12/5 Thurs-I went over the work of the previous day for the first part of the day. We talked about the immigration restrictions America put on and the Palmer Raids. The second half of class we looked at the role of women in America. This "flapper" era has been over sterotyped but still showed this new age woman who went against the traditional roles of the past. Students have to pick up the 4 box assignment, and they are using their textbook to find things that changed during the time.
12/6 Friday-We started looking at the last part of our unit called Red Summer. It was a summer of blood shed after soldiers had returned from WWI. We watched the clip from Elaine, Arkansas and how a group of sharecroppers wanting to form a union, led to hundreds of African Americans being killed. We read a short article about how this all took place 100 years ago, and was considered the greatest instance of racial violence in American history. What makes it most fascinating is in the textbook it is a 2 sentence blip, and until the 100 anniversary starting popping up it was widely ignored in our past.
Red Summer intro video
12/9 Monday-We continued to look at the race riots from last friday. We watched the video below on Tulsa, and then looked at some of the events that unfolded in Chicago. In nearly every incident there was a little blame on both sides but at the end blacks in America were usually on the worse end of things. 3 things that seemed to be at the root of it in class was the idea that things were changing very fast in America, some black communities were prospering, and there was a new resistance to discrimination after WWI. These 3 things manifested itself through violence. Even though a small "incident" always started these massive riots, there was something deeper in the root. Students got their cities to research for the last assignment of the semester.
Quickwrite 4: Over the past several years, people have pushed to remove confederate statues and memorials. Dollar bills have been changed or are being changed. Parks streets and schools have changed names to be more sensitive to racial issues of the past. Do you think this is an effective way to move on from past failures of America? Should we hide or ignore the past, or keep things but recognize the problems of them? Example-Should we look at a George Washington or Thomas Jefferson for their slave owning past or their contributions to America? Should they continued to be idolized in our nation?
Tulsa Race Riot Video
12/10-Students each received a city(almost everybody has their own) that went through a lynching, massacre, or riot from 1917-1923. Make sure you get your city and questions from me for your paper. The paper should be over a page typed, with at least 2 sources. If you are making this up, feel free to just choose one of the cities from the picture
The quiz for unit 4 is coming up on thursday as well. Below is the study guide
Unit 4 Study Guide
