Thursday, April 28, 2011

I am...

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The Captain of My Boat

I am the captain of my boat
I wonder when it will end
I hear nothing but fear and doubt
I see the truth they hide
I want want it better but it cannot
I am the captain of my boat

I pretend that things will get better
I feel as if something needs to be done
I need to strengthen myself
I worry we my family is not alright
I cry when I see the destruction chaos
I am the captain of my boat

I understand that I can make a difference
I believe that time will tell
I dream of a brighter future
I try whenever I can
I hope this is not in vain
I am THE CAPTAIN OF MY BOAT

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Topic.11 Formative Assessment

MLK and Civil Disobedience- King argues that if a law is moral wrong then, people should not follow it, he believed in fair trails when it is fair.
Power of the "Mob"- When a whole group of people believe in a certain idea and a few people oppose it then, you will start seeing people getting violent because if most people are not happy generally something is going wrong.
Plessy v. Ferguson vs. Brown v. Board of Education-  In Plessy v. Ferguson people saw how unfair certain laws can be and how the rights of people are overruled, whereas in Brown v. Board of Education the people saw what was going wrong so they fixed it.
Civil Rights Goals- Mmeaningful civil rights laws, a federal work programs, and fair employment,  good housing, the right to vote, and mixed race education.
Eisenhower's Role in Little Rock- He send 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock in order to protect the African American from being hurt.
Rights of the Accused- People seem to lose some of their rights depending in the situation.
Chavez and the United Farm Workers- Helped Mexican American people get health in jobs and not to discriminate.

Louisiana Protest and the Little Rock incident

My reaction for the Louisiana Protest is that Louisiana made such a big deal about "black" kids beating up a white kid, when people don't get that rallied up when you hear of a black guy getting beat up white guys.
This connects to the Little Rock incident because it shows that people always tend to make a big deal about new things especially when race, sex or religion is involved.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

A Little Bit of 1950's Sexism

1951 International Harvestor Refrigerator #000516 Just By looking at this retro 1950's ad one can infer that it is
pertaining towards females, after all the ad says that this refrigerator has been "femineered". Many new household appliances were targeted towards women because, they were mostly in charge of taking care of the house will the man went to work, your average old-school typical stereotype, right?

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The Pride Behind the Frames

     Walking around the finely kept home, Willis the new inheritor of the house, spends time remembering how his family had served in many honorable American wars. He chuckles lightly looking at the picture of his great, great, great grandfather and the silly looking wig the people back then used to wear. He pauses for a second just thinking of how his great grandchildren will think of him, they may as well chuckle since he is wearing a thick metal helmet in his head, in his war photograph. "Ah yes, well at least I'm part of the soldier family tradition, The Heroes" says Willis as he places his own photograph along side his father, and his father's fathers.

Topic.10 Study Concepts

Mcarthyism Impact on Society- People lost their jobs and some were blacklisted.
Communist "Witch Hunt" and impact on those accused- Some lost their jobs, passports taken away and some were even sent to jail.
Space Race Impact on government policies- Satellite communication, money spent on school education, space programs were introduced.
Cold War mind set for the United States Government and Public- Generally the public and government wanted to beat the Soviet Union on space exploration thus schools encouraged science and mathematics.
Relationship of suburbs, automobiles, and roads- Newly constructed Highways and roads linked them all.
Baby Boom- Period after WWII went the birthrate in the U.S rose dramatically.
Urban-Suburban Pattern- First you have the city which represents low income, then you have what people consider the ghetto (middle income), and after that would be the suburban (high income homes).
GI Bill- Finicail support for veterns, also includes job benifits and education.
Expansion of the Middle Class- Homes, cars, and Televisions were at a reasonible price so many people were able to purchase them (people during this time were making more money than in the past).

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Topic.09 Study Guide

1. Women took the roles of men during World War II, from engineers, to postwoman and even some were accepted to fight in the WASPS (Women's. Air Force. Service. Pilots.).
2.The Japanese bombing on Pearl Harbor caused the U.S to develop the Atomic Bomb and use it on Japan two times.
3. The U.S foreign policy before the war was to create a trade called the NATO, during the war all Japanese were held in Interment camps,and after the war the Japs were let go free.
4.The effects on the war on Europe lead to a first a huge recession in all of Europe, then they organized a peace organization which takes care of European world affairs.
5.The effects on Pearl Harbor lead to, the U.S bombing the Japanese.
6. The Japanese were sent to Internment camps which were used to keep Japanese people from "terrorizing" the United States during WWII.
7. Neutrality Acts- were acts used to keep America from getting into wars.
8. The purpose of Propaganda is to make people get rallied up to do something.
9. The purpose of rationing was to persuade Americans to buy a little of everything so that the supplies could go for the war efforts.
10. The results of WWII ultimatly changed the way people viewed to world it lead to many peace treaties, travel and later to a more peacful economic world.