Booker T. Washington Reflective Essay
I choose Booker Taliaferro Washington as my topic this year for the 2017 National History Fair, Compromise and Conflict in history theme because It is an interesting, important topic that is skipped in our history books today. Also, I wanted to see and study about Booker T.’s life and works.
The first thing I did was to go to the library with my partner, Andrea. We started off by researching about him online through Wikipedia, Britannica, Ebsco Host, and Google. While in these websites, we found information about his life and all the conflicts he went through. We also saw a lot of photos about Booker T. Washington’s life and education. The next thing we did was printing out information about him and other passage. We also started reading and checking out books from the library, so that we can absorb more knowledge about him. The third step was to start highlighting key points of the passages. A interesting fact about Booker T. Washington is that he was buried at his collage , Tuskegee,University. The last and final step we did was to …show more content…
We added photos, video and important information on the website to help people understand what they read. The information we put on the website were about one of his greatest works “the Atlantic Compromise”. The agreement was that African American’s will submit to the white people government, but they would have to give something in return. My project relates to the theme Conflict and Compromise because Booker Taliaferro Washington made a compromise that started the Atlanta Exposition Speech. There was an agreement stuck in 1895 between Booker t. Washington, other Afican America, and Southen white leaders.
My project, Booker T. Washington Conflict and Compromise, relates to the theme Conflict and Compromise in history, because Booker T. Washington left a movement that later will be seen in the history, the civil rights
The first thing I did was to go to the library with my partner, Andrea. We started off by researching about him online through Wikipedia, Britannica, Ebsco Host, and Google. While in these websites, we found information about his life and all the conflicts he went through. We also saw a lot of photos about Booker T. Washington’s life and education. The next thing we did was printing out information about him and other passage. We also started reading and checking out books from the library, so that we can absorb more knowledge about him. The third step was to start highlighting key points of the passages. A interesting fact about Booker T. Washington is that he was buried at his collage , Tuskegee,University. The last and final step we did was to …show more content…
We added photos, video and important information on the website to help people understand what they read. The information we put on the website were about one of his greatest works “the Atlantic Compromise”. The agreement was that African American’s will submit to the white people government, but they would have to give something in return. My project relates to the theme Conflict and Compromise because Booker Taliaferro Washington made a compromise that started the Atlanta Exposition Speech. There was an agreement stuck in 1895 between Booker t. Washington, other Afican America, and Southen white leaders.
My project, Booker T. Washington Conflict and Compromise, relates to the theme Conflict and Compromise in history, because Booker T. Washington left a movement that later will be seen in the history, the civil rights