This week we learned about the failure of Reconstruction. The photo above illustrates how racial segregation became the law of the land. As part of your test today, I asked you to write about what freedom means to you. Read or listen to
this story about what freedom meant to a freed worker, told by her granddaughter. How does her story compare to your definition of freedom?
Please leave a Comment with your section and name.
Keaton Klaustermeier, 8R2.
ReplyDeleteHer story compared to my definition of freedom because she talked about having an education, just like I did. In my definition I said that freedom means to be able to go to school and get your education. She said that she got her freedom when she learned to read and write.
Brittany Dickerson 8r2
ReplyDeleteFreedom should be where blacks and white are equal.
Jacquelyn Sweeney -8R3
ReplyDeleteI loved this story. I can tell it actually did happen because all of the details she put, like what people said. I liked it so much, I would have loved to have heard first hand stories like that. But it really touched me when she said that her grandmother told her that when she learned to write her name, thats when she got her freedom. That was my favorite line in this story, I just loved it. -Jacquelyn Sweeney -8R3
Faith Scott 8R2 9/16/11
ReplyDeleteThis story doesn't really relate to how I explained freedom. I explained freedom as being able to speak your mind and not get punished for it, being allowed to have you own opinions.
Jackie,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like this kind of story. You will have an opportunity to hear first-hand accounts when we get to our Veterans History Project!
Mrs. Rice
Chelsea Moss
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9-16-11
In this story Silvia said that her knowing how to read and write meant that she had freedom. She learned how to read and write when she was 85 years of age. The comparison of what freedom means and the ways she said it is is two different feeling of freedom. I am thinking that her whole entire life she has wanted to learn to read and write and that to her wasn't freedom. and freedom to my understanding is to part of something and get your own rites as a citizen. Everybody has different freedom. That is what makes everybody different in there own ways.
Austin Haynes
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9/16/11
I think that freedom should be all of the black and whites should be all created equal.
the one that i just red was way better than it was sadder than mine and it was much greater than mine
ReplyDeleteJonah ¥eager 8r2 9/16/11
Brandon Kendall 8r2
ReplyDeleteFreedom means that everybody should be treated equal. Everybody should get a education and not get treated like a thing.
Maeghan Korte 8R2
ReplyDeleteI did my freedom as a flag with different types of freedom. This story has to do with separating black people from whites. Which people shouldn't be raciest, but that's just my opinion. I believe we're all created equal.
Taylor Allen 8R3 9/16/11
ReplyDeleteWow. The story was great, i could really feel the speakers feelings. I could see myself in the room as she was talking to her great-grandma, that's how deep it really was. this is really what freedom should feel like, Cause i know one things that's how i feel about it. Again, The story made me think about a lot of things, I'm glad it did. :)
Joshua Studnicki 8R2
ReplyDeleteThis story didn't really relate to my definition because mine said that they had freedom by going were ever they wanted to.
Andrew Ickler
ReplyDelete8R2
9/16/11
I believe that African Americans and whites should all be equal. Blacks should be free just as whites are.
Your flag sounds neat, Maeghan. Can't wait to see it.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Rice
I really liked the story. It was touching how she felt she got her freedom when she learned to write her name. Mine compared to this is a little off. This story is about something sentimental that ment a lot to her. Mine was more about no one should be able to control you and such. But I really did enjoy the story. I think it's interesting hearing about peoples experiences.
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Sarah Fields
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September 16, 2011
I think that this story is amazing. It's cool how things worked out so that Ellaraino was able to pass on stories about slavery, the Civil War, and Emancipation, even though she didn't want to visit her grandma in the first place. Her definition of freedom is much like mine. My definition of freedom is integration and racial equality, and so is mine. I think that her story is amazing and super cool! I didn't know there were still people living who have real life stories about growing up in slavery, even if the person telling the story wasn't there.
Kiera Witschie 8R3
ReplyDeleteSilvia's story really wasn't like mine. In my definition I said how to me freedom is being able to wake up in the morning and not have to worry about getting hit for something you do wrong. But Silvia is definately living proof that when you want something done you have to get up and do something about, by saying "No more".
I THINK THAT BLACKS AND WHITES SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME.
ReplyDeleteALEC HILLIARD
8R3
This story was really neat. However, it does not compare to my view of freedom. I believe that freedom means to not be held down. To be able to go wherever you want, say whatever you want, and do whatever you want; to me that's freedom.
ReplyDelete-Jake Sconce (8R3)
Freedom is where blacks and whites should both be equal.
ReplyDelete-Diana Gobble 8R3
Austin Bartling 8r3
ReplyDeleteSilvias story does not agree with my definition of freedom. Mine is where African Americans and whites are treated the same.
Dylan Sugg
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9/16/11
I like the story and I think that black's should of been equal over the years.
Andy Mathews
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This story was very good. In my definition of freedom I talked about not having to comply with what other people think. When you have freedom, you are making your own decisions and not letting people bring you down. Silvia didn't let other people get to her, and she learned how to read and write. She took initiative and made a difference in her life. "She told me that when she could spell her name, that was when she got her freedom," this is a very touching story about freedom.
