Conflict in America: Week 1

My first surprise of the class was I misunderstood what type of conflict we would be researching. I originally thought we would be studying a current social conflict in the region of our college but in actuality we’re studying a more concrete historical conflict that had a clear resolution. So I thought it was more of a sociology class but it’s actually a history class. Which I’m fine with because I already have a sociology class I’m taking.

I think WordPress is over all easy to use. I used it my sophomore year of high school when I was in a club that had a blog about current events.  And like most teenage girls I had a Tumblr blog which is a similar format. I will probably need help with more complex things though and the thing I’m most worried about is the research and citing things correctly.

My two primary ideas I’ve had so far for the project are

1. researching the Manadnock Region (of NH) during the Great Depression and how the government and people of rural NH dealt with the economic depression in area that already struggled and still struggles with rural poverty and 2. a more contemporary conflict which is the controversy over 14 Catholic Priests accused of sexual abuse in Manchester NH in 2005