Dear Principal
In many school the history in the textbooks that are provided for students is being edited. Censoring the truth about out world is wrong because everyone should have full understanding of the past occurances. We are going through life learning superficial information instead of going deep into the reality that once was. We as students should be allowed to learn both sides of the conflict. A great example of hiding the truth from students would be the history about the Rape of Nanjing. I learned about it today in my history class but not by reading it from our textbooks but by listening to my teacher explaining it because information about it was not provided for us. What occured was disturbing and shocking for me. I couldnt believe that i had never heard about this before, specially since an incredibly high amount of people were killed from it. People were tortured in disturbing ways. People were forced to rape their own family members, some people were opened alive, babies were even killed. Why should the reality of our history be kept a secret form us? Yes it might be shocking and horrible but we can learn to accept it. Learning about mass genocide teaches us students a lesson and how to stop it from happening again.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Cinderella Man Outline.
James J Braddock
- famous boxer during the great depression
-was married and had three children
-lived in New Jersey and worked on docks
Beginning: -the beautiful wife and young kids are introduced
-financially stable because of boxing
-house in Jersey
Depression: -no jobs available
-lives in a cramped small place
-not enough money to pay the bills
-not enough money to feed the kids
-suspended from fighting
-could not work to the best of his abilities because he injured his hand boxing
-very frustrated/stressed he cant provide as a husband
-son gets sick because the cold weather and no heater because of no money to pay
-manager gets him one fight against a heavyweight and he is a lightweight and he wins and brings home money and gives hope to all
-they lift his suspension and he begins to train to fight again
- he ends up going agains the ultimate heavyweight fighter Max Baer
-BRADDOCK WINS FIGHT
websites used:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Braddock
http://www.jamesjbraddock.com/theman/
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/JamesBraddock.html
- famous boxer during the great depression
-was married and had three children
-lived in New Jersey and worked on docks
Beginning: -the beautiful wife and young kids are introduced
-financially stable because of boxing
-house in Jersey
Depression: -no jobs available
-lives in a cramped small place
-not enough money to pay the bills
-not enough money to feed the kids
-suspended from fighting
-could not work to the best of his abilities because he injured his hand boxing
-very frustrated/stressed he cant provide as a husband
-son gets sick because the cold weather and no heater because of no money to pay
-manager gets him one fight against a heavyweight and he is a lightweight and he wins and brings home money and gives hope to all
-they lift his suspension and he begins to train to fight again
- he ends up going agains the ultimate heavyweight fighter Max Baer
-BRADDOCK WINS FIGHT
websites used:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Braddock
http://www.jamesjbraddock.com/theman/
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/JamesBraddock.html
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Scopes Trial.
The Scopes Trial was one of the most significant events during the roaring twenties. This trial began because of John Scopes. He was a highschool biology teacher who was caught violating the rules because he taught evolution. In my opinion, there is not a right or wrong belief. People have different views on everything especially when it comes to how the world began. I was always taught the religious side of everything because i went to a catholic school when i was young, but ever since i moved to florida i havent heard anything but evolution. I have heard and learned both sides and both are very interesting. Teaching evolution is the best way to avoid problems with opinionated parents and kids about God. So in conclution, i believe that evolution is the best thing to be taught in schools because it is the safest way to go.
Reflection.
From the group presentations, i learned that the 1920's gangsters were all masterminds. All presentations presented by my classmates were unique and informative, and i found the process of finding information for this project very fun. My gangster was Kate Ma Barker and she was unlike any regular gangster. She was sort of undercover or in other words hiding from punishment because of her four sons. Her four sons were well known for the crimes and some of them even spent time in jail for it, but there is no record of Kate being part of these crimes. They were the perfect criminals, they tricked everyone into thinking they were innocent because it was a mother with her kids, the perfect disguise. From what i heard from my classmates, most of the gangsters actually knew eachother and even worked together in some crimes. All these criminals were not stupid, they thought beyond what regular people thought and succeeded at what they did. Not all were evil, some actually became friends with the people they assaulted. These group presentations were very helpful. I learned a lot more from working together and listening to others opinions and research than to find information by myself.
Acrostic Poem.
Prohibition was the 18th amendment.
Rum runners were people who smuggled alcohol.
Our soldiers had returned home.
Henry Ford pushed Prohibition Amendment.
If a girl rejected a guy she would 'close the bank'.
Be like us.
In temptation you fall.
Transportation of alcohol was banned.
Immigration Act of 1924.
Old Americans who were up tight.
New Americans who were rebellious.
Roaring Twenties was the time of financial excesses and technology progress.
Opposition for quotas.
Against prohibition.
Rebels.
Immigration restriction.
Nation became urban.
Giggle water.
To live you need to have fun.
Wet!
Explore the world.
Naughty people.
The leader is the Big Cheese.
Immigrants created the feeling of foreign takeover.
Espionage and sedition acts.
Society changed for better and worst.
Rum runners were people who smuggled alcohol.
Our soldiers had returned home.
Henry Ford pushed Prohibition Amendment.
If a girl rejected a guy she would 'close the bank'.
Be like us.
In temptation you fall.
Transportation of alcohol was banned.
Immigration Act of 1924.
Old Americans who were up tight.
New Americans who were rebellious.