Dillon Lavite
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I really liked the story too, when you hear old stories about things that were a big deal in her grandma's life she liked hearing about it, when the grandma showed her the fan she thought it was just an old crumy fan and then her grandma showed her her name on the back of the fan, she said when I could write my name I was free.
I think that her stories of slavery are touching and uncommon. I also believe that her definition of freedom is not exact as mine but very close. As mine relate to rules that are applied to me and that hers were her entire life at the time.
ReplyDelete-Paul Skjerseth 8R3 9-16-11
Audrey Richardson 8R3
ReplyDeleteI liked the story but her definition of freedom isn't like mine. In my definition I said that freedom is being able to make our own choices and being able to express ourselves. Her definition is more about having the right to learn. In a way though, mine is a little like hers, because it is your own choice to learn and go to school.
This story does compare to mine a little bit in some ways. Like how all the freed African Americans weren't really freed. They were still treated poorly. In your story the women Felt like she was not free because she could not read or write. But eventually she got taught to read and write. Gary Clark 3r8
ReplyDeleteMichael Ambrose
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9-16-11
This story is different from mine because her story is freedom is racial equality. My story is that freedom is doing what you want when you to do it.
A.J. Cafazza
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9/16/11
Freedom to me on my test meant an African American and a white man shaking hands and being friends. Elleraino's story is totally different. Her great-grandmother actually lived through the times when segregation and unfairness to African Americans was around. Then one day, Silvia said, "Enough is enough. I'm getting an education." This story is very inspiring and I hope it sends a message to other people who read it like it did to me.
this story was very fascinating but it didn't compare to my definition of freedom. Freedom to me is where you are not overruled by someone and you are not held down by something.
ReplyDelete-Daria Emerson 83R 9/16/11
Josh Wilkins
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I liked this story, and I think that african americans should of never ben treated the way they were.
I loved this story! This story showed the true meaning of freedom. I think that freedom is where everyone is treated equally. I love how Silva stood up for herself and learned how to read and write.
ReplyDelete8R3 Katelynn Wahl
Logan Mushill
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I thought this story was very interesting, but her definition was different from mine. Hers was reading and not letting others bring her down, while mine was about being protected, treated equally and taking part in the community
Morgan Kebe
ReplyDeleteFreedom to me is freedom of speech, and not being judged by what i look like but how i act. My definition is different from silvia's but i'm sure we have much of the same beliefs.
Shelby Whaley 8R4:
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this story, it really made you realize what freedom meant to the freedmen. When I think of freedom, I think of freedom of speech and voting. To them it is just being able to read and write. It really helps you understand what freedom meant to them.
Tyler Laughlin
ReplyDelete8R4 9-16-11
I liked this story because, it told me a story about how this woman didn't say she wasn't free until she could write her own name. She was eighty-five when she learn how to read and write. I'm glad this story has been passed on. It didn't relate that much on my extended response because, I wrote about being equal and the freedom of speech.
I really enjoyed this story about Silvia. This video tells me how long it took for blacks to really be free. Also, it shows how in the world it is successful now. Her story is just like the definition that I gave for freedom. Freedom means whites and blacks can do the same things. Samantha Smock 8R4 9/16/11
ReplyDeleteI liked this story. It was touching, because no one white or black should have never ever been treated like such. Whenever I think of freedom I think of the American Flag. I think of it because America does not believe in slavery what so ever anymore. But to them it is just as simple to coming down to reading and writing...
ReplyDeleteGabriel Calixto
ReplyDelete8R4 9-16-11
I liked the story because, I could feel how the speakers feelings changed from when she heard about going to her grandmother's and when she was actually at her Grandmothers home. She really enjoyed listening to her Grandmother Silvia's stories. Then she passed on the story to other young people so that they knew how hard it was for the freed workers to get freedom because they did not know how to read and write. It didn't relate that much on my extended writing because I wrote about being equal between all the races.
Alyssa Lane 8R4 9-16-11
ReplyDeleteI loved the story. The story and my definition of freedom we almost the same, but they ment the same thing. No matter was color you are, you should have the same rights as everyone else.
Justin Williams
ReplyDelete8r4 9-16-11
I thought the story about Silvia was interesting. It says she couldn't read or write till she 85 years old. I think African Americans should have been taught to read and write just like white people were taught when they were kids. I think this was a good story because we are learning about freedom in class.
Zachary Teipe 8R4 9/16/11
ReplyDeleteThis story doesn't really match my definition. Mine was that you can do what you want and speak what you want.
SpencerZeisset 4th hour 9/16/11
ReplyDeleteI liked this story about silvia. It was pretty neat two get that picture in you head of how it would be like to be a teen while the civil war is going. I could really imagine the civil war before. But this story and video enhanced my vision of how the war was like. It gave me a look at how long it acctualy took for freedom to reign. A definition for freedom is blacks and whites equal.
william brown
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i think it was great how she learned to read and write
I thought the story was insporational, but I explained freedom differently..
