For the exit project I had to choose a specific topic and create a multi-genre blog on it. My topic was changing the constitution to say all men and women are created equal, the first women's rights convention and the National Women's Suffrage Association. I found a lot of information, but when I wrote my posts I always had to go back and find a little more for what I was writing.
The project took me a lot of time and effort. Some posts were better then others. I wasn't very crazy about my poem. I also thought I could've added more to the journal entry. When I was researching about the newspaper, The Revolution, I had a hard time finding details. I wrote about the paper in two posts, the journal entry and the news article. One post was about starting the paper and the other was about when it went bankrupt. I liked my news article, but maybe I could've made it longer. Though over all, I think I did well on this project.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Statement of Process.
For this project Ms Sackstein gave us benchmarks. Every other day 2 posts would be due at 5:00 pm. When we first got the project we had to e-mail her our idea for the project, to see if she approved. Then we had to create a blog and invite Ms Sackstein to it.
After creating the blog and inviting Ms Sackstein I started researching. I would post some notes to my blog, so that I could look at them while I was writing a post. The other research was printed out or in my notebook. When I had information I started to think about what I should do with it. So I wrote out a list of genre possibilities.
I started to fall behind with the benchmarks after e-mailing Ms Sackstein my idea. Some days i would only have one post done instead of the required 2 for the day. I wrote a lot of posts and I added on to them, put new information in. Towards the last few days before the project was due, I wrote the rest of the posts. Then I edited all of them.
For the bibliography, originally I only had a list of urls and books with the authors. Went back to each website and each book and found the rest of the required information and I added it into the bibliography and I put all the sources in alphabetical order.
After creating the blog and inviting Ms Sackstein I started researching. I would post some notes to my blog, so that I could look at them while I was writing a post. The other research was printed out or in my notebook. When I had information I started to think about what I should do with it. So I wrote out a list of genre possibilities.
I started to fall behind with the benchmarks after e-mailing Ms Sackstein my idea. Some days i would only have one post done instead of the required 2 for the day. I wrote a lot of posts and I added on to them, put new information in. Towards the last few days before the project was due, I wrote the rest of the posts. Then I edited all of them.
For the bibliography, originally I only had a list of urls and books with the authors. Went back to each website and each book and found the rest of the required information and I added it into the bibliography and I put all the sources in alphabetical order.
Bibliography
American Women Http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/AmericanWomen/prairie-polls/stanton-anthony.html April 22 - October 29
Britanica http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/500612/The-Revolution 2008
Dictionary.com http://www.dictionary.com/ 2008
Dawn C Adiletta Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women's Suffrage and the first vote powerplus books august 2005
Feminists for life of America http://www.feministsforlife.org/FeminismCourse/revolution.htm 2008
Kenyon.edu http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Projects/Reln91/Gender/Ecadystanton.jpg (google images)
Libertynet.org http://www.libertynet.org/edcivic/stanton.html
Now.org http://www.now.org/issues/economic/cea/ireland.html 1995- 2008
Nps.gov http://www.nps.gov/archive/wori/convent.htm
Colleen Adams Primary sources inn American History Women's suffrage a primary source history of the women's rights movement in America Rosen Publishing Group June 2002
Smitsonian National Portrait Gallery http://www.npg.si.edu/col/seneca/senfalls1.htm
Sparctus http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWstanton.htm August 8, 2002
Britanica http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/500612/The-Revolution 2008
Dictionary.com http://www.dictionary.com/ 2008
Dawn C Adiletta Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women's Suffrage and the first vote powerplus books august 2005
Feminists for life of America http://www.feministsforlife.org/FeminismCourse/revolution.htm 2008
Kenyon.edu http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Projects/Reln91/Gender/Ecadystanton.jpg (google images)
Libertynet.org http://www.libertynet.org/edcivic/stanton.html
Now.org http://www.now.org/issues/economic/cea/ireland.html 1995- 2008
Nps.gov http://www.nps.gov/archive/wori/convent.htm
Colleen Adams Primary sources inn American History Women's suffrage a primary source history of the women's rights movement in America Rosen Publishing Group June 2002
Smitsonian National Portrait Gallery http://www.npg.si.edu/col/seneca/senfalls1.htm
Sparctus http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWstanton.htm August 8, 2002
Poem
To vote, they had no right
So they put up a fight
Watching these women, was quite a sight
They were led by women who used all there might
They worked day and night.
So they put up a fight
Watching these women, was quite a sight
They were led by women who used all there might
They worked day and night.
News Article
1870
THE REVOLUTION GOES
BANKRUPT!
The newspaper The Revolution started by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony is bankrupt! It started on June 8, 1868 and is now discontinued.
Susan B Anthony took the blame and is going to have to pay 10,000 dollars in debt. "The women were very excited when the first published the newspaper, they thought that they would get through to a lot of people" says a reliable source. The newspaper never had over 3,000 readers but the two women were very proud. All of those readers of The Revolution, don't worry those two will come up with another way to get their views out.
