Learning+Log

=Learning Log=

January 25-29, 2010 I learned about Huey Long and his essentially socialistic ideologies. I find it interesting that his ideas are still around because I feel that it is obvious that they do not work. I feel that the reason that the United States has been so successful and a world power was because of it's government and the allowance/initiative it gives the people to invent, create, and better society, but to do it individually and because they have a desire to, not because the government forces them to. I look at the numerous socialistic and communist Eastern European countries, and how the system self destructs. It kills human initiative.
 * 2nd Semester**

February 1-5th, 2010 Today, I began researching about the two incidents of "Red Scare" in the United States, the first being from 1917-1920 brought on by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. The Second Red Scare occurred after World War II, brought on by a Soviet Eastern Europe, the Chinese Civil War, and the Korean War. I found it pretty interesting, especially the Hollywood Blacklist.

February 21-25th, 2010 I found it interesting to learn a little bit about the Great Depression, today. I feel that in some ways, the same problems that the US faced during the Great Depression, we are being faced with today. Hopefully, my generation will be able to use our knowledge of history to be able to learn from the past and not make the same mistakes.

March 1-5th, 2010 As I was researching for my test, I was looking up things about the stock market crash in 1929 and I found it quite interesting that the conditions leading up to the crash were quite similar to the conditions leading up to the recession we are in today. Before home values started falling, everyone believed that the market could sustain such inflated prices. However, it's clear that it can't and everyone threw any caution they had previously possessed to the wind and borrowed massive amounts of money so they could flip houses, or refinance so they could buy all the toys they wanted. The market doesn't uphold irresponsibility. It never has and never will...that's life.

March 7-12th Well, I have been working on my 2nd test

March 15-17th I thought the movie was really interesting. I wonder what would really happen in a situation like that.

August 24, 2009 I signed up for an individual and group expert topic. I will be doing an individual expert topic on the Constitutional Convention and a group topic on Benjamin Franklin. I started researching about the Constitutional Convention.
 * 1st Semester**

August 26th, 2009 I took notes on the Encomienda System, Joint-stock Companies, Jamestown, and John Rolfe. Researched and started a new page on John Rolfe.

August 28th, 2009 I took notes on the Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the Pequot War. Began a page on Jamestown and I'm thinking of doing one on Pocahontas, Myles Standish and William Bradford.

Homework for the 24th-28th: I researched for an hour on John Rolfe, Jamestown, and some on Benjamin Franklin. I created a Jamestown page, a Benjamin Franklin page, and updated my John Rolfe page. It's pretty excitin'...most of the time.

September 1, 2009 Open lab today. I'm researching Benjamin Franklin and the Constitutional Convention for my expert topics.

September 3, 2009 Another Open Lab. I really like open labs. It gives me a chance to catch up. I added a lot to my Benjamin Franklin page. He had a pretty interesting life and really had little education...which is crazy, considering how wise he was. Edit September 8, 2009 Researched Benjamin Franklin

September 10, 2009 Researched and added to my Benjamin Franklin page. Researched more about his contributions as a statesman and Founding Father. He was incredibly influential in adding fuel to the Revolution fire.

September 14, 2009 Took notes on the Salem Witch trials, Religious freedom in the Colonies, and George Washington. Gave my presentation on Benjamin Franklin. He was pretty much a jack-of-all-trades. He tried a little of everything.

September 16, 2009 Researched Pocahontas. Did you know she was married twice?

September 18, 2009 Began work on my Pocahontas page. Hope to finish it soon.

September 22, 2009 Took notes on the Sons of Liberty, Boston Massacre, and the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England)

September 24, 2009 Took notes on the Enlightenment, Common Sense, and the Battle of Lexington and Concord. I also read about Thomas Rogers, a Pilgrim who came over on the Mayflower and signed the Mayflower Compact. He died the first winter there. He is actually one of my ancestors, so that's pretty cool. Note from Mr. Little: I have two ancestors on the Mayflower. Maybe we should start a family history page on the wiki and see if others have ancestors from colonial times?

September 29, 2009 We didn't get on the computers, but we did watch a movie about the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War. It was pretty cool, I liked it a lot and was able to learn a lot.

