September Journeyman 2018

Welcome, everyone, to the first History Journeyman class of the year!!!!
I hope you are all as excited as me to get to know our class members and learn about history!


Here are a few articles to SKIM about the ReConStruction. Don't feel like you need to studiously pour over every word in every article, or if you already know a fair amount about one of the topics, just brief it

Know/Understand

DO THE FOLLOWING

This one has a few big words but is an interesting summary of the South's Reconstruction
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/667936/summary

Another good article to read that's a little bit easier to understand
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction

And some fun videos by Mr. Betts that explain the era.
Note: You don't have to watch his videos and you don't have to like him but the videos are funny and easy to sing along to; they also go along with what we'll be doing in class.


Here's one about Andrew Johnson, the man who was President after Lincoln
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VMg9C1zGuY


Plessy v. Ferguson, a famous case about Separate but Equal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwNrnYJE36k&index=10&list=PLCH8uxPXHDPD7IGKRQYPvuon4C6nMmtiN


Reconstruction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKliSbde4Fs


Andrew Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VMg9C1zGuY


OKAY!!! Now we can get to my favorite President: Ulysses S. Grant! This was the man who lead the Union army in the Civil War and later became President of the United States.

You just need to skim this one
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ulysses-S-Grant

A very short explanation of the Force Acts which Grant supported

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Force-Acts

It's a shame that a man who fought so valiently for what was right, (civil rights, women's rights, anti-corruption) became known for the scandels that happened during his presidency; sometimes the world tries to diminish the good by throwing one bad thing out of proportion.


Now, I know this has been long but you've almost reached the end of the homework blog for Journeyman! In class we will be having a parody party to kick off the beginning of the school year. SO, with what you've learned, write a parody about something in the Reconstruction era or about Vanguard and be prepared to share it in class.
Don't worry, no one will laugh at you and it can be so fun to share what you've worked on and studied with other people who learned the same as you through different lens.

I'm excited to hear what you came up with!!

Become/Serve

Write in your commonplace book about why it's important to always stand for what you know is right.