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2nd Quarter, Informational, Inquiry Project, Movement Essay, Social Studies, Writing

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.

opinion, TFK, whale wars, Writing

Whale Debate

20301 Brandermill Drive

Germantown MD 20876 USA

November 12, 2014

Embassy of Japan

2520 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

Washington DC 20008

 

Dear Sir or Madam,

 

My name is Briana and I go to Daly Elementary in Germantown, MD. I’m writing to you because whales should live happy like us humans do. Minke whales can get extincted because Japan has killed endangered whales. Japan has killed about 3,600 minke whales and kills hundreds of other whales each year for meat and oil. I know it is one of your traditions to hunt whales but if you don’t stop whales can be extincted.

 

Sincerely,

Briana

 

KG3, Social Studies, Writing

King George III

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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

 

Adventure Story, Writing

The Soccer Alien

 The soccer Alien

By: Briana Montiel

One day I was at my house and i had to go get the mail. I got a letter from my soccer coach it said…

Dear Briana,

We will go to three states for our soccer tournaments we will be going to Florida,Chicago, California.

We will be leaving today at 3:35 so pack your jersey and soccer ball.

 

From your coach :Natalie  Smythe

I got this letter because I play in a famous girl soccer league and I am 17 and play front. I was going to travel to Florida, California, and chicago. So i told my parents and they were happy for me. I started packing then i said goodbye to my parents and brother. When I got to the airport and my friends from soccer were there waiting for me I said bye to my parents then I got to my plane i was excited.

 

First I said hi to my teammates. My jersey number is 17. I went to sleep on the plane. The first state state we were going to is florida. when we got there we went to our hotel and we all had roommates. My roommate was my best friend Bianca we were best friends since kindergarden and Bianca is very nice and funny. We first unpacked and then i called my parents to tell them that we got there safely and that we were at hotel already.

 

When I was done talking to them it was time for us to practice soccer. We were done and our coach said we could go anywhere we wanted but we had to come back early so we could get enough sleep for our game tomorrow. Me and my best friend went to subway and then to the park to practice soccer. After that we decided to go back to the hotel and go to sleep. When we woke it was 6:00 a.m. We got into our uniform and went to the stadium to meet our coach and warm up. When I got there I saw someone in the audience that looked really suspicious. He wore black and he was the only one there in the audience.

 

     He was coming down to the field and he told us that we couldn’t play then he took of his mask and he was an alien he told us he hated soccer and that he was here to end it. Me and my friends were scared but we tried to attacked him we scared him away.

 

He said “I will come back this isn’t the last you’ll see of me.”

     

We were scared, but we still played our game and won 4-2. Then we went back to our hotel. Me and Bianca went back to our hotel and talked about our game and the alien.

 

“ Do you think the alien is going to end soccer?” She asked

“ No I don’t think so.” I said worriedly.

“ Do you think he’s gonna be there when we go to Chicago?”

“ Maybe.”

“ But we have to go to sleep because tomorrow is our last day at florida and coach is letting us do whatever we want.”

“ Oklets go to sleep.”

 

So we went to sleep and in the morning we got into our bathing suits and we headed to the beach. The beach was warm. We went to Daytona beach and we surfed and then we went to shops and bought souvenirs and our coach gave us tickets to go to disney world and we rode on a lot of roller coasters and rides. I took a lot of pictures to show our parents and then we went back to our hotel. We packed up and got onto our plane and we left to Chicago.

   

We got on our plane and again we slept when we woke up we were almost there. A few hours later the plane landed and we were at chicago we went to our hotel again got into our jersey’s to go practice at the park. When we were done we all went to a restaurant and ate we talked and we talked about our strategies for tomorrow’s game. Once we were done eating we tipped the waitress and left. When we got to our hotel we slept and in the morning we had breakfast. We ate pancakes at Ihop. When we were done we headed over to the hotel to get dressed for the game.

 

We got there and we got dressed. We were all a little bit scared about the alien but we got over it and we warmed up. It was finally time for the game and the alien came he was ready to attack he had more weapons to fight us with this time and we were prepared too. We had a plan. We were going to kick our soccer balls to him and scare him away.

 

He said “ I have come back.”

 

We all started to kick our soccer balls and the alien fell down.

 

He go back up and then he said “I will come back this isn’t the last you’ll see of me. You guys still have one more soccer game and i’ll be there and that time you won’t be able to stop me.”

 

Then he flew up to the sky and we could no longer see him. No one said anything for a while then our coach told us that the game was about to start and we had to forget about the alien so we did and we played again and we won. When we got back to the hotel we got into our pajamas and slept because tomorrow was our last day inchicago and me and Bianca were going to walk around and see the city early in the morning. We woke up got ready and ate breakfast at a restaurant then we walked around and went shopping after that we went back to the hotel and packed up to leave to California for our next soccer game.

 

We got to California after a few hours and then we got our next hotel and we unpacked we went a park again to practice soccer then we went out to eat ice cream and we went back to our hotel. Then we started talking about the alien again, how we were scared and how we were going to scare him away forever. So then we came up with a plan and called all our soccer teammates and our coach then we decided that we would meet up at the park at 4:00 pm. Me and Bianca were there first ones there then came our couch, Katie, Alli, Alexandra, Britney, Crystal, Kelsey, Anna, Isabella, Annie, Bella, and our goalie Sierra. We talked about our plan and we added a few details to our plan finally we agreed to use that plan and then we went back to the hotel. We got there and went to sleep. The next day we got up the next and got dressed for our soccer game again then we left. When we got there we told everyone if they knew what we were doing and everyone said yes then we waited for the alien to come and then he came and had more weapons then Katie jumped out and kicked a soccer ball at him and then he turned around and while he was distracted the rest of us grabbed his weapons and then  showed them to him and he said “You do not dare to use those weapons on me!” I used one of the weapons on a bench and I “I will use it on you!” Then he went away and he didn’t come back we were happy. Next we had to play our game and we won 3-2 then we went to the hotel packed up and grabbed our bathing suits to go to the beach when we were done we got to the airport next we left when we got there I told my parents and brother the story about the alien and they didn’t believe me.

The End