The newspaper The Revolution started by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony is bankrupt! It started on June 8, 1868 and is now discontinued.
Susan B Anthony took the blame and is going to have to pay 10,000 dollars in debt. "The women were very excited when the first published the newspaper, they thought that they would get through to a lot of people" says a reliable source. The newspaper never had over 3,000 readers but the two women were very proud. All of those readers of The Revolution, don't worry those two will come up with another way to get their views out.
Women's Suffrage Association
National Women's Suffrage Association
The National Women's Suffrage Association wanted equal rights, equal pay and equal opportunities for women. The association did not allow men to become members because men excluded women in the fourteenth amendment. It started in 1869 and was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
The American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA) was the National Women's Suffrage Association rivals. The AWSA worked on getting women the right to vote and men were allowed. Later on the two associations decided to become one group. In 1890 both associations became National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Picture from-http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWstanton.htm
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
First Women's Rights Convention Skit
* Everyone enters the room and takes their seats, patiently waiting for the convention to begin *Elizabeth clears her throat*
Elizabeth- May I have every one's attention please.
*She waits for the people to become silent*
Elizabeth- Thank you. This is the first ever Women's Rights convention, and I would like to thank Lucrietta Mott for helping me start this. I wouldn't have been able to do it with out her. *Everyone in the room claps*
Lucrietta- Thank you, Thank you very much.
Elizabeth- As I was saying, there is a very important issue that I thought we should discuss today, the constitution. It states that "All men are created equal". Does anyone know who they are talking about and who they are excluding?
Anne- (yells out) White men! The constitution excludes slaves and women!
Elizabeth- That's right. The men who wrote this were writing about white men. We need to change that.
Lucrietta Mott- We cannot let the men brainwash us by telling us that we are not as good as them. We can not let them make us believe that they are smarter then us. It doesn't matter what gender you are!
Anne- When they wrote the constitution they were making it convenient for people like them. They didn't really care about the rest of the country
Mary- (adds on) I was always told that white men were smarter the women and that black women were stupid. It's completely ridiculous. They made all that nonsense up.
Elizabeth- Exactly! If we change the constitution to say that all men AND women are created equal, it can change a lot of things for us.
Mary- How are we going to change the constitution? Won't it be extremely difficult?
*All the people begin to talk about this to each other**
Elizabeth- Excuse me everyone, may I have your attention. *waits for room to become silent* Thank you. Mary you are right, it will be difficult, but that doesn't mean that it is impossible.
Anne- We should have a strike!
*The people continue to sit around coming up with a plan that will change history**
*****THE END*****
Elizabeth- May I have every one's attention please.
*She waits for the people to become silent*
Elizabeth- Thank you. This is the first ever Women's Rights convention, and I would like to thank Lucrietta Mott for helping me start this. I wouldn't have been able to do it with out her. *Everyone in the room claps*
Lucrietta- Thank you, Thank you very much.
Elizabeth- As I was saying, there is a very important issue that I thought we should discuss today, the constitution. It states that "All men are created equal". Does anyone know who they are talking about and who they are excluding?
Anne- (yells out) White men! The constitution excludes slaves and women!
Elizabeth- That's right. The men who wrote this were writing about white men. We need to change that.
Lucrietta Mott- We cannot let the men brainwash us by telling us that we are not as good as them. We can not let them make us believe that they are smarter then us. It doesn't matter what gender you are!
Anne- When they wrote the constitution they were making it convenient for people like them. They didn't really care about the rest of the country
Mary- (adds on) I was always told that white men were smarter the women and that black women were stupid. It's completely ridiculous. They made all that nonsense up.
Elizabeth- Exactly! If we change the constitution to say that all men AND women are created equal, it can change a lot of things for us.
Mary- How are we going to change the constitution? Won't it be extremely difficult?
*All the people begin to talk about this to each other**
Elizabeth- Excuse me everyone, may I have your attention. *waits for room to become silent* Thank you. Mary you are right, it will be difficult, but that doesn't mean that it is impossible.
Anne- We should have a strike!
*The people continue to sit around coming up with a plan that will change history**
*****THE END*****
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND SUSAN B ANTHONY- A GREAT TEAM- Obituary
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sam/cady/elizabeth.html
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were great women's rights activists that will always be remembered, for there greatness, bravery, and power.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked together since 1851, and for 50 years, after the first women's rights convention in Seneca falls. They accomplished so much together. Elizabeth thought it was wrong that the constitution excluded women so they changed it, so that it said all men and women are created equal. Because of them, women now have the right to vote and they are treated equally. Unfortunately they didn't live to vote at an election. We will miss them dearly.
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sam/cady/elizabeth.htmlSusan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were great women's rights activists that will always be remembered, for there greatness, bravery, and power.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked together since 1851, and for 50 years, after the first women's rights convention in Seneca falls. They accomplished so much together. Elizabeth thought it was wrong that the constitution excluded women so they changed it, so that it said all men and women are created equal. Because of them, women now have the right to vote and they are treated equally. Unfortunately they didn't live to vote at an election. We will miss them dearly.