Day 141 History Project & Poem

March 23, 2012 Day 141

Math: 2 pages, Weather

LA Book: 1 page

Latin: vocabulary flashcards

History Diorama project: paint, print, and prepare, & present!

Link to Project Video & Poem read by Sophie

Dr. Suess-like History poem:

The United States debate,

On these subjects all eight!

From 1820-1850

These facts are very nifty!

Moses Greenleaf was surveying,

And Congress was debating,

Then Maine became a state,

With NO SLAVES now aint that great?

Now those families on the Trail,

The males and the females,

Were trying to get to the West,

And they had no time to rest.

Because back in the east,

The Five Civilized Tribes were having a feast,

But in Washington a controversial,

Sent them crying down that teary trail

And the Americans in Texas,

Were fed up with the Mexicans,

So they hid in the Alamo,

Where a big battle was and Santa Anna cried “Deguello!”

But this started another War,

For annexation I’m pretty sure,

Between The Mexicans and Americans,

The Rio Grande is now the border end

Now were in 1849,

When the gold rush took it’s time,

With the prospector acting like clowns,

It created many boomtowns!

In the South all the slaves,

Were starting to misbehave,

And break the Fugitive Slave Act,

And hop a “train” to the north but never back!

And the idea of a railroad,

Was starting to unload,

But it wasn’t physically done,

Until about 1861!

So this America 1820-1850

I hope these facts were nifty!