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(Benchmark) Prince Hall

Posted by Delesha Jackson in American History - Laufenberg on

For citations click here.

This project was to take a building named after someone and find the history behind the building and the person. We needed to find out why that building had the person'd name on it. It was also a project that helped our teachers get a sense of where we all were from because my school is so diverse. 

For this I decided to do Prince Hall Elementary School located in the northwest region of Philadelphia. This video is a description of who Prince Hall the man was and what made people name a school after him. 

NEW SLIDE AND EXPLANATION!

Posted by Goldie Robins in Technology - Hull on

In this new slide I did various things to make it a better slide. Something’s I decided not to change.  I changed the size of the pictures and the font. I also changed the placing of the pictures and making sure they fit together.  

I changed the font to make sure it was legible from far away. I also made the middle part that says my name is, Goldie so it was big and so people focused on it. I made everything come out the middle because when I look at billboard I am not looking at the left side or the right side, I am looking in the middle. When I look in the middle I see the whole billboard and what’s on it. I wanted t make sure everyone would get the feel I do when I look at a billboard and also to think that since everything is not on one side, which makes it nice a bigger. When I made the improvements that the class told me to make, which was make the font bigger, I thought I had to add a little more. I made the font bigger and also made my pictures bigger, so there was an awkward space at the bottom. Over all I think the change is better then the first one  and I am glad I had the chance to fix it.

Goldie Robins Tech slide

Bruskin Hardware & Lock (est. 1910)

Posted by Matthew Scuderi in American History - Laufenberg on

For my building history project, I decided to research my local hardware store, which is located on 5th and Porter streets in South Philly. The store has recently turned 100 years old and I decided that it would be nice to create the one and only website (or record of history accessible to the public for that matter) for the store since it has been around for so long. While doing this project, I have learned a lot about the building and the family history through interviews and photographs that were provided by the owner (Irvin Bruskin). After completing several aspects of the project and reviewing my sources, I learned a lot and gained insight as to how neighborhoods change and why it is of utmost importance to keep our history alive today. The links below are to the website that I created, which contains the complete history of the family owned business as well as the history of the building. The website include photographs, videos, and a slideshow that can easily be accessed on each page.  

*Do note that the website may seem distorted on some web browsers. I recommend using Google Chrome or Firefox.

Here is the website that I created.

Here is my annotated bibliography.

Shaw Middle School

Posted by Andre Reed in American History - Laufenberg on
City of Philadelphia, Department of Records. "PhillyHistory.org." PhillyHistory.org. PhillyHistory, 2001-2010. Web. 2 Nov 2010. <http://phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Search.aspx>.
Photography Collection. November 9, 2010. Andre Reed.
Jere Tobias. Personal Interview. November 9, 2010.
Wikipedia, . "Anna Howard Shaw." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 15 November 2010. Web. 16 Nov 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Howard_Shaw>.

Voting election project/interview

Posted by Brittany Riggins on
The interview:
These are the question that I asked:
1) Do you vote in every election? (how regularly do you vote?)
2) What was the most memorable campaign ad that you have encountered?
3) Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or are you still deliberating?
4) Did you learn about voting in school? If yes did that impact your willingness to vote today?
5) Do you know why we vote on Tuesday?
The interviewee- Michelle Bowe
answer to question 1- yes. every time
answer to question 2- The most memorable campaign ad that I have come across wold have to be the portrait with the first black president and his family. It not only shows him as a politician but also as a real person and I like to see those kinds of qualities in people I would want in charge.
answer to question 3- You know what I keep up on all my current events and watch the news and everything but when it comes down to going to vote I'm still kind of second guessing myself because the mission of these politicians is to get your vote and they make all kinds of promises and very Little do we see the results of those promises so I think and think because I do not want to contribute to being one of the people who put the wrong person in charge or in office.
answer to question 4- No. No at all like this going out and asking questions and stuff. I don't think I started voting until my late 20s until I had an understanding of political awareness and knowing that that my voice needed and needs to be heard.
answer to question 5- No.
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Anna Blankiston Day School Benchmark Q-1

Posted by Courtni Matthews on
Frank Miles Day Was the big Architect  of Philadelphia back in the early 1900's. Mr. Frank Specialized in Academic buildings and several residences throughout the city of Philadelphia. Based on my research its ironic that his Wife Anna Blakiston Day Was an activist for children's rights for education ! And she just happens to    have an Elementary/ Middle School Named  after her , in  a small  area of Philadelphia called Mt. Airy . What a great Couple all about the upswing of education.

http://abday.wikispaces.com/History+of+Anna+B+Day

www.philadelphiabuildings.org/faids/aaup/Day.pdf

Edgar Allan Poe Historical Site

Posted by Samuel Sirochman in American History - Laufenberg on

The audio file attached to this post is my English/American History Quarter 1 Benchmark; the project is titled BuildingHistory. My project was about the history of the Edgar Allan Poe Historical Site, which is located at 7th and Green St. In the podcast I talk about the physical history of the building, the symbolism of the site, and what the actual tour was supposed to entail. The link below will take you to my sources.

