Martin is an African-American freedman living through the American revolution. He and his family experience racial discrimination, but he pushes on to keep his family fed. Martin has a very strong connection with his mother, and because of this, he volunteers to participate in the revolutionary war to clear ways for future black people and […]
Category: Grade 8 Humanities
The American Revolution (Plain English Edition)
The American Revolution in plain English explains the revolutionary war from start to finish in easy-to-understand English. The video covers events all the way from the end of the 7-year war to the siege of Yorktown and the treaty of Paris, and everything in-between! The American Revolution originated from 13 British colonies that wanted to […]
“Unpunished Murder”- The Hidden Crimes Throughout History That YOU Should Read
“Unpunished Murder: Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice” by Lawrence Goldstone is a book that explains how racism affected American history and politics. It covers the atrocities caused by people throughout American history in detail, and it covers the topics of racism, discrimination, white supremacy, and how African American people were oppressed and […]
Boxer Rebellion Thinglink
After China had lost the first opium war, Britain offered to sign a treaty called the “treaty of Nanking”. The British and the Chinese negotiated their terms and came to an agreement that leads to foreign missionaries being allowed inside china. When the foreigners started to come inside of their country and at the same […]
Hermia Magazine
Hermia Magazine by Lisa Seo The character Hermia from William Shakespeare’s play The midsummer night’s dream is a bold, firm, and determined person. In lines 52 and 56, she interrupts Theseus-the duke of Athens-just to correct him and tell him what she thinks is right. This shows her fierceness and how sick of her father’s orders […]
Humanism Infographic
Humanism was a major movement in the renaissance, right after the dark ages known as the middle ages. Infographic in higher resolution
Eckels’ First and Last Hunt- “Sound of Thunder” Theme Analysis
The butterfly effect- the idea of how the smallest thing: a butterfly flapping its wings, could create a land destroying hurricane on the other side of the world. The story “Sound of Thunder” is also about cause and effect, and how Eckels and two other hunters join Travis and Lesperance on a dinosaur hunting […]
Fish Cheeks Found Poem
The words of this poem were found from “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan. The conflict in this story is Amy being embarrassed about her culture being different to someone she likes’. Amy’s family practices chinese culture and customs, but amy’s crush-Robert-and his family weren’t expecting such cultural differences. Amy is embarrassed by her noisy relatives […]