Class Summary

 On Tuesday in class, we went to the computer lab. We answered questions about U.S. influence. After looking and interacting with a map we discovered that we sent in troops to other countries 9 times. Then we did a blog post on Latin America. Today in class did a worksheet on whether the US was a good neighbor or an imperial power. After writing about different amendments and laws passed and the intentions behind them I came to the conclusion that we were more of an imperial power. 

2. What do many of the Americans in Haiti think of Haitians, and how do they (Americans) treat them (Haitians)?

The Americans believe that the Haitians are unfit to govern themselves. They believe that the Haitians are both incapable of advancement, and steadily retrograding into barbarism. The Americans dismiss the main contradiction to this theory, Port-au-Prince, a well kept, beautiful little city; for they believe they are responsible for making it so, not the Haitians. This is of course not true, as the Haitian Government had paved the whole city. One white American who conducts one of the biggest mercantile businesses in Haiti contradicted his fellow American's beliefs claiming Haiti makes more soap per capita than any country in the world.

Another thing believed about the Haitians is that they are congenitally and habitually lazy. The truth is Haitians are not lazy at all, just primitive. Women will walk eight miles with a bundle of produce on her head for as little as a dollar, and though Americans see this as pointless they must not confuse it with laziness. The Haitians are also accused of being ignorant and degraded. All of these false beliefs stem from propaganda. The only accusation about the Haitians that is slightly true is the ignorant, and that is simply because most Haitians are illiterate.

During the five years of American occupation only three things were advanced. The Improvement of the public hospital at Port-au-Prince; enforcement of rules and modern sanitation; and the building of the great road from Port-au-Prince to Cape Haitian.

Class Summary

Yesterday in class we looked at Roosevelts corollary and picked out the key words. We broke it down section by section, writing a summary about each section, and then wrote it in our own words. We then discussed it during class. Today during class we went to the computer lab and then did our Smithsonian quests.

Class Summary

Thursday in class following up on Yellow Journalism we did a fun activity where we had to come up with titles for different events. The object was to be the come up with the best and most intriguing news paper title for each thing (ex. 1980s, Alaska, ect.) Friday during class we talked about our favorite ones and what makes a good newspaper or news station.

Class Summary

Yesterday and today in class we were given time to work on what we needed to work on in class, due to MCAS screwing everything up. It was really nice and I think we should do this in every class from here on out...

Class Summary

On Tuesday in class we did the fishbowl activity. The class was split up into a few groups and each from had a different perspective on the Trail of Tears. The groups were the Christian missionaries, the Cherokee, Congress, and Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson in real life, despite everyone disagreeing with him, pushed the Indians out west. His unconstitutional act went unpunished. Today in class we read a primary and secondary source regarding the chief Red Cloud, and then answered questions. At the end of class we discussed them. 

Class Summary

Yesterday in class we read the poem, "A White Mans Burden" and talked about the different interpretations different people had of it. Some people said it supported imperialism while others said the opposite. We then read poems that were made in response to it, such as "A Poor Mans Burden" and "A Black Mans Burden". Today during class we went to the computer lab. I made a Smithsonian account and started trying to achieve a badge.