"Bessie Smith fron NPR." nrp.org. 4 Dec 2008 .
Bessie Smith influenced alot of people for example from Mahalia Jackson to Mary J. Blige. She gave the music its raw, regal poignancy and marketability. Her feverish growls and testifying delivery has informed nearly every facet of African-American music. Incorporating a full arsenal of talent singing, dancing, and slapstick comedy Bessie was a consummate entertainer.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
13th Annotation
Hemsworth, Joan. "Bessie Smith Empress of the Blues." 14 Dec 1998. 4 Dec 2008
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When Bessie was a bit younger, she was once removed from a job as chorus
girl-because her skin was too black. Years later she dealt with a similar
situation at the famous Apollo in New York by demanding that a very dark chorus
girl be kept-though she accepted a dimming of the lights. Bessie also despised
blacks that attempted to become like whites.
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When Bessie was a bit younger, she was once removed from a job as chorus
girl-because her skin was too black. Years later she dealt with a similar
situation at the famous Apollo in New York by demanding that a very dark chorus
girl be kept-though she accepted a dimming of the lights. Bessie also despised
blacks that attempted to become like whites.
Preview: Taking Notes- Using a Famous Quote
Summarize what Frederick Douglass thinks about the fourth of July and then choose a quote to support your statement.
Answer: Douglass believes that the fourth of July represents nothing to the Slaves of the American ideal of liberty. He said," There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very".
Answer: Douglass believes that the fourth of July represents nothing to the Slaves of the American ideal of liberty. He said," There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very".
Thursday, November 20, 2008
12th Annotation
"American Decades." enotes.com. 20 Nov 2008 .
During her lifetime the blues was regarded as a form of black expression; she performed for mostly black audiences and recorded for what were classified as race records that were not stocked in record shops catering to whites. Unlike Louis Armstrong, who reached all audiences, Smith was unknown or unavailable to most white Americans during her career. She was a black artist working with traditional black material for a black public nevertheless, Smith gave special performances for white audiences in some large cities.
During her lifetime the blues was regarded as a form of black expression; she performed for mostly black audiences and recorded for what were classified as race records that were not stocked in record shops catering to whites. Unlike Louis Armstrong, who reached all audiences, Smith was unknown or unavailable to most white Americans during her career. She was a black artist working with traditional black material for a black public nevertheless, Smith gave special performances for white audiences in some large cities.
11th Annotation
Forman, Roanna. "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAZZ MUSICIANS." Jazz.com. 20 Nov 2008 .
When Bessie's mother and father died she was left to take care of her three brothers and sisters by taking in laundry. This strong work ethic made a lasting impression on Bessie. She was determined to leave the poverty and inequality of Blue Goose Hollow, and show business was her ticket. She started street corner singing and dancing with her brother Andrew to boost the family’s income. She did an audition Stokes and later hired Bessie as a dancer, since he already had a singer Ma Rainey. During this time, she developed a reputation as a performer at black theaters across the South and along the Eastern Seaboard. Bessie was decidedly an original, and a natural singer. Bessie Smith is a soprano with a more urban, polished style. In any case Bessie undoubtedly learned how to handle herself on stage from Rainey, even though their styles were different. Things began to change after the 1920s, in 1923, Smith, then living in Philadelphia, auditioned successfully for a recording contract with Columbia and that's where her success begun.
When Bessie's mother and father died she was left to take care of her three brothers and sisters by taking in laundry. This strong work ethic made a lasting impression on Bessie. She was determined to leave the poverty and inequality of Blue Goose Hollow, and show business was her ticket. She started street corner singing and dancing with her brother Andrew to boost the family’s income. She did an audition Stokes and later hired Bessie as a dancer, since he already had a singer Ma Rainey. During this time, she developed a reputation as a performer at black theaters across the South and along the Eastern Seaboard. Bessie was decidedly an original, and a natural singer. Bessie Smith is a soprano with a more urban, polished style. In any case Bessie undoubtedly learned how to handle herself on stage from Rainey, even though their styles were different. Things began to change after the 1920s, in 1923, Smith, then living in Philadelphia, auditioned successfully for a recording contract with Columbia and that's where her success begun.
Friday, November 14, 2008
10th Annotation
Noble, Barnes. "Bessie Smith ." Sparknotes. 2008. 14 Nov 2008 .
