Parker has had a very hard AP World History class this year and even though he has an "A" at the moment, you never know what 1 test will do to your grade in that class. His teacher offered 25 points extra credit for visiting a history museum. So, on a beautiful (and sports free) Saturday, we headed into San Francisco to visit a museum.
It was a gorgeous day in the city! We thought about taking BART, but it was going to cost us $50 so we decided to drive. The traffic was horrendous!! It took us about 1 1/2 hours to get there and we still can't figure out why it was so bad!
We finally made it, found a place to park and walked over to the museum.
We visited the Museum of African Diaspora.
They had cultural displays,
interactive music displays,
and food displays.
They also had a room where you sat in the dark and listened to stories from slaves. The one that we listened to was from a 102 year old man who told about his life. It was really sad to think that we treated other human beings that way!
There was also a wall that talked about things of importance and traditions to our family. We drew a picture of the temple and put that up ...
as well as one about milkshakes.
Then, we went upstairs to an exhibit about slavery and black history. There were slave manacles, slave owner books, Emancipation Proclamation, letters from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. There were pictures and art. It was a small museum, but one that gave us a glimpse into the history of the African people. We're glad that we had the opportunity to expand our knowledge of history.
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