Harlem Renaissance (Brooklyn Museum Exhibit) 3/5/13

Category 1: Music & The Arts
Popular magazines like "The Messenger" and "Opportunity" in the 1920s were an inspiration to African-Americans in Harlem and some whites as well. Harlem streets were swept with young musicians that wanted segregation laws to be removed; African-Americans were the main sources of these. In addition, painters showed how they felt on the situation to reach the hearts of everyone, no matter who it may have been.

Category 2: The Great Migration
Black people worldwide came to Harlem to get a good living. Africans came to Harlem to support the African-Americans struggling. Other Africans came by the influence of Marcus Garvey who wanted to reunite them with the African Americans. Some Africans and others from the Carribean came to Harlem in order to lend their race or befriended race a hand; Marcus Garvey was from the Carribean; Jamaica to be exact.

Category 3: Poetry
A famous poem by Countee Cullen called "Yet I Do Marvel"

 showed hate towards the segregation laws and racism. More poets like Langston Hughes put people in the shoes of African-Americans to show the struggle some have dealt with. Poetry and visual arts touched everyone but worked on some of the people who supported segregation laws. Hughes became an inspiration with his writing and the themes within his writing; he's known nationwide for his literature and strong words/points.

Vocabulary:
New Negro
Great Migration
Black World
Harlem Dancer
Renaissance
Old Negro
American Dream

The list at the right shows the highlighted people of the Harlem Renaissance; those who made a commitment to stop segregation laws and fought for their goals. Musicians, Artists, Community Leaders, and Writers; they were all an influence to getting voices heard on the situations occurring at that time.

Social-Studies Journal 1/25/13

Based on the art we have studied from World War I, what is the most important theme of the war?

Social-Studies Blogger 1/14/13

        In the late 1800s, America was in desire of being the best country in the world. The best way they thought of becoming the best was to expand their territory. Some countries like Cuba and the Philippines were affected from this wish. Cuba and the Philippines were currently under Spanish control until America showed up. The Philippines didn't want America to control their country so they denied the request. The Filipinos had to make an ultimate decision between easy living freedom and self-survival.

        America argued that they needed to imperialise the Philippines but not everyone supported it. They desired global power at the time so they felt as if they could conquer the weaker nations, they could stretch their territory and so forth on. According to a document, the vice-president Theodore Roosevelt of the United States wanted his troops to imperialise the Philippines; This was a sample of America's expediently growing power. This was futile since America already had to deal with a race problem, the African-Americans; imperialising the Phillipines would make the problems much worse.

        Furthermore, major problems like another Civil War could've possibly occurred if the Philippines were imperialised. This is so since the pro-imperialists and anti-imperialists in America might've went to war, like the north vs the south in war on slavery's abolishment; we never know. Since the Philippines wasn't imperialised, a war was possibly prevented and no major problems occurred. The anti-imperialists were joyful for the Philippines becoming an independent country, so am I.

        In Conclusion, America later gave the Philippines the opportunity to own a self-government for themselves. The Filipinos were struggling when they were under Spanish control in the late 1800s but they were freed by the Americans. The Filipinos have desired  self-government for a long time and they have finally recieved it after denying America's request for imperialism in the Philippines. Therefore, it's great that the United States never imperealised and annexed the Philippines.

Social-Studies Journal 12/10/12

Compare and contrast the Chinese and the Irish immigrants of the late 1880s and decide if the groups are more alike or more different. Argue your evaluation!

11/29/12 Social-Studies Journal

Considering the conditions of the United States in the late 1800s, was Chinatown the right place for the Chinese to settle?

Social-Studies Journal 11/19/12

Were workers treated fairly during Industrialization?

Social-Studies Journal 10/14/12

Was life better or worse for African Americans after slavery?