Seminar on Sectionalism Imersion part II

Today in class, the 8D class directed their focus to the topic covered in the sectionalism imersion part two. The key terms studied today include: popular soverignity, secede, compromise of 1850, and fugitive slave act. The class format today was basically a seminar format, where the students sit as a group and express comments and questions that are relative to the topic directed by Mr. Armstrong. During the discussion today, almost everybody participated very well, sharing their knowledge with the rest of the class to enhance our understanding about the imersion. What was really interesting about today's class discussion was the fact that some of the discussions really connected the American history to our modern world right now. For instance, we had a little discussion of whether popular soverignity, democracy, was good or bad. This was a exceptionally difficult question, because the students knew that what ever the outcome is, there was always going to be positive and negative impacts of the decision. We also talked about the morality side of slavery, when we were discussing the fugitive slave act, which specifically stated that northerns were required to send back the escaped slaves. By the intelligent conversations that went on during the whole seminar, it is pretty certain that the majority of the students had enhanced their understanding of the key terms and main ideas that were presented to them as a part of the sectionalism imersion part two.
-written by Lisa A.