Women of Yesterday and Today
This week you started your project on women of the 1800’s and woman of today. It is a great opportunity to learn about the accomplishments of women from the past and today. Our text spends very little time on the contributions of women and minorities so this assignment broadens our perspective. Make sure to consult the rubric so you can meet or exceed the standard. Please keep in mind that we are focusing in on significant and unique contributions that these women made to our society. This will be one of our last assignments for the third quarter.
During our last class period, you worked with a group to read over the grievances that woman had in the early 1800’s. The Seneca Falls Convention, held in 1848, used The Declaration of Independence as its model for writing The Declaration of Sentiments. As you read over the grievances, you had to put them into student friendly language and then sort them into economic, political, legal or social wrongs. Grouping and categorizing information is a way for us to see connections and to better understand complex issues. It is also a useful way to recall information.
Next week we will continue with reform movements and focus on the abolition movement. We will look at slavery from different perspectives and see how the north and south were both involved in using and benefiting from slave labor.
Law Day Contest Announced
Rhode Island students in grades 10 and 11 are eligible to compete for a $1,000 award for the winning essay in the annual Law Day contest.
The contest is sponsored by the Rhode Island Bar Association. The topics student’s can write about include downloading copyrighted music, posting personal information on the Web and minors using alcohol and drugs.
The submission deadline is May 2. For contest guidelines and forms, contact Frederick Massie at (401) 421-5740 or at fmassie@ribar.com.
This is a great opportunity for you to think about issues that are especially important to young people and at the same time compete for a substantial prize. This is also a great resume builder that you can use as you get closer to applying to colleges.
During our last class period, you worked with a group to read over the grievances that woman had in the early 1800’s. The Seneca Falls Convention, held in 1848, used The Declaration of Independence as its model for writing The Declaration of Sentiments. As you read over the grievances, you had to put them into student friendly language and then sort them into economic, political, legal or social wrongs. Grouping and categorizing information is a way for us to see connections and to better understand complex issues. It is also a useful way to recall information.
Next week we will continue with reform movements and focus on the abolition movement. We will look at slavery from different perspectives and see how the north and south were both involved in using and benefiting from slave labor.
Law Day Contest Announced
Rhode Island students in grades 10 and 11 are eligible to compete for a $1,000 award for the winning essay in the annual Law Day contest.
The contest is sponsored by the Rhode Island Bar Association. The topics student’s can write about include downloading copyrighted music, posting personal information on the Web and minors using alcohol and drugs.
The submission deadline is May 2. For contest guidelines and forms, contact Frederick Massie at (401) 421-5740 or at fmassie@ribar.com.
This is a great opportunity for you to think about issues that are especially important to young people and at the same time compete for a substantial prize. This is also a great resume builder that you can use as you get closer to applying to colleges.
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