Reconstruction refers to the policies when the nation was focused on winning the Civil War, abolishing slavery, defeating the Confederacy, and reconstructing the United States. Reconstruction addressed how secessionist states would regain self-government and be reseated in Congress, the civil status of the former leaders of the Confederacy, and the Constitutional and legal status of freedman especially their civil rights and whether they should be given the right to vote.Reconstruction had made some progress in providing Freedmen with equal rights under the law, and they were voting and taking political office. However, there was a rise in white paramilitary organizations, such as the White League and Red Shirts, whose political aim was to drive out the Republicans. They also disrupted organizing and terrorized blacks to bar them from the polls. Reconstuction in the sense of small groups like the KKK, White League, and Red shirts is relevant to today being the war in Afghansitan and Iraq. If the government would have tried hard enough to control those groups many people wouldn't have lost their lives. But since our government is practically all over the wars over seas the people in the groups over there are most likely to disinegrate into nothing anymore. (the source is THE NEWS!!!)

Media saves the beach in the news

"More than 20 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into California waterways last year, according to the state Department of Water Resources Control Board. That's not counting the partially treated sweage that makes its way into our water from overflows and sewer systerm malfunctions." The issue is how millions of gallons of sewage water gets dumped into California's water's and how the number of dumpage is increasing. One can get more information from is from the website http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/04/03/reporters-notes-sewag-spills-increaing. It ties into biology because we learn about the differnt kinds of bacteria that comes from sewage dumping and for humanities we can write the observations and it ties into Media saves the beach with us testing the water and doing projects on our observations.

An idea that I had for this project was how littering and leaving stuff on the beach, not only harms land creatures but also sea creatures that surround those waters. I feel that if people just looked at what their trash is doing to marine and land animals that they would stop; for example that picture of the turtle with the can holders around its shell is really sad because it shows how that animal was affected by what it left and thrown on the beaches.

The thing that I am most looking forward to is actually seeing the animal life and how they are at our beaches here in San Diego. Another thing that I am looking forward to doing is testing the water to see how polluted or even if our waters are as polluted as everone thinks it is. A project that I might create is a website like the one shown to use today in class, but it focus' on not only the animal outside the waters but inside as well and what it does to us in general too.

American Icons Final Product

Since I was a little girl I have always been fascinated with the military especially since I grew and expanded with it. The first time I really took an interest in the military was when I was 8 years old and I was going to my dad's commisioning ceremony, it was the first time I had ever been on an aircraft carrier. I had never given much thought to what goes on in some of those aircraft carriers and what they actually do in the military. When I first walked out onto that flight deck I was amazed at what I saw, it was a F/A-18 Hornet about to take off and I wanted to learn more about what certain ones do and how they are used during war.



My dad was one of many who inspired me to want to know more and join the military. There are many reasons why my dad inspired me, one being that he loves and enjoys doing what he does. My dad also encourage me to do the very best that I can in school as well as my JROTC class because both would give me an edge over everyone else if I did choose to go into the military. My JROTC teacher also inspired the aviation side of me, because of all the stories that he told us about his days flying and all the experiences he had as an aviator. Those moments of his stories took me back to the first time I looked onto that flight deck and how I was so amazed by all of those jets and how much I really wanted to jump in one and fly away for the thrill of a lifetime.



The reason why I love the military so much is because it expresses bravery, strength, and the love one has for their country; and even though I lack 1 of those qualities I believe that I can achieve what I set out to do and join the line of brave military women. I plan to follow exactly in my dad's footsteps and be the first women in our family, just as he was the first in his family, to join the military.Obe day I hope to be in the Navy working as an aviatore on an aircraft carrier and traveling the world. But before I do that I plan on going to school and taking some aviation classes. I hope that one day I can become a great aviator.

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I discovered that I, when given information on how good writing is supposed to be, can show excellence through my writing and be great at it. One writing tip that I had used while working on my project was that I had went back into my writing and looked at all the words and found the ones that had -ings and went back and changed them to make them sound proper. Another one that I had used was punctuate with power and purpose, I had used that one to make sure that I did not overuse periods and to make sure that if i used certain punctuations that I use them in the correct way. They had effected my writing greatly because you could actually understand it and it wasn't confusing. If I had one more draft I would probably have more people peer edit it so that it could be even more great than it was. When I first walked out into that flight deck I was amazed at what I saw, it was an F/A-18 Hornet about to take off and I wanted to be in one of them flying from place to place. The reason why this sentence stood out to me was because I not only am I giving a past experience you can actually imagine that you are there and looking out on the flight deck.

this is my finished photo!!!! thanks jasmine and deanna for helping me with photoshop...I think that it came out really great..There was a problem with the stripes that are on my uniform but I still think that it looks cool...and yes that is my uniform not my dad's.

critiques

The feedback that I got from my partner was very helpful into detailing how I should go into depth with my past experience and explain certain things that I saw. She also told me that I should start off with a different intro so I don't confuse the reader. It helps the reader paint a picture so the relationship is deeper and they can experience what I experienced. The goals for my artist statement are to express my experiences better so they reader can get the feeling that I was feeling and also to make it understandable.

Since I was a little girl I have always been fascinated with the military especially since I grew and expanded with it. The first time I really took an interest in the military was when I was 8 years old and I was going to my dad's commisioning ceremony, it was the first time I had ever been on an aircraft carrier. I had never given much thought to what they actually do in the military and what actually goes on in some of those aircraft carriers until that day. When I first walked out onto that flight deck I was amazed at what I saw, it was a F/A-18 Hornet about to take off and I wanted to learn more about what certain ones do and how they are used during war.