This website i have to say was the important of them all it tells me about Bessie Smiths Beginning, becoming the empress, the blues diva, wild women , love on the road, her death and the controversy afterwards. As stated " Jack Gee collected all the money that was due to Smith for the sales of her records. Gee refused to buy his ex-wife a headstone, and her family, for unknown reasons, did too. In 1948, Smith's friends held a Bessie Smith Memorial Concert in New York to raise funds for the headstone. The concert was a success, but Gee pocketed the proceeds and disappeared."
This website i have to say was the important of them all it tells me about Bessie Smiths Beginning, becoming the empress, the blues diva, wild women , love on the road, her death and the controversy afterwards. As stated " Jack Gee collected all the money that was due to Smith for the sales of her records. Gee refused to buy his ex-wife a headstone, and her family, for unknown reasons, did too. In 1948, Smith's friends held a Bessie Smith Memorial Concert in New York to raise funds for the headstone. The concert was a success, but Gee pocketed the proceeds and disappeared."
9th Annotation
Snow, Joel. "Bessie Smith ." Bessie Smith. October 7, 1997. 14 Nov 2008 .
This website came to be somewhat useful, take for instance when it stated, " Bessie started working small-time traveling tent shows, such as Charles P. Bailey's troupe and Pete Werley's Florida Cotton Blossoms, carnivals, and hony-tonks. Her first recording, Down Hearted Blues, was released in the spring of 1923. Though released without special promotion, it was an immediate success, and had sold over two million copies by the end of the first year of release, an immense number for that time." Out of all the websites I have visit this was the only website that gave me this particular information.
This website came to be somewhat useful, take for instance when it stated, " Bessie started working small-time traveling tent shows, such as Charles P. Bailey's troupe and Pete Werley's Florida Cotton Blossoms, carnivals, and hony-tonks. Her first recording, Down Hearted Blues, was released in the spring of 1923. Though released without special promotion, it was an immediate success, and had sold over two million copies by the end of the first year of release, an immense number for that time." Out of all the websites I have visit this was the only website that gave me this particular information.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
8th Annotation
Jarvis, gail. "remembering Bessie Smith." lewrockwell.com. 26,09,2001. lewrovkwell. 13 Nov 2008 .
In the years following Bessie Smith’s death there were conflicting accounts of how she actually died. What is known is that after a late night performance somewhere in Mississippi, probably Natchez, Bessie headed for Memphis in a car driven by her boyfriend, Richard Morgan. In 1937 there were no expressways and Route 61 was a typical poorly lit, winding two-lane road. Near the outskirts of Clarksdale, in the early morning hours of that September day, their car, being driven at a high rate of speed, crashed into the back of a truck stopped on the side of the road.
Several rumors began circulating regarding the cause of her death: she was killed upon impact, she was taken to a hotel where she died; she died in an ambulance en route to a hospital, and she was taken to a white hospital that refused to treat her because she was black and so she died as the ambulance tried to locate a black hospital.
In the years following Bessie Smith’s death there were conflicting accounts of how she actually died. What is known is that after a late night performance somewhere in Mississippi, probably Natchez, Bessie headed for Memphis in a car driven by her boyfriend, Richard Morgan. In 1937 there were no expressways and Route 61 was a typical poorly lit, winding two-lane road. Near the outskirts of Clarksdale, in the early morning hours of that September day, their car, being driven at a high rate of speed, crashed into the back of a truck stopped on the side of the road.
Several rumors began circulating regarding the cause of her death: she was killed upon impact, she was taken to a hotel where she died; she died in an ambulance en route to a hospital, and she was taken to a white hospital that refused to treat her because she was black and so she died as the ambulance tried to locate a black hospital.
7th Annotation
"Biographies Life and times of the great ones." PBS.org. 13 Nov 2008 .
Bessie Smith was the most successful black performing artist of her time. She not only sang the blues she also did acting too. Bessie began her professional career by sing in 1912. She made almost 200 recordings, of which her remarkable duets with Armstrong are among her best. Although she excelled in the performance of slow blues, she also recorded vigorous versions of jazz standards. By the 1920s, she was a leading artist in black shows on the TOBA circuit and at the 81 Theatre in Atlanta. Her first recording, Down-Hearted Blues, established her as the most successful black performing artist of her time.
Bessie Smith was the most successful black performing artist of her time. She not only sang the blues she also did acting too. Bessie began her professional career by sing in 1912. She made almost 200 recordings, of which her remarkable duets with Armstrong are among her best. Although she excelled in the performance of slow blues, she also recorded vigorous versions of jazz standards. By the 1920s, she was a leading artist in black shows on the TOBA circuit and at the 81 Theatre in Atlanta. Her first recording, Down-Hearted Blues, established her as the most successful black performing artist of her time.