October 1, 2009 Took notes on the Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War, Valley Forge, and the French Support during that time. I put a discussion on the class wiki asking for feedback on the Family History page. I think it would be cool. Guess we'll see what others say.

October 5, 2009 Researched Joseph Hewes, a delegate from North Carolina to the Continental Congress and put a page on the class wiki and on my wiki.

October 7, 2009 Wrote a summary on North Carolina's involvement in the Revolutionary War. Found a picture that represented the colony and learned how Tryon's Palace (the Governor's Mansion) led to the rebellion of North Carolina against Britain.

October 9, 2009 Took notes on Shays' Rebellion and the Articles of Confederation. I can understand why they made the Articles so weak. They were afraid of strong, tyrannical government, and rightly so. However, from my research on the Constitutional Convention, it was too weak and didn't quite work from them.

October 13, 2009 Presented the Constitutional Convention to the class, took notes on the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, XYZ Affair, Jay Treaty, Alien and Sedition Acts.

October 19, 2009 Took notes on the War of 1812, National Bank, Whiskey Rebellion, and the Louisiana Purchase. I also worked on my test questions.

October 21, 2009 Worked on my test questions some more. I researched the First Continental Congress. All I have left to do is the Second Continental Congress.

October 23, 2009 Finished a test question and sent it to Mr. Little

October 27, 2009 I composed by 3rd Test Question and sent it to Mr. Little.

October 29, 2009 Researched a little about John Lathrop.

November 3, 2009 I research about life in the South between 1700-1850, and took notes on plantations, Compromise of 1820, and the Nullification Crisis.

November 5, 2009 I took notes on the North, and then added to my page about the Three Countries in One

November 9, 2009 Took notes on the Monroe Doctrine, the American System, and the Indian Removal Act

November 11, 2009 Took notes on Women's Rights, Educational Reform, Temperance, and Capitalism.

November 13, 2009 Took notes on Trade Unions, the War with Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Gold Rush, and the Oregon Trail.

November 17, 2009 Watched part of a movie on the Donner Party. I knew a little bit about the Donner Party before this, but I'm glad we are watching the documentary. I've always been curious about them. I first heard about it in elementary school and I was so grossed out, to think that someone would actually eat someone else. Then, I thought they must've had a pretty good reason. Since then, I've thought about it and asked myself if I would've done the same thing had I been in the same situation. I would rather die than eat another human, but hunger drives people to do CRAZY things. I just don't know.

November 23, 2009 Okay...I NEED HELP!!!!! I don't know what to do my documentary on. I want to do something amazing and interesting, but...I'm drawing a blank. Mr. Little, you wouldn't happen to have any ideas, would you? Hmmmm. I'm kind of a people person when it comes to history - I like to see how historic events affect people and the other way around. We will be doing a different looking thing in a couple of weeks about Mary Mallon. She was commonly known as Typhoid Mary, but her story is very interesting. I think it also has strong parallels to the H1N1 vaccination issue. Another topic: I just finished reading a book by/about Parson Brownlow, who was a Methodist preacher who owned a newspaper in East Tennessee just before the Civil War. He was very strong for the Union when the South was starting to secede. When Tennessee seceded, he took a lot of heat, was jailed, and nearly killed. His unique perspective as an outspoken unionist in a border state was very interesting to me.

November 30, 2009 Took notes on the Compromise of 1850, Underground Railroad, Abolitionism, Bleeding Kansas, John Brown, and the Election of 1860. Hmmmm...Mary Mallon. She sounds interesting. Do you know of any websites with good pics, video, etc.?

December 2, 2009 Took notes on Secession, CSA, Civil War, Anaconda Plan, Emancipation, Lincoln/Johnson Reconstruction, Congressional Reconstruction, Jim Crow Laws

December 4, 2009 Constructing the Reconstruction

December 8, 2009 Work on Documentary. Should I still do Mary Mallon? I can't seem to find very many pictures for her. How long is the documentary supposed to be? Long enough to explain it well.

December 10, 2009 Took notes on Homesteading, Immigration, Ellis Island, Urban Life, Progressives, Imperialism, and the Spanish American War.

December 14, 2009 Did a play about Mary Mallon and it was pretty crazy, and then wrote about what should be done with Mary.

December 22, 2009 Learned about the Second Great Awakening and it's effects on the progressive movements of the 19th and 20th centuries.