Child Labor

I just came across Adrianna's excellent Write to Learn paragraph from our unit on child labor:

"I climb the steep blackened chimney, holding in my coughs and splutters. I am short of breath, so I inhale. I inhale black dust and charcoal, and my hollow coughs echo around the narrow tunnel. Tears sting my eyes, but I musn't cry. I have to work. I scrape the chimney sides that are black with dust. It's dark and lonesome, and hard to breath. All sorts of dust fills my lungs. I cry as I sweep the chimney."

I'd like to compliment Adrianna on her vivid use of imagery. Her empathy really shines through.

Time Capsule: The Constitution

Time Capsule Update
Svitak, Adora

For our class assigment we are going to be learning about the Constitution. As a preliminary assigment, we're going to be summarizing everything we know about constitutions and our Constitution.

I know some of the history behind the Constitution's beginnings from our previous lessons. One impressive guest at the Constitutional Convention was Benjamin Franklin (much weather-beaten at this time). His diplomatic counterpart, John Adams, was away at the time.

Amendments to the Constitution have been made over time, to allow things such as voting rights for women and African-Americans.

The Constitution continues to be an influential ruling force in the way we act today. "Unconstitutional" is a common news term, meaning that something does not follow the Constitution, and is used especially frequently in political debates.

Admittedly, I know little about the Constitution. This gives us all the more reason to launch ahead with our Constitution project.