Tuskegee Airmen visit

       Last week we were honored with the opportunity to get a visit from one of the original Tuskegee Airmen. Our visitors' name was Lt. Broadwater. He told us how hard it was to be an African American in the airforce. They were ridiculed and belittled, overall what they went through was unfair. I can't imagine what it would be like to be looked down on everyday of your life and told that you were no good, and not worthy of respect. From what he told us it must have been really tough.
       Lt. Broadwater told us that he was the youngest of the men. He must have had to really step it up to make sure that becasue he was the youngest he was noticed. Lt. Broadwater also taught us important life lessons. One of those were that even if someone tries to keep you down and make you feel like you are nothing keep perservering and don't let them get to you. This life lesson was very important in the lives of the Tuskegee Airmen. This is so because the Caucasian men did this to them(tried to keep them down). I learned some very valuable lessons from the Tukegee Airmen and especially Lt. Broadwater.

We the People Mock Hearings!

For the mock hearings we had to write one paragraph each based on the unit we were given. We were in Unit 5 and had certain questions about Amendment 1( Does the Constitution protect our basic rights). I worked with Javon, Ayanna, Anna and Terrina. We worked really well together and had great arguments. Our final project was outstanding( my opinion), and though I was nervous I think we did very well. I thought we did a great job anwering questions that the judge asked us.I feel we did a really good job. even though we didn't win we learned a lot and did very well

The Nacotchtank Tribe: By Ashley

Nacotchtanks of the Eastern Woodlands were affected by climate, and food resources.They  grew seasonal crops and used birchbark canoes when fishing in nearby waters.

Ashley

Hello my name is Ashley. I love to draw, sing and dance. I am funny, a little shy when I'm around people I don't know, and hyper when I want to be. My role model is my mom because she is gives great advice, is a great mom and is just a good person. I hope to get into School Without Walls and go to a great college. I hope to have a great life and have a very nice and loving family. The highlight of my life so  far is, well I'm not very sure because there are so many amazing things that I have experienced. If I really had to pick, I would  say the highlight of my life is singing and acting in front of my school for the last two years. I really enjoy doing that. I believe that this year with Ayanna, and Javon, our blog will be successful and we will learn a lot about history during our eigth grade school year. I hope we have a fun time and build our friendship. I hope you will enjoy reading our blog and learn more about history as we share our great findings throughout the year.