In the past day we have come back from the sunny warm weather of Atlanta to the snowy temps of New England. Taking a look back on what we learned through our intense trip to the south, I found that we explored the evolution of the great city of Atlanta. We learned about the old south from all the different museum we went to. We studied the civil rights movement, we experienced only a fraction of what it must have felt like at a lunch bar sit in, and we watched as the city of Atlanta progressed the the years. With each day we gradually moved from the old south to taking a look at what Atlanta is famous for now a days. I think Atlanta has progressed as a modern day city, but keeps its past in everyones mind so as not to over look a key piece of history.
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March 9,2017
Today we had an earlier start to the day so that we can tour the movie studios in Atlanta. We took about a two hour long tour going all around Atlanta seeing where most of The Walking Dead was filmed and other movies such as: Fast and Furious 7, Pitch Perfect 3, The Hunger Games, and several others. After the tour we got lunch in the CNN food court followed by some free time in the hotel to relax and refresh a little. Finally we went to a park a few blocks over from our hotel and we were able to go fishing in the river, go on trails, play basketball, use the playgrounds and walk around near by restaurants to get dinner. Today was a nice and relaxing day being able to spend a lot of time outside in the sunshine. The Forman Winterim to Atlanta trip traveled via Marta to the CNN headquarters and the World of Coke today. First at the CNN headquarters we took a trip behind the scenes of the leading news sources. Learning about the history and the many branches of CNN we got to see some of the real offices and studios. Following that tour we ate lunch in the building and got ready to head to the Coke a Cola museum, there we learned about the history of Coke and even the secret recipe. Taking a ride on the 4D, looking at coke thorough the modern ages, and of course the giant tasting room were all parts of the amazing tour. Following our trips to the museums, we popped back into the hotel to rest up for our night out.
This morning we went to the Kennesaw Battle Site for a special presentation about Civil War artillery, specifically cannons, and then we took a beautiful hike nearby. The hike was a fun walk, and we got some great views from the top! After that, we grabbed a delicious lunch at a burger restaurant. In the afternoon, we went to the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History to learn about trains and the railroad system during the Civil War. There were several interesting displays and a short documentary. For the remainder of the day, we went to a rather large mall called Lenox Square for shopping and dinner before heading back to the hotel for the night.
Today we woke up early and got ready to go to Atlanta. We had a long day of traveling. We got on a 2 hour plane ride. When we arrived we took multiple trains to get to our bags. The first stop we had was at Ok Cafe. The Ok Cafe was recomended to us by John Cheney, the food there was good and so was the service you can tell why its a popular place to go for lunch in Atlanta. next stop on our first day was the history center. the highlight about the History Center was they had a farm from the Civil War period with re-enactors. finally we came back to our hotel and ended of the day by exploring part of the city and finding places to eat with our groups.
For the first half of this day, we started out by finishing up the film “Gone With The Wind,” which we had started the day before. Then we took a nice little break, then we started back up with more history, jumping ahead a few years. We learned a lot about the Jim Crow laws, laws that enforced segregation and were just another form of slavery for African Americans. We learned about reconstruction, and how African Americans were treated, even after they were freed.
March 2 2017
On our final day of preparation for Atlanta we started off the day by taking a brief quiz on things we have learned about the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement. Than we had a group discussion on all of the questions to review the information incase we forgot something or didn't fully understand the question. Once we finished discussing the quiz we went over everyone's power point presentations that we have made earlier in the week. The powerpoints were very helpful because we were able to have a better understanding for what to expect on this trip, it also helped to know about how long it takes to get somewhere and how long we will be there for. Lastly we went back to our rooms to finish packing, Mrs Zullo went around to the girls rooms to make sure they were on the right track for packing and Mr Marks did the same for the boys. Yesterday in our winterum class we watched a movie called Gone with the Wind. It's a movie about how the culture of the south has disappeared. Its an interesting movie because in most movies about the civil war they show the south as bad people however in this movie it seemed as if they wanted you to root for the confederates. In the movie they didn’t even acknowledge that slavery is wrong. In some parts of the movie they made one of the female slaves in the house seem stupid and helpless. Throughout the movie the white people would disregard the slaves like they were not people and I guess back then they didn't see them as people. Things have come a long way however we still have a lot of racial discrimination. I hope when we go to Atlanta we can find out how things are getting better.
