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Winnie the Pooh

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Class Update to bring you a very special blog about, you guessed it, Winnie the Pooh!
So apparently Saturday was Winnie the Pooh Day! If I was a Winnie the Pooh character I think that I would probably be piglet. He is a very loyal and kind friend to Winnie the Pooh and I hope that I am like that. Also Piglet is just so cute!

The Results Are In:

Which Winnie the Pooh Character Are You?

You are Winnie the Pooh. Oh, bother. You are sweet, simple, and popular for your honesty and goodwill. Though you may be the biggest personality in the woods, you sometimes need the help of others in the brains department!

I love that I got Winnie the Pooh, and it's a big honor! I don't really know why I got him, but he and Piglet are both alike. Piglet is a little more nervous which I don't really think I am. I definitely love Pooh, he is so cute and sweet with all the best intentions in the world.

Class Update: 1-9-13 and 1-10-13

Yesterday in class we had our test on the Civil War. Today our Commitment to a Cause projects were due and we set them up in the library. In class we received our review sheets for the midterm.

Class Update: 1-7-13 and 1-8-13

Yesterday in class we took a quiz on memorizing part of the Gettysburg Address. I think this memorization was harder than the other two that we had to do! Lately we've been taking  a lot of notes on battles of the war and the General Lee's surrender to General Grant to end the war. I couldn't believe what happened when Sherman went on his "march to the sea". Everything in his path was completely destroyed. It's although Sherman and his men completely forgot that these people were innocent and that they were still Americans. I'm interested to find out how these town were rebuilt after the war.

Class Update: 1-3-13 and 1-4-13

Yesterday in class we discussed the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, both of which will be celebrating their 150th anniversary this year. We talked about the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation, how in reality it did little to free slaves but was used as more of a military measure. The next day we took notes on the 54th Massachusetts Regiment  which was the first all African-American Regiment ever in the United States. We looked at a sculpture in Boston which showed this Regiment marching off to battle, being guarded by an angel.

Class Update: 12-20-12 and 12-21-12

Yesterday in history class we broke into two groups, one learning about the Battle of Vicksburg and one learning about the Battle of Gettysburg. I was in the Gettysburg group. We were supposed to use our devices to go on a website to read about this battle. But, we had some technical difficulties. It was hard to pull up the website for some reason so we ended up having it on only one device. And then we had trouble moving to the next pages of the very long article. Eventually, we just used the textbook. By this time we didn't have much time to make our poster but we got it done. Today, the world did not end and instead we went to the winter concert.
Happy Winter Break and
Merry Christmas!

Class Update: 12-18-12 and 12-19-12

Yesterday in history class, well let's just say I lost a lot of respect for Abraham Lincoln. We learned about habeas corpus and how it is written in the constitution that it can be suspended in time of rebellion or invasion. Lincoln was the first and last to ever use this privilege. I was shocked that thousands of people were put in jail, simply for speaking out against Lincoln or the Union. One of the most basic freedoms was taken away from them, which in my eyes makes Lincoln a hypocrite. He was obsessed with preserving liberty to all, but took it away from anyone who went against him. Today in class we took lots of notes on the civil war. We also watched a short clip on the projector and looked at excerpts from the Emancipation Proclamation. I find it funny that Lincoln said "If my names goes down in history, it will be for this" It's funny that he used if as if he wasn't sure if he would be remembered. I don't think there is a person in this country that doesn't know Lincoln! He's even immortalized with a memorial and on our currency.