Instructions:  Let’s generate a list of key terms for this chapter. Using the “New Post” function, write a brief (1-3 paragraph) blog post that describes a specific person, event, organization, or institution mentioned in this chapter and how it fits into the larger narrative. Your group should aim to produce as diverse a list of terms as possible, so try to pay attention to what others have already posted and choose your term accordingly. A blog post should include:

(1) the name of a specific person, event, organization, or institution,

(2) a (brief) relevant quote from the text

(3) a short (no longer than one paragraph) summary of how the term fits into Zinn’s argument about the era. Why do you think he mentions it? 

IMPORTANT:  Be sure to categorize your post under “A People’s History, Chapter 9” (the Categories buttons should be on the lower right) so you can get credit for your post! 

Instructions:  Using the “New Post” function, write a blog post that discusses a specific quote from one of the primary source entries in Chapter 17 of For the Record (listed below). Your group should aim to produce evenly distributed posts on each of the entries, so try to pay attention to what others have already posted and choose your source accordingly. A blog post should include:

(1) The title, author, and year of the entry

(1) A specific, brief quote from the entry

(2) a brief description of how you think the quote reflects the social, political, and/or economic realities of the specific era in which it was produced.  How might the author’s position in American society determine WHY they feel the way they do?

IMPORTANT:  Be sure to categorize your post under “For the Record, Chapter 17” (the Categories buttons should be on the lower right) so you can get credit for your post! 

Entries:

New York Times, from The Late Convention of Colored Men (1865)

Black Codes of Mississippi (1865)

Jourdon Anderson, Letter to My Old Master (1865)

Organization and Principles of the Ku Klux Klan (1868)

Lee Guidon, Klan Terrorism in South Carolina (1871)

Sojourner Truth, Address to the First Annual Meeting of the American Equal Rights Association (1867)

Instructions: Using the “New Post” function, choose a specific moment from the film Django Unchained and write a brief (1-3 paragraph) blog post explaining how the moment reflects how slavery functions in a specific character’s life. How is the institution of slavery depicted in this film?  Remember to think divergently, and avoid repeating moments that have already been written about. Your group should aim to produce posts about each of the characters listed below, so try to pay attention to what others have posted and choose your moment accordingly.         

IMPORTANT:  Be sure to categorize your post under “Django Unchained” (the Categories buttons should be on the lower right) so you can get credit for your post! 

Django Freeman:

Dr. King Schultz:

Calvin Candie:

Stephen: