equal treatment would be proportional to their condition. We also talked about the Plessy v. Ferguson case.