Monthly Archives: April 2025
4/14 Reflection: The Jim Crow Era and Primary Sources
Hello Everyone! Kristen here – and I’m honored to pen the final blog post for our Social Studies class. During yesterday’s walk to see archival content, the weather was gorgeous, warm and breezy with a hazy watercolor sky. Blooming trees … Continue reading
Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me – Blog Post 04/14
Hi everyone, This is Tam. I hope you had a beautiful weekend and a wonderful start to the week! Such a warm day out today! It’s hard not to feel the spring energy in the air. I’m still getting used … Continue reading
Building background knowledge
Hi everyone! I hope we are all staying warm on this chilly, dreary spring morning. I think last nights class may have been one of my favorite classes. I did not realize how little I knew about Rosa Parks until … Continue reading
Freewater Blog Post 3/31
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying the first weeks of spring and the final weeks of classes! This week, we delved into the middle-grade historical fiction novel Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson. I first encountered this story in my 5th-grade … Continue reading
Freewater Blog Post 3/31
Hello everyone! I hope you are having a nice week! This week, we focused on our reading of Freewater and the presence of economic and civic concepts in literature. From our class slides, economics is defined as “the study of how … Continue reading