Friday, November 7, 2008
6th Annotation
Primaryaccess.org. 7 Nov 2008 .
Bessie Smith was a talented African American blues singer. She was a rough, crude, violent woman. She was also the greatest of the classic Blues singers of the 1920s. But during her career she had her ups and downs. She was turned down by three record companies because they felt she wasn't commercial enough, but Columbia Records soon signed Bessie. Her first record "Down Hearted Blues" sold more then 2 million copies within a year. At her peak in the 1920's she earned $2,000 a week, making her the highest paid black entertainer in the country. In 1930 her career had begun to fall due to the public’s change musical taste. By 1931 the Classic Blues style of Bessie Smith was out of style. The Depression, radio, and sound movies had all damaged the record companies' ability to sell records so Columbia dropped Smith from its roster.
Bessie Smith was a talented African American blues singer. She was a rough, crude, violent woman. She was also the greatest of the classic Blues singers of the 1920s. But during her career she had her ups and downs. She was turned down by three record companies because they felt she wasn't commercial enough, but Columbia Records soon signed Bessie. Her first record "Down Hearted Blues" sold more then 2 million copies within a year. At her peak in the 1920's she earned $2,000 a week, making her the highest paid black entertainer in the country. In 1930 her career had begun to fall due to the public’s change musical taste. By 1931 the Classic Blues style of Bessie Smith was out of style. The Depression, radio, and sound movies had all damaged the record companies' ability to sell records so Columbia dropped Smith from its roster.
5th Annotation
Sanders, Madelyn. "Bessie Smith." Women in History. 1/25/2008. 7 Nov 2008 .
This website was very useful, for example it told me about how Bessie Smith was born into a poverty stricken black family in the segregated south. It also stated " Bessie Smith was in the process of a comeback at the time of her tragic death at age forty-three. On Sept. 26, 1937, she was critically injured while on her way to a singing engagement, when the car being driven by her boyfriend Richard Morgan in which she was a passenger crashed into a truck on a road in Mississippi. According to legend segregation led to her death when a white hospital first refused her admission and by the time she arrived at a black hospital in Clarksdale, Miss., it was too late to save her and she bled to death. Although much has been said to dispute this claim, it is not implausible considering that this was the segregated south. The playwright Edward Albee dramatized the account in his 1960 play The Death of Bessie Smith ".
This website helped me a lot it told me about what type of family she was born into and how bessie smith life could have actually been saved after the tragic car crash but since it was a time during segregation the white hospital refused to take her so she bled to death.
This website was very useful, for example it told me about how Bessie Smith was born into a poverty stricken black family in the segregated south. It also stated " Bessie Smith was in the process of a comeback at the time of her tragic death at age forty-three. On Sept. 26, 1937, she was critically injured while on her way to a singing engagement, when the car being driven by her boyfriend Richard Morgan in which she was a passenger crashed into a truck on a road in Mississippi. According to legend segregation led to her death when a white hospital first refused her admission and by the time she arrived at a black hospital in Clarksdale, Miss., it was too late to save her and she bled to death. Although much has been said to dispute this claim, it is not implausible considering that this was the segregated south. The playwright Edward Albee dramatized the account in his 1960 play The Death of Bessie Smith ".
This website helped me a lot it told me about what type of family she was born into and how bessie smith life could have actually been saved after the tragic car crash but since it was a time during segregation the white hospital refused to take her so she bled to death.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
4th annotation
Smith, Elizabeth. "Bessie Smith Biography." bio true story. 2007. 14 Nov 2008 .
This website was very useful in different ways, such as how it tells you about how she was brought u in poverty and how she ran away at the age of 15 and continued to perform in theaters. It also stated, "During her recording career, Bessie Smith worked with many important jazz performers, such as saxophonist Sidney Bechet and pianists Fletcher Henderson and James P. Johnson. With Johnson, she recorded one of her most famous songs, “Back Water Blues.” Smith also collaborated with the legendary jazz artist Louis Armstrong on several tunes, including “Cold in Hand Blues” and “I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle.” By the late 1920s, Bessie Smith’s career began to flounder. She stopped working with Columbia in 1931 and made her final recordings in 1933 with John Hammond. A dedicated performer, Smith still continued to tour."
