Today in History class we did an activity on how the president should be elected. In this activity, we filled out a worksheet on the pros and cons of haveing the president be elected by the people, congress, the Electoral College, and by the states. In the end, the best way of electing an Exectutive ended up being by the Electoral College because it made it so the small states had a say in the election. Although the Electoral College was looked at as possibly being deceitful, it was chosen as the best working system of electing an Executive.
Today in English class we begun reading the play, Antigone. Antigone is the following story from a book we read last year called Oedipus Rex. The story starts up when the protagonist Antigone's brothers murder eachother. Antigone's uncle Creon buried one of the brothers, but creates a law saying that the other brother will not be buried or mourned. When Antigone heres of this law she is determined to break it. She comes to her sister, inviting her to join in on her scheme to bury her brother, saying that it is only what is fair for him. When her sister refuses, Antigone does not back down. She holds her head high and stays determined to accomplish her task.
A connection I made between one of our History classes and the book Antigone was with one of the civic values we learned. The cicvic value was perseverence, which means steady persistance in a course of action. Antigone demonstrates this civic value when she plots to disobey the law in order to do what she thinks is right. Antigone demonstrates perseverence by sticking to her goal, even when the law gets in the way, or when her sister will not join her. Even if it means getting in trouble by herself, Antigone is determined to bury her brother.
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