Friday, April 29, 2011
MLK vs. Malcom X
Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X are extremely important people in the era of the Civil Rights Movements. Civil Disobedience was MLK's choice of acting. MLK believed that violence did not get you anywhere, it just made matters worse. He believed that if someone struck you, you would win the fight by just smiling at that person and showing them love after they hit you. On the other end, Malcom X believed in "by any means necessary." I believe that MLK's methodology is more successful because you always win no matter the situation. The own downside is that you would get hurt, and not be able to fight back. However, not fighting back showed that you were the bigger man. Another point is that, if a man fought back, it could be used against their own movement, and be published in the News Papers that they are very aggressive are extremely violent, because of course News Papers always use Yellow Journalism to exaggerate all their stories.
Meritocracy; Achieving a dream
Meritocracy is defined as "an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth." I do believe that this is true, anyone who strives at a goal, can achieve it. The American dream is based off of this belief, if you work hard enough, you can become wealthy and achieve the dream. In a class divided, students were divided into two groups, each separated by eye color (Brown and Blue). One day one group would be labeled Superior and the other group inferior. In this case, students who were labeled superior scored much higher and were able to concentrate more in school related area, thus accomplishing more goals. If a student labeled superior believes he has a talent superior to the others, he will go on and progress more, like the definition for meritocracy states.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Topic 11 Concept Guide
MLK and Civil Disobedience: Martin Luther King Jr. was an important leader through the Civil Rights Movement. MLK used Civil Disobedience, he would organize events where people would not fight back, they would just sit there and take the abuse. One major event was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This Boycott lasted 381 days. At the end of the boycott, Colored people were able to sit anywhere on the bus, did not have to give up their seat for white people, and did not have to pay a more expensive bus fare than the white people.
Power of the "Mob": A mob is a very large group of people, and as they say "there is strength is numbers." A mob usually determines how things turn out. This combined with Civil Disobedience always turned out in a win for the protesters.
Plessy v. Ferguson vs. Brown v. Board of Education: Plessy v. Ferguson is a law that states "seperate but equal." This refers to the facilities a person would use. Facilities such as bathrooms, water fountains, prisons, morgues, maternity wards, etc. Brown v. Board of Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in the year 1954 because it was considered unequal and unconstitutional.
Civil Rights Goals: The main goals for the Civil Rights Movement was to get equal rights for colored people. Equal rights in the areas of Education and public facilities were a major area that the great leaders, MLK and Malcom X targeted.
Eisenhower's role in Little Rock: President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne after Gov. Orvill Faubus sent 10,000 of the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the nine selected colored students to integrate into Central High School. The 101st Airborne would protect the nine students, and would allow them to get into the school.
Rights of the Accused: Gideon v Wainwright said that the 6th Amendment requires counsel for defendants who are unable to afford their attorney, taxes will pay for legal representation. Escobedo v Illinois said that criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogation ("shut up and ask for an attorney!") Miranda v Arizona said that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with a counsel prior to interrogation.
Brown v. Board of Education: This over-ruled Plessy v. Ferguson because it stated that Plessy v. Ferguson was unequal and unconstitutional
Chavez and the United Farm Workers: Chavez formed the UFW to help earn rights for migrant workers through Civil Disobedient acts. He organized a very famous strike, the Delano Grape Strike. He also participated in fasts to support different social issues. Though Chavez fought for Migrant rights, he was Anti-Immigration.
FHA & ADA - The Federal Housing Administration: US government agency that insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying. The goals are to improve housing standards and conditions, provide and adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgage loans and to stabilize the mortgage market. The Americans with Disabilities Act: enacted by the US Congress in 1990. It is a wide ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.
Purpose of Filibusters: Filibusters are used to prevent the opposing side from talking. A filibuster will talk continuously, for hours at a time. They are very successful in court.
