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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Lessons Learned

Lesson One – Media Coverage Yesterday I was contacted by our front office and told that a reporting from KNWA (local news station) wanted to speak to me about our current fundraiser. Right now we have 7 days left in our fundraiser and have raised $1,140 so far. When I called the news station I…

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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

Today in class we will be using a teaching resource from PBS that documents the rise and fall of Jim Crow. We will be using the website to examine the barriers that African Americans faced during this time period of segregation and oppression. The site provides plenty of activities and lesson plans for teachers as…

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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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Instructions for Wednesday

Announcements There will be a test next Tuesday over chapters 10 & 11 I will provide a study guide to you on Thursday…or you can find it under the social studies tab. Your goal for finishing the Jim Crow project is by the end of today…that means Prezi and blog post. Because of me being…

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PB & J

Peter Bjorn and John are your band of the week. Peter Bjorn and John are a Swedish indie rock band, formed in Stockholm in 1999 and named after the first names of the band’s members: Peter Morén (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Björn Yttling (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals) and John Eriksson (drums, percussion and vocals)….

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