Sunday, November 10, 2013

African Americans


      Hello my friends, I am Back!!!!!
     Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Mr. A Lincoln.These are some of  the many people that helped black people to who they are today. 
Martin LutherKing Jr. wanted nothing but peace. He fought not with his fists but with his words for black people. When they kept white people and black people apart it was called segregation.Martin had a sister her name was Willie Christine.His parents never argued. Martin's family were sharecroppers. Martin's best friend was a white person when they started school his father told him they could no longer see each other. Martin became a minister just like his father. On June 18th 1953 Coretta  and Martin were married.On February 18th 1861 Jefferson Davis was sworn as the president of the confederate states of  America.In April 1865 the north won the civil war and now I know those days Martin's dream should have been granted long before it was. Now thanks to Martin Luther King Jr. and others like him there are black people in my school that are my friends. 






       Rosa Parks also helped black people once when the bus driver told her to give up her seat to a white person.Then when Rosa Parks refused they arrested her. Though she has inspired many people to stand up to what they believe in.




      Abraham Lincoln freed slaves, and I think that he led black people to freedom.That's one of the reasons that he is my favorite person in History.














     
     Without the people that had help African Americans slavery would still exist today and we all wouldn't be consider equal. Back then all the black people should be treated as equals just like everybody else. That's why I think people should stand for what they believe and always fight for their dreams, one day they will come true. 


Saturday, November 9, 2013

...to continue my trip to DC on day 2 and 3



Well I'm back.  We're on the second day now so the first thing we did was that my family and I went to the kite festival around the Washington monument there were many different colors,shapes,and sizes.











After that we walked to the National museum of American History, we saw interisting and important things about some of the american history it was fun. There was this lady talking about how African Americans had to go to different restaurants as white people. She said that 4 students went to a whites only food counter and asked for some coffee, when asked to leave they refused, this protest was called a "sit-in" and inspired more African American across the south to do the same.
Conestoga wagon was the transportation
 method used by early colonists. 
old train





I was listening carefully to the whole story 


After that we went to the air and space museum, we spend to much time there because my sisters were feeling sick and most of the interactive exhibition were closed. But we still ate lunch there, and this was my second time at this museum. We got back to the hotel and this the end of the second day.








Wednesday, May 15, 2013

My trip to DC



Sorry I haven't  blogged in a while, I was busy doing girly stuff ... remember, I'm just seven years old.


Ford's Theater  


Now I want to talk about my trip to Washington DC, from March 28 to April 1st. The first day I went to Ford's Theater I saw the balcony where Lincoln got shot and we heard about the story of what happened that Friday, April 14, 1865. I felt exited when I walked in and saw the actual place where Lincoln was killed.







After the theater we went across the street to  the Petersen house, where Lincoln  died on April 15th at 7:22 am. There I got to see the room where Lincoln was taken and where he died, that morning.






Petersen House








Next door from The Peterson house is the "Center for education and leadership" this place was really "cool", I tell you...It was amazing because I saw a copy of the funeral train and casket I got really exited! There was a lot of pictures and information of everything that happened after Lincoln's death.








There was a huge tower of books in the bookstore, all of them about Lincoln, there were 6,800 books in that tower, it was 34 feet tall.

Do you know that...some 15,000 books have been written about Lincoln. Do you have an idea of how many books that is? I could take a guess, I say it's a lot.








That same day I went to the wax museum, I saw Lincoln on the balcony and I got to sit with him and "chit-chat" for a little bit...I said "What's about being a President?"... Do you know that, he was shot at the theater but he didn't die until the next morning which was April 15 at 7:22 am.
Do you know that... John Wilkes Booth jumped from the balcony after shooting Lincoln and runaway...




But Lincoln wasn't the only one we saw at the wax museum, I got to "chit-chat" with Rosa Parks too...I even experienced how it felt to sit in the bus and hear the sirens and the police, it was scary.






...and then the news...
I was interview by the FBI...I think I'm in trouble..











....And this is how our first day in DC came to an end.






See you later, keep looking at my blog because there is some good information of my second day in DC coming soon...bye bye...








Sunday, March 3, 2013

Why do I like History?

Today I was picking out books at the bookstore with my mom, and it hit me, why not get History books so I could share some History with all of you. It wasn't easy to choose just one book, so I got 3 new books, soon I'll be reading and telling you information.
The reason why I like History is because it gives me that passion and feeling that no other subject gives me and I sometimes feel like I'm living in the past or traveling in time, with all of them. Isn't that awesome? It's a great feeling for me. I like to think how all those people did big things that we are still talking about today, and someday I will love to be part of those famous people and everyone will talk about me as part of History.
In a couple of weeks I will be visiting Washington DC, I hope to learn more about History there, I will visiting places like Ford's theater, Petersen House, and some other places. I am looking forward for that I will be sharing pictures and information about my favorite president and more.

My new History books

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Rosa Parks Changed The History Of America!

I want to talk about Rosa Parks today because we've been recently talking about her in school and I like the way that she stood up for her believes. She did something huge without even meaning to do it in the first place.
Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913  in Alabama. She was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
I am still learning about her, so I will write more later.

I told my mom that if I was there with Rosa Parks, I'll join the boycott with her even when I'm not black. Because segregation was unfair. If it wasn't for people like Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and others, some of my friends wouldn't be in my class today. That's why I think people should stand up for fairness and equality.

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Rosa Parks

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Abraham Lincoln

Who was Abraham Lincoln?
I learned about him in kindergarten last year and since then I've been collecting all the information I can about him. Right now I can say he is my favorite person in history. Here are some things I know about him.He was the 16th President of United States of America, from 1861 to 1865. Abraham Lincoln was born in log cabin in Hodgenville Kentucky, February 12 1809.
He was a very tall man (6'4"), do you know that some people believe he had Marfan Syndrome, I have Marfan Syndrome too, just like him.
Some facts that I know about Abraham Lincoln:
My first visit to the Lincoln memorial
  • He was married to Mary Todd
  • He helped end slavery
  • He was killed in Ford's theater
  • John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865
  • The play he was watching was "Our American cousin"
  • His nickname was "honest Abe"
  • Before president he was a lawyer
  • The president after him was Andrew Johnson 
  • He loved to read
  • He is in the five dollars bill and the penny 
  • He is often  called America's greatest president
  • He moved to Springfield
  • They had  four children (boys) but only one of them survived past eighteen
  • .Lincoln was president during the civil war


What was the civil war about?

Well this is what I know about the civil war.The South wanted to separate from the U.S.A and call themselves the Confederate States of America, and the north states where the Union States of America. They were fighting because the south didn't agree  with Mr. president.The South wanted slaves and the North didn't..The South had 11 States (their uniform was gray) and the North had 23 States (uniform was blue).  


Who is Alana?

Hello, my name is Alana Heloise Gonzalez-Seijo I was born on November 21 2005, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I am seven years old  and now I live in Virginia beach, with my two sisters and my parents.I really love everyrhing about history and I was hoping I could  share some with you.