Rain, Rain Go Away!

Hey everyone, check out my backyard at around 6pm today. If you have any photos or stories from the rain, please post them as comments.

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Bob-Lo Company

Bob-Lo 2 on Prezi In case, number 33 U.S. 28, Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. People of the State of Michigan , a high school student named Sarah Elizabeth Ray was prevented on going on a school outing to an amusement park because she was African American. There was a Canadian company that owned most of the…

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Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. People of the State of Michigan

Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. People of the State of Michigan on Prezi Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. People of the State of Michigan involved a Canadian Excursion Co. called Bob-Lo was was trying to prevent a High-Schooler in Ontario named Sarah Elizabeth Ray from a school outing to an island amusement park. When Sarah was trying to board…

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Painter and Sweatt (and leafhoppers)

In 1950, Sweatt, a black man, was turned away by a college in Texas because of race.  He took it to the State, which created an “equal” college for blacks and tried to leave the entire situation as “separate but equal”, but that wasn’t good enough for him.   He took it to the Supreme…

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Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. People of the State of Michigan

Bob-Lo Co. v. the People of the state of Michigan on Prezi The people who were involved in this case were: Mr. Wilson W. Mills, Justice Wiley Rutledge, Wilson W. Mills, Edmund E. Shepherd, Sarah Elizabeth Ray, Bob-Lo Company.  In the case of  Bob-Lo Excursion Co.  v. People of the State of Michigan, the Canadian company…

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Haikus and History

Yesterday in class we discussed the Trail of Tears and it’s relationship to Arkansas history. The Trial of Tears was the forced relocation of Native Americans during the early 1800’s. I challenged my students yesterday to create a Haiku using their newly found knowledge of the Trial of Tears, and here is what they gave…

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Focused Learning Vs. General Learning

So lately there has been alot of talk about if kids should concentrate on learning about the skills that interest them or they should just learn about the basic subjects Math, Science, etc. So why are are schools considering these possibilities on how to learn? They might start using these methods with the kids, so…

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Top 10 2010

Top 10 lists are something that Americans have always loved to read. The lists range from top 10 websites to to 10 baby diapers. Today I give you… TOP 10 GOOGLE SUGGESTIONS 2010: 1. When will… Esoteric meets practical where concerns over death and the apocalypse meet the need to procure Twilight () on DVD…

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Night of the Living Dead

Art’s Live Theatre Presents… NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD October 26th-30th; 7:00 October 30th-31st; 2:00 Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for kids 12 and under Arts Live Theatre is located at 818 North Sang Avenue on the corner of Sang and Berry. Go to artslivetheatre.com for tickets and show information Coleman C.

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(Really) Great Depression

One major cause that the great depression started was that  people pulled their money out of banks all at one time. another cause was  that  the stock market crashed on black tuesday and every one also pulled their money out of it. another cause could be farmers did not rotate their crops and therefore the dust bowl…

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