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Hello everyone! This is my Honors US History Wiki Page. I hope you enjoy the projects and assignments I've worked on this year. Below I have them listed by month. Let me know what you think!

Thanks, Heather Kirwan

My School: johncarroll.org

SEPTEMBER

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OCTOBER



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NOVEMBER

The Emancipation Proclamation: wordle.net



The Gettysburg Address

Grant vs. Lee Debate

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FEBRUARY

WW1 News Article:

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I wish I knew how It would feel to be free I wish I could break All the chains holding me I wish I could say All the things that I should say Say 'em loud say 'em clear For the whole round world to hear I wish I could share All the love that's in my heart Remove all the bars That keep us apart I wish you could know What it means to be me Then you'd see and agree That every man should be free

I wish I could give All I'm longin' to give I wish I could live Like I'm longin' to live I wish I could do All the things that I can do And though I'm way over due I'd be starting a new

Well I wish I could be Like a bird in the sky How sweet it would be If I found I could fly Oh I'd soar to the sun And look down at the sea Than I'd sing cos I know - yea Then I'd sing cos I know - yea Then I'd sing cos I know I'd know how it feels Oh I know how it feels to be free Yea Yea! Oh, I know how it feels Yes I know Oh, I know How it feels How it feels To be free

"**I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free**" is a song written by [|Billy Taylor] & [|Dick Dallas]. Originally recorded by [|Nina Simone] in 1967 on her //[|Silk & Soul] // album. Billy Taylor's own instrumental version, recorded the same year, is used as the theme music for [|The Film programme] on BBC television.Billy Taylor reports that "I wrote this song, perhaps my best known composition, for my daughter Kim. This is one of the best renditions I’ve done, because it is very spiritual."

[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wish_I_Knew_How_It_Would_Feel_to_Be_Free]

Of the many musicians who used their music to advance the cause of civil rights, [|Nina Simone] was one of the most passionate, most outspoken and most gifted. Although many of her civil-rights-era songs had their origins earlier in the 20th century, this song was written in 1967 by noted jazz pianist and educator Dr. Billy Taylor (along with Dick Dallas), and was recorded by Simone that same year. It quickly became one of the musical mainstays of the movement.

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This song is about the Civil Rights Movement and how it brought a large majority of America together for a single purpose of fighting for African American rights. When she sings, "Oh I know how it feels to be free", she gave other African Americans hope that one day they will be able to have those rights. It is almost as if this song is used as propaganda as to encourage other people to join in the protests. This song can also represent the crying out of all other African Americans in America who long for freedom and a say.

MARCH

Milton Hershey:

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MAY

Captain America Animoto

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