Class Summary 2/26/13 - 2/27/13

Yesterday in class we read four different documents based off Garvey's perspective. Garvey believed African Americans should go back to their "motherland" (Africa). Today we read two poems about the South. They both showed how awful life was for African Americans living there and how they wanted to leave to go to the North- or in fact anywhere else. Then we listened to songs from the Harlem renaissance. Lastly we looked at pictures from the Harlem Renaissance which depicted African Americans better life in the North.

Class Summary 2/15/13 - 2/25/13

On the Friday before vacation we finished up our projects on reconstruction by recording our scripts. Today we did a worksheet on Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois. Washington said if the blacks learned a trade and got a jobs they would gain respect of whites and over time equality would occur. (This is basically what ended up happening) Dubois wanted equality immediately and formed the NAACP which was a legal defense group that would protect African Americans rights. At the end of class we were given a documentary project that would be do next month, *sigh*. 

Class Summary 2/13/13 - 2/14/13

 Yesterday in class we worked on our project by creating a rough draft on paper. We had planned out everything that we drew on the board today. Our group is saying that reconstruction was a failure. Today in class we filmed our drawings on the whiteboard. While  we weren't drawing on the white board we constructed the script for the voice over that we are doing tomorrow. The voice over is the final piece to our project. 

Reconstruction Timeline

http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/timeline-events-for-reconstuction

Class Summary 2/5/13 - 2/6/13

Yesterday in class, we were to address the daunting question "what does equal mean?" Most of us answered it saying it means the same or to be treated the same. We had a quick discussion about this and then we were given a piece of paper with examples of cases where equality in fact did not mean the same so we had to take time to think about it into farther depth. To end class we watched a video. I really liked history yesterday because I love when we do debates, I feel I get more out of them then papers sometimes. Today in class we took some notes which focused on the black codes and things of that nature. Once we were done taking notes, we broke into our groups for the upcoming project, starting to plan out what we are going to do. 

Class Summary 2/1/13 - 2/4/13

On Friday in class, we read about Andrew Johnson. Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States who despite never going to school achieved his dreams. He had the drive and dedication to educate himself and become one of the most powerful people in the US. Today in class we took more notes on the Reconstruction Period, this time focusing on the southerners response to the freeing of slaves. We talked about the Ku Klux Klan, the first terrorist origination in the U.S. I remember learning about them in elementary school and being terrified of those creepy insane people in their pointy white hood things. If I personally was an African-American in that time I think I would lock myself in my room and never come out... it is awful that the government let the KKK have this much power influence over the people, making them constantly live in fear.