Black History Assembly 3 - The Movie

Lets get Started.

There are some comments at the end of the John Brown blog getting the planning started for our movie.

we will start on Monday by creating a timeline of our story/movie.

if you have comments or ideas then start now!

Civil War Lecture 2

Listen to the narrative on John Brown and his actions.

post comments while the lecture is in process...agree/disagree/questions

this is a new type of learning.  We are listening to a lecture but at the same time engaged in a lively debate. It may be difficult to always follow both but thats ok its part of the process.

Music

What do you think about this article?

Do you experience the sensations this article refers to, in regards to listening to music?

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/music-thrills-trigger-chemical-montreal-study-20110109-111803-921.html

Eric Walters

Hello,

We all sent letters to Eric Walters to join our Blog a few weeks ago.  Lets show our results in this blog.  Can people share what their responses were and also share if you have heard from Mr. Walters yet?

We All Fall Down 6

Will and John stopped because the heard something on the stairwell.  What was it?

Amistad

This is a small clip from the movie Amistad.  But it is a worthy video highlighting the slave issue in the United States just prior to the Civil War.

The event is John Quince Adams giving the final speech to the supreme court of the United States.  The verdict here would be the last ruling on the freedom or slavery of black slaves that revolted against there owners.

please post your comments on the video clip, as well please research and share some findings on the Amistad incident, and also research who was John Quincy Adams.

John Quincy Adams-Amistad

Civil War Lecture

Although our poll is not over there is already a growing result that indeed the material shared during the lecture was boring.  I would like to flush out this reasoning and response with greater detail?

Education in its purest form is about learning.  It is not about tests and evaluations.  The concept of education was born from the idea that knowledge is power and understanding, and that by educating your mind with new and powerful learning will inspire you and better civilization.

But in context of this lecture new and indepth learning is seen as boring, why?

please share your ideas on this lecture:

Civil War / Jot notes

Good Morning Team!

I dont have a fear of heights...I do howerever have a fear of dfalling from heights.

We have just finished our first detailed lesson on taking effective jot notes and the importance of keeping them organized and focused to support your understanding of new topics.  Our lecture on the Southern justifications on Slavery was indepth and interesting. 

We will have a Jot Notes Quiz on Tuesday.  You will be given a lecture from the civil war and asked to take "notes" for the first 15 minutes.  I will collect the notes and evaluate looking for organization, underlining of key points and clear sub catagories.

The topic of that lecture will be John Brown and his role in the Civil War.  You can do some research and post findings in the blog to support your understanding of the lecture.  It will be helpful to have background knowledge before listening.

So share what you learn about John Brown (make sure you have the right one)

Reading 2

Hello Team,

From your reading material please give a detailed description of one character and then comment on 3 other  posts.

as well please finish your tasks for Reading 1

Reading

Hello Team,

Please post a brief paragraph describing what it is you read in class this morning.

I want to establish a more consistent reading block for you.  Time to just sit back and enjoy a book to read. We spend so much time teaching you "how" to read but then spend no time just reading.

as well once you have finished that please select three words from what you read today and add them to your word wall book but also to this post.  (3 new or interesting words and their definition)