Sit-ins and Protest: A sit-in is when a group of people would go into a restaurant and sit at the chairs, they would be denied to be served, and the police would eventually come to remove them from the restaurant. The people, would of course put up a fight, not by fighting back but by acting as dead weight. After they would be removed, another group of people would come to replace them. This is very effective because it was always a win-win situation. The restaurant would have to close for the day thus causing them to lose business. Other forms of protest were bus boycotts, fasting, and civil disobedience acts.
Power of the "Mob": A mob is a very large group of people, and as they say "there is strength is numbers." A mob usually determines how things turn out. This combined with Civil Disobedience always turned out in a win for the protesters.
Plessy v. Ferguson vs. Brown v. Board of Education: Plessy v. Ferguson is a law that states "seperate but equal." This refers to the facilities a person would use. Facilities such as bathrooms, water fountains, prisons, morgues, maternity wards, etc. Brown v. Board of Education overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in the year 1954 because it was considered unequal and unconstitutional.
Civil Rights Goals: The main goals for the Civil Rights Movement was to get equal rights for colored people. Equal rights in the areas of Education and public facilities were a major area that the great leaders, MLK and Malcom X targeted.
Eisenhower's role in Little Rock: President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne after Gov. Orvill Faubus sent 10,000 of the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the nine selected colored students to integrate into Central High School. The 101st Airborne would protect the nine students, and would allow them to get into the school.
Rights of the Accused: Gideon v Wainwright said that the 6th Amendment requires counsel for defendants who are unable to afford their attorney, taxes will pay for legal representation. Escobedo v Illinois said that criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogation ("shut up and ask for an attorney!") Miranda v Arizona said that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with a counsel prior to interrogation.
Brown v. Board of Education: This over-ruled Plessy v. Ferguson because it stated that Plessy v. Ferguson was unequal and unconstitutional
Chavez and the United Farm Workers: Chavez formed the UFW to help earn rights for migrant workers through Civil Disobedient acts. He organized a very famous strike, the Delano Grape Strike. He also participated in fasts to support different social issues. Though Chavez fought for Migrant rights, he was Anti-Immigration.
FHA & ADA - The Federal Housing Administration: US government agency that insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying. The goals are to improve housing standards and conditions, provide and adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgage loans and to stabilize the mortgage market. The Americans with Disabilities Act: enacted by the US Congress in 1990. It is a wide ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.
Purpose of Filibusters: Filibusters are used to prevent the opposing side from talking. A filibuster will talk continuously, for hours at a time. They are very successful in court.
Sit-ins and Protest: A sit-in is when a group of people would go into a restaurant and sit at the chairs, they would be denied to be served, and the police would eventually come to remove them from the restaurant. The people, would of course put up a fight, not by fighting back but by acting as dead weight. After they would be removed, another group of people would come to replace them. This is very effective because it was always a win-win situation. The restaurant would have to close for the day thus causing them to lose business. Other forms of protest were bus boycotts, fasting, and civil disobedience acts.
'I Am' Poem
I am human
I wonder why people hate us so much
I hear all the racist remarks
I see their anger on their faces
I want them to understand that I am just like them
I am human
I pretend to not let the remarks affect me
I feel hurt, hate, pain, abuse
I need to be respected by those who hate me
I worry every day that I will get hurt at school because of my skin color
I cry myself to sleep
I am human
I understand that I look different on the outside
I believe people can change their feeling and beliefs toward us
I dream of the day when we will be viewed as equals
I try to always stay positive
I hope a change can be made
I am human
I wonder why people hate us so much
I hear all the racist remarks
I see their anger on their faces
I want them to understand that I am just like them
I am human
I pretend to not let the remarks affect me
I feel hurt, hate, pain, abuse
I need to be respected by those who hate me
I worry every day that I will get hurt at school because of my skin color
I cry myself to sleep
I am human
I understand that I look different on the outside
I believe people can change their feeling and beliefs toward us
I dream of the day when we will be viewed as equals
I try to always stay positive
I hope a change can be made
I am human
Friday, April 15, 2011
Sexist Ad
TV does have an influence on teenagers!
