Imagine your city builds a new high school. half the students at your current high school will have to attend the new one next year. you are one of them. the school board calls a meeting to name the new school and select a mascot for its extracurricular programs. one meeting turns into several as emotions run high. everyone has a different opinion on the name and mascot for the school. some people favor naming it after a historical figure. yet no one can agree on which one. others think it should reflect local culture. people have suggested animals ranging from ants to yaks for the mascot.

Two challenges that may be faced are selecting a name that will appease to the majority of the population and collecting and interpreting the ideas of the public to come to the conclusion of a name. Whatever name officials decide upon, I hope it helps foster a sense of community for the new schools and also sets a high bar for the educational standards we will want to see in place.

Mascots are popular and important symbols for schools because people focus on this particular symbol for good luck and guidance. It is important to the students because the mascot will be integrated into all major events such as sports, band and all school memorabilia such as year books and shirts.

- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."

answer; andrew jackson approved nullification by signing it into law,and john calhoun opposed it saying it was unconstitutional;