Thursday, September 30, 2010
lets get playing and learning!
If there is one thing that teenagers like it is playingand gaming! When we think of learning we never imagine it to be fun like playing some games. But we are wrong!Gaming and learning can go hand in hand with each other. If a teacher wants to grab their students attention they need to do stuff that interests them and games are the way to a students heart. We assume that all games out there arent edcational but in reality there are many that can in fact be educational and fun at the same time. And sometimes students dont realize it but these educational games can indeed be fun. Like as i was playing oregon, an educational game online about the journey west, i was having lots of fun but at the same time i was learning without me even noticing. So gaming and learning can indeed go together hand in hand!!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Humans are Humans!
African- Americans have had a rather controversial history throughout the passing of the years. And with the civil war this was no difference. Once the north wan the war, the south was no longer in control of slaves. Slavery was not practiced by the North so once they won one would expect that slaves were going to be free and were going to be given rigths just like the rest of the people. But sadly this was not the case. when the reconstruction after the war started to take place black codes were introduced. Black codes was the term used for laws passed by the south that denied many things to black people. their goal was to keep African-Americans as close to slavery as they could. It was practically a nice way of referring to them as slaves.Black codes basically limited the human rights of the blacks. White people wanted to make sure that blacks new that they were the supremacy and that wasn't going to change anytime soon. After the civil war many slaves were all ready free but these black codes practically chained them to a sate of almost slavery. under these black codes black people weren't allowed to vote or do jury duty at court hearings even of people of their own race. They couldn't carry any weapons, not even for self defense, they were not allowed to testify against any white man in court and they were limited on what occupations they could carry. Or in many states these codes also restricted them from even working or being employed. All states didn't necessarily have the same exact laws or black codes, but they all in forced the same kind of treatment to all African- Americans. sometimes they were even controlled on weather they could marry or who they could marry and how.
Many white people took advantage of these ex-slaves and used them for jobs that they didn't want to carry out themselves. sharecropping was a very popular trend in the time of reconstruction. white farm owners would rent out living spaces to black people and in return they would have to pay with part of their crops, sometimes even more than half. they were forced to sign contracts and follow the regulations given by the land owners just to be able to carry out their lives and do something with them.
in the 1950’s the civil rights movement was first promoted. The purpose of these movements was to outlaw racial discrimination against African- Americans. They were basically a series of events, or movements, between the 1950’s and 1960’s of black people trying to fight and defend themselves and their rights as human beings. These movements were targeted towards white people. they were made so that they could open their eyes and see the inequality that there was between both races. They wanted to show that they too were ordinary people add that they should be able to have the same rights as any normal human being. Discrimination was a big barrier and it was the main one that needed to be broken. They targeted all areas of normal life from education to a simple ride on the bus. If they all live in a nation created by God, then why shouldn't and couldn't they be treated the same?
Well their movements worked and sooner than later their voices were heard and things started to change drastically for the good and benefit of African-Americans. Now in the 20Th century everybody is treated the same in the united sates. Slavery no longer exists and humans are humans no matter what race, or sex, or color. and we should all be proud of being Americans!
To grant or not to grant??
Should the post civil war southerners have received amnesty? well this topic brings a lot of mixed feelings to my head. The north won this war i think fair and square. In my opinion the deserved to win because they had greater power and better beliefs, such as their thoughts on slavery. Now southerners were not necessarily bad people, They too had their good arguments and they were entitled to their opinions. In my opinion i think that they should have been granted amnesty. If we look at it on the positive side we can conclude many things. If we grant them amnesty we have less problems, or at least that's what we predict. It definitely helped to stop the rather controversial thinking of the Southerners and would have shown them that Abraham Lincoln was the man and he had the power, and there was nothing they could do about it!
I believe that this picture is a representation of the civil war in many ways. When i first saw it i immediately was drawn to it. In the shadows of the image we can see Abraham Lincoln who was the president at the time of the civil war. We see that his shadow statue is standing up on a higher surface and is rather large. I think this aids in getting the audience to see him as the higher power, which he was at the time. In the background we can observe the picture of the American flag. If it hadn't been for the north winning the war, we probably wouldn't have our flag today. I see it as a sign of pride and beauty of our country. The north fought for it and they surely got it. it is very beautifully blended in the picture giving it a sense of power, purity, and tranquility. This picture consists of the two main things that made us the united sates of America! I guess we can call it our signs of representation, of which we should all be proud of!
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thinking the right way !
Image source : http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabulousminge/3468410546/
No Bueno!
Stereotypes! When we hear this word many things come to our head: nerd, jock, emo, class clown, preppy, and many more. I believe that stereotypes are widely known by so many in our society for many reasons. Now a days everything is based on how people look or act whether we like it or not. We have been building these stereotypes throughout the years without us even noticing. what we do is we join a book by its cover and don't get to know a person well without stereotyping them, or classifying them into a certain group. This is not at all ethically right. Many people just follow what others think and adopt their thoughts in which stereotypes are included. Also many times end up being hypocritical without even noticing it. They stereotype a person that might have the same qualities they do. so stereotypes have practically became pert of our society and everybody know what they are and many times they stereotype people weather they wanted to or not, which is not always good : /
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