We all own it. You can not deny it. Most people have several in their homes, heck I'd say a majority of homes in the United States have a Television in every single room of the house!
Television is a very entertaining medium. They have a wide variety of shows. Educational channels such as Animal Planet, National Geographic, History Channel, etc. The television has a channel or show just for about every person in the world! They cover every single subject possible!
Though T.V. is very educational, it is the downfall of our future generations. Teenagers are very easily influenced. There are shows on television, mostly Reality Shows, that exhibit poor behavior in people. By teenagers watching this, they will want to be just as cool as the person on T.V. and act like them. This causes fads, and fads catch on, thus influencing a large population of the teenagers.
http://carolehicks.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/televisions-impact-on-society/
Television is a very entertaining medium. They have a wide variety of shows. Educational channels such as Animal Planet, National Geographic, History Channel, etc. The television has a channel or show just for about every person in the world! They cover every single subject possible!
Though T.V. is very educational, it is the downfall of our future generations. Teenagers are very easily influenced. There are shows on television, mostly Reality Shows, that exhibit poor behavior in people. By teenagers watching this, they will want to be just as cool as the person on T.V. and act like them. This causes fads, and fads catch on, thus influencing a large population of the teenagers.
http://carolehicks.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/televisions-impact-on-society/
Timed write, Rockwell picture inspirtation
There they were, sitting at a restaurant for lunch. Mrs. Johnson was out to eat on a Sunday afternoon with her three sons. They sad and bowed their heads, praying and giving thanks for the food they were given. As they prayed, the two older boys saw a pretty walk into the restaurant. Their attention was now all on this girl, they put their heads up and stared at her across the room. This was the typical Johnson Sunday afternoon, they would all go out to eat as a family, and of course, the two older boys would always look at the girls.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Topic 10 Concept Guide
McCarthyism Impact on Society: The practice of faulty accusations without proper evidence is McCarthyism. This started with Senator Joseph McCarthy. During this time, many thousands of Americans were charged of being Communist.
Communist Witch Hunt & Impact on Accused: This was the Second Red Scare which brought many accusations of people being communist. People who were accused lost their job and went to trail and put in jail.
Space Race & Impact on Government Policies: A race between USA and Soviet Union to see who would get a satellite into space first. Soviet Union won and put Sputnik up in October 1957. In 1969 Niel Armstrong was put on the moon!
U.S Cold War Mindset: The mind set was to prevent attack. We wanted to play it safe. US vowed they would be the best, and would prevent the soviets from attacking us in any way.
Suburbs, Automobiles & Roads: American families were now able to move into the "American Dream" homes. Many highways were built to link the suburbs to the city. The houses were a single family home, and families were now able to own up to two cars instead of one car.
Baby Boom: The Baby Book occurred from from 1950 through 1955. This was when all the soldiers from World War II. These soldiers wanted to create their own families, and now could financially support them. About 7 babies were born approximately every second in the USA, during the peak of the Baby Boom.
Urban-Suburban Pattern: In the city was the low income families. In the suburbs was the middle income families, and in the outter suburbs was the higher income families. The farther out you went, the less houses there would be. They would also typically get larger.
G.I Bill: A bill that grants soldiers a set amount of money to return to school. The bill can also be passed down to any family member. You have ten years to use this bill.
Expansion of Middle Class & Product Affordability: After World War II, the economy was back up, and more jobs were available, thus causing more people to make more money. This caused the middle class to grow.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Casablanca (Movie) Outline
A. Casablanca
1. Characters
I. Rick Blaine
a. He owns a cafe
b. Rick is not allowed to return to U.S.