This website was very useful in different ways, such as how it tells you about how she was brought u in poverty and how she ran away at the age of 15 and continued to perform in theaters. It also stated, "During her recording career, Bessie Smith worked with many important jazz performers, such as saxophonist Sidney Bechet and pianists Fletcher Henderson and James P. Johnson. With Johnson, she recorded one of her most famous songs, “Back Water Blues.” Smith also collaborated with the legendary jazz artist Louis Armstrong on several tunes, including “Cold in Hand Blues” and “I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle.” By the late 1920s, Bessie Smith’s career began to flounder. She stopped working with Columbia in 1931 and made her final recordings in 1933 with John Hammond. A dedicated performer, Smith still continued to tour."
Acknowledgement of Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith was a famous African American blues singers born into a time period of segregation, she was acknowledged for her singing but not for her courage. Being loved by not only blacks but whites as well, there were plenty of obstacles and situations that stood in her way.
3rd Annotation
"The Red Hot Jazz Archive." Bessie Smith 1. 17 Oct 2008 .
This website gives alot of information on Bessie Smith's personality. According to the website, she was a rough, crude, violent women. She was talented. She had a strong voice and she was famous and popular to both blacks and whites. Eventually people grew tired of her but she was still very popular in the south.
This website also talks about the kind of music Bessie Smith made. She was really popular in the 1920's. Some of her famous songs include "a good man is hard to find", "any woman's blues", and "baby doll".
This website gives alot of information on Bessie Smith's personality. According to the website, she was a rough, crude, violent women. She was talented. She had a strong voice and she was famous and popular to both blacks and whites. Eventually people grew tired of her but she was still very popular in the south.
This website also talks about the kind of music Bessie Smith made. She was really popular in the 1920's. Some of her famous songs include "a good man is hard to find", "any woman's blues", and "baby doll".
2nd Annotation
Burns, Ken. "Bessie Smith." Biographies. October 2008. PBS.org. 20 Oct 2008 .
This website was very helpful. It gives certain details about Bessie Smith. Bessie Smith began her professional career in 1912 by singing in the same show as Ma Rainey, and subsequently performed in various touring minstrel shows and cabarets. By the 1920s, she was a leading artist in black shows on the TOBA circuit and at the 81 Theatre in Atlanta. After further tours she was sought out by Clarence Williams to record in New York. Her first recording, Down-Hearted Blues, established her as the most successful black performing artist of her time. She recorded regularly until 1928 with important early jazz instrumentalists such as Williams, James P. Johnson, and various members of Fletcher Henderson's band, including Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green, Joe Smith, and Tommy Ladnier. I think this will help us understand how Bessie Smith started her career as a blues singer.
This website was very helpful. It gives certain details about Bessie Smith. Bessie Smith began her professional career in 1912 by singing in the same show as Ma Rainey, and subsequently performed in various touring minstrel shows and cabarets. By the 1920s, she was a leading artist in black shows on the TOBA circuit and at the 81 Theatre in Atlanta. After further tours she was sought out by Clarence Williams to record in New York. Her first recording, Down-Hearted Blues, established her as the most successful black performing artist of her time. She recorded regularly until 1928 with important early jazz instrumentalists such as Williams, James P. Johnson, and various members of Fletcher Henderson's band, including Louis Armstrong, Charlie Green, Joe Smith, and Tommy Ladnier. I think this will help us understand how Bessie Smith started her career as a blues singer.
Friday, October 17, 2008
1st Annotation 4 NHD
The Red Hot Jazz Archive. " Bessie Smith " Oct. 17, 2008. http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html
This website is about who Bessie Smith really is. the article states that she a rough, crude, and violent women.
She was also the greatest of the classic blues singers of the 1920"s. Bessie Joined a traveling show as a dancing
and singer. In 1923 she made her recording debut on Columbia accompanied by pianist Clarence Williams and
recorded " Gulf Coast Blues" and " Down hearted blues". She also was one of the the biggest African American
stars of the 1920's and was popular with both Whites and African americans. Bessie Smith later on died in a
tragic car accident, while driving with lovers Richard Morgan their car rear-ended a slow moving truck and
rolled over crushing Bessie left arm arm ribs. Smith bled to death by the time she reached the hospital.
John Hammond caused quite a stir by writing an article in Downbeat magazine suggesting that Smith
had bled to death because she had been taken to a White hospital and had been turned away. This
proved not to be true, but the rumor persists to this day.
This article was very helpful to me because it gave me a lot of information on her success and how her life
ended tragically at a young age. From what I read I believe this a Secondary Source because somebody else
wrote it that was not from that time period.
This website is about who Bessie Smith really is. the article states that she a rough, crude, and violent women.
