Witness - Act 4

What do you want to talk about from Act 4?  Share what you want to discuss as well as your feelings about it.  Then reply to at least two others' comments.  This will blog entry will be graded.  Use my comment as an example for a "10".

KKK - Short Research Project

December 14, 2015

You've been learning a lot about the KKK while you're reading Witness.  We also have a book about the history of the KKK in our book club book collection.  It is titled, They Called Themselves the KKK - The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.   For the next two days, we are going to complete a very brief research project using a K-W-H-L chart.  You will research to find the answer to one things that you want to know about the KKK.  You should get most of the chart done on our first day of research.  You will finish it up on our second day and share what you've learned.

Share your question and what you learned about it in a comment on this post so that we can all learn new things about the KKK.

K-W-H-L Sheet

Witness - Act 2

ACT 2

What do you most want to talk about from Act 2.  Take a moment to describe the part you want to discuss in your comment.  Tell your thoughts about it.  Then reply to others.

Like this:

I was interested in the friendship between Mr. Fields and Leonora.  He's white, but he's super nice to her.  At first, when he was describing the Civil War I was worried that he might be racist, but I now I think that he isn't.  What do you guys think?

Holiday Traditions

What's your favorite holiday tradition?  How did it start?  Take some time to find the origins of your favorite holiday tradition.  Write about it as a comment to this post.  Then read about other traditions. Reply to others' posts if you have a thought you'd like to share.

Your comment should look like this:
Tradition:  Sending Christmas Cards
How it started:  The tradition started in London, England in 1843.  It had become a lot cheaper to send things in the post office at that time, and Sir Henry Cole hired and illustrator to make cards to send to his friends and family.  He also sold them.  Things have changed a bit since then, but that's where the tradition started.