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.
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.
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.
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>.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
