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The board

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We were in a huge room debating about laws speaking into microphones that made us sound like giants. You might be wondering, “Where is this?” This was the board of legislators field trip! If you thought that would be fun there is a bit more coming such as meeting the district 5 legislator Ben Boykin and being in the committee room.

The Board of Legislators trip had many fun activities and here are my top three personal favorites. The first thing we did was discuss whether schools should ban unhealthy foods from vending machines. Oh, I forgot to tell you that this was a mock meeting which means we weren’t actually discussing if it would be a law or not. My class’s main answer was no meaning that if the meeting was real, unhealthy foods would not be banned. The second was meeting district five’s legislator, Ben Boykin because he was really nice and told us a lot of cool things. Lastly number three was the committee. The committee was pretty much the same as my first favorite but smaller. Those were my top three favorite parts of the trip. In addition there was still a lot more that I learned on the trip!

People at the board told me that counties and districts can have laws that are separate from the federal government. I also learned that laws started from small ideas that could go really far. Another thing that they said is that the county executive was George Latimer who is also running for the senate which is a part of the legislative branch in Washington DC. One more thing that we were taught was that there is always an odd number of members in the committee and the board so there cannot be a tie in the voting. I honestly never knew about any of this until after the trip.

In conclusion I learned so much about the government and highly recommend it to anyone who likes politics. Have you ever gone to the board of legislators and if so, what did you learn and what were your three favorites?

Blog post #1-AmRev

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My topic for the AmRev project is the stamp act. It was my first choice because it sounded interesting and I also knew a bit about it already.

The research phase of the project is really fun for me. It was fun because I learned a lot about the stamp act that I didn’t already know about it.

The two sources that I used were Ducksters and Factcite. The had all the information that I need on the stamp act. The research is pretty challenging, I have trouble finding enough research for my project.

If I could go back to the beginning of the research phase, I wouldn’t change a thing cause so far my project is doing great.

I’m feeling nervous and excited going into the next phase of the project because I want to begin making the Ted Talk but I need more research.

Colonial America Reflection

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Here is how the project worked. First I had to choose which set of colonies. New England, Middle or Southern. I chose the Southern 

Colonies because it was very warm there and I LOVE warm places. 

The first step was researching the colonies that I chose. Once I was done with research I had to write the information on a slideshow, canva Infographic or paper poster. I did a slideshow because the Southern colonies had a lot of info to fit. I’d have to cut out a lot if it were on Canva. The hardest part for me was making the slideshow because there were a few misspellings and errors. It was also hard because I needed help with finding and posting the images. The Best part was researching. I got to learn so much. 

I took my notes on an info organizer. It had different places for different types of information. I chose this organizer because it would be harder to find separate kinds of info in my social studies notebook.

Overall this was one of my favorite projects of the year. It was one of my favorites because I love to learn new things and the experience was amazing. I hope you enjoy the slideshow.