Today in class we finished the movie Gone With The Wind. We also started to discuss and get into Civil Rights. We watched a short documentary dealing with oppression, segregation and key leaders that included and revolved around the world of Civil Rights.
We are all getting ready to leave for Atlanta on Friday, but before we do, we took some time to write out our past knowledge of the city, what we expect, and what we're looking forward to!
"I know that it will be a little warmer in Atlanta in some points. I hope that when I’m in Atlanta that I’ll get to see a lot of new things and have a lot of fun. I want to see what the city is ike in Atlanta and see what the main town/ city of Atlanta is like." -Olivia Minor "I think atlanta georgia is going to be pretty cool and i'm going to be vlogging every day that i can. I think that i am going to videotape cool places that we are going such as the coke factory and also anywhere else that we went that seemed cool." -Connor Redmond
"Atlanta’s like, where they’ve filmed The Walking Dead, Stranger Things, that one Netflix movie, Avengers, new Spider-Man movie, lotta Civil War stuff, battles, Sherman, it's warm, like really warm, the aquarium seems dope, fish are cool, it's a big place. Capital of Georgia, olympics done been held there. Looking forward to warm weather...yeah." -Jack McDonald "I am so excited for Atlanta. I can’t wait for the aquarium and all the other fun trips we have planned to do down there. I know just some of the basics about Atlanta and can’t wait to learn more. I am looking forward to spend time in the city." -Lauren Fraites "I am from Atlanta, but I moved to New England in 1979. I can’t wait to share my home city with the group. Even though I have returned to Atlanta several times every year, I see something new every time – it is a great mix of old and new!" -Mrs. Zullo "What do you know about Atlanta? Atlanta is a big and thriving city that is full of different cultures. Atlanta is also a big city that revolves around the genre of rap music and creativity. What do you expect? I expect Atlanta to be a warm, fun and diverse city. I expect to have a lot of different kinds of food and to go to different places that I have never been before. What do you want to experience? I want to experience having different kinds of food and to experience going through a civil rights museum. I also want to experience going through and exploring a Southern City." -Brennan Bertamini "I know atlanta has good food, The hawks play there, I expect Atlanta to be warm, it would be cool if we saw a rapper. I was hoping we could go to a protest but I don't think we can." -Matthew Balsara "Rap Trap Lil yachty Gucci Mane Playboi carti Migos Young Thug OG Maco Waka Flocka Flame 21 Savage Soulja Boy MadeinTYO UnoTheActivist OutKast 2 Chainz" -Antonio Garcia "Basketball Olympics Peaches Rap Trap Trappers and rappers from Atlanta Gucci Lil yachty Future Migos Young thug Rich homie quan Playboy carti Mike will made it Madeintyo Outkast Childish gambino Six flags over Georgia" -Ayanda Mabandla "I am super excited to go to Atlanta for winterim this year! I’ve never been to Atlanta, or to the southern United States, but it should be a lot of fun. That being said, I don’t know much about the city. I know it is home to Emory University, and it is known to have particularly warm summers. Beyond that, I don’t know a lot about it. I’m expecting to visit a lot of cultural and historical sites when we’re there. I’m also expecting to enjoy the sunshine – if we have it – and enjoy my time there with friends and chaperones. I’m looking forward to visiting museums, seeing new things, and trying new foods when we’re exploring the history and culture, and playing frisbee, hanging out at the park, and enjoying the weather during leisure times. I have high hopes for the trip, and I’m really excited to go!" -Emily Chandler |
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