Roaring Twenties was the time of financial excesses and technology progress.
Opposition for quotas.
Against prohibition.
Rebels.
Immigration restriction.
Nation became urban.
Giggle water.
To live you need to have fun.
Wet!
Explore the world.
Naughty people.
The leader is the Big Cheese.
Immigrants created the feeling of foreign takeover.
Espionage and sedition acts.
Society changed for better and worst.
Topic. 07
THE SCOPES TRIAL:
John Scopes, a Biology teacher who was put on trial for teaching evolution.
PROHIBITION:
This was to stop alcohol in the United States because husbands would abuse their families when drunk. The 18th amendment was the prohibition amendment, it banned manufacture, consumption, and sale of liquor which the IRS enforced.
FLAPPERS:
The new breed of women with short hair who smoked and drank in public. They wore sleeveless, short dresses and showed cleavage and legs.
ECONOMIC ISSUES:
-Economics suffered with income taxes being low for the wealthy.
-Worker’s salaries increased but did not match the rate of the price increases and farmers went further into debt.
-Immigration also became limited.
-Low interest rates.
DUST BOWL:
Dust, which was picked up from the ground created big clouds, making storms that traveled far to burying everything.
-Caused by severe drought, over farming, and mechanization.
AGRICULTURE ISSUES:
- Dust storms.
- No crop rotation.
- The farmers were overproducing.
IMMIGRATION POLICIES:
limited immigration from all the countries except Northern Europe.
- Emergency Quota Act.
NATIVISM:
Americans: they had rights to almost everything.
- Workers were under the law safe and protected.
Immigrants: had many restrictions.
- While working they were not safe and had no protection.
SIGNIFICANT LITERARY WORKS:
-Hitler,Main Kampf
- Sinclair, the Jungle, truth about mat process
-Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, life during the 20's
- Riis, How the Other Half Lives
- Hughes, The Ways of the White Folks
-Nader, Unsafe Atany Speed, about the safety of cars
THE GREAT MIGRATION:
African americans migrated to escape racism and to seek jobs from the South to the North together.
HARLEM RENAISSANCE:
African Americans came together and shared their culture, literature, art, music.
SACCO & VANZETTI:
Italian Anarchists, who were involved in the Sacco and Vanzetti trial because they were accused of being in many of the murders and violent acts that occurred.
LABOR ISSUES:
The Great Depression had begun and this was when the soldiers would come back home, and there were no jobs available. Also, because so many of them were back home, factories were getting to full so they had to fire most of the women and immigrant workers.
THE RED SCARE: was a fear of communism. Bolshevik revolution cleaning up all of the corruption. People were afraid of people are un-American behaviors.
- Bolshevik Revolution- Lenin takes over power in Russia
-Russia went away and the USSR was formed.
SCHNECK V. THE US: Espionage & Sedition Acts were declared constitutional by the Supreme Court.
John Scopes, a Biology teacher who was put on trial for teaching evolution.
PROHIBITION:
This was to stop alcohol in the United States because husbands would abuse their families when drunk. The 18th amendment was the prohibition amendment, it banned manufacture, consumption, and sale of liquor which the IRS enforced.
FLAPPERS:
The new breed of women with short hair who smoked and drank in public. They wore sleeveless, short dresses and showed cleavage and legs.
ECONOMIC ISSUES:
-Economics suffered with income taxes being low for the wealthy.
-Worker’s salaries increased but did not match the rate of the price increases and farmers went further into debt.
-Immigration also became limited.
-Low interest rates.
DUST BOWL:
Dust, which was picked up from the ground created big clouds, making storms that traveled far to burying everything.
-Caused by severe drought, over farming, and mechanization.
AGRICULTURE ISSUES:
- Dust storms.
- No crop rotation.
- The farmers were overproducing.
IMMIGRATION POLICIES:
limited immigration from all the countries except Northern Europe.
- Emergency Quota Act.
NATIVISM:
Americans: they had rights to almost everything.
- Workers were under the law safe and protected.
Immigrants: had many restrictions.
- While working they were not safe and had no protection.
SIGNIFICANT LITERARY WORKS:
-Hitler,Main Kampf
- Sinclair, the Jungle, truth about mat process
-Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, life during the 20's
- Riis, How the Other Half Lives
- Hughes, The Ways of the White Folks
-Nader, Unsafe Atany Speed, about the safety of cars
THE GREAT MIGRATION:
African americans migrated to escape racism and to seek jobs from the South to the North together.
HARLEM RENAISSANCE:
African Americans came together and shared their culture, literature, art, music.
SACCO & VANZETTI:
Italian Anarchists, who were involved in the Sacco and Vanzetti trial because they were accused of being in many of the murders and violent acts that occurred.
LABOR ISSUES:
The Great Depression had begun and this was when the soldiers would come back home, and there were no jobs available. Also, because so many of them were back home, factories were getting to full so they had to fire most of the women and immigrant workers.
THE RED SCARE: was a fear of communism. Bolshevik revolution cleaning up all of the corruption. People were afraid of people are un-American behaviors.
- Bolshevik Revolution- Lenin takes over power in Russia
-Russia went away and the USSR was formed.
SCHNECK V. THE US: Espionage & Sedition Acts were declared constitutional by the Supreme Court.
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