Monday, January 26, 2009

NHD REFLECTION ABOUT 3 PARAGRAPHS

This year for national history day i did a performance. I worked with three other people Malik Cooper, Dominique Gibson, and Brandon Hawkins. i learned NHD is not to be take lightly, because me and my group last year made it 2 states. Also i learned that NHD rules may change in a year. another thing I've learned from NHD was some of the many vicious crimes of Christopher Columbus. like the many times he ordered the death of many native individuals


also this year we have encountered many problems with national history day. such as the many arguments between the group and the many faults of the project. The group could have communicated with each other a Little bit more. we actually finished the script the day before the performance so we weren't equipped with the things needed to perfect our performance. The biggest problem our group had was performing the play which we needed more time to practice with.



there are may things that changed from last years national history day. one thing that changed was the way we did our research last year during NHD we visited more museums and were able to work on it allot more. this year national history day doesn't seem like we put our all into it. it seems like we didn't even try hard to do this project last year we worked hard stayed almost every day after Skell worked on it at home and at tee house of a group member, we were more passionate about our performance last year.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

new thesis statement and introduction

Thesis: Christopher Columbus known as the great discoverer of the Americas whom many call one the greatest navigators of the sea, a man of such greatness he is celebrated every year in America for discovering America. He was neither ,and I don’t believe he deserves his own holiday. He luckily reached the islands on the outskirts of America ,and when he did he found hospitable host who fed his hungry and thirsty crew. The same crew he ordered to enslave these hospitable host and made them search for gold that was rightfully owned by the naive Americans. He wanted the gold for his own benefit.

Introduction:Christopher Columbus took three ships and traveled west across the Atlantic Ocean searching for a new route to Asia but with a crew on the verge of death he luckily found land on the outskirts of America. Where he found the hospitable natives who he called Indians because of his foolish navigating skills he actually believed he was in India. The same natives that fed his hungry crew were the same natives he enslaved. Why is this cruel manipulative man called the discoverer of a land he has never been on in his life or even the discoverer of land that as originally the Indians. Should Christopher Columbus be celebrated?you decide.