II. Ilsa Lund
a. Once loved Rick in the past
b. Secretly marries Victor Laszlo
c. She loves Rick
III. Victor Laszlo
a. Wealthy
b. Came into Rick's cafe to buy letters of transit
2. Setting
a. Casablanca, Morocco, 1940s during WWII
b. Rick's Cafe
3. Plot Summary
a. Rick hides the letters of transit and has to keep Victor Laszlo in Casablanca, Morocco.
b. Rick and Ilsa Lund have a romantic past & meet up again in Casablanca, after being together in Europe.
c. Both Laszlo and Ilsa fail to get letters from Rick.
d. Rick helps Laszlo and Ilsa in leaving Casablanca for America.
1. Characters
I. Rick Blaine
a. He owns a cafe
b. Rick is not allowed to return to U.S.
II. Ilsa Lund
a. Once loved Rick in the past
b. Secretly marries Victor Laszlo
c. She loves Rick
III. Victor Laszlo
a. Wealthy
b. Came into Rick's cafe to buy letters of transit
2. Setting
a. Casablanca, Morocco, 1940s during WWII
b. Rick's Cafe
3. Plot Summary
a. Rick hides the letters of transit and has to keep Victor Laszlo in Casablanca, Morocco.
b. Rick and Ilsa Lund have a romantic past & meet up again in Casablanca, after being together in Europe.
c. Both Laszlo and Ilsa fail to get letters from Rick.
d. Rick helps Laszlo and Ilsa in leaving Casablanca for America.
Topic 9 Study Guide
Role of Women: Replaced mens' jobs. Worked at factories. Supported Family. Nurses.
Atomic Bomb Cause & Effect: The bomb was dropped to prevent a loss of thousands of American lives if we were to invade Japan. The effects would be the death of over 160,000 people, and long term radiation effects.
Purpose of Propaganda: Encourage men to join the war, to fight for their nation. Encouraged the sales of bonds to financially support the war.
Effects of the war at Europe: Territories changed, a single currency for all of Europe. The UN was formed for security reason.
Japanese Internment: Put Japanese-Americans in prison camps. Japs were thought to be spies and could help the Jap empire defeat us.
Rationing: Would eat less in order to have more food for the soldiers. Encouraged civilians to use less of Rubber, Oil, and Metal because these supplies were very important to make Military Equipment.
Results of WWII: Brought the economy back to life. Suburbs. Baby boom. Technology.
Effects of Pearl Harbor attack: Allowed us to enter WWII. Jap-Americans were now mistreated.
US Foreign Policy before, during, and after the war: Before, the same 2% rate of diversity, during, took in too many Jews and then turned away the rest, after accepting more Europeans
Atomic Bomb Cause & Effect: The bomb was dropped to prevent a loss of thousands of American lives if we were to invade Japan. The effects would be the death of over 160,000 people, and long term radiation effects.
Purpose of Propaganda: Encourage men to join the war, to fight for their nation. Encouraged the sales of bonds to financially support the war.
Effects of the war at Europe: Territories changed, a single currency for all of Europe. The UN was formed for security reason.
Japanese Internment: Put Japanese-Americans in prison camps. Japs were thought to be spies and could help the Jap empire defeat us.
Rationing: Would eat less in order to have more food for the soldiers. Encouraged civilians to use less of Rubber, Oil, and Metal because these supplies were very important to make Military Equipment.
Results of WWII: Brought the economy back to life. Suburbs. Baby boom. Technology.
Effects of Pearl Harbor attack: Allowed us to enter WWII. Jap-Americans were now mistreated.
US Foreign Policy before, during, and after the war: Before, the same 2% rate of diversity, during, took in too many Jews and then turned away the rest, after accepting more Europeans
Friday, March 11, 2011
My question to a Holocaust victim
The person I chose to ask questions to is Herman Klein. Herman Klein went through the Holocaust, he was at a very young age when this happened. He was born in 1928 and was one of eight children.
So my questions to Herman would be:
1: As you were being transferred to Dachau, how high were your hopes that you might get liberated some day?
2. Did you ever contemplate the thought of suicide just to rid the horrid experiences, to stop all the torture? If so, what kept you from committing it?