My dad was one of many who inspired me to want to know more and join the military. There are many reasons why my dad inspired me one being that he loves it and he enjoys doing what he does. My dad also encouraged me to do the very best that I can in school as well as my JROTC class because both gave me an edge over everyone else if I did choose to go into the military. My JROTC teacher also inspired the aviator side of the military for because of all the storied that he told us about his days flying to different country’s and all the experiences he had being an aviator. Those moments of his stories took my back to the first time I looked onto the flight deck and how I was so amazed by all of those jets and how much I really wanted to jump in them and fly away. Both of my uncles also represent inspiring icons to me for their bravery to not only join the military at a young age but also because they have both been to war and fought many times.


The reason why I love the military so much is because it expresses bravery, strength, and love for one's country; even though I lack 1 of those qualities I believe that I can achieve what I set out to do and join the line of military women.I plan to follow in my dad’s footsteps and be the first woman in our family just as he was the first in his family to join the military. One day I hope to be in the Navy working as aviator on an aircraft carrier and traveling the world. But before I enlist in the military I plan to go to school and taking a ROTC course in college. I hope that any teacher or adult that has an extent in the military or specifically aviation would help me further with my dream of becoming an aviator and help me to learn more about what it takes to become a great aviator.

Photography techniques

I picked vignetting as one because I feel that the photo that I am going to take would look more sophisticated or professional when I have it especially since I am going to be wearing a uniform.

I picked posed portrait because the way I have my picture in my mind is me posing standing still while saluting an american flag.

Bokeh The reason why I picked Bokeh is because I have the same picture of my facing the American flag but only I am focused and the rest is not.

American Icons- Resources

Paul Crisostomo

Website:
http://www.thelavinagency.com/speaker-paula-crisostomo.html

This website talks about the events that was involved Paula in and how it sparked equality amoungst students in schools.

Video:
http://apps.carleton.edu/news/audio_video/?item_id=243909&av_file_id=241448

This is a link to a video that features a Chicana in college talking about how she relates to Paula's story, then Paula coming and talking about what her and her peers tried to acheive

Movie:
"Walkout"

This is a movie about all the events leading up to the protests and how it affected Paula and her friends and how they were put down and treated by their teacher's and school administators.

My dad and the military:

Website:
http://www.military.com/

This website basically describes things that you do or learn about the military and how to get more information about the types of jobs and things in the military.

Photo:

This photo to me describes the hardships that both police officers and people in the military face, but in a way they are both the same in trying to bring down the bad guys. Also that they both serve to protect this country and that do everthing they can do make us have a safe future.

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Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a Mexican American tejano singer who was loved by all her fans for the love and kindness she showed them, and also for the beautiful music that she made. She felt that it was important to find time in her busy schedule to encourage young adults to stay in school and about the importance of getting a High School diploma and achieving your goals and she stretched the importance of staying away from drugs and alcohol. Since she lived in Texas she gave a free concert to those students who improved their grades drastically and often gave money to school programs. The reason why Selena was important to the world was because she really cared for people and that's why people cared so much for her. The reason why Selena is important to me is because she represents everything that a I think a person should be caring, full of energy, loving and she always had a positive attitude which showed when she was doing what she loved. She lived the dream of singing and having a clothing line but she never forgot where she was fun and inspired the lives of not only Latinos, and non-Latinos but most importantly the teens, through all the work she did with schools. Her death had touched many people around the nation and through her actions she showed everyone what really counts that is to have love and respect for everyone.

Paula Crisostomo was just a regular 17 year old senior in high school except for the fact that she led the largest high school student protest in this country's history. She and her peers fought for the Chicano struggle for equality in schools as well as the fight against racism, because during this time if you were to speak in another language such as Spanish you were called up to the front of the class and beaten with a paddle in front of the entire class. In March of 1968 Paula was one of many leaders that led students, Chicanos as well as non-Chicanos, out of their classes as a protest against the sub-standard quality of their education. About a week after their walk out more than 20,000 students had participated in the East LA walkouts and in sympathy walkouts at other high schools across the city. The actions that Paula and her peers did shaped equal education for all students of different races. Paula represents a leader who does what she believes for her voice to be heard and through the walkouts their voices of equality amongst races were heard. The hardships that Paula and her peers faced were made into a movie called "Walk out" that expressed their struggle for educational equality in the Chicano community and Paula's courage and leadership was documented in numerous books and a PBS documentary " Chicano!: Taking Back the Schools." The thing about Paula that inspired me the most was the fact that she was 17 and still a kid and her actions was a reminder that equal rights in America have often been advanced through the courage of ordinary individuals.

Edgar Vismar Tovar is a LTJG in the United States Navy who has inspired me greatly into believing that I can achieve my full potential if i just believe that I can and do my best to get to that point of achievement. He not only represents my dad but he also represents a strong and committed leader who is very dedicated to his work and also strives to do his best at what he does. He is a great role model in inspiring others to achieve their greatness and encouraging them to use their knowledge and skills to the best of their abilities in anything that they do. The reason why my dad is important to the American culture is because he is in the military and he risks his life for our country so that we may have a better future. My dad has always been important to me and one day when I'm older I hope to follow in his footsteps and become the first woman in our family to be in the military just as my dad was the first in his family to leave the city and follow his dreams and have a successful life. Although my dad did not do so well growing up he has changed his life completely around is now one of the most inspirational people in mine as well as his sailors minds.

Junior Year

The thing I hope to gain from my upcoming junior year is unique experiences with doing hands on activities and projects in and outside the classroom. I also hope to gain working experiences with the internships that we will be doing. My overall goals of this year is to get better grades and actually learn and apply the skills and knowledge that I get through the experiences this year. The thing that I hope to gain is more knowledge to add to that of what I know of US history and just everything there is to learn about the United States and its developed. The thing that I hope to learn is the events that shape American life and culture. The thing that I hope to develop throughout this experience in humanities is to get better skills in researching.