11/10/12 & 11/11/12

Today and yesterday we discussed whether or not the canals an the overall expansion to he west was a good thing. I think it was. Overall. Sure they did sme bad things and I know it wasn't right but we wouldn't be where we a are now if they hasn't. And ps Chelsea and I had the best skit and we winged it!

4/7/13 & 4/8/13

We learned about the experiences people had on the Oregon trail. They had trouble with the walking. It was very tiresome. It took a lot for people to just pack up and leave everything they've ever known behind for good. I know I would have a lot of trouble with that. But that may just be because I live in 2013 and not at that time where people were poor an things looked so much better in the west. People could start a new life. They could o whatever they wanted wherever they wanted. Anything could happen to them on their journey whether it be good or bad. Thy could only hope that they all made it to their destination.

4/3/13 & 4/4/13

My email would not open but Mr. Boyle sent pictures out of the slogan, icon, and poem we made yesterday. Jeff and I were representing the British. Our slogan was "This is just an annoyance" because the British just thought it was getting in the way of the real problem which was a war with Napoleon in Europe. Our icon was a flagship that they captured from the Americans and made it their own. I forget the poem. Today we talked about the star-spangled banner. I'm not sure if Whitney Houston lip sang it at the super bowl but I thought it was amazing nonetheless. We also talked about the curse the Indians put on every president elected into office in a year ending in 0. It actually happened! That's so crazy!

4/1/13

Today we discussed the reasons America went to war in 1812. I thought the most important reason was the order in councils. Everything else had an effect on the individual American and not on the country as a whole. Yes, I do agree that taking a sailor away from his family to fight for a country that is not his own is horrible but I thought that the Orders in Council had a greater effect. They made America's economy go down the drain because they were not allowed to trade with France or Britain. Britain made these rules and that is not right. American won their freedom because they wanted to get away from rules like that, trying to control their lives. Now it was happening all over again, threatening the freedom they had only just recently won.