More about Alice Paul

       Our class being truly awesome, has gotten yet another visitor!  Okay it's no one like Sandra Day O'Connor, but it was still a really cool experience.  On October 20th, 2010 the four of us as well as the rest of the Alice Paul class was visited by Ms. Crum, an expert on all things suffragist, especially Alice Paul.  She came to our class to tell us about just how cool of a person Alice Paul was and then she took us on a little field trip.  While yes, we had already known some about Alice Paul (thank you Ms. T and google), but she told us so much more! After the presentation in which she gave us about a million facts we took a little trip to the Sewall - Belmont house, which is a suffragist house and Alice Paul's headquarters that is only about five blocks away!
      With this visit we learned so much about Alice Paul!  One thing that we learned about Alice Paul is that she had near a million degrees!  Well maybe that's a bit of a hyperbole, but she definitely had more than the average person, some of the degrees that she received were: a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, a Ba in biology, a law degree, a masters degree while living in London, and many more. She also was great friends with the famous suffragist Lucy Burns, who she met while in London.  We also found it interesting that Alice Paul had begun going to suffragist meetings at a very early age, since her mother had attended them.
      Thank god we were born when we were, because if we had been born in the time period in which women hadn't been able to vote, our lives wouldn't of been so great.  Rich or well off women had to take care of their children and homes, while poor women often had to work in factories under awful conditions. The women in the social work field helped poor people, by providing food and clothing for them.  Alice Paul furthered women's lives in many ways.  She proved that women could speak there minds as openly as men and that they were not weak and quiet.  One way that she proved this was by partaking in the first picketing at the white house!  Obviously one of her largest accomplishments was that she had helped create the nineteenth amendment which was ratified on August 26th, 1920.
       Alice Paul is a great fit for our class name, because she never gave up.  Her legacy encourages us, as well as all people to strive and work for what you believe in, no matter what the cost.  We found that the Sewall - Belmont house was a gorgeous piece of architecture with a fascinating history.  We found that having the steps from the prison in which the night of terror took place was an amazing idea that made the house even more fascinating.  It was also interesting how close it was to all of the Washington, D.C landmarks in which laws are created, we are reasonably sure that they chose this location for a reason.

25 Word Summary of how Geography Affects the Tlingit Life

Geography affects the Tlingit life in the NorthWest region. It's seasonal and rainy there, so the Tlingits needed to make their houses very weather proof.

Powhatan Tribe

            Geography affected the Powhatans by influencing what foods they ate, what clothes they wore, and what type of dwellings they lived in.

Taylor's Slide

We walk in the hardworking footsteps of Native Americans. When I read about the Cheyenne tribe I hoped to work as hard as they did.

WE MET SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR!!!!!!!!!!!

Today October 13th, 2010 we the Capitol Hill Characters met Sandra Day O'Connor.  We presume that you know who she is, but..... if you don't we'll be nice and tell you.  Sandra Day O'Connor grew up on a ranch and in her words was "a cowgirl" somehow this cowgirl who had a standard education as a child ended up becoming the first woman admitted into the Supreme Court.  Previously she had participated in all three branches of her state's government.  Not only did she become one of the nine Justices in the Supreme Court, but she also became the Chief Justice!  Today she came to our school and as much as the four of us would like to say that she came because she wanted to meet four girls with sparkling, even if quirky, personalities it was actually just that we were lucky with what time our history class was.  Still it was absolutely amazing.  You'd think that a woman in her eighth decade would be fragile, but you are WRONG!  As soon as Sandra Day O'Connor entered the classroom it was obvious that she was a spirited woman.  We spent the class time playing on iCivics (check it out people it is awesome) a program that she sponsors and we then got to ask her questions.  It was remarkable to meet a woman who has inspired so many people, especially since she was so nice and funny!  According to her she is happy to have retired because "I think twenty five years was enough!" and that one reason she was chosen to be a justice was because "President Reagan knew I was a cowgirl at heart and he liked that."  She clearly believes that all of us can do what she has done and do amazing things as long as we work really hard.  From this experience we have learned that no matter what your upbringing or where you come from you can accomplish anything!

Love,
Mariah F., Taylor S., Grace M., and Evelyn M.

P.S Check out iCivics at www.icivics.org

The Tlingit

The Hopi Tribe

       The Hopi Tribe was from the South West Region of the US and met many problems due to the heat.  Still they solved them all.