Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Weekly article #2, ♥

        As an American cowboy he had various job like, managing the cattle, from the range boss to the wrangler, the bronco buster to the line rider, and the cook to the cutting horse. But this man not only wanted to be a cowboy, he also wanted to be a photographer, his name is Erwin Smith.
     He waned to take pictures of the real life of being a cowboy. He wanted to take picture of how life really is like all the tasks to do if you are a cowboy. What he's trying to say is being a cowboy isn't very easy.
     In most of pictures, the cowboys are on a horse and have the big hats on, which is how the cowboys dressed. Also some of the pictures show the ranching equipment they used to use back then. They had many bulls and cows on their ranches. Being a cowboy looks really hard, because you have so many tasks you need to complete. His pictures are basically explaning what cowboys did, and what jobs they needed to maintain.

Gunsmoke, ♥

    In this show there is a lot of stereotypes. The men in this show speak like they are a hillbilly, most of all of them have an accent. Also, there clothes, they all wear the cowboy hats which stereotype them as a cowboy. Also the act like the women are brainless, and do not know nothing, which was really big back in the day. This show wasn't too bad, it's just i don't like how everything is like the way they talk, and act. But i have to say, the show Gunsmoke is pretty stereotypical. 

Monday, September 27, 2010

The Oregon Trail, ♥

    Gaming could potentially connect with learning because the game I played teaches you about history in 1848. It connects with learning because it allows you to be a person going on a trail and you get to choose supplies to bring with you. You learn that during the trip people eventually get sick, and die. Also, you learn that your oxen gets hurt, and you need to buy more supplies. You go through rivers, and have a choice to wait or just go. Basically you have choices for every move you make. This teaches you back in 1848 how they got to places. This game does connect with learning a lot, and it was actually very fun to play and it seemed like i was really on the trail.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Were they really better off? ♥

 Yes, African-Americans were better off because they had the right of self determination. They got to do more things, like joining the army for example. But it also brought a lowering of a standard of living for some African-Americans. After the Civil war slaves had to provide for themselves and became poor sharecroppers and lived in worse conditions then they did as slaves. But still, they had the freedom to improve themselves, something they didn't have before the Civil War. 

Weekly article #1, ♥

    
            The treatment of African-Americans during Reconstruction was terrible. African-Americans were so called "slaves." They became the forgotten people, and people who were lower than the whites. They were hated and abused for reasons different from those that supported anti-black hate and abuse in slavery days. In the Civil rights movement, they were also treated horribly. They boycotted, but still had their rights taken away, mauled by dogs, and sprayed by high power fir hoses. There's not much of a difference, but as time went by, African-Americans began to rebel, and didn't take it anymore. 
           They were not allowed to do much, and certainly were not treated the same as whites. They did rebel because they felt it was not right and they should not have to be treated like this. Many people did little movements to show their rebelling, just as simple as sitting in the front of the bus.
          They were treated horrific, and they really shouldn't have because we are all the same just different appearances. People should  have not been so vulgar. But the treatment during reconstruction was not any better than any other time, until it got better.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Educated slaves, ♥

    How do you think former slaves were educated? The people who wanted to teach them taught them, but not like all the rest. They would hold secret night school for those slaves to learn because they were not allowed to go to school. If they got caught, the teacher would be imprisoned, and the slave would be whipped or had to cope with other consequences. It was hard to hide it, so a lot of times they would get caught teaching them, which was breaking the rules back then. They should have not been like that to humans, but i'm glad all thats changed now.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Don't judge a book by it's cover, ♥

      I think stereotypes are so widely known by so many in our society because thats how many people recognize them as. If they see a picture or something of one person, they will base what they think of all people just like them are. For example, you would think every white person during slave time, had slaves working for them. But it's not true, only a couple white people had slaves working for them, and the rest didn't. People stereotype the way we see that one person, either the color of their skin or ethnicity. Ask yourself, do you stereotype people for the same reasons?

Incy wincy Government, ♥

      "That government is best which governs least." I believe this means that the best government, or a good government is one who does not interfere. It does not interfere with people and their life, and only takes care of wars, laws, and etc. This statement means that the government needs to let the citizens be responsible for themselves. Also, Thoreau believed in the smallest government possible, since that allowed people to have the most freedom. Rather than a big government limiting our freedom. I do agree with this because we should have more freedom and a small government. We do not need them ruling our life completely, and being more strict then they already are. I mean, why do we need a ginormous government anyways?

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Younginn's, ♥

    We should not change the way we teach younger students about history of the United States for the simple fact that the details are way too much for them. Younger students should not be informed about the violence and the deaths that took place in history. For their ages it is inappropriate. Even though they should know the truth, and history is not all rainbows and butterflies. But still, even if they don't change the way they teach younger students, they will still learn more and the truth about what took place when they get to the appropriate age and older. Some people right now say that they should of told us the truth, but think about it. If you were a kid, would you want to know that a lot of people died? I know i wouldn't. So therefore, i do not think we should change the way we teach younger students because it is way to much for them to handle and understand.