First Quarter Reflections

     This year in U.S. History, I have grown in my ability to empathize with events and people in history, to paraphrase other peoples writing, and to analyze information from movies. These skills also lead to better class discussions and thinking outside of my normal train of thought. I have definitely grown as a thinker because I think more now about other peoples views on the same subject.An area of strength for me was our in-class essay, and the blog posts about empathy, Glory, and 12 Years a Slave. I love to write, so using our discussion in history class and writing about them on our blogs made me very happy. I also enjoyed reading from the textbook and answering the questions. I learn best by writing things down, so this was very helpful for me to understand the information better.

       I used to not enjoy history as much because I didn't like strictly remembering facts and dates in time. However, this year, our conversations have been more interesting and less on just remembering dates. I think I enjoy it so much because we talk about lots of topics that I have never talked about in my previous history classes. Throughout the rest of the year, I hope to learn about more recent events in history.