Mr. McClung has asked us to write a blog post about Jim Crow Laws and the Supreme Court Cases. I have chosen to pick the case of Plessy VS. Ferguson also known as ” seprate but equal “. The case of Plessy VS. Ferguson was after the American Civil War during the Reconstruction period. This…
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Today we will be beginning a webquest that looks at The Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. Students, for this activity you will need to use Google Docs and the following link New Deal Webquest After you click on the website you and your group will assign jobs; you will be either an historian,…
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Mr. McClung has asked me to summarize and state my opinions on this case. On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy boarded an all white railroad car. Plessy had white skin and was seven eighths white, but according to a statute put in act two years earlier, he was breaking the law for riding in a…
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Today, Mr. McClung asked us to write a blog post on a court case’s events, court ruling, and impact on the rest of society. I chose to write about the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. Basically, a man 7/8 white and 1/8 black who had white skin tried to sit on an all white railroad car….
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Mr. McClung asked to write a mini essay writing about one of the cases in the US that involved Jim Crow Laws. Enjoy. June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy boarded a railroad car owned by the East Louisiana Railroad that was deemed “White Passengers Only”. Even though Homer was born a free person and was one…
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Today we continued our conversations about topographic maps as we used water and mountain replicas to help us further our knowledge of how they work. Students were given clear plastic boxes with a replica of a mountain in it. They were asked to add green water to their clear tubs in 1 inch intervals and…
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This assignment was assigned to me by Mr. McClung. It is about a court trial on segregation. The segregated black schools of Farmville, Virginia were lacking the basic essentials. The teachers didn’t have a bathroom, the classrooms didn’t have white boards or desks, the school…
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Mr McClung had us write an essay/paper on a law suit taken place ini the early 1900’s or late 1800’s that involved something about racisim, or segregation. We did this because our history class is about to start learning about Jim Crow Laws and the KKK and things that were bias against blacks and went…
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Students, today we will be working topography maps once again as we practice reading them. Today we will use an online lab activity to study topography. Please click on the link below to visit the website that host the lab that we will be performing today…remember to complete both lab A and B and the…
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The Raconteurs are your band of the week. The Raconteurs (also known as The Saboteurs in Australia) are a rock band that was formed in Detroit, Michigan, featuring four members known for other musical projects: Jack White (of The White Stripes and The Dead Weather), Brendan Benson (solo), Jack Lawrence (of The Greenhornes, Blanche and…
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