October 2011
3 posts
Reflection on Marking Period #1
I truly cannot believe that the first marking period is over when it feels like school just started. So much has already happened in this marking period though. So far I like the curriculum of this year. I really enjoyed how we were very involved with technology. Most classes are still pen and paper, but this class is more technology based which I believe is actually helping to set me up for the...
I chose the scene of the trial of Tom Robinson...
Emmett Till & injustice today
In 1955, Emmett Till was beaten and shot to death by two white men, who then threw his body in the Tallahatchie River. Emmett Till was in Mississippi visiting family when this happened. He was a 14 year Negro, who did nothing more than talk to a white woman. The trial of the two white men who killed him was only three weeks later. The jury was a completely white jury and led to the unfair verdict...