Welcome to Conflict in America. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
Hello world!
Welcome to Conflict in America. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
Hello world!
Hello, in the first week of class I started to look into local history of my immediate area, I thought it would be neat if I could find something very local. Adams/North Adams has a long history here, Adams is the birthplace of Susan B. Anthony. So it should be ripe for conflict history.
What I looked at this week was some of the history of the local mills, the Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company had child laborers and the such. So I figured it would be a good place to possibly dig up some conflict in it’s past. But the only thing I really came across other then general history is apparently during King George’s War, North Adams was a fort that came under siege (we lost). Not very helpful, but neat. Will continue to purse local history for awhile, but if it doesn’t pan out might have to pull back into a wider scope.
Week One: Introduction
Blog #1 – August 29, 2017
The idea of having an online video chat with people from all over the country came into practice for me this week. This first class I attended was on Thursday, so I really felt grateful that this class can be recorded. I have gotten a better understanding of the basis of where to start for this class. I think this class is especially relevant with what is happening with conflict in America, so finding a topic will be better than I thought it would be. History does indeed repeat itself. Before the class, I was thinking automatically about the white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. It is very close to home because it is about two hours from me, and my sister is going to UVA this year. Virginia is full of so much history, but since I have lived in Virginia my whole life I have been taking the historical places and history for granted. I have been really enjoying my American Studies and Sociology classes to see how patterns for social characteristics become the way they do. It was only 50 years ago that interracial marriage was legal and it happened in Virginia. The movie “Hidden Figures” was talking about the still relevant division of race in all aspects. I was a little interested in the school system concerning race and economic class. The high school I went to was very obvious in having certain groups, and then there being a correlation to the budget given to the school. In Prince Edward County, Virginia they closed down a school for predominantly African Americans. They did not change it for years, and there was a lasting impact for the students. I could see it with a lot of schools in Virginia as I did more research. Kailee and I were talking about doing something related to the Virginia school system, and so we will get more research on it. Virginia does have a lot of conflict, which I do not know if that is a good or bad thing for this class, so Kailee and I will be sure to find a topic.
As for the online blogging section of this class I feel a little more comfortable. I have taken a digital studies class and digital storytelling class at my university. Fortunately, I used WordPress to create a blogging website to showcase my work. I really will work on it more intensely the next week. What I did this week is add this blog post, but also I changed the theme of the website. I also took away some of the sidebar options to make it more simple for the time being. I am not entirely sure where the “add themes” button is, but I was able to find it for the past websites I was able to. I will work on that as well. As far as the plan for the next weeks I will try to figure out which is the best way to lay out my work. Thank you!
Conflict in America
This COPLAC digital liberal arts course is focused on exploring the nature of social conflict and exploring examples of conflict resolution. Our students will be designing websites that illustrate conflict resolution in their home communities.
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Welcome to Conflict in America!
Welcome to our course, Conflict in America! We are looking forward to working together this semester, and to learning what each team discovers about their local examples of people resolving conflicts. Our first class meeting is on August 22 from 12:15-1:30 EST. We look forward to meeting you all then!