Gladiator

Imperialism is a big role in alot of the things we see today. A movie that i have seen where i feel imperialism which is a strong nation taking over a weaker one would be gladiators. I feel gldiators shows imperialism because in the beginning of the movie the Roman empire was taking over Germania. The Romans were trying to take over