The Class Before the Last, Big Test

Today, in social studies class, we had simply put are minds together into one and discussed about the test and all the events that led up to the Civil War. We had an interesting class as Mr. Armstrong visually demonstrated the Dred Scott Case. He had Joshua Kim as Dred Scott and visually let the class see what the Dred Scott Case was about. These kind of visual acts help students really learn and understand what the actual meaning is. We had covered the elections of 1860 which was the last event that pushed the nation finally into war. Furthermore, Mr. Armstrong had the 4 pods to discuss what they did not get and sometimes asked us deep questions. One question was ,"How does the idea of popular sovereignty contradicts the Dred Scott case?" This was really a tough question and I commed Rebecca Lee for answering it thoroughly and thoughtfully. She had really thought deeply and this made the class understand the whole contradiction right there. Therefore, today was a simple gathering of our class with Mr. Armstrong for a last "discussion" and "visual explanation".

By Albert C. 8D