Thursday, February 24, 2011
World Power
The question is if the United States should get involved with what is occuring in the other countries. The genocide that is occuring in places such as Sudan and Rwanda, where many people are dying because of hatred towards another race or for little things such as the people in that country being a minority. I dont think that these actions are correct and that they should definetly be stopped. With this arguement I could argue on both sides because on one hand if we help the other countries who are struggling because of genocide, it will stop all of the killings of innocent lives in those countries. It would also benefit us because then we would have them on our side if any war was to occur and probably get support from them in the future if we are in need. A negative effect which makes me think we should not help even though the United States is the world power and could probably stop the madness in these countries is that we may get into problems with other countries for trying to intervene. We may also begin a war that may cause chaos among different countries. If we just stay neutral and remain the way we are, we could avoid problems that may arise in the future.
My letter to the Principal !
Dear Dr.Rhineheart ,
In school classrooms teachers tend to deny the truth of what really occurred in history. I believe that teachers should be allowed to tell the truth to high school students,and let them be aware of what has happened. Also, what benefits do they get from not telling us the truth? by denying things that were supposedly considered atrocious, it is not right because students do not get the full knowledge of what happened before. Also, why should the holocaust and things in this nature be allowed to be taught and things such as the Rape of Nanking, kept a secret and denied. If in classrooms they are just going to tell us one side of the story and not the other, they should not teach at all.There are many things that schools keep away from high school students when they should just let us know. We would have better knowledge of what has occured in the world we live in today. The past is what shapes the future so why not teach us about the things that have happened , so that we could have a better future ? Just thought I should bring this to your attention because then you could inform the school board about what should be allowed to be taught and take further action to allow the truth to be told in high school students history classrooms.
Sincerly,
Shade' Feliciano
In school classrooms teachers tend to deny the truth of what really occurred in history. I believe that teachers should be allowed to tell the truth to high school students,and let them be aware of what has happened. Also, what benefits do they get from not telling us the truth? by denying things that were supposedly considered atrocious, it is not right because students do not get the full knowledge of what happened before. Also, why should the holocaust and things in this nature be allowed to be taught and things such as the Rape of Nanking, kept a secret and denied. If in classrooms they are just going to tell us one side of the story and not the other, they should not teach at all.There are many things that schools keep away from high school students when they should just let us know. We would have better knowledge of what has occured in the world we live in today. The past is what shapes the future so why not teach us about the things that have happened , so that we could have a better future ? Just thought I should bring this to your attention because then you could inform the school board about what should be allowed to be taught and take further action to allow the truth to be told in high school students history classrooms.
Sincerly,
Shade' Feliciano
Cinderella Man !
Title :
Cinderella Man
Main Characters :
Jim Braddock - the Cinderella man, was the boxer who fought to make money for his family
Mae Braddock- Cinderella man's wife, she did not agree with him fighting to support the family
Their Children- The main reason why Jim wanted to continue fighting, to support his family so that they would't have to struggle.
Joe Gold - Jim's manager, scheduled all of his fights
Plot:
The Cinderella man was a film that was made during the Great Depression in New York City.
Main Idea:
The movie took place during the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock who was also known as the Cinderella Man. By the early 1930s, the amazing boxer was then becoming to be known as broken-down and out-of-luck because he had broken his wrist when boxing. He was then just like the rest of the American population that had been going through the depression. He had to struggle and didnt have much to help provide for his family. When he thought his career was coming to an end his manager had scheduled a boxing fight with "corn" griffin. Once he had defeated Griffin his career began to improve from there. Everything else began to get better for him and his family,and eventually they had a new house and moved to a new city and lived there happily after they had overcome all of their struggles.
Links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352248/
Cinderella Man
Main Characters :
Jim Braddock - the Cinderella man, was the boxer who fought to make money for his family
Mae Braddock- Cinderella man's wife, she did not agree with him fighting to support the family
Their Children- The main reason why Jim wanted to continue fighting, to support his family so that they would't have to struggle.
Joe Gold - Jim's manager, scheduled all of his fights
Plot:
The Cinderella man was a film that was made during the Great Depression in New York City.
Main Idea:
The movie took place during the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock who was also known as the Cinderella Man. By the early 1930s, the amazing boxer was then becoming to be known as broken-down and out-of-luck because he had broken his wrist when boxing. He was then just like the rest of the American population that had been going through the depression. He had to struggle and didnt have much to help provide for his family. When he thought his career was coming to an end his manager had scheduled a boxing fight with "corn" griffin. Once he had defeated Griffin his career began to improve from there. Everything else began to get better for him and his family,and eventually they had a new house and moved to a new city and lived there happily after they had overcome all of their struggles.
Links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352248/
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Concept Guide !
Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes, a Tennessee high school biology teacher, who got arrested and charged with teaching evolution, violating the Butler Act.
Prohibition-Jan. 1920 Was pushed by women's organizations because of domestic violence and child abuse. This
18th Amendment prohibited manufacture & sales of liquor but it did not ban consumptions, possession, or transportation of liquors.
