history review

Today in history we talked about a slave who tried to sue his owner. I had never heard of a slave who sued his master. This interested me a lot. It made me think of what if my cat sued me. Since they treated slaves less than humans I just wondered about that.

history review

today in class we talked about he land that the U.S. earned by defeating the mexicans. We also talked about the land that we bought from France in the louisiana purchase.
      In english we read chapter 1 of huck finn. The book seems interesting I guess. We haven't read enough to get a full picture but I'm looking forward to reading it.

history review

today in history we read three story's about slaves. The story's really showed how bad the life of a slave really was. They literally treated slaves like property and not humans. It was very disturbing. In one story a mother went out of her way to protect her children and they didn't care.
In english we had a substitute.

history review

Today in history we talked about how the U.S. defeated Mexico to gain a whole lot of land in the U.S.
We also talked about how the U.S. also bought a lot of land from France which was known as the louisianna purchase.
In english we went to the library and researched facts about huck finn. I found out why this book was so controversy. This was because a racial derogatory term was used to describe african-americans. This "term" was used 219 times! No wonder it raised some eyebrows.

history review

today in history we talked about a paper written by an escape slave. This slave was very angry and demanded that laws should be changed because it didn't make sense to have a man own another man. I can imagine why he is angry and I agreed with him.
     In english we reviewed Julius caeser. I thought it was a very good play. It had a good plot.