MLK vs. Malcolm X

Martin Luther King Jr had a way to get people to follow him in a way that can be said risky yet worth it for great results. Malcolm X style was a little different as he was convinced that he wanted to stop segragation in any mean. MLK would give really inspiring speeches like I had a dream which catches a lot of people support but in Malcolm X case he was harsh and violent speeches to stop in any means necessary the treatment they received from white people. For example, if someone punches you than MLK would want you to hug him because you would win and they would lose but in Malcolm X case he would want you to punch him right back.

Divide for meritocracy

To be honest I dont believe in this as to the article of the third grader where they were divided into two by blue eyes and brown eyes. That has nothing to do of being more talented than someone else its just the effort you put in that really counts. For example, people would think if you divide a class with blondes on one side and black hair on the other that the blondies will lose but if they worked harder they have as equal chances as anyone else. So meritocracy is not something that I believe just a theory that can be accurate in some cases. Now for the American Dream is what people always want like a dog, two loving children, and parents that are together. This is not easily achieve as this is just as well a meritocracy of people theories of how one should live their lives as normal.

Jena and Little Rock

What really shocks me of the Jena article is the fact of people just beating up other students just because they have different skin color which really annoys me. Little Rock was just as bad and they both had to do with segragation. White students had always had trouble going to the same school with black students back than. These two situations are a great significance of the lead up to the civil rights to stop segragation for all just to be equal.

Rockwell's hole in the fence

One day when Norman Rockwell was a young 13-year old boy that went to school on a friday. He met this kid who moved in recently, he was wearing a baseball cap on Norman asks him "Hey there are you a baseball fan" in which he responded "I sure am, love baseball". Norman introduced himself to him and he responded "Nice to meet you my name is Johnny, listen do you wanna go to a game after school, my big brother plays and he can probably get us in for free". Norman was excited and said yes, as the day go by they met up outside the front of school. They grabbed their bikes and started to paddle their way to the ball park to meet up with his brother. Johnny asked his brother if they could go in and watch it for free. His brther starts to laugh and said "No way lil bro, If coach finds out theyll probably kick me out of the team, sorry". Norman and Johnny were very dissapointed as they started to walk their bikes back their home but than they realized a hole in the fence were they might have a chance. They checked it out and they could see everything that was going on inside the park as his brother was pitching so it ends good for the both of them to be a great day after all.

1950's were sexism happens

In 1956 Ambush Perfume had a saying that said "A romance in every bottle." yet when you see the picture you can obviously tell it has sexism. A picture of the women Dana is staring at her perfume but the funny thing is theres a man inside that bottle and it says "Ambush...the tender trap". This can have different meanings as to women can get any man to fall for them or that they like to control men around so why not trap them and release them when they want. Men probably thought of women to controling back in the days therefore causing some sexism advertisement to show off mens tru potential.

The Majestic Outline

I)
1. This is a story about a man named Peter Appleton who has the Hollywood life of a famous writer in California.
2. It all changed when he lost his job, and lost everything he had.
3. He went for a drive and had a car accident as he falls over the bridge into a river that took him all the way to the ocean.
II)
1. He lands at the beach side of Lawson as he walks to a small town having no knowledge of who he was or came from.
2. Towns people called him Luke Trimble, a soldier who went to the army for 10 years who hasnt returned since than and now Peter thinks he is Luke as he did not realise that he just looked like him.
3. Lukes father Harry Trimble owned a theater named Majestic that hasnt been in business for a very long time so he asks Luke aka Peter to help him reopen the theater once again.
III)
1. Adele Stanton is Lukes lover who falls into believing Peter was Luke and both fall in love with each other.
2. Later people back in Hollywood started to the investigation of Peter disapperance and found out he was living another persons life.
3. Later the whole town found out the truth bout him and so he was taken to court for the McCarthy Counsel as e testify with the first ammendment.
IV)
1. Also Harry, Lukes real father, dies not knowing his son was actually dead after reopenin the Majestic.
2. Peter had his job back after the court situation but he decides this is not the life he wants and returns back to the town.
3. So in conclusion he marries and has a family with Adele and lived his life at the small town in Lawson.