Flappers- Women who, had short hair, smoked, showed her gams, shoulders, and cleavage.
Economic Issues-Credit available to consumers but was dangerous & people couldn't believe it. Low interest rates meaning they were charged money to borrow money.
Dust Bowl- A period of severe dust storms which damaged a lot of agriculture across America and Canada. Contributing factors included droughts, over farming, and mechanisation. .
Agriculture Issues-Caused by Dust Bowl but was aided by start of mechanism which meant no more crop rotating and made it easier to plant.
Immigration Policies- Oppositions to quotas disappear due to soldiers returning home from war taking all the jobs available so immigrant workers were less needed. Immigration Act of 1924 was established where 2% limit of each ethnic group from 1890 census would be allowed to migrate to U.S. per year. Asians were banned.
Nativism - the New KKK groups formed and killed Jews, Catholics, Immigrants, & Divorcees. Sinners were lynched
Significant Literary Works
Jacob Riis "How The Other Half Lives" - Tells about the living conditions in New York slums in the 1880s.
Upton Sinclair- "Jungle" - Where he reveals how processed meat is made.
Ralph Nader-"Unsafe At Any Speed" - talks about cars and the safety precautions involved.
Langston Hughes-"Ways of White Folks" - talks about the mistakes of people.
The Great Migration- African Americans migrate from the south and more and more places up north are being occupied by African Americans. In some places, they even have their own little community where they own shops, businesses, and services.
Harlem Renaissance- It was the first time African Americans expressed their culture
Sacco & Vanzetti- Italian anarchists convicted of murder and robbery. They later on were executed.
Labor Issues- when people were unemployed but most were drunks who drank all the time so they didn't look for jobs.
Red Scare- Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin takes Power in Russia, Russia turns in U.S.S.R. examples would be, being foreign.
Schneck v. The United States- Espionage & Sedition Acts declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court
Prohibition-Jan. 1920 Was pushed by women's organizations because of domestic violence and child abuse. This
18th Amendment prohibited manufacture & sales of liquor but it did not ban consumptions, possession, or transportation of liquors.
Flappers- Women who, had short hair, smoked, showed her gams, shoulders, and cleavage.
Economic Issues-Credit available to consumers but was dangerous & people couldn't believe it. Low interest rates meaning they were charged money to borrow money.
Dust Bowl- A period of severe dust storms which damaged a lot of agriculture across America and Canada. Contributing factors included droughts, over farming, and mechanisation. .
Agriculture Issues-Caused by Dust Bowl but was aided by start of mechanism which meant no more crop rotating and made it easier to plant.
Immigration Policies- Oppositions to quotas disappear due to soldiers returning home from war taking all the jobs available so immigrant workers were less needed. Immigration Act of 1924 was established where 2% limit of each ethnic group from 1890 census would be allowed to migrate to U.S. per year. Asians were banned.
Nativism - the New KKK groups formed and killed Jews, Catholics, Immigrants, & Divorcees. Sinners were lynched
Significant Literary Works
Jacob Riis "How The Other Half Lives" - Tells about the living conditions in New York slums in the 1880s.
Upton Sinclair- "Jungle" - Where he reveals how processed meat is made.
Ralph Nader-"Unsafe At Any Speed" - talks about cars and the safety precautions involved.
Langston Hughes-"Ways of White Folks" - talks about the mistakes of people.
The Great Migration- African Americans migrate from the south and more and more places up north are being occupied by African Americans. In some places, they even have their own little community where they own shops, businesses, and services.
Harlem Renaissance- It was the first time African Americans expressed their culture
Sacco & Vanzetti- Italian anarchists convicted of murder and robbery. They later on were executed.
Labor Issues- when people were unemployed but most were drunks who drank all the time so they didn't look for jobs.
Red Scare- Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin takes Power in Russia, Russia turns in U.S.S.R. examples would be, being foreign.
Schneck v. The United States- Espionage & Sedition Acts declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court
Evolution the way to go !
During the Scopes Trial they had a case with a high school biology teacher by the name of John Scopes for allegedly violating the Butler's Act and teaching evolution to his class. I believe that today in schools teachers should just be able to teach evolution. They should just focus on evolution and not religion because there are to many beliefs to teach with religion and that would cause chaos. Then there would have to be a seperation and teachers would have to identify what religions the students believe in. If the schools just teach evolution they would not have to worry about all of those problems or even have to worry about controversy between students. Evolution is a tangable soultion to the problem, while religion is only speculation.
Gangster Criminals
When the groups presented their projects on the organized crimes I learned a lot about different criminals. One of the first criminals I learned about was Kate Ma Barker because this was the one that was assigned to our group. She was an older lady who organized crimes by using her sons as pawns in her crimes. We also learned about George Babyface Nelson,he commited robbery and many car thefts,,throughout his criminal spree. Machine Gun Kelly he is famously known for the kidnapping of Charles Urschel, he was known as an american criminal during the prohibition era. Pretty Boy Floyd was a bank robber in the 1930's. Bonnie and Clyde were a couple part of a well known gang of outlaws, robbers, and criminals. The crimes they commited occured during the Great Depression.
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