James Weldon Johnson

Mrs. French, I hope you are feeling well today. I am sending this report by email as my handwriting is very hard to read. The first block class was very loud. I asked the students to talk quietly with their partners as they worked. Several students would converse loudly to others across the room regarding matters unrelated to the assignment.I began putting a check by the students name when I had to remind them to refrain from talking loud and from talking about issues unrelated to their math…

Mr. Wilson and I sit down to start his assessment. I explain what the assessment is for and confidentiality. We first start by obtaining personal information. He gives me his full name, his address, and talks about his wife who passed away. While talking about his wife I asked if he had other family members. Mr. Wilson told me he had a daughter and a pet dog. He told me he used to work as a farmer but know he just enjoys siting with his dog on the porch. I asked if he had any close Nabors…

The period that took place after the Civil War was considered the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877). During this period, African Americans were granted equality due to the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments which, outlawed slavery, defined citizenship and protected all Americans, and extended suffrage to all men. The Freedman’s Bureau/Civil Rights Act also helped blacks play a role in the governments, economies and society by allowing them to be elected to political…

He learned through this that he was going to have to take a more active role in the war than he had anticipated. President Lincoln took on a new role in 1862 of learning how to really fight a war. He started studying war and strategy. He began to seek guidance from his advisers. “He requested information as to the location of forces, their state of readiness, and the levels of arms and ammunition they held… He would never again adhere to the position that a passive containment strategy would…

Bill O’Reilly is a conservative Fox News commentator and talk show host, along with being the author of Killing Lincoln. O’Reilly is also the host of the Fox News show, The O’Reilly Factor. His show has routinely been the highest rated cable news show since its inception in the late 1990s. Before O’Reilly wrote Killing Lincoln, he wrote bestsellers such as Culture Warrior, The No Spin Zone, The O’Reilly Factor, and Pinheads and Patriots. After the success of Killing Lincoln in 2011, O’Reilly…

that means to make a lot of money or to maintain a healthy relationship with your family, there are different traits and factors that can lean you more towards that direction. A humble example of a successful person that I can think of is Dwayne Johnson. Most of the world knows him as an ex wrestling champion and currently famous Hollywood actor. In my opinion, he is very a very humble and loving human being and poses the ideal characteristics to becoming a successful figure. This short text…

Misinformation Through Facebook Social media has been an interesting topic in our society. Many people are using social media for multiple purposes, but what they don’t know is that it is not a reliable source. Facebook for example places misinformation with false statistics, providing many others with inaccurate information. Other people along with organization are leading the general public with false information, which could lead to bias decisions made by the publisher. Some publishers would…

If John Wilkes Booth had been raised in the North and not the South, he would not have had such extreme views and would not have killed Abraham Lincoln. One could argue that something like this is predestined in a person, or that nature comes before nurture. However, the way Booth was raised clearly had a big part in leading up to his attempted kidnapping and following that, his assassination of America’s sixteenth president. His views radically contradicted those of Lincoln, and when, where,…

On April 15, 1855, Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Marry Todd, decided that they were going to Ford’s Theater to attend a play. Little did they know that that night would be their last night together. Although the majority of the citizens during Abraham Lincoln’s time thought that he was a respectable man, he was assassinated in a very brutal way. (History.com, 2015) “Whitehouse.gov” stated that Abraham Lincoln was brought into the world on February 12, 1809 to Nancy and Thomas Lincoln. He was…

Even though Andrew Johnson grew up on the troubled side, he would soon grow up to make an impact on the United States of America that will forever be remembered. On December 29, 1808 Andrew Johnson was born in a log cabin in Raleigh, North Carolina to his mother, Mary Polly and his father, Jacob Johnson. Andrew grew up in a rural community where he and his family struggled to make ends meet. On January 4, 1812 Andrew’s father, Jacob Johnson, drowns while trying to save the lives of his two…