ReplyDelete-Geri Mitchell
8R2
Ryan Little
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This story changed my definition of freedom because I didn't know what freedom meant to a slave.
This story is very touching. It was sad that the lady couldn't write until she was 80.
ReplyDelete~Jaime Deardeuff 8R1
I don't think it was right that she didn't get to learn to read and write until she was 85 years old because she couldn't get to read and write while she was a slave. 8r1 dylan wilson
ReplyDeleteFrankie Nolte
ReplyDelete8R1
I think it was a great story! I can't believe she couldn't read and write till she was 85! I don't know how I could manage not being able to read or write for that long.
When I listened to this story it is kinda like mine because my answer was how you can do what you want when you want to, and in the story the young girl visit's her great grandma that she doesn't want to visit. When she got there her great grandma was telling her story's of her past and how she was when she was a slave. The great grandma learned how to read and write when she was 16. The great grandma became free after the war was over and there was a right that you can't have no slaves.
ReplyDelete~8R1 Breann Springer
This Story of Freedom is different from my view but it was cool that she finally learned how to write her name, but kinda sad that she was 85 when she learned. Brenden Ricci 8R1
ReplyDeleteIT COMPARES BY REPRESENT THAT ALL MAN SHOULD BE EQUAL
ReplyDeleteI liked this story, because i have always enjoyed hearing older people tell stories about their life when they were younger. I liked that even though the old woman was 85 she learned how to write her name and read.
ReplyDeleteAdam Harmon 8R1
8r1 Thomas Taylor
ReplyDeletethis shows that slavery was wrong but after the civil war then the "Black Codes" started and to them it was worse than slavery
8R1 Samantha Klein
ReplyDeleteThis story made me think how important it was for the freed workers to learn to read and write and today some kids do no want to go to school.
8R2 Alexandra Blackwell
ReplyDeleteThis story didn't really relate to my freedom. I said that they should have the right to say what ever they want to say and have just as much rights as us whites do.
Baylee Hampton 8R4:
ReplyDeleteI really liked this story, but Sivia's definition of freedom to my definition of freedom is different. I think the freedom means that everyone should be treated equally, and you shouldn't be judged for being your self.
Madi Yungck 8R1:
ReplyDeleteI liked this story because i think it is interesting to learn about people you had to go through the hard time of slavery and slavery coming to an end. My definition of freedom is different than Sivia's definition, I think of freedom as being treated fairly and to be let free.
Katlyn Mock 8R2
ReplyDeleteI liked the story, but it didn't go with my definition very well. We fight for our freedom and rights, they had to learn how to write their name.
8R4 Jarrett Lacquement
ReplyDeletein this story she learned how to write her name and that meant freedom to her
I really liked this story. It was different then my definition of freedom though. Freedom to me is being able to do what you want. I believe that blacks should of been treated equally the same as whites. All people should be treated the same.
ReplyDelete-Katelynn Johnson 8R1
~Alexis Leach 8R1*
ReplyDeleteIt's upsetting to hear a women say that to be able to read and write is freedom to her. African Americans never should've been treated like that just because the color of their skin. But the fact that she lived old enough to be freed should've been a great experience for her.
Allison Watson
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I thought the story was good because it lets you see what it was like when blacks and whites weren't equal. I think freedom is being treated fairly and being treated equally.
I really liked this story. I think that blacks and whites should be treated equal. I would like to meet someone from this time to talk about it.
ReplyDeleteMeredith Buller
8R2
Brandon Kendall 8r2
ReplyDeleteI liked this story, but my definition of freedom is different. my definition is that you get treated fairly and both races should be equal.
I Really like this story, and the way blacks were treated was unfair. Blacks and whites should be treated equally, we are all the same.
ReplyDeleteZach Meyers
8r2
Her definition of freedom is like mine because I belive that freedom is doing what you need to in life, be educated and be happy, and not knowing how to read and write would be difficult.
ReplyDeleteEmily Teipe
8R2
McKenna 8r3
ReplyDeleteI think that people should appreciate the little things in life. I think that every one should be treated equally and yes i do agree with her.
Austin Weaver
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I believe freedom is having equal rights. Freedom is being aloud to get a educated and be able to work.
I believe that everyone should be treated equally regardless of race. I also think this was a good story.
ReplyDeleteMelissa Pipkin
ReplyDelete8R4
When I talked about freedom, it included driving and voting and being able to be my own person. When I read that the grandmother said her freedom came from just being able to write her name, I have to say that it touched me. Obviously I don't know what it's like to never know how to read a book or write my own name and I don't think I will ever truly be able to understand it.
Abbey Little 8R4 9-22-11
ReplyDeleteI think that it is sad that Silvia wasn't able to read and write until she finally thought that she needed to learn. Silvia's definition of Freedom is a little bit different but I think that we both have the same belief that blacks and white should be treat equal.