Quarter Three

You work as a secret agent for the Americans during the American Revolution. The assignment is to write the letter that you’re assigned to from the major, in this case Mrs. Prairie, and write it a specific code of your choosing such as a code with symbols, numbers etc. After you are done with writing the letter in code, you would give the recipient, the spy that in your class that you are sending the message to, an explainable map showing them where the letter is inside the campus and then you would give him/her the key for the code so they can start deciphering the letter. The whole activity was supposed to show us how the Americans and British would used to send letters to other spies and making it not understandable without a finding the key for the code.

I learned how to properly make a spy letter and send it correctly to the right recipient. I also learned how to decipher a letter that it is in code; the more code probably the more information in the letter. The most vital thing is that you had to be aware of a double agent, which was a person who tracks people down to see where their hidden letters are.

In complete honesty, this lesson did not work for me because I did not understand the basis of code and it was hard for me figure out what to do when It came time to making a letter into code. I also found it difficult to show them exactly where the location of the letter was because I am not really good with directions. I think the best for us to have learned this lesson was to just make up our own letter and give it to someone to decipher with all the directions without have the need for the map.

I could have learned differently if I properly made the spy letter because I made a letter and put the important information in it which was not what I was supposed to do. I also could have learned differently if I understood the basis of codes better because when It came to actually do the code for my letter, I did not understand what I had to do in order to get the grade I wanted.

Quarter Two

This quarter we took Chapter 3: The English Colonies. The big idea of the chapter was that Pilgrims were coming to live in the Americas for several purposes. People in the colonies eventually got used to the idea that they have a right to live independently with the court of Britain on their backs. In the end, it caused several different acts from the British in England, and revolts from the English in the Americas. Chapter 3 also explains slavery, which was used in all colonies, how they were treated differently, and what they had to work on depending on where they lived in the New England Colonies.

 

The purpose of learning Chapter 3 was to show us how colonists just wanted their own way of life and not the English in Britain commanding them. Also, religion caused major revolts on how ministers do not have to show colonists the basis of religion and how they show that they should not be the only ones in high courts and meetings. There were also many wars between different countries that were controlling different parts of the Americas and how in the end the British, Spanish, and the French got the area they wanted in the Americas.

 

I learned a lot of details about the beginnings of English settlements in the Americas such as indentured servants and slave codes. The big idea also of revolt in the English colonies was Taxation with Representation which caused the colonists to refuse many goods from England and taxes. Taxation with Representation caused a lot of revolts such as the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. All of these events will result in many events to come after such as the American Revolution with Britain.

 

I could have learned differently if we took notes about each section and did the questions for each section. For the test I think we could have studied more if we did the review in the book also with the sheets that Mrs. Prairie provided us with. I would have learned differently if I re-read the sections again just to make sure my information is correct.

 

This relates to my goal of having homework turned in on time because it gives you on time basis of what you are going to expect on the test and what you got wrong shows you that. Turning homework in on time also shows you what the teacher what he/she expects you to write in a essay/test and so on.