Step 1- Read all the comments from the previous assignment.
Step 2- Choose one comment which is thoughtful.
Step 3-
First, paraphrase the comment you are responding to: For example: “Ms. Maloney thinks that…”
Then, write a question about the chosen comment. The question must be: clear, sincere, useful and be the sort of question which leads to more questions. The question you write must complicate the comment’s argument, make the reader of the comment you are questioning think deeper. Stir up some intellectual trouble.
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Emily thinks that The Thirteenth Amendment was the most important event in history because all the slaves were freed. This document made a rule that said all slaves were to be set free.
Question: Was the Thirteenth Amendment worth fighting the Civil War for?
Kainat Ali said....
The United States Institution of Slavery wiped out by the Thirteenth Amendment. Kainat said all about The Amendment has actually shown that not even one slave with anyone will be tolerated. This is a interesting blog
Question: How did it change the future of the U.S.A and the way people thought?
Emily said that the Thirteen Admendment was the most important because all the people that were slaves were not any more. This caused the Thirteen Amendment to appear.
Question: What did the people of the U.S.say about the Thirteen Amendment? How did they respond?
Alex S. said "In my opinion, the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment is the most important of the three events. It was passed on December 6, 1865. It is an important politically-affiliated event because it is, after all, amendment and the first in a line of three amendments that is supposed to restore former slaves' rights, hence the name "restoration amendments." It is of equal importance, if not of more importance, social impact. It gave slaves a proper opportunity to integrate themselves into society and most importantly, they are no longer slaves. They can now receive the same rights as other people. Of course, such progress is not without its setbacks. The economic standpoint of this fact is that slave trade is a perished business and the plantation business has greatly suffered, yet this is only a temporary setback. This is why I believe the ratification of the 13th amendment is the most important of the three events."
My Question:What did the slave owners think about this ratification of the 13th Amendment?
deanna_b said...
Phillis Wheatly as you all know was the first African American Writer to publish a book. Her Book Poems on Various Subjects was published in 1773. She was born in modern day Senegal which used to be Gambia, Africa. Phillis Was Captured by Africans and Named After the slave ship The Phillis. She was sold into slavery by the age of 7. She was brought to Boston, Massachusetts on July 11th 1761. Her poems are based on Slavery and overwhelming Christian Themes. Many White people found it hard to believe that a Black Woman was so intelligent. In 1772 Phillis had to defend her literary ability in court. She died December 5th, 1784.
Question - How did it affect the future for other people who are not fair skin ?
Colin Dedely said that he thinks the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment was the most significant event from the 7th grade. He helps support this statement by saying that abolishing slavery helped change many people’s lives and giving them a better future. He said that The Amendment freed them from an unjust way of life.
Question:Yes, the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment has ended slavery, but did it give all African Americans (or even some) equal right? If not, how were their rights taken away from them.
Margareta thinks that out of the three events in hisory, Phillis Wheatly's published book was the most important one. She said it was imporatnt because she went against the law, and accoplished many things. She had a great talent in wriing too. In the end, for her instant sucess she was freed on October 18th.
My question is ...
Do you think that if maybe they had let all the slaves free and given them an education they could've been capable of writing great poems and stories too. Just like Phillis Wheatley?
Nancy thinks that The Thirteenth Amendment was the most important event in the history because the slaves no longer a property of others.
Question: When slaves were freed will The United States if there were slaves working in factorys and farms?
Shareece thinks that the United States institution of slavery wiped out because of the Thirteen Amendment. She believes this is the most important to the 7th grade curriclum.She mentions “ If the law had not been passed i would have probably been a slave and i wouldn't have any of my privileges. Also she said that she would have been really depressed and unhealthy”.
My Question: Being the first African American to publish a book did Phillis Wheatley help or stand up for the other African Americans?If yes, how
Margareta said that Phillis Wheatly publishing a book was the most important event because she went against the law and made adifference.
How do you think history would be different if Phillis Wheatly never published her book.
Kainat Ali said that the thirteenth amendment was the most important because there should'nt even be slavery at all. It also made people think diffrently about each other. And it gives everyone the same respect.
Question: If the slavery wasnt wiped out with the thirteenth admendment what will happen to the United States?
Henry Zhang said that the cotton gin is the most of the three facts because it relieved slaves of much labor and made a lot of money.
Question: When the economic importance of slavery soared, once that occurred and a war began, was the cotton gin worth it when it indirectly helped incur a war?
Eric Ma thinks that the invention of the cotton gin has speed up the process of picking out cotton seeds out of the cotton and because of this invention, it made less labor for the slaves.
Question: How does it change the whole world?
Margareta thinks that Phillis Wheatly was the most important event in the seventh grade curriculum " because she went against the law and made a difference. She has accomplished many things and had a great talent in writing and wanted to share it with the world. She had her own dream and decided to go for it, which also proves a point, and teaches people not to give up on there dreams, and lets them know if they want to they can make a difference."
Even though Ms.Wheatly stood up for what she believed imagine the consquences she could have gone through.
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