Explaining My Topic.

 In your first paragraph, explain your research topic and preliminary findings to a friend (or sibling, parent, etc.). 

So, I'm doing this project in school, and it's basically me finding a topic that falls under the theme of rights and responsibilities. Now my topic is based on the Civil Rights Movement. I have to research this topic thoroughly, and kind of narrow it down so that it isn't to broad of a topic. I know it sounds, and it is, complicated. So I narrowed mine down to segregation in the south (Alabama seems to be the best location); Public Transportation, Voting Rights, and Basic Social Equality. It was difficult narrowing my choices down, but I was able to choose these three, because they cover the points that I want to get across to any chosen audience. So the project guidelines say that I have to have a final project, and on that part I'm still trying to decide. But, this is basically what I have to do for my project. 

explain your topic again more formally, like you might in a paper or a formal class presentation. 

For my NHD project, I chose to focus on the Civil Rights Movement. Now not the whole entire movement, but mainly three specific aspects of it, that I found to be most important. Once I narrowed my topic down, I ended up with a thesis: Transportation, Education, and Basic Social Equality were some of the main focuses when it came to what were big priorities during this time, that influenced the Civil Rights Movement to start. I chose these three, because they manage to capture important parts of the movement within them. I also find the events that occurred within these categories to be very interesting, so I guess that's just a plus to my topic. Now there's the process of choosing a final project to use, for presenting your project. Making videos always interested me, so that may just be my final project selection, but then again I haven't decided yet. 

Working + Reading Times.

Times!
Tuesday: 35 minutes - Annotations
Wednesday: 30 minutes - Annotations
Thursday:  45 minutes - Annotations
Friday: 25 minutes - Notecards

Research.

For my topic, it's kind of focused loosely on the Civil Rights Movement. This topic has interested me a lot, and I think the studying on it in that we did in seventh grade helped to further that interest. What I chose to focus on is how it started, and the simple rights that people were fighting for during this time. For instance, the equality on a simple bus ride, or trying to get the approval to vote in an election. There are so many things that occurred during this movement that have to do with the project's topic, but I have to go through the difficult process of narrowing down my topic.

One thing that I know I'm definitely focusing on is that march to Selma, which ended in police officers brutally beating the marchers who refused to turn around and go back where they came from. Rosa Park is another story that I know would go perfectly with my topic. I just think it's gonna be hard for me trying to figure out what to focus on and what not to.

Project - 80 minutes.

Fault in Our Stars - 35 minutes

Indian Book from Class? - 10 minutes

Itty Bitty Kennedy.

Hey there Kennedy,

Wow aren't you different. So I heard you needed some guidance, so I'll give you a few pointers. School can be a nuisance sometimes, but you will learn to tolerate it. Try to stay out of all that drama that surrounds you at school, you'll be happier without all of that weighing down on you. In general, surround yourself with people who make you happy, you know the ones who make you laugh so hard that your sides ache. Oh and stop arguing with your parents, it's pointless, you lose every single time.

As you get older, you may be intrigued by many new pursuits. Try your best to pursue those, you don't wanna regret ignoring those when you get older. Your family might annoy every single organ in your body sometimes, but they only do it because they love you. You're also gonna lose some friends, but the new ones that come are the best, trust me. In terms of style.. you'll learn little one, you'll learn. And Facebook is not going to be that cool forever, enough said. Lastly, If you ever feel down just keep faking happiness until you get to the real thing. (:

- Future Kennedy.