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The March on Washington - 1963
Over 200,000 people marched from all over the country to support civil rights
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
South Street Seaport Museum
This is one of the ships that the NYC Geography Club boarded.
Now this is "Life" in the 1920's
Flappers of the Roaring Twenties
Thomas Edison and the Phonograph
The phonograph was the first device used to record and reproduce sound
The Wright Brothers
The first flight took place at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903.
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island
New immigrants arriving at Ellis Island. At Ellis they will be "processed" before they are allowed to continue their journey to find a new home.
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Here is an incentive...
First student to post their project on this blog will receive an additional fifteen points on their project....second project will receive ten points, and third will receive five...will you be first?
The West Is NOT the Place for You!
When I heard of the West all I thought of was cowboys, Indians and a lot of action. Trust me New York; you are in for a ride if you thought what I did. My trip was amazing because I found out a little bit of everything from the Native American Indians. I have come to realize that what the Native Americans did daily was not easy but rough. So from a few people I’ve learned what they did daily, what transportation they used and their relationship with others. YOU now have the chance to see how the West really is. What I believe is that the West is not what you would expect but, a lot of hard work. Moving out West wouldn’t be a nice experience unless you like to work all day long!
When talking to one Native American, whose name remains anonymous, I’ve noticed that they all lived in one area or section. They would be in groups with all the same little houses.
“What are those?”, I had asked the Native American.
He answers, “These are tepees, they’re where we live; our houses.
“What are they made of exactly?”
“Tree branches, buffalo skins, and some grass.” While I was recording all this I was wondering how they would do it or start out. This I’m guessing is what the men and woman did together, almost like a job but they need to do it in order to survive. Some research states that tepees were built because they were easy to build and take down to move from one place to another. There were also panted tepees that had a symbol, they had this religious concept to it. After speaking to one Native American I went to the next two, a female and male to see what each did.
“What do you female Native Americans do here at the Wild West?”
“We of course care for our children and family. But, we also do other things like prepare clothing for ourselves and the skins for the tepees, in order to survive we have to work all together is what I always say!”
“The same question for you, what do you male Native Americans do daily?”
“What we do is rougher than woman, like we hunt for food using weapons. The main weapon we use is the bow and arrows. We help by getting the food we eat. We are also trained to be warriors and food providers, that’s what we mainly do to maintain our families.”
The transportation used in the West is really different. For example, the Transcontinental Railroad and the wagon train are two ways Indians traveled. The wagon trains were pulled by buffalo from one place to another. During this moment of traveling the Native Americans were very quite. The other is the railroads, like the transcontinental railroad which traveled from one continent to another. The Railroads were used to get people from one place to another and to transport gold and mail. From the majority of Indians of come to understand that the railroad was faster, cheaper and safer than the wagon train. Fifty percent of the Native Americans preferred the Railroad better than the wagon train. I think they enjoyed the railroad better because it was less expensive and faster while the wagon took longer to prepare.
The Wagon train was more expensive than the railroads because they had to get food for the buffalo and their children. After interviewing many Native Americans I’ve learned that the railroads were built with no heavy machinery and it was one by hand. This was as hard as anything else the Native Americans did.
What I’m thinking after doing some research is that the Native Americans didn’t get along with many people. They were the closed type of people but, I do agree that they have a good reason to be.
“Was there any action during the building of the railroads?”
“People were bought from China to build the Transcontinental Railroad by hand. We Native Americans didn’t make it any easier for them by attacking them. We kind of expressed how we felt with our actions.” All of the Native Americans didn’t agree with the railroad continuing. Hearing this made me think of why they did it? But, I found out that the Native American Indian had lost their land , and hunting ground. They didn’t have much left and they wanted to protect what they DID have. The Native American Indians were nomadic which meant that they didn’t stay in one place; they moved from one community to another across the plains following the buffalo herd. Most of the times they moved it was because of harsh weather problems. One Indian explained to me why they did, his exact words were that “the weather was too cold and they couldn’t crop their plants or farm.” This affected them because in order to survive they needed food for their family.
“It’s difficult to be there for your family when there is nothing left to do.” The Native Americans did get along with each other though. As I said before the Native Americans would travel together in groups. Also, there tepees were in little groups. Like a few tepees here and a few over there. The Native Americans were their own little group together.
As you can see above there are a few Indians together. In the background you see their animals and their tepees. There weren’t too many because they were made out of tree branches and there were hardly any trees at all.
So, now I ask you “would you want to live in the West? Where the work is all at! Where your land is being taken away from you and where the harsh weathers chase you!!! I don’t know about all of you but the east is the right place for me. Thank you New York, this is Andrianna Quinones in Brooklyn saying what do you want?!
Andrianna,
This is a very well written and interesting report on Native Americans in the West. It is extremely informative. Life sure was difficult for them..Great Job! You have received fifteen points for being the first student to post your project, and the additional ten points that are given to anyone who posts their project on this blog. Thants 25 additional points!!
well what i have learned by doing this project is that pioneers really had a hard life. but than there luck changed and some how it turned go. i was very surpriesd. so i had a lot of fun doing this project. thank you Mr.Corbett for giving us such a good time learning about the west. may the next projects be the same!:) ;)
Joandaly,
I'm glad you had fun working on the project...school should be fun. I'll do my best to keep it interesting.
thx but trust me it wazn't easy gettin all the info!!...25 points dats kool :-)
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