Sample Immigration Assignment

"Life has taken a turn for the worst. We are getting abused by the British, persecution is getting overwhelming, and now our potatoes are diseased and rotting! We have to leave Ireland... the potato famine is too much for us to handle. I can't believe that our staple crop has been diseased and rotting in the ground! We can't take this abuse... we will die without this food, and no money! We need to leave... maybe, just maybe, we could get to America! We could leave from Dublin, I know it would be long, but we need to make the trip. Uncle James is there, I wonder if he could find us some jobs!!! We so desperately need it!"

First Post

I never thought I would need or want a blog. Friends have had them for a long time, and I never saw a need to post about something random online. I have recently realized that there is more to blogging than random posts. I would like this site to be a discussion forum for students of our world and country. That means students in a classroom, and it includes those of us who are wanting to understand what is going on in our world. It is my hope that we can be critical and understand why the world is the way it is. I am based in New York, and as a citizen of this state and country, the parody of Empire State and the nation's state of empire was too good to resist.

Two of the most difficult concepts for people to understand in American history are colonization and imperialism. Perhaps they are difficult to comprehend because they have become so ingrained in our country's lifestyle. Share your thoughts!

Newspapers

What is the future of newspapers and print media? How much more will we be ignorant and tolerate the propaganda that our news media feeds us? Get educated and understand how the rest of the world feels! It matters!
Check out two sites:

http://www.crayon.net/read.cgi?jredeker@gmail.com

http://www.aldaily.com