Through difficulty with uploading an mp3 onto the site, the iTunes file podcast will be present on a different post under the account of Maxime Damis but with a tag of Sam Sirochman.

My Annotated Bibliography.

Aimee Willard Story

Posted by Newon Dennis in American History - Laufenberg on

Written Version:

Life

Painfully given easily taken

Easily taken, Easily taken

How can 

                                                            dying

Be something easily taken.

Being wound up in death’s 

darkness robe, struggles to be free

But yet it 

                                                             captures

Rapes you. Beats you.

Kills you. And you can do nothing

Now who would remember,

miss, think, of 

                                                           the life

Of Aimee Willard. How can I

Be remember. As that man welcomed 

Himself into my body. I felt my felt 

wilt away. I felt my heart 

                                                                 and soul

Melt and die under the pain 

of being take. By this stranger. 

For a reason I don’t know

Is this the pain of those young girls

 I never truly took seriously. 

                                                                      Of those

Young soul that never had 

a chance to truly experienced life 

to it’s full extent. To real to explain fully

To harsh. To understand To much of 

                                                                           that

If could. I’d save you all. If I could

I would be your knights. Ladies of

 the forgotten if I could I would remember

 you even when you gone. If I could, 

if I could, God, if only 

                                                                            I could

Explain to those who miss me that life

Is something you shall never 

take for granted again but how many 

times have you heard that one before

And before you know it. You

                                                                        never realize

Never forget Death is once in a life time.

Rape is the felling of losing your strengthen

Being beatings gives you that feel of lost hope

Pleas don’t let that control you

                                                                               in life

That’s only heard for so long.

Bibliography

"In Memory of Aimee Willard: Home." In Memory of Aimee Willard. BCE Internet Services, n.d. Web. 12 Nov 2010. <http://www.aimeewillard.com/>.

"Aimee Willard." Find A Grave. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov 2010. <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Willard&GSfn=Aimee+&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=8634995&>.

"June 2004 Executions." Pro Death penalty. Charlene Hall, n.d. Web. 12 Nov 2010. <http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/pending/04/jun04.htm>.

"Aimee Willard." Bonnie’s Blog of Crime. Web. 12 Nov 2010. <http://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2006/06/20/aimee-willard-murder-62096/>.

Edwin Forrest and Edwin Forrest Elementary

Posted by Brittany Riggins in American History - Laufenberg on
In History we have our goods, our greats we have the classics, and then we have our legends.

Edwin Forrest and Edwin Forrest Elementary on Prezi

Bibliography:

http://www.josephhaworth.com/edwin_forrest.htm

http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/f/forrest/about-us/who-was-edwin-forrest

http://www.trulia.com/schools/PA-Philadelphia/Edwin_Forrest_Elementary_School/

http://www.phillyhistory.org/blog/index.php/2009/03/edwin-forrest-a-legend-of-american-theater/

http://www.phillyfuture.org/node/2817

http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/MediaStream.ashx?SC=2&ImageId=3217

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Edwin_Forrest_daguerreotype_c1840-60.png/220px-Edwin_Forrest_daguerreotype_c1840-60.png&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Forrest&usg=__SrxCYmFlt-EWzeX-DHgNYD-uP2s=&h=293&w=220&sz=108&hl=en&start=4&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=3_pyRAyX4pRCvM:&tbnh=115&tbnw=86&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dedwin%2Bforrest%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DNTP%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.josephhaworth.com/images/Fellow%2520Actors/Edwin%2520Forrest/Entrance%2520hall%2520of%2520the%2520Edwin%2520Forrest%2520Home-Photo-B%26W-Resized.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.josephhaworth.com/edwin_forrest.htm&usg=__u-3BQZSF6gYj2fLN-z5WtpyjjjA=&h=400&w=534&sz=155&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=QZ-Q5h8hfEuzEM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=132&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dedwin%2Bforrest%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DNTP%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1

http://processandpreserve.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/a-home-for-retired-actors/

Somerton United Methodist Church

Posted by Anna Roman in American History - Laufenberg on
Anna Roman
Water Stream
11/11/10

Documentary Script: Somerton United Methodist Church

Narrator- In the small town of Somerton there are not many historical buildings, but across the William peen cemetery there is a small white building known as Somerton Methodist Church. Who would have thought something so small could have some good history.

Narrator- the town of Somerton was and still is a small town, but is actually known for its fast growing foreign born population, which mostly consist of Russian and Indian immigrants.

