I finished my web page today

Today I finished the edits and turned in my paper and worked on my web page.

Today I was working on my website , and I turned in my work cited page

Today I fixed my paper , and did my tangible product documentation

Today I worked on finishing up my video

Today I worked on my powerpoint and my video , my powerpoint is finished and all i need to do is finish my video

i edited my video

Today I edited my video

Today I finished my powerpoint and worked on editing my paper

Today in class we did work on how to use MLA format for our paper, and I worked on my power point

Today I edited my research paper and have been working on my powerpoint

oday i worked on my powerpoint

today i edited my video with Mr. Duty

Today I finished my outline and started my paper.

Today I started to finish up my outline and prepared for my interview today at 4:00 with an Alpha Phi Alpha which is the first fraternity that was formed

Today I still continued to work on my outline paper

Today I worked on my outline paper

Today I finished my notes and started my outline so that I can start my paper. I also looked for more key terms to add to my paper.

Today I went to the University of Pittsburgh and interviewed Jennifer Grayson the Vice President of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Iota Chapter.

Key Terms

Divine Nine - The divine nine is America's nine black fraternities and sororities. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. They are a unique and vital part of African American history.

Sorority/Fraternity - The terms "fraternity" and "sorority" (from the Latin words frater and soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations.

HBCU- Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community

African American History - African American history is the portion of American history that specifically discusses the African American or Black American ethnic group in the United States.

Honorary- given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments.

I am still answering my essential questions , and Jennifer Grayson emailed me back and she invited me to an invent today at 7:00 and a couple other things throughout the week. Tommorrow I have my personal interview with Jennifer Grayson.

Today I worked on answering my essential questions and I emailed Jennifer Grayson the Vice Presided of the Alpha Kappa Alpha soroity at Pitt University to set up an interview. Ms. Johnson also set up interviews for me this wednesday.

Webliography

Ross, Lawrence C. The Divine Nine: the History of African American Fraternities and Sororities. Dafina Books, 2002. 1-465

www.pbs1914.org/ www.aka1908.com

www.iotaphitheta.org

www.sgrho1922.org

www.alphaphialpha.net

www.omegapsiphifraternity.org

www.zphib1920.org

http://www.ornl.gov/adm/hr_ornl/bhm2006/SororitiesandFraternities.htm

Essential and Foundation Questions

Essential : How has the Divine Nine impacted the college experience for Pittsburgh Greeks?

Foundation:
What is the Divine Nine?
When was it founded?
What order were they founded in?
What are the origins of graduate chapters?
What are some of the significant things that these organizations have done?
How have these organizations changed over time?
What motivates men and woman to become apart of the Greek life?
Who is their biggest influence?
Does pledging at a regular university instead of an HBCU affect the pledging experience?
How does being in a sorority/fraternity create successful African American people?

today i recorded my interview with Ms. Johnson who is in a sorority and , she helped me find other people in sororities and fraternity's for me to do an interview on.

Ms. Fossum , please dont hate me but I am changing my project , because my topic was to opioninated and when I present it to my panel , i dont want to be presenting to them things they already know. I am changing my project to What is the Divine Nine and how has it impacted the college experience for Pittsburgh Greeks?

1-7-08

Ms. Fossum ,

I need help !!!! Today I called Brian R. Foltz who is the director of Allegheny Youth Department , he works with teenage boys and i set up an interview for us to meet. I know that i wanted to go to a middle school and have a discussion , but i also wanted to go to a highschool other than City High I am not sure exactly what to do.Today i also looked for other people that i could interview for my documentary.

1-4-08

Today in class I printed out my action plan and turned it in to Ms. Fossum and then I searched the internet for programs that would help me out with my topic. I also, searched for books that I could use for my topic also, Ms. Williams helped me out with that.

Today's Task 1-3-08

Today what i completed was my Action plan and i wrote out all of the steps that i needed to take in order for my project to be successful