tuesday

today we reviewed and took notes on federalists and anti federalists. i personally think the federalists were right, because they actually had plans and a leader and valid points. we didn't do much else, but i'd say it was still a very educational class.

october 25th

today we first hung up our storyboards, and i was the second one to have charles pinckney. i personally dont even think that i'm like him at all, but i guess i am! charles pinckney is supposed to have been outgoing, vain, and opinionated, and i'm neither of those things around people i dont know.
after, we talked about the articles, and saw a slideshow about them. this cleared up so much confusion that i had previously been trying to sort out.

Charles Pinckney

October 22

On Friday we worked with our partners again, and completed our homework on how United States presidents should be elected. I had always believed that they were chosen by the people, but it turns out that presidents are initially elected by the Electoral College. I'll admit that I'd never even heard of the Electoral College, but I'm happy that I know now. If it ever comes up in conversation, now I won't seem like an idiot!

10-20-10

Today we worked with partners to do some papers about the government. I had no idea that so much effort went into planning our government, but I guess it makes sense. We did a paper about how many leaders would be in office, 1 or 3, and I couldn't help but think how weird it would be to have 3 presidents. I feel like that would cause so much conflict, which is probably why we only have one today.
There's a project due on Friday, it seems really easy. I hope the VoiceThread embeds onto the blog this time...

10-18-10

Today we did a flow chart about what it takes for a bill to get passed and made into a law. There are a lot of steps, more than I ever would have thought. We also got our first tests back. I did okay, but next time I'll try to study harder.

OCTOBER 14TH 2010

STILL STUCK ON CAPS LOCK....
TODAY WE ALL LOOKED INTO THE CONSTITUTION A LITTLE MORE, AND TOOK THE QUIZ. WE WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS, EACH INVESTIGATING A DIFFERENT TOPIC OF CONCERN THE FOUNDING FATHERS HAD OF THE CONSTITUTION. MY GROUP GOT THE CONCERN OF PROPORTIONAL OR EQUAL REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.

I JUST TOOK THE FOUNDING FATHERS QUIZ THAT MR. BOYLE TOLD US TO TAKE AND I GOT CHARLES PINCKNEY. HE DIDNT SOUND MUCH LIKE ME, BUT I GUESS HE IS IF THAT'S WHO I WAS MATCHED WITH.

OCTOBER 13TH 2010

MY LAPTOP IS STUCK IN CAPS LOCK, IT'S REALLY AWKWARD. ANYWAYS, TODAY IN HISTORY WE BASICALLY DID THE EXACT SAME THING AS YESTERDAY, ONLY WITH DIFFERENT TOPICS. WE FINISHED THE TIMELINE AND THEN TOOK NOTES. ALSO, BY TOMORROW WE HAVE TO HAVE MEMORIZED THE PREAMBLE THE THE CONSTITUTION. GOOD THING FOR MOST US, WE HAD TO LEARN THAT IN LIKE 6TH GRADE AND THERE'S A SONG ABOUT IT FROM SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK THAT WE'VE KNOWN BASICALLY OUR WHOLE LIVES.

oct 12th

Today I was really tired since I was up late with math homework, but I managed to follow and participate in the discussion. We talked about the issues of the Articles, a government system set up in the United States when it was newly independent. It brought to light that the colonists had to deal with problems that are nothing to us nowdays, such as trade. Also, Mr. Boyle said that the colonists didn't really think of themselves as Americans, but more as "New Yorkans" or "Virginians". I guess that's understandable, considering the colonies had always been mostly seperate and took care of themselves.

Test day

On Friday, we took our very first history test of our sophomore year. I was really nervous, because I had forgotten to take my history binder and textbook home so I couldn't study. Luckily, I looked a few things up on Google and studied briefly in art class with some other people, and it refreshed my memory. I feel like I probably did well on the test, it wasn't that hard, but I'll be sure to be super careful when going over things to bring home from now on. Next time, the test could be wicked hard and I could get a 15 or something and then I would be really disapointed, I'm just lucky this test happened to be on the easy side.

10-6-10

Whoops I forgot to blog yesterday, I'll try not to let it happen again. Well yesterday we just reviewed and everything, and today we got our Declaration quizzes back. We also got in our groups for the GoogleDocs activity, and spent the rest of the class reviewing. I enjoyed having a laidback and easy class. We don't have class tomorrow, and Friday there's a test. I'm nervous about the test because it'll be our first of the year in history, and though we got a paper with the info about it, it will still be new.

10-4-10

Today we went over the Battles of the South. I am all caught up from being absent on Friday, and I think I know all the information that was learned on Friday also. We learned a lot about different strategies and ideas of the generals in the Revolution, such as Cornwallis' idea of escape from the Chesapeake Bay. Unfortunately for him, the militia had the French on their side, and defeated him. But it was still a good strategy, and strategy seemed to be the way to win this war. Also, Mr. Boyle told us how the British were fighting because they had to, while the Continentals were fighting for a cause they believed strongly in. This affected the outcome of many battles because of the enthusiasm, and lack thereof.