She was also the greatest of the classic blues singers of the 1920"s. Bessie Joined a traveling show as a dancing
and singer. In 1923 she made her recording debut on Columbia accompanied by pianist Clarence Williams and
recorded " Gulf Coast Blues" and " Down hearted blues". She also was one of the the biggest African American
stars of the 1920's and was popular with both Whites and African americans. Bessie Smith later on died in a
tragic car accident, while driving with lovers Richard Morgan their car rear-ended a slow moving truck and
rolled over crushing Bessie left arm arm ribs. Smith bled to death by the time she reached the hospital.
John Hammond caused quite a stir by writing an article in Downbeat magazine suggesting that Smith
had bled to death because she had been taken to a White hospital and had been turned away. This
proved not to be true, but the rumor persists to this day.
This article was very helpful to me because it gave me a lot of information on her success and how her life
ended tragically at a young age. From what I read I believe this a Secondary Source because somebody else
wrote it that was not from that time period.
Topic Selection NHD 2009
I chose Bessie Smith as my individual in history this year for NHD because she was one of the biggest popular star in the 1920's and I am interested in the popularity of African American during segregation time periods. This person is important to history because without her efforts she inspired people to live out their dream and to not let anything stand in their way on achieving them. As an African American female she has had a great impact on history because maybe being the most popular blues singer of the 1920's she allowed African American women to have more rights. For this week's research I found a article at http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html and next week I will actually read and summarize this article.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
The Three Levels of Reflection
• What have I learned about myself through this experience?
Through this experience I learned more about myself by learning how to care more for the world
By caring more about the things in the world and most of all the importance of recycling.
• What would you change about this situation if you were in charge?
If I was in charge if this situation if you throw things on the ground that can be recycles you WILL be fined a
a fee of $500 or put in jail for 1 year.
• What are three big issues that create problems that our service is trying to address?
I can't exactly give three big reasons but i can give you two issue that create problems that our service is trying
to address and they are throwing trash on the ground that can be recycled and we are trying to get people to realize that
recycling can change the world.
Through this experience I learned more about myself by learning how to care more for the world
By caring more about the things in the world and most of all the importance of recycling.
• What would you change about this situation if you were in charge?
If I was in charge if this situation if you throw things on the ground that can be recycles you WILL be fined a
a fee of $500 or put in jail for 1 year.
• What are three big issues that create problems that our service is trying to address?
I can't exactly give three big reasons but i can give you two issue that create problems that our service is trying
to address and they are throwing trash on the ground that can be recycled and we are trying to get people to realize that
recycling can change the world.
service learning
At Wednesday service learning we set the following deadlines for completing tasks:
1. Research - all research assignments must be e-mailed to Ms. Thomas by the end of the period TODAY.
2. Block Walks - block walk data will be tabulated next Thursday. ALL BLOCK WALK DATA IS DUE TO MS. THOMAS BY MONDAY.
3. 9th Grade Attitude Survey - LaVaughn will collect completed survey forms from 9th grade Advisories on Friday. SURVEYS ARE DUE BY MONDAY.
4. Ms. Thomas will contact the Recycling Alliance of Philadelphia to see about the possibility of a visit (here or there) during next Thursday's service leanring period.
1. Research - all research assignments must be e-mailed to Ms. Thomas by the end of the period TODAY.
2. Block Walks - block walk data will be tabulated next Thursday. ALL BLOCK WALK DATA IS DUE TO MS. THOMAS BY MONDAY.
3. 9th Grade Attitude Survey - LaVaughn will collect completed survey forms from 9th grade Advisories on Friday. SURVEYS ARE DUE BY MONDAY.
4. Ms. Thomas will contact the Recycling Alliance of Philadelphia to see about the possibility of a visit (here or there) during next Thursday's service leanring period.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Service learning 5-15-08 talk abouts
today in service learning i expect to talk about the research we done and
stuff on our survey like how much plastic, paper, glass, and
metal we see on our blocks during the week.
stuff on our survey like how much plastic, paper, glass, and
metal we see on our blocks during the week.
Monday, May 5, 2008
service learning
last Thursday in service learning we went to the imc and researched more about recycling
paper, glass, aluminum etc . We were able to find a lot of information on these topics
and there really wasn't any challenges. During service learning so far we have got a lot
accomplished and we actually went outside to collect trash off the street that we can
recycle and make new things out of.
paper, glass, aluminum etc . We were able to find a lot of information on these topics
and there really wasn't any challenges. During service learning so far we have got a lot
accomplished and we actually went outside to collect trash off the street that we can
recycle and make new things out of.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Reflection On Service Learning
Last Friday we talk about some of the researches people did on Plastics, glass, Aluminum etc.
