Blog 7

Massachusets was an early colony in New England. It began in the 1620s. They had a healthy climate. I think I could have live with the pilgrims because it is similar to the life styles we have now. I do look forward to films. They are fun. I want to do the topic women and the economy because it looks pretty intresting on page 135.

Blog 6

I would rate the powerpoint lecture at a 3. I like doing the powerpoints, because it is easy to take notes. I feel like I get to know the topics better, then when I just read the section. There was only one thing that I disliked about the lesson this week, and that was the Jepordy game. I got very mad during that game, but thanks to Miss G giving me the dog chow, I'm not mad anymore. I think I would have liked to explore with Cabeza de Vaca because I have always wanted to go to Texas, so it would be pretty cool. Also, he wrote a book about it, and I really enjoy writing. My group didn't change and I'm glad too. I like my group. (:

Blog 5

I would rate our video at a 8. The acting wasn't the best, but it had a nice outline. The movies enhanced the lecture because it had more effect to it. I really liked the group Camden's video. I would have enjoyed doing that topic too. Originally, I had that topic picked out, but they said they wanted to do it first. I thought we had enough information, but you can always make it better with more information.

Blog 4

I definitely found it difficult to think of a creative idea to express history. At first I was thinking in the lines of a reenactment but I found it hard to do with our topic. I really work well with Katrin, she is always thinking of ideas and working as hard as she can. I was the group leader in our group and I think I did okay. At least, after we finally figured out what to do. I believe there was enough time for this assignment because we videotaped one idea and didn't like it, so we completely changed our video and actually got it done too. My role in the film was that I was this girl who was lonely and only dated losers and my friends were trying to set me up so I went on a speed date. If we had more time I probably would have retaken some of our scenes to make the acting a little better, but other than that I really liked our idea. It was fun too.

Blog 3

I don't remember the lecture at all. The next video I am looking forward to. I really think doing these videos is going to be fun. It's a different and fun way of doing history. Especially since history isn't one of my favorite subjects, it helps me not get too bored. I think if I could add someone to my group it would be Randy. He knows all about doing videos and he is very creative. I am definitely not a creative person.