Casablanca's Outline

A) Rick Blaine, a wealthy american man that owns a cafe reataurant in Casablanca
- Casablanca is the place where people from Europe got to get transportation to America.
- Rick once found love once in Paris with Ilsa Lund.
- He is also not allowed to go back to the US.
B) Things change when Victor Laszlo arrives at the cafe.
- He is a rebellion against the German and is also married to Rick's love from Paris.
- Victor needed a ticket out to join once more with his group from Rick.
- Ilsa once again falls for Rick but Victor does not know.
C) At the end the Germans tried to capture Victor before he left
- Rick helped both of them escape together with a surprise letting Ilsa go even though they loved each other.
- Rick knew that in good time she will realize why he had done wat he did and so it ends with both Victor and Ilsa going to America.

Interview (edit by Mr. Meechin)

1. As the second youngest child of seven, Did you ever felt important to the family or unnapreciated by others as if you were just an immature kid? Would you treat your brothers and sister any different knowing of what happened?
2. Analyze whether being an orphan has impacted you in any way of your life and how did you felt knowing you never had the chance to live a normal kids life?
3. Evaluate your feelings of any regrets that occured through out your life such as when u married your wife and had kids in Belgium?
4. Predict how your life would have changed if you werent a Jew but a Catholic and would you have liked to have a choice of what you wanted to be?
5. Compare and Contrast your feelings and how they can relate fron the Orphanage, at Belgium, and at the camp?

A helmet worn by the bravest

This is a significant artifact from WW2 as this helmet belong to one of our American soldier who fought for our country. His name was G.W. Drake and I picked this artifact basically because this helmet represents so much for each soldier cause once they put it on, their out there risking their lifes to protect others. Every helmet can kind of tell you a story as they had always wear during battle and can mean so much for a family who lost someone dearly and this is a great item to be remembered by.

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My PP lol

Outline of Cinderella Man

-James J. Braddock aka Jimmy
-Born in New York City, but lives in New Jersey during the Great Depresion
-Has a wife Mae and three young children suffering from a small poor apartment with little amount of money
-Proffesional light weight boxer who struggle to put food on the family table
-Braddock set himself up for a shot for the title against heavyweight champion Max Baer
-Wins the fight, and goes of to live his life with his family in a house.

All History should be teached

Dear, Dr. Rhineheart
History is a record of descriptions that occured in the past that should be thought ALL of it no matter how graphic it may seem. Yes I get that were youngsters and that those are really bad things to be remembered but to be honest that kind of thing can show us to prove ourself and step it up to avoid such horrible events. The Rape of Nanking is no where to be found in text trying to avoid it for future notice but what you are really doing is taking out the past like if it never happen. Also in Rwanda, about 500,000 people died yet they dont mention it so if you ask me to tell the truth of what occured back than, well Ive had to lie information I never even received in the first place because of you people.

I am a CSI Agent!!!

A CSI Agent has been tracking down Sacco & Vanzetti's case for quite some time. They say that they are just two Italian innocent victims of political and economic interests with no criminal records. The CSI wont stop to put an end to this after hearing that they have stolen money and got away in a blue car. Evidence show that they were at least five men who may be Italians holding a .38 caliber revolver.
After a few days they found the lisence plate around the woods in Braintree.

This is when they had to start the investigation to finding out they legit confirmation of the crime. Soon Coacci who had a job quit after finding out what has happened saying he was sick yet his wife said he was fine. CSI got suspicious so they wanted to capture him to interigate him to get their lead. Police wonder whether he had anything to do with the Braintree murders and found out he was headed to Italy. He remted a house and CSI checked out his place and found out about Mike Boda who might just lead to their source. Later Simon tried to delay Boda who was worried of the situation and found out bout Sacco and Vanzetti were suspects that they were in that situation in Braintree. When CSI arrested them, they found out they were carring weapons with them. They were taken to trial and demanded of legitamate evidence to testify that they did what they were accused of. After many statements made the jury decides them Guilty as Sacco screached they were innocent. Something accured in America that a bomb had been initiated causing to hold back the electric chair for Sacco and Vanzetti. As year gone by Sacco had attempted of commiting suicide to end his suffering while Vanzetti continued to serve time at Charlestown prison, making license plates. After six years of separation, Sacco and Vanzetti had been brought together again in Charlestown State Prison after Judge Thayer scheduled their executions in April. Later on some say that Vanzetti was actually the one who was innocent but not Sacco even though its an assumption they were not as accurate as the CSI is now and days.





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Review for Topic.7

Scopes Trial= John T. Scopes, a Tennessee high school biology teacher, was arrested and charged with teaching evolution, violating the Butler Act. Scopes was found guilty and charged with $100 but the verdict was overturned on a technicality, was never brought back to trial, and had his $100 fine returned.
Prohibition: Jan. 1920; Was pushed by women's organizations because of domestic violence and child abuse. 18th Amendment prohibited manufacture & sales of "intoxicating liquor" but however, it did not ban consumptions, possession, or transportation of liquors.

Economic Issues (1920s)= Credit available to consumers but was dangerous & people couldn't believe it. Low interest rates meaning they were charged money to borrow money. Then "Installment Plan" was introduced where you are on a fixed "plan" of how to pay back borrowed money.

Flappers= Women who: had short hair, smoked, showed her gams, shoulders, and cleavage.

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.

Nativism= Native-born Americans who think they are better than foriegners and blamed everythng on them.

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. Mechanism has made it easier to rebuild the farmlands because now it meant no more crop rotating.

Sacco & Vanzetti= Italian anarchists convicted of murder and robbery. They were executed on Aug 23, 1927

Immigration Policies (1920s)= 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.
Significant Literary Works (1920s)= 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" - Where he talks about cars and the safety precautions involved. Langston Hughes "Ways of White Folks" - He points out 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 occurred; But as African populations were growing, new forms of KKK groups were emerging.

Red Scare= Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin takes Power in Russia, Russia turns in U.S.S.R., People were afraid of "un-american behaviors", examples include being foreign.

Harlem Renaissance= It was the first time African Americans expressed their culture and were proud of it. Jazz was then created.

Labor Issues= A lot of people were unemployed but most were drunks who drank all the time so they didn't look for jobs.

Schneck v. The United States= Espionage & Sedition Acts declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court

Acrostic Poem

People had new technology
Red Scare happened
Our soldiers outcast and
Hated UnAmericans
Building throughout America for
Individual Americans to work
Time after time
Industrial increased throughout
Our American
Nation

Running new inventions
Our American people
Are excited from cars to
Ride down the road
In this
New twenties
Getting further ahead

Technology is advancing
While Americans
Everywhere are
New to
These
Inventions to make our
Everyday life as
Simple and easy can get

The Real OG back than!!

Besides Al Capone they were other famous gangster that we recently learned such as Bonnie and Clyde, Baby face Nelson and others. They all played a big role in crime in America. Why are they so important to be remember, well they shown fearless acts yet they were put down one way or another no matter how big they seem to be. Ive also learned about Ma Barker who I had never heard of but she used to do crimes with her four sons robbing and she kind of was their planner and driver who never got charge of any of the crimes commited.

Alcatraz "inescapable"

Alcatraz is a prison island surrounded by no other than the freezing water of the ocean. Its very affective to prisoners because the guards treat each individual prisoner like any other like Al Capone. Many prisoner tried to escape but it was nearly impossible for them. Some were moved from other jails to Alcatraz because theyre guards were not as strict.