A Day in The Life of Matthew Starble

London, 4 February 1667

What follows is the occurrences and activities that I would have participated in if I lived in 17^th century London.

“Oh what fun I have planned for today. The most glorious of days. My birthday. I am surprised I am still alive. Because of my life I will be throwing a huge party to celebrate. I have to get ready though for all the guests to come over. I have not even powdered my wig yet. I must wear a wig because my hair has been a little thin lately and I cannot risk anything. I recently got my suit back from the tailor because I got a small tear in it but it is fine now. It is a really fine suit. The jacket is a solid dark blue with silver buttons, it used to be my fathers and my fathers father. I also have a magnificent wool vest and navy breeches to go along with the jacket. I usually finish of the outfit with my white cravat. Next to prepare for the party I apply ceruse to my face to give it that white look. It somewhat burns but that is the price for looking great.

“ I am so excited for the food we will be having at my party. My friend, who is an exquisite cook, is making roasted duck, chicken and rabbit. There will be two legs of mutton, a whole side of lamb and five lobsters. All of this food will be accompanied with the finest of whines and beers. For dessert we will have four tarts with a mixture of tarts, including my favorite, boysenberry. We will also have some apple and blueberry pies and some fruit that was just picked.”

“ The party was great. And now we are all going out for one of my favorite things. A public execution. This man was a thief and tried stealing pastries from my favorite pastry shop. He should be ashamed. After that my guests and me went on down to the south bank to enjoy some bear baiting. It took a while but afterwards we went to the river to take a relaxing boat ride. Today was a glorious day. “

“ I feel terrible. I do not know why. I decided to take my self on down to the doctor to have myself checked out. The doctor let me blood, it was only 14 ounces but I still felt a little off. I thought my magic hares foot I always carry kept me healthy. I guess that didn’t work. I went to see the wise woman that lives down the street. She was no help so I went back down to the doctor. Turns out I have bladder stones… I had surgery, and the doctor said it went well. It was excruciatingly painful. But I will get over it.”

Rabbits foot

Bibliography:

Picard, Lisa.  “Sex, Lice, and Chamber Pots in Pepys’ London.”  17 February 2011.  British Broadcasting Company.  http://tinyurl.com/LondonDayintheLife.

Pictography:

 Victorian rabbits foot. Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit%27s_foot

Read This Blog About 13 Colonies

This map was made to represent the thirteen colonies. It shows not only when the colonies were founded but also the main crops and trade in that region. The regions that are shaded are the general farming which encompasses most of the colonies and is shaded in orange. Another large crop is tobacco which is shaded in purple. And finally another large crop in the colonies is rice and indigo which is in green. There are many labels on the map to indicate many key trades in the colonies ranging from ship supplies to whaling to rum! We also wrote an overview paragraph about things we indentified in the map.

Stomping Out Modern Day Slavery

Link to Ways To End Modern Day Slavery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRbchyUnplE&feature=youtu.be

Link to Class Site http://endingmoderndayslaveryatrmhs.wikispaces.com/FBlockPSAs
My video is number 5 Ways to End Modern Day Slavery: How to Help
Matt,Ciara,Natalie,Travis. The other videos also relate to slavery going on today.

This PSA was basically a call for help from people in slavery. You may not know but slavery is happening to this day in larger numbers then it did before. The video talks about the staggering size of how many people are involved in slavery. But the video mostly talks about how we as a nation and community need to band together and put an end to slavery. If one person knows about it in a town they can start fundraisers and clubs to help earn money and spread the word about slavery. There are many organizations that are trying to prevent and find out who is involved in slavery. Donate or join their cause so they can solve who is involved in slavery. Also they can bring it up to their city counsel, mayor, and everyone that can help. Hopefully we can make everyone join in. People that have lots of power may say they are working on stopping slavery but not much is happening. We need to put our foot down on slavery once and for all.

Stars And Wishes

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Diseases Beyond Diseases: The Presence of Persistent Tuberculosis in Skid Row, Los Angeles

http://epidatrmhs.blogspot.com/2013/04/diseases-beyond-diseases-presence-of.html

Stars                                                     Wishes

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and made me want to read more on the topic.                  explain information fully and got me confused.

                          

This person also really grabbed me with her starting      The writers resource was from another blog 

paragraph and cited the story really well and related      which may mean it is biased and you 

the topic to many things she/he has seen or done.           should not used bias information.

blog entry title 3

summary 9

connections to class and analysis 7

voice 4

conventions and extras 4

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                                                #1: Name Unknown

This part of the story is about a man that has been forced onto a slave ship with his whole family because someone falsely accused him of witchcraft. They said the man may have been a slave trader and got in a fight with the chief of Saltpan who made up the lie that him and his family used witchcraft. When the man got on the ship he was extremely depressed. The man would not eat anything. Because of his depression he cut his own throat luckily not killing himself but pretty close. The next night on the ship the man tried killing himself again by cutting his neck with his own fingernails. Again he did not kill himself but he still would not eat food. In about ten days the unknown man died of lack of food.  Some people thought this man was crazy others thought he made the right choice and would rather die then become a slave.

There is a lot of evidence of turmoil and resistance in this passage. To show how much this man doesn’t want to become a slave he tries killing himself and soon succeeds. This was a terrible situation that proves slaves didn’t just sit there and not do anything. They stood up for what they believe in.  You see turmoil in this story when they man is trying to commit suicide and is not eating proving how bad slavery would be.

I thought that the slaves on these ships were just sitting there not doing anything and not standing up for themselves. But here that is obviously not true. I also can't believe you can become a slave after someone gets you in trouble for something that is not true. But I was also shocked that the crew cared so much about this individual. I thought if a slave tried committing suicide they would just throw his body out of the ship but they actually tried preventing it and tried to help him.

http://americancivilwarphotographs.blogspot.com/2012/06/african-slave-ships.html

African Slave Ships

American Civil War Photos