Category Archives: Social Studies

Clear Spring Park

Clear Spring Park

By: Briana

 

Clear Spring Park is a small park located in Germantown, MD. It has a playground, basketball court, and shelter in it. It was built in 1981.

 

Clear Spring Park is a positive place but it has a few things that are negative about it like littering there and that can hurt wildlife. The park is a good place for kids to play with their friends while their parents sit down on the park benches and relax. It is also a place for kids to get of their electronics and have a good time.

 

From all this information you can see that Clear Spring is a place anyone would love to go to if they’re having a bad day and just want to calm down or relax. The playground has swings, slides, monkey bars and much more so there is a lot do there.


In conclusion, the park is great!!!!

The First Amendment

By: Briana

The 1st Amendment is the most important out of all the Amendments because of this. Imagine that you’re at your house and you go out to get the newspaper and on the front page it says a new law has been placed about your religion that you don’t agree with how would you feel? I wouldn’t be happy this is why the first amendment is the the most important it states that you will be able to practice your religion without anyone changing it by making laws. You will be able to do this because congress can’t make any new law about your religion or keep you from practicing it.

 

This law also states that you will not be stopped from saying whatever you want to say. But that doesn’t mean that there will not be consequences for whatever you say. This amendment says that you will be able to publish whatever you wish to like in a newspaper or book or stop you from peacefully asking the government to change something.

 

In conclusion, this amendment is the most important because without it we wouldn’t have freedom to choose what religion you want to choose, say what you want to say, or have any voice in our country.

 

The Labor Movement

The Labor Movement

By: Briana

The Labor movement was started when farm workers were treated badly because they got paid horrible for the hours they worked. For example sometimes if they worked 10 hours they only got paid $2 for their work.

 

This is Cesar Chavez giving a speech

Cesar Estrada Chavez

A man named Cesar Estrada Chavez helped those people. Cesar Chavez was Mexican American. He was born in Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927. Cesar and a few other people set out to help in 1962 and founded the National farm workers association. The union got together with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee in its first strike against grape growers in California in 1965.“The fight is never about grapes or lettuce It is always about people.” During that time volunteers fanned out across the country to try to convince stores to stop selling grapes and to convince customers to stop buying them. At the end they got many victories. Chavez was one of the important labor leaders. Chavez went on hunger strikes which is believed to have led to his death on April 23, 1993 in San Luis, Arizona.

 

First Labor Day

The first Labor Day was Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, and is dedicated to the economic achievements of American workers. Matthew Maguire first proposed the holiday but others argue that it was first proposed by Peter J. McGuire. Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894. Today we celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of September. People celebrate with parades, parties, picnics, barbecues, fireworks, displays and athletic events across the U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Farm Workers

For more than a century farm workers had been denied a decent life in the fields. They have tried but failed to organize giant agribusiness farms most of the observers considered it hopeless. But by the 1960’s things began to change. In 15 years more than 50,000 farm workers were protected by the union. The Bracero program is an arrangement between the U.S and the Mexican government’s began to be law 78 in 1951.

Because of the labor movement, farm workers got more rights and now they get payed better but their working conditions aren’t the best for them.  Because of this, more work needs to be done.

King George III

Dear King George III,

 

Hello my name is Briana from the colony of Maryland, I am sorry to say that I am with the patriots because of the Boston Massacre I don’t think it was right for England soldiers to kill and wound colonist. I am also leaving England because I do not agree with giving your soldiers our food, shelter, and transportation because you can’t afford it. I will be sending my soldiers to fight for America.

 

Sincerely,

Briana