Justice: What it means to be an American

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Class Recap 6/6, 6/7

For the past two days in history, we have been catching up on projects. We worked on the immigrant's guide and the Smithsonian quests.

Class Recap 5/31, 6/4

On Friday, we had the entire class to work on the integrated project. I am working with Laurel. We decided on targeting the Norwegian immigrants and started to divvy up the work between us. We worked on the project for the period.
Monday was a half day so we did not have class, so on Tuesday we worked on the projects again. It has been a calm couple of classes.

Class Recap 5/28, 5/29

     On Tuesday in class, we went to the computer lab. We answered some quick questions on a worksheet regarding U.S. influence in Central America and surrounding areas. We sent troops in a counted 9 times in 30 years, which I find astounding. After we filled in the sheet, we went to a different website and chose a question to answer regarding Latin America. We read a document and then proceeded to put our 2-3 paragraph response in our blog. I have yet to finish my response, but it will be up in my blog very soon.
     Today in class, we worked on a sheet that organized our thoughts of the U.S. and whether they were a good neighbor or an imperial power. We looked at different amendments and laws that were established during the time period and talked about the U.S.'s intentions through each of the events. It was nice to gather all of the information from the past week or so.

Class Recap 5/22, 5/23

Wednesday's class was basically an extension of Tuesday's class. We continued on with Roosevelt's Corollary. It was interesting to put the Corollary into our own words and pull apart each section. I think it was extremely beneficial to me because now I am confident that I know it front and back, inside and out.
Today, we went to the computer lab and worked on our Smithsonian projects. I hope that we have at least one more class to work because I am close to being done as it is.

Class Recap 5/20, 5/21

On Monday, in class, we focused on Teddy Roosevelt and his influences on the Panama Canal. The class was based off of the Sophia we watched the previous night about how America gained control of the Canal from France. It was interesting to learn that France tried to build the Canal directly through the mountains. It is understandable because the only other Canal they knew how to build was at sea level, and the method for digging it was the only method they knew. America bought the Canal from France after they went bankrupt trying to complete the dig, and America tried to get Colombia in on it. Colombia refused the monetary amount. After some mysterious activity, Panama revolted against Colombia with the help of America and declared themselves an independent country. They went on to accept America's offer, which happened to be the exact same one they offered to Colombia. It was also interesting to learn that the completion of the Canal cut the route from New York to San Francisco by almost two thirds and cut the travel time in half, from 60 days to only 30. After we had a small discussion of the Sophia, we looked at political cartoons with a partner and answered some questions concerning their content. It was neat to see other people's interpretation of Teddy Roosevelt and the Panama Canal. After we looked at the comics, we read a speech of Roosevelt's and essentially picked it apart. I liked Monday's class because I never knew the history of the Panama Canal, but it also made me feel a bit sleazy as an American to be associated with Roosevelt's trickery.
Today in class, we gathered into groups of four and interpreted two different documents. We picked out the words we felt were the most important, summarized the documents, and then put them in our words. Then, we shared them "Boggle style" and edited each others' statements on the projected image. It was a pretty simple class as far as classes go.

Class Recap 5/16, 5/17

On Thursday in class, we talked about Yellow Journalism. The night before we had a Sophia tutorial that dealt with yellow journalism. We got into groups of three and read different events that occurred when Yellow Journalism was an issue. We created our own Yellow Journalist newspaper headings.
On Friday, we went around to each category and voted for our favorite newspaper heading. After we discussed Yellow Journalism and expressed which was our favorite, we closed class with discussion.