Trail of Tears

This week  we watched a movie called the Trail of Tears. Today we are going to reflect on how they felt about going and leaving their house. So with that being said  lets begin! The main states that the Cherokee lived were GA, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. I think it was really sad for the people who were on the trail of tears. Because would you want people to come into your house and kick you and your family out. There were a lot of people who were on the trip, but here is some of the main people who were on it, a lot of Cherokee’s  because they were forced out of there homes and there land, and the soldiers. The soldiers came with them on the trip because to make sure no one left or no one vanished. The president gave the people who were living there a couple of days to leave before he went into the houses and did it himself. They had to go to what we call today, Oklahoma.  They hated it and they couldn’t find there family members. Who were lost or dead. When they were on this dreadful trip a lot of people died so they didn’t go to burial homes they just buried them on the side of the road where they were walking. 

The dreadful Trail of Tears

As I go into my house there are soldiers wating for me

Lets go they said

They force me out

Wait I need my baby

No you don’t

After we walk to the field where we start

Everyone is there

And they began walking

For miles

For Oklahoma

Where we ended up

People were dying left and right

I couldn’t do this anymore

I tried to leave but I couldn’t

They were stingy to everyone

Everyone tried to whimper but it was futile

When we finally got to what we called Oklahoma

I recoiled into the seat

-Morgan McGahan

Dahlonega Gold Mine

All aboard welcome on the Dahlonega train. The first stop we are going to cover is in the mine. So let's jump right in. Dahlonega was really cool and fun. We got to pan for gold, but some people didn’t find any gold. Before the trip like every other trip we learned about the trip and the gold rush. There are many things that I learned again like the machine that you need to be very careful of or you might get your finger cut off. Also there is a signature from the president named John Tyler. There is one thing that I didn’t know that I just recently learned about the machines that they used are called the Stamp Mills. The last thing that I learned at the Museum part is that they have gold coins that are really rare and you can't take a picture of them.  Moving on, next stop the gold mine and panning for gold. It  was really fun and I got three pieces of gold. Our tour guide named Jonny was the world record of gold mining. Also I learned that there are bats in the mine. Also the mine was seven stories underground. There was water in the mine on the walls. The three things that I enjoyed that we got to mine for gold. We got to go with other classes and we got to see bats. I will see you next time.

  

                                                              

                                                      

Cloudland Canyon

Last Tuesday we went on a trip to Cloudland Canyon.  I couldn’t go because of my knee but that is ok. Last year when I went there  I saw a rock overhang, and a lot of waterfall, last year I thought it was cool.  Also, we had to do vocabulary movies at Cloudland Canyon, Amanda and I were paired up, It was really fun. and Ms. Constantine got so mad at us. Her face almost turned red. When they went to cloudland canyon Teresa took my place and we went on from there. The things that I learned there was they have a conglomerates, they have talus, and they have strata. I really enjoyed learning about Cloudland Canyon.

Arabia Mountain Reflection

Last Tuesday, we went to Arabia  Mountain. We did a lot of stuff there. The first thing we did there was poetry. We stopped at different places to write poetry. We wrote poetry about whatever we saw there. Another thing we did was we took a lot of pictures of plants and wildlife. We do this at all of our trips but this one is special because the mountain is different than any other mountain.  Also we hiked up and down the mountain. It was really cool to see how the plants adapted from last year. Last thing we did was when we got to the top of the mountain there were weathering pits, so we measured weathering pits and got in partners to do this. We measured the length, the with and how deep the soil is. At the end of the trip there was only one scrape, but no major injuries. It was really fun to go to Arabia Mountain and I hope I can go again.

This is a rock pool. A rock pool is a pool
a pool with rocks. 

This is a jail thing. It looks like a jail with all the bars and such but no nobody knows what is is. 

The two similarities are they are both in GA and they have Stages of Succession. The differences are Stone Mountain is much bigger than Arabia Mountain. Also Stone Mountain Has a carving at the side and Arabia does not.  

Path Movie

Oakland Cemetery

When we went to Oakland we had to do a word of what we thought is connecting to Oakland. The word had to represent Oakland somehow. Also before we took the picture we had to get our word approve by a teacher.   

 All of these dead people make me think about the past

How they lived

How they were treated 

How some even fought for our country

But there are many different types of people

Like a good person and a bad person

They are like a cloud in the sky

Soring up into the netherworld

Of the future

In the past of the dead

There were times I just wanted to cry

Or maybe smile

Or chuckle

Whatever it was

I know there

Always will be a place for me

In the future 

This poem relates to Oakland because there are a lot of dead people buried here. Also this connects because it connects to the past and what happened in the past. 

The thing that I learned this week was there were 4 phases in the Atlanta History. I also learned that Atlanta had two names before it got names Atlanta. The names were Terminus and Marthasville. 

Oakland Cemetery Reflection

     On our trip, I learned Oakland is the oldest cemetery in Atlanta. It was originally called Atlanta Cemetery and had only 6 acres. It was named Oakland because of all the oak trees that were there. It was established where downtown is today, but then it was moved.

      I enjoyed having lunch and seeing the Conferdate Lion. Also, we saw Jasper Newton Smith. Jasper Newton Smith is close to the entrance and he faces Atlanta because he wanted to face the city he was creating. Jasper Newton Smith also hated neck ties and he made his mausoleum before he died so he could make sure there wasn’t a neck tie on his grave. I liked going to Oakland for the second time!