Narrator- the Somerton United Methodist Church is located in what was originally a cemetery, until 1905 when the cemetery was moved. The United Methodist Church was created when Bishop Reuben H. Mueller and Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of The Methodist Church joined hands at the constituting General Conference in Dallas, Texas. Then in 1958 the Somerton United Methodist Church was built; most likely by a branch of the United Methodist Church. As well as other churches across the country. The whole congregations of the United Methodist Churches felt strongly towards the different wars from having family members fight in them to sharing certain beliefs towards the wars.

Narrator- Since a lot of the United Methodist Churches had these strong views of the war, at a certain time people would actually attack and set fire to a lot of the churches because of their beliefs. During World War 1 the church had built fallout shelter ground, where the people could go in case of bombing attacks from the war. As the years went on, the Methodist churches still held strong feelings towards the wars but manly worked hard to secure peace and order.

Narrator- during the world war one and two there were many men from Somerton who left to the wars, in honor of them a small memorial was built and placed in front of the church which names all the men from Somerton who lost their lives in the wars.

Narrator-  Now-a-days the church is sometimes used for a polling place, other then that the church is used for nothing more then a church.

Narrator- that’s all for now folks but remember no matter how big or small, everything has a story.


Biography

1) Somerton United Methodist Church:

- This source was the church itself. From the different signs around the church that gave the info of when it was built, and the world war 1&2 memorial in front of it. I also got some information from my dad, Francisco Roman, who knows some stuff about the church.

2) "History: Our Story." United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Publishing House, n.d. Web. 16 Nov 2010. <http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.1720691/k.B5CB/History_Our_Story.htm>.

- This source gave me all the history I needed for the United Methodist Church. The church I did was just a branch of the United Methodist Church. So to find out a little bit about my church I learned more about the main one. It provided a times of when it was created and such, as well as detailed information about different activities and main events.

3) "Somerton, Philadelphia, PA photos." PhillyHistory. Web. 16 Nov 2010. <http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Search.aspx>.

- This source provided me with a lot of the pictures I use in my presentation video. And helped me see what the town of Somerton was like years back. This is a really good website for finding old photos of certain areas.


Saint Agnes Hospital

Posted by Maxime Damis in American History - Laufenberg on
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For my presentation on the Saint Agnes Hospital in Philadelphia, I have created a presentation through prezi that tells the story of the building. Attached is my annotated bibliography as well.


Saint Agnes Hospital on Prezi

Annotated Bibliography

Franklin Mills: The Unraveling History by Zayd Alsardary

Posted by Zayd Alsardary in American History - Laufenberg on

Come check out one of the oldest and most

popular attractions in

 Philadelphia: The Franklin Mills Mall!

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Click on the link below to learn more!!
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Its the Experience...Of a Lifetime!

Franklin Mills Mall: The Unraveling History on Prezi

St. John the Baptist: Man and Church

Posted by Rita Willard in American History - Laufenberg on

file:///Users/rwillard/Desktop/American%20History/Q1/St._John/The_person.html

Just in case you are unfamiliar with iweb sites, you are able to click on the links at the top to view different pages (in this case, at the top under my name is three links called the person, the place, and my works)

MOVE: A Cult Unveiled

Posted by Yadierys Angeles in American History - Laufenberg on

Yadi Angeles

Water Stream

"MOVE: A Cult Unvelied" is a video focusing on the cult MOVE and the problems they had with the police. It tells two sides of a story with bad decisions and actions on both sides. It brings forth questions of trust for the government and a strange understanding for a cult the just had a strong way of expressing beliefs.

Link for video:

http://www.schooltube.com/video/53932c65b655edd805d3/MOVE

Link for citations: 

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1XZuwHCeujTF8X7jPJuYyD8VFFz2jcPmVfbaftGW-qWA

North 60th Street, The John H. McClatchy Building

Posted by Whitney Washington in American History - Laufenberg on
The John H. McClatchy Building is located on the Northern Block of 60th Street. It was built during the 1920's by John H. McClatchy. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Johnson, Vivian. Personal Interview. 30 October 2010. 
Vivian gave me a description of why the building's stained glass window were made the way they are.



Dender, Robert. Photographs. 2010. robdender.com. 29 October 2010. 
The pictures I used from the cite gave me different views of the building. The pictures also show an inside view of the building. 



United States. Department of Architecture. Office of General Architecture. "60th, North Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Article : J289X2". Office of of General Architecture. Office of Gen. Arch., June 1931. Web.  

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BuildingHistory with Clara Barton

Posted by Johniera McClain in American History - Laufenberg on

At Science Leadership Academy, the Juniors in Earth and Water Streams had to do a project for both English 3 and American History. The basis of  the project was to build a story about a building in your neighborhood and the person that the building is named after. For my project I decided to use Clara Barton Elementary School for the building, I then told the story of Clara Barton and Clara Barton Elementary School.

Here is the link to the Annotated Bibliography.

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