Then we actually went outside to collect stuff on the street that can be recycled such as
cans, paper, paper plates, napkin etc. and then we went back to the school. Next week I think we are
going to talk about more research we found and about the stuff we found on the street.
Then we actually went outside to collect stuff on the street that can be recycled such as
cans, paper, paper plates, napkin etc. and then we went back to the school. Next week I think we are
going to talk about more research we found and about the stuff we found on the street.
Monday, April 21, 2008
service learning reflection
On thursday we talked about researching the following things and the survey we plan on conducting:
Plastics: Avery and Amy
Glass: Kameko and Katif
Paper/cardboard: Fatima and Shaquetta
Aluminum/Metal: Ashley and Kate
Create a data collection sheet for weekly block trash counts: Alfreda
Collect samples of recyclable containers: Alex
Conduct an attitude survey of 9th graders, including the following yes/no questions:
1. Do you recycle at home?
2. Do you ever throw trash on the ground?
3. Is your neighborhood clean? Neighborhood: _________________
4. Is recycling too much trouble?
5. Do you believe recycling is valuable to the environment?
Plastics: Avery and Amy
Glass: Kameko and Katif
Paper/cardboard: Fatima and Shaquetta
Aluminum/Metal: Ashley and Kate
Create a data collection sheet for weekly block trash counts: Alfreda
Collect samples of recyclable containers: Alex
Conduct an attitude survey of 9th graders, including the following yes/no questions:
1. Do you recycle at home?
2. Do you ever throw trash on the ground?
3. Is your neighborhood clean? Neighborhood: _________________
4. Is recycling too much trouble?
5. Do you believe recycling is valuable to the environment?
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Plans for service learning on 4/17/08
I would like to talk about how we could achieve these ideas and activities we can do by recycling such as making art out of recycled cans or glass bottles.
Reflection on service learning
During service learning last week we talked about.....
1. Classroom recycling bins
2. Collection of recycling at School District of Philadelphia
3. Implementing conservation measures
4. School wide clean up program
5. Districtwide recycling program
6. Education about recycling and conservation
7. Specialized containers for waste by type
I think these are pretty good ideas to start off with and that we should continue to come up with ideas to make the world a better place due to recycling.
1. Classroom recycling bins
2. Collection of recycling at School District of Philadelphia
3. Implementing conservation measures
4. School wide clean up program
5. Districtwide recycling program
6. Education about recycling and conservation
7. Specialized containers for waste by type
I think these are pretty good ideas to start off with and that we should continue to come up with ideas to make the world a better place due to recycling.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Ideas For Service Learning
I think we should talk about how we can better our society by recycling trash such as cans, paper, plastic bottle, etc that be on the streets and I have also notice that we are wasting a lot of paper in our school for example Mr Todd was talking about the old brochures we have and we are basically wasting them because nobody would want them they would want the new ones that were made. So wasting paper would be one of the main things I would like to talk about because wasting paper means wasting trees and that mean less oxygen for us.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Service Learning
I am working side by side with Shaquetta, Lashay, and Georgia and we are working at a nursing home called Liberty Court it is located at 15th and Lombard. The address exactly is 1526 lombard st, Philadelphia PA, and it's phone number is 215 546 5960. We are planning to work during spring break on Monday's, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Friday, February 29, 2008
NHD
From my prospective I think the NHD projects are very stressing. I believe that they are putting to much work upon us at a young age. Teachers want to much due at a certain time such as those Annotated Bibliography and how are they going to tell us to do a process paper at the last minute and expect it to be due three days before the NHD competitions. All the teachers do is sit around on there butts and tell us what to do and I don't think it's fair for us to be doing all the work and the teachers don't do anything. I also believe that if We are doing the NHD projects we shouldn't get any work from the other classes because then we have to get their work done and also stuff from the NHD project. To sum this up NHD is hard work and it puts to much work on your mind.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Links for NHD
1. http://www.assumption.edu/users/mcclymer/His130/P-H/Grimke/PhiladelphiaRiotdefault.html
2. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart3.html
3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1544.html
4. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1981/AntiSlavery_Society_meets_in_Philadelphia
5. http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/slavery/anti-slavery_movement/women.htm
6. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam006.htm
2. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart3.html
3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1544.html
4. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1981/AntiSlavery_Society_meets_in_Philadelphia
5. http://cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/slavery/anti-slavery_movement/women.htm
6. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam006.htm
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