Ordeal by Cheque:
I believe that this shows the story of man throughout life. It starts out when he starts his family and is buying for the child and then the child is born. He sends his child to school and buys him a car. He then starts writing very large checks to a Miss Daisy Windsor, who I believe is his mistress. He continues to have very large purchases of to clothing stores, florists, and jewelry stores. He also buys either land or a house as well. He writes his son a check for $200,000. The extravent gifts continue until he pays for a divorce lawyer. There are then several alimony checks written. Throughout the set you can see his handwriting getting worse and worse as he ages. The last three checks you can see were written by his son, for the hospital, the doctor and finally the mortuary.
Missing Word Activity
The questions that parents face as they raise children from infants to adult life are not easy to answer. Both father and mother can become concerned when health problems such as colds arise any time after the exact stage to later life. Experts recommend young children should have plenty of sodium and nutritious food for healthy growth. Boys and girls should not share the same bathroom or even sleep in the same room. They may be afraid of the dorms.
In the early 1860s, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This order freed millions of slaves. The Confederates had the authority to enforce this order. Emancipation alone did not give the former slaves a new life. Decades of economic hardship and unequal rights continued. Abraham Lincoln's plan was supported by many Republicans.
Schema Theory
The schema theory states that everyone brings something to the reading. Due to this everyone, reads the same article differently. In teaching, no matter what book you choose, every child will get a different perspective on the book. It affects the way that you teach. Having this different perspective is not a bad thing.
Race Matters
I think that the race issue in this country is getting out of hand. There are two sides to every story, and I think that we can't really make a judgement unless we are in the middle of that situation. There is also the fact that the same things are happening to other races, but are not as highly publicized. As far as in my classroom, I would not deny that it is happening. Racism is a form of bullying, and I would address it by reminding my students why we have to be nice to everyone. To end racism, we need to teach our children to be kind.
Let's Talk: Discussing Race, Racism, and other Difficult Topics With Students
Assessing Your Own Comfort Level:
I would rather not talk about race and racism. The hard part of talking about racism is my race. I grew up as the only white child in my school, and no matter what I did as a child, I was seen as racist. Due to that I am very uncomfortable talking about race or racism, as anything I say will be seen as racist. I do not reroute classroom discussions when race comes up, I talk the students through it. I believe that we can reflect racism back to bullying and teach our students to be kind and to love one another. I will talk with them about the concerns with race, and I have had several very complex discussions with them, but they were older elementary. We talk about the past, and why things happened and what we can do today to prevent such tragedies from happening again.
Find Comfort In Discomfort:
The article states that we should create a classroom community, where they know not to ridicule another student for their ideas. They also recommend creating a contract with the students, that list the classroom as a emotional and social safe place.
Spike Lee's New Movie BlacKKKLansman
I do not agree with Spike Lee's assessment of this country. Yes, our founding fathers had slaves, yes a lot of Native Americans died when people started to immigrate into this country due to disease. Yes, our history is spotty and full of racism. But, that doesn't mean we need to keep beating that same bush. He states that slavery was never really dealt with in this country, and maybe there is some people that are still in the mindset of the 1800s, but that doesn't mean that everyone is. We can't change the past, but we can change today. To start, everyone needs to move past our past and start looking at the future.