https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf Made with a wish on a star en-us 2021-09-28 20:28:53 UTC 2022-03-02 20:51:36 UTC hello@padlet.com rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1782646282 Genesis 1:1-19]]> 2021-09-30 22:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1782646282 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1782652899 2021-09-30 22:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1782652899 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1782657108 2021-09-30 22:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1782657108 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1784925708 Interesting Fact: There were already an estimated 50 million Native Americans before any Europeans ventured over to the Americas.]]> 2021-10-01 18:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1784925708 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1784942240 ARRIVED: 40,000 BC - 20,000 BC

Characteristics: 
1. oral literature: epic narratives, creation myths, stories, poems,  songs
2. use stories to teach moral lessons and convey practical information about the natural world
3. deep respect for nature and animals
4. cyclical world view
5. figurative language/parallelism

Interesting Fact: The transition between written and oral literature occurred between the 18th and 19th century.]]> 2021-10-01 18:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1784942240 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1838075548 1. Wrote mostly diaries and histories, which expressed the connections between God and their everyday lives.
2. Sought to "purify" the Church of England by reforming to the simpler forms of worship and church organization described in the New Testament
3. Saw religion as a personal, inner experience
4. Believed in original sin and "elect" who would be saved
5. Used a plain style of writing

Interesting Fact: Interestingly enough, there is strong evidence that the Catholics were persecuted at least a little bit in colonial America, from the Puritans.]]> 2021-10-23 14:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1838075548 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1838075772 Interesting Fact #1: Bewitchment was considered an illness and and was diagnosed by an actual doctor. 

Interesting Fact #2: In January 1692, the momentum was set by a doctor's diagnosis of bewitchment in Reverend Paris's daughter and niece, but the first trial and convicted was Bridget Bishop on June 10, 1692.

link: https://www.salem.org/salem-witch-trials/ ]]> 2021-10-23 14:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1838075772 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1838092132 1. Patrick Henry
2. Anne Bradstreet (poetry)
3. Edward Taylor ("Huswifery")]]> 2021-10-23 15:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1838092132 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1838093368 2021-10-23 15:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1838093368 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1838114989 2021-10-23 15:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1838114989 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1854368744 Important Literature: The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and The Declaration of Independence

1. Mostly comprised of philosophers, scientists, writing speeches and pamphlets
2. Human beings can arrive at truth (God's rules) by using deductive reasoning, rather than relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, or intuition.

Interesting Fact: This also occurred in Europe about a century earlier.

Interesting Fact #2: In Eastern Europe, the leaders of Prussia, Russia, and Austria implemented and attempted to follow some of the principles of this era. (https://ivypanda.com/essays/the-age-of-enlightenment-overview-and-analysis/)]]> 2021-10-29 16:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1854368744 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1854387629 Benjamin Franklin - autobiography

Patrick Henry - "Speech to the Virginia Convention"

Thomas Paine - "The Crisis"

Phyllis Wheatley - poetry

Interesting Fact: In addition to writing an autobiography, Benjamin Franklin also worked on newspapers and published almanacs.

Interesting Fact #2: The first African American woman (and second woman) to publish a book of poetry is Phyllis Wheatley. (https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/phillis-wheatley)]]> 2021-10-29 16:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1854387629 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1884518718 1. Everything in the world, including human beings, is a reflection of the Divine Soul.

2. People can use their intuition to behold God's spirit revealed in nature or in their own souls.

3. Self-reliance and individualism must outweigh external authority and link conformity to tradition.

4. Important social and political movements include the Abolitionist, Utopian, and Women's Suffrage Movements

Interesting Fact #1: There have been many attempts at a Utopian society in America, including the Mormons, the Oneida Community, The Shaker Movement, New Harmony, and Brooks Farm.

Interesting Fact #2: In 1850, there was the first National Women's Right Convention held in Worcester, Massachusetts, with many figureheads of the movement present including Fredrick Douglass and Sojourner Truth.

(link: https://americansall.org/legacy-story-group/timeline-womens-suffrage-movement-1850-1868)]]> 2021-11-11 15:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1884518718 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1884529781 Ralph Waldo Emerson
—Nature
—"Self-Reliance"

Henry David Thoreau
—Walden
—Life in the Woods

Louisa May Alcott
- Little Women

Interesting Fact #1: In addition to writing, Thoreau was a philosopher, specifically in classical Greek and Roman philosophy.

Interesting Fact #2: Several other writers during the American Renaissance include Fredrick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

(link: https://www.easternct.edu/speichera/understanding-literary-history-all/the-american-renaissance.html)]]> 2021-11-11 15:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1884529781 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1904830956 He ran as a way to make young people voices more heard in politics. He wanted to see what the young generation could do. It was caught by storm, and he managed to come fifth out of over 20 candidates in the mayorial election. He produced a documentary over it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6OJl42Ntko 

Of course, this wasn't very serious. (Keep in mind, the documentary is very silly.) He wanted to push the normal standards and make more politicians aware of the youth.

Here is an article summarizing what happened: https://www.complex.com/life/niko-omilana-london-mayor-elections-2021 ]]> 2021-11-21 22:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1904830956 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1904832561 Although many places in the world have lifted restrictions, some places are putting more in. Protests continue around the globe.]]> 2021-11-21 22:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/1904832561 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2020152046 Interesting Fact: Many battlefields still exist today, but they will most likely be destroyed due to new development prospects unfortunately.]]> 2022-01-30 18:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2020152046 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2020152152 1. Valued feeling, intuition, idealism, and inductive reasoning.

2. Placed faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination.

3. Shunned the artificiality of civilization and sought unspoiled nature as a path to spirituality.

4. Championed individual freedom and the worth of the individual

5. Saw poetry as the highest expression of the imagination

6. Dark Romantics: used dark and supernatural themes/settings (Gothic style)]]> 2022-01-30 18:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2020152152 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2020155116 Interesting Fact: The first gold nugget was discovered on January 24, 1948, by a lone man named James Marshall. Him and his group attempted keeping it a secret, but it was no use, as "gold fever" soon broke out.]]> 2022-01-30 18:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2020155116 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2020157270 Washington Irving
—"Rip van Winkle"

Emily Dickinson
—poetry

Walt Whitman
—Leaves of Grass

Edgar Allan Poe
—"The Raven"

Nathaniel Hawthorne
—The Scarlet Letter]]> 2022-01-30 18:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2020157270 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2056717890 Interesting Fact #1: In 1952, he was appointed to a new chairmanship, allowing him to continue his investigation.]]> 2022-02-19 18:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2056717890 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2056735753 2022-02-19 18:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2056735753 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2063429797 Fact #1: He was established as a student in Baltimore before his family moved to California, where he got involved with drugs and gang violence on the streets.

Fact #2: His first breakthrough album and solo debut was 2Pacalypse Now.

Fact #3: In 2017, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.]]> 2022-02-23 21:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2063429797 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2070852828 Fact #1: He started spoken word poetry in university, in his last year, to be specific.

Fact #2: His attitude always been about changing the dynamic between people, whether students or teachers, and education.

Fact #3: He never expected to blow up, but when he did, he was just grateful to know that his work was reaching people and having impact.]]> 2022-03-01 05:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2070852828 rgarlock2 https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2074401705 Fact #1: Throughout his life, unfortunately, he relied on alcohol heavily and eventually became an alcoholic.

Fact #2: His most famous poem was "The Raven", which gave him national fame.

Fact #3: Poe was given a classical education in childhood and started university but never quite finished due to a number of things, with one being gambling problems.]]> 2022-03-02 20:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rgarlock2/gc3xtlvpwc7zsarf/wish/2074401705