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Today was St. Patrick's Day and we heard of the Battle of Vicksburg and the Gettysburg Address. We worked again on the Civil War. Please compare with what Lincoln said in 269 words or so to what my GGs last July 4th journal entry stated. These documents are inspiring and interesting to think about. The current politics towards our government are really hard to process when so many Americans no longer like our government, for the people and by the people. Try to read and watch. Take notes and add your learnings to your interactive personal notebook.
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm
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Please read and take notes. What are your opinions and thoughts? Add these ideas to your notebook. When Captain Shaw was wounded at Antietam he was told that a proclamation was to be introduced.
Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. "That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States." Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Palquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Morthhampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. ![]() This week we will try to understand the complex process of introducing African-Americans into the ranks of the Army of the Great Republic. Further, the Emancipation Proclamation freed many people who signed up to fight for the Blue. The military of the United States of America will be segregated until the Viet Nam War–which was actually a police action–issues seen in the film are still present today. Even the WWII Tuskegee Airmen had many of the problems that the 54th had. Kareem Abdul–Jabaar, one of the greatest Lakers, wrote a book about his father being a tank commander for General Patton faced a similar situation. The racism that was at the root of American slavery is the issue that Trip and Shaw are talking about "becoming clean". The movie presents many important issues. Robert Gould Shaw was brought up by a strident abolitionist and Unitarian religious family. While they were well off, it seems that they had raised a son who saw the Union as an entity to save. Ithamer Culbertson, my great-great grandfather, makes an interesting point on his third 4th of July journal entry. He talks about issues about democracy that come up in our movie, ideas Sullivan Ballou mentions in his letter to his wife written just seven days before he gives up all he can give for the United States. This week you have three choices for the WAYBACK WEDNESDAY; pick one. First, you can choose the 54th Monument. Second, you can choose the last letter that Shaw sent to his wife. Lastly, you can choose a letter from the Harvard archive of all the letters that Colonel Shaw wrote during the Civil War. Below are the links to use, and learn more about the choice you make for the Wayback. Please make sure you are taking notes and following the guide below. Please write down notes on the events and conversations that you may not be clear about. Further be very careful about the way in which you respond to the dialogue. When you watch shows that have controversial words please be respectful and enlightened. All of this will be added to the Chapter 15 notebook. Please try and make a timeline while watching. Please watch the interactive maps and Fort Wagner link. Ask questions on the blog if you get lost.
From JSTOR it says: "[w]hy is Cinco de Mayo—a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862—so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? As David E. Hayes-Bautista explains, the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Hayes-Bautista shows how the meaning of Cinco de Mayo has shifted over time—it embodied immigrant nostalgia in the 1930s, U.S. patriotism during World War II, Chicano Power in the 1960s and 1970s, and commercial intentions in the 1980s and 1990s. Today, it continues to reflect the aspirations of a community that is engaged, empowered, and expanding."
Today ,it is also unfortunate that the day has been called "Cinco de Drink-o" by all kinds of people from many diverse ethnic backgrounds. Historically, it is very important for a myriad of reasons. The American Civil War was the conflict in the United States to end Slavery. For Californios, new citizens of the United States, this was an idea that they had hated being the first to be enslaved group by the Conquistadores. But many citizens in California supported the war effort to end slavery, they agreed spreading slavery was wrong and unjust. It was the culture of Gente de Razón that knew slavery was wrong. About 30,000 Californios lived in California after the Mexican-American War. We learned what happened to Mariano Vallejo, and the changes of our part of the country after the Mexican-American War. We even studied some famous paintings, Old 76, Young 48 and News from Mexico. The Junta raised funds for the United States War effort against the Confederate States. The original California Constitution was published in English and Spanish because so many groups, that identified themselves as mestizos, ponchos, latinos, and will later take part in patriotic assemblies to raise money for the cause. [Article XI California Constitution]. From the California Secretary of State website, "W.E.P. Hartnell was the official translator for the Convention. Section 21, Article XI of the 1849 Constitution decreed that all laws must be published in Spanish and English. Thus, for its first 30 years, California was a bilingual state. This provision was not included in the 1879 Constitution. The Spanish translation was written on 45 pages of heavy white paper, measuring 7 1/2" x 12". [http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/collections/constitutions/1849-constitution-facts/www.sos.ca.gov/archives/collections/constitutions/1849-constitution-facts/] Remember the Junta, or assemblies, raised funds for the United States War effort against the Confederate States. Below is the interview with he author of a book on Cinco De Mayo. I was lucky to see him speak at a UCLA/The Huntington Library Seminar on the West and the Civil War in the summer of 2014. The stories were amazing and connected to so much of American history. The video "Published on Jun 14, 2012 (Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Why is Cinco de Mayo, a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862, so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? David E. Hayes-Bautista, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA, explains the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during the mid-nineteenth century". [UC TV] Please add these ideas to our chapter 15 notebook. This will become the plan to try and break the southern states and Confederacy into two geographic locations. The idea was to completely control the Mississippi River. This was a way to control all supply lines on the River. The Union was going to break the contagious south so the Union forces can control the troop movements. Please watch the small interactive map of the Civil War troop movements and battles. Please use the textbook on pages 482-483 and add to the Chapter 15 notebook. Remember above is the cartoon and a representation of a military campaign to win against the Confederacy. Please try your best. Remember the Ch.15 notebook is worth 120 points. Good luck. Mr.C.
Some of you missed today's lesson. So I wanted to make sure you were able to get the information that you missed. The episode discusses what happened to slaves that decided to move north when the Civil War breaks out. The abilities that people decided to use to help Americans is amazing. Robert Smalls sailing skills and saving his family. Mary Peake as an educator helps slaves learn how to read and write to prepare to vote. She helps hundreds of people at a site that will later become Hampton University. Professor Gates shows the tree that was used to help shade the students studying and learning. So people knew that change was coming to the United States. Below is the video and what lead our class discussion this Tuesday. This is the last assignment for the 13/14 notebook due Friday 3/10. Please get the notes by video or friends. We watched the first 11:20 minutes for our input page.
The new notebook will be started Wednesday. On Wednesday we will talk about the debt that Sullivan Ballou mentioned. The debt from the Revolution to free our country from a King. Then to be bold and start a government by the people for the people. We did talk about how we will get the government we ask for. Further that the wisdom you gain as students will only make the institution better if we use that wisdom for democracy.
Please keep up with you notes from Ch. 15. The Glory packet should be downloaded or printed by you, and used in your notebook. I would like the Glory guide in some form be placed into the notebook 15. As I mentioned my family history to you, you heard I was going to make available the July 4th journal entries that my Great-Great Grandfather wrote. You should also read the letter he wrote to President Grant that in on our class timeline.[North wall] You also will see a version of the letter that we read in class, annotated, and saw at the end of Ken Burn's Civil War: Episode: The Cause. Please use this bookmark we wrote down to check for more information you might be interested in. Remember a war that was fought in over 10,000 places is really difficult to remember. It not easy to study and be able to see the crossroads that led to what became our American character in the 19th and 20th century, as Historian Shelby Foote mentions in his interview. This conflict nearly destroyed the United States of America. The 13/14 notebook will be Tuesday the 7th. Please send blog questions if you need to ask questions again.
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Philosophie: Salon CenterEveryone of us is living history. We all have a story to tell and the ancestors that came before us that carved a way for us to become a new member of civilization. We also are learning that we are all related genetically and culturally in the family of humanity. All people’s past becomes part of all of us, and will always be completely intertwined with the entire world community.
Author's NOTEFrom time to time we will have some ideas from words that give us wisdom about our world. Writers are some of the most insightful people that understand our modern and ancient world quite well. Feel free to read, think, comment on these ideas. It seems that some of the students would like to debate issues of government, economics, and history. This can be a forum for this idea. Also if you would like to do formal debates in class we need to prepare debate rule and procedures. This can be a start and then we can decide if we will proceed to bring the debates in class on topics we study. Please follow our classroom rules if you decided to write on the blog. Make sure that you ask questions, and be helpful, and mature in all your interactions. This can be a helpful way for you to share what you have learned and what you want to learn, or just share ideas. Also just submit an idea through an email, or web contact, and we can maybe add the idea. Send a picture with the suggestion for the classes. Thank you. Archives
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Photos above left to right: The Solon, by Raphael was a depiction of the place where ideas were discussed and debated. Greek democracy in the public sphere. Here is the philosopher Seneca talking to Nero-Claudius Cesar Drusus Germanicus [Roman Emperor 54-68 BCE]- about society,law, politics, ethics and morality. Anthem for the doomed!
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