What if Rosa Parks never refused to give up her seat up to a white man?

Rosa parks, is a very well known historical figure because in 1995, she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. This took place in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa was a black woman, who dispised the fact that whites and blacks were so unequal. Whites and blacks used different bathrooms, drank from two different water fountains, rode different busses ect. Because of the segregation laws, it was legal to make a black person get up and give his or her seat to a white man or woman, if their wasnt anymore empty seats. Rosa, was arrested, put in jail and fined $10 plus $4 in court costs because she was guilty for breaking the segregation laws and not getting up and giving the bus seat to a white man. "The leaders of the local black community organized bus boycott that began the day Parks was convicted of violating segregation laws"(Rosa Parks). If Rosa Parks, never fought for what she believed in, which was that blacks and whites shouldn't be seperated, and everyone should be equal. Today's world, would be so different. Maybe the freedom of blacks wouldn't be like how it is today. Maybe things would of kept being the same as how they were before, whites and colored at their seperate ways. Buses and bathrooms would be only for blacks or only for whites. Rosa Parks, changed our world and society against race. 

Bianca's Blitzkrieg ch2/3

"In the afternoon, they made us line up. Three prisoners brought a table and some medical instruments. We were told to roll up our left sleeves and file past the table. The three "veteran" prisoners, needles in hand, tattooed numbers on our left arms. I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name" (Wiesel 52).

Significance: In my English class we're reading Night, a story that is told by Ellie Wiesel and his experience in the Holocaust. This quote shows how he has being treated and how the Nazis numbered their workers. He no longer had a name he was just a number. It help explains the plot because the idea of going to a camp to work was no longer an idea, it was now a reality. He wasnt living his own life anymore. He got told everything, like his name, what to do, and when to do it. He had to follow the rules or else he would've gotten killed. 

Bianca's Blitzkrieg

"TWO GHETTOS were created in Sighet. A large one in the center of town occupied four streets, and other smaller one extended over several alleyways on the outskirts of town. The streets we live on, Serpent Street, was in the first ghetto. We therefore could remain in our house. But, as it occupied a comer, the windows facing the street outside the ghetto had to be sealed. We gave some of our rooms to relatives who had been driven out of their homes"(Wiesel 11).

Significance: I'm my American studies class, were reading Night by Ellie WieselIn. Based on the quote written above, i can connect the ghettos to today's world. Today, their are buildings that are run by the government for people that don't have the money to provide a home to their family. In the story, their is also buildings that are created by the Nazi government, for Jewish people to live in before they were shipped to concentration camps. The difference between the building that were run by the Nazi government was that they were in bad condition, while the ones today are in better conditions and are created to help families. In the story, living with random people or living in other peoples houses, was considered normal, while today it's not very common. The first chapter really explains the setting of the story, which is mainly the ghettos, where the Jews were put to live. 

How did the Germans define who was Jewish?

My hypothesis is that the Germans did science or observations on people, which they believed looked like they were Jewish. Germans can measure peoples head, nose, eye width etc. to figure out what ethnicity they were. Since Jews are known to have larger noses, it would be easy to figure out what man or woman was a Jew. According to history books, I was correct with my hypothesis because some Germans, did in fact measure a mans nose who they believe was Jewish. They used this method for a while, and that was simply how they determined who was Jewish. Nazis had the authority to stop a man or woman and observe him or her and could say whether they were Jewish or not and execute them or apply a Star of David into the back and front of their clothing. In some cases, some Jewish people, had the Star of David tattooed into some part of their body to be easily recognized by the nazis. Later on in 1935, the nazis had the official definition of a Jew because of the Numerang Laws, which were anti Jewish statuses. "According to this German law, anyone with three Jewish grandparents was a Jew, as was anyone with two Jewish grandparents" (The Holocaust FAQ). Anyone who is married to a Jewish person or who has a Jewish parent was also considered Jewish(The Holocaust FAQ). 

"The Holocaust FAQ", auschuwitz.dk

Great Gatsby Pre-Rdg

    Some people think that having money leads to happiness. Do you agree? Why or why not? What are the advantages or disadvantages of being wealthy? 

To some people, money can cause happiness for them. Going shopping and wasting money on useless things makes them feel good. In my opinion, money does not lead to happiness. Money can purchase lots of material things like purses, shoes  and clothes but it can't buy a healthy life, or family. Even the richest people suffer from dangerous diseases or sicknessess, and can't buy a new healthy life. They can spend billions of dollars on surgeries and go to the best doctors in the world but their health can't be fixed. Although there is disadvantages to being wealthy like the ones I just explained, there is some advantages too. Some advantages of being wealthy, is not having to worry about rent or being short on money, to buy groceries or any of those necessary things. Which are the most important, especially if you have kids. Giving your kids everything they need is more than enough. Even if you don't have kids, you still need to maintain yourself with a stable lifestyle.Their is lots of bills that need to be payed once you're an adult, That is why going to college and becoming succesfull is key. If you are succesful then you are most likely wealthy in life, and can provide a better life for yourself and or for your family. 

World War 1 Propaganda in America

Propaganda is something that you do to influence people's thoughts and actions. 

In this poster, Its telling how during the war, the people had to give up some of the their food for the Soilders who were serving in Europe. For example, in this picture they are giving. Up bread, or wheat.

In this poster, we get the same view of food administration. It's persuading people to save their food for the soilders, in return they will be considered patriotic.

  

   Both of these posters focus on the Food administration, which was invented by Wilson to help produce and reserve food. As a result, American food shipments allied tripled, and Hoover set a high government price on wheat and other goods. These posters had to be very effected because of the the Espionage and Sedition Acts, which was a law that made it illegal to undermine government war effort. Which means that people can't speak up about what they believe in about the war, so they all have to obey the law. If today's world had propaganda posters, they would be different because we don't have a limit on what we can eat or buy at a grocery store. We don't have to save any food for anyone. The type of propaganda poster we would see today, would probably be about something we all use every day like technology.

How the other half lives.

I drew a picture of the room that was being described in the story. Darkness, lots of people and the two windows that were in the room. These people lived in really bad conditions, where they couldn't even feel the fresh air. During the summer time the room had a terrible stench.