3. Did the Nazi's deceive you to get you to go to the ghettos? Did they tell you you were going to a perfect place, much better than your current location? If not, in what way did they round up everyone?
4. Were you ever able to see your family again? How often throughout the day did they cross your mind? Did it ever occur to you that they might have been killed at the camps, and you were the last one of your family alive?
5. At such a young age, how difficult was it for you to complete the labor?
6. If you were given the chance, would you torture one of the men that made you go through all that suffering, or would you rather not and just let him be?
So my questions to Herman would be:
1: As you were being transferred to Dachau, how high were your hopes that you might get liberated some day?
2. Did you ever contemplate the thought of suicide just to rid the horrid experiences, to stop all the torture? If so, what kept you from committing it?
3. Did the Nazi's deceive you to get you to go to the ghettos? Did they tell you you were going to a perfect place, much better than your current location? If not, in what way did they round up everyone?
4. Were you ever able to see your family again? How often throughout the day did they cross your mind? Did it ever occur to you that they might have been killed at the camps, and you were the last one of your family alive?
5. At such a young age, how difficult was it for you to complete the labor?
6. If you were given the chance, would you torture one of the men that made you go through all that suffering, or would you rather not and just let him be?
Very useful WW II artifact
World War II was filled with very useful equipment. The piece of equipment I chose to look up was a Camo Rifle Bag a German Paratrooper would usually have. The bag prevented the rifle from snagging onto the parachute typically. It also prevented the gun barrel from getting wet, which could case the gun to jam. A jamming gun is no good in the middle of a gun fight! Below is a picture.
Source: http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-German-Army-Para-Camouflage-Rifle-Bag-/150560436199?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item230e19efe7
Friday, February 25, 2011
Letter to the Principle
Dear Dr. Rhinehart,
Today I am writing to you to address my concern on whether history books used in school should be censored. History class is a very important class. It is also very informational. In the class we all learn about past events that have made our nation the nation it is today. We learn about mistakes Empires made that lead to their downfall. What books don't contain in them however is the horrendous things nations have gone through. Take for example, The Rape of Nanking. Where the Japanese invaded a Chinese city, Nanking, and ruined the beautiful city it once was. The Japanese would play games, games of death. They would compete to see who could decapitate the most people in the time given, Sixty seconds. Believe it or non, they would decapitate as many as 100 people in that time limit. They raped the women. Made children have sexual intercourse with there mother. Made the children watch the Japanese rape their mother. They had no respect for these people. While it may be a really bad thing to talk about, it is best if we learn about it. It is part of our history. Part of World War II. Believe it or not, there was so much more to it. There are moments where the United States have been the bad guys. Moments the United States has surrendered, but when do we ever hear about those times? Never.
Now you may say, "these sort of events only happen in the past, since we were so ruthless." That however is incorrect. Currently in the world there are many situations where genocide is happening. For example, in Rwanda, women have been brutally raped, families have been entirely killed. People suspected of being Tutsi were killed. Just for suspicion, imagine how many non-tutsi have been killed.
Text books, in no shape or form should be censored. Texts books should include the truth. They should include all the times, the good and the bad. Not just from foreign nations, but from our own nation, the United States, as well.
Thank you for your time,
Sincerely,
Randy M. Gonzalez
Today I am writing to you to address my concern on whether history books used in school should be censored. History class is a very important class. It is also very informational. In the class we all learn about past events that have made our nation the nation it is today. We learn about mistakes Empires made that lead to their downfall. What books don't contain in them however is the horrendous things nations have gone through. Take for example, The Rape of Nanking. Where the Japanese invaded a Chinese city, Nanking, and ruined the beautiful city it once was. The Japanese would play games, games of death. They would compete to see who could decapitate the most people in the time given, Sixty seconds. Believe it or non, they would decapitate as many as 100 people in that time limit. They raped the women. Made children have sexual intercourse with there mother. Made the children watch the Japanese rape their mother. They had no respect for these people. While it may be a really bad thing to talk about, it is best if we learn about it. It is part of our history. Part of World War II. Believe it or not, there was so much more to it. There are moments where the United States have been the bad guys. Moments the United States has surrendered, but when do we ever hear about those times? Never.
Now you may say, "these sort of events only happen in the past, since we were so ruthless." That however is incorrect. Currently in the world there are many situations where genocide is happening. For example, in Rwanda, women have been brutally raped, families have been entirely killed. People suspected of being Tutsi were killed. Just for suspicion, imagine how many non-tutsi have been killed.
Text books, in no shape or form should be censored. Texts books should include the truth. They should include all the times, the good and the bad. Not just from foreign nations, but from our own nation, the United States, as well.
Thank you for your time,
Sincerely,
Randy M. Gonzalez
Intervention between Countries in problem
I believe that if a country is having problems, such as problems with Genocide, a higher power should come to the help. The United States should be able to intervene because someone has to stop the fighting. The US has one of the largest and strongest Army/ Forces, and they would be able to stop the situations. With the Unites States aid, countries should be able to solve problems, while saving thousands, if not, millions of civilian lives.
Project of the Holocaust I made
Hello Mr. Meechin,
This is a project I had for Mrs. Model's class. The project was to make a picture pile on any subject we wanted. I chose the Holocaust as my subject. I submitted this project to the "Arts Alive" show, but sadly, they did not accept it as they thought it was too gruesome. "The title text by itself is just too overwhelming" is what the judges said to me. Well I don't want this to be counted as a blog grade, just thought this would be the easiest method to use to show you the project since it is relevant to what we are learning.(I'm Sorry if its hard to see, I think the images are pretty clear though)
This is a project I had for Mrs. Model's class. The project was to make a picture pile on any subject we wanted. I chose the Holocaust as my subject. I submitted this project to the "Arts Alive" show, but sadly, they did not accept it as they thought it was too gruesome. "The title text by itself is just too overwhelming" is what the judges said to me. Well I don't want this to be counted as a blog grade, just thought this would be the easiest method to use to show you the project since it is relevant to what we are learning.(I'm Sorry if its hard to see, I think the images are pretty clear though)
Cinderella Man Outline
-Movie intro is Jimmy Braddock wining a fight
-Movie skips to September 1933, 4 years into the Great Depression.
-He takes a trip to the Hoovervilles.
-He is put in the Heavy Weight category.
-Movie skips to September 1933, 4 years into the Great Depression.
- People show up in the mornings at loading sites for job opportunities.
- Jim's son talks to him about being sent away, and is scared to be sent away.
- Jim broke his fist while fighting (Hit the skull of a man)
- Jim gets a shift at the loading sites.
- Wife sends children off to her families
- Jim takes a boat to Madison Sq. Garden
- Goes to ask his boxing friends for money to recover his children, he needs about $19
- Jim gets offered to fight for a paycheck of $250
- June 14,1934
- Jim wins the fight against griffin
- Wins another fight against Louis
- Fights Lasky and wins
-He takes a trip to the Hoovervilles.
-He is put in the Heavy Weight category.
- Gets the chance to fight for the title of Heavy Weight Champion
- The fight is against Max Baer (Baer has killed several people in the ring in the movie, in reality he only killed one person in the ring). [I believe the video is the video of the ORIGINAL fight. not a mock video.]
- Jim wins the fight after a long 15 rounds and the judge's final say.
Friday, February 11, 2011
The infamous rock...
Alcatraz, what many thought to be inescapable. Men could get around the gaurds, but once they got around them, they had to find a way to swim a mile or so to land. The problem? Well the island is surrounded by a cold body of water. If you try to swim through it, you would probably end up dead of hypothermia. Besides the water being cold, there is also currents in the water. If you get caught in one, off you go into the ocean. Gaurds were also the top-notch gaurds. If they saw you running, they shot on sight.
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