June activity

I have always been intrigued with slavery so I read about it in both books. I could never understand how human life,no matter what color your skin is, be treated like it was in slavery. In Hakim's book it was mentioned in many places in the book. It was referenced in the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and many other times in history. The words slave or slavery are not even mentioned. The Constitution writers substituted "person held to service or labor" or "all other persons" for slave. They were very many interesting facts given in Hakim's book. In Woods book it was given a small explanation titled antislavery. It talked about far more blacks living in slavery at the end of the Revolutionary era than at the beginning. I enjoyed reading both explanations but Hakim referenced it in many places in the book and did a better job keeping my attention while reading!

May activities

I guess the saying better late than never could be my motto. End of the year responsibilities have just taken everything out of me. After finally reading the assignment, I found I really did enjoy what I read. I teach Kindergarten so the format of the book was right up my alley. It was very easy reading that I think children would enjoy reading. The format was really very appealing to me because it contained so many facts that I didn't know. History was not my favorite subject in school but if I would have had it presented to me in this way, I may have liked it more! We do have a Social Studies series that is more hands on. I learned so many amazing facts in this book. I found myself wanting to read every little tidbit on the page. I also think that this format relates to current brain research presenting the facts and also adding some fun and creative stories for the creative side of our brains. All and all I found Hakim's book was very interesting and would be a great resource to use in any History class.