Slavery

As we are currently learning about slavery and knowing that this becomes an issue that Americans have to confront head-on (i.e. Civil War) I have provided you with a link to a website that showcases some of the privations (hardships) of being a slave. Please read the excerpts and provide me with a one paragraph response about what you have read. What is most striking to you? Put yourself in their shoes, how might you have dealt with these hardships?

Obama's Speech

For those of you that actually watched the speech, or for those of you that didn't but wanted to I have found a link to the text of the speech. What I want to know, is what you thought of it. Profound? Mundane? Long? Short? Boring? Go ahead and take another look at the speech, copy and paste a part of it into your comment and write one paragraph about what you thought about that portion. Be insightful, write intelligently, be a student of history!

Educated Leadership

Did you know that both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both valued education so highly they felt that educated Americans would NATURALLY rise to lead America (as they had). And, for the most part, they were right. Why do you think this is? Must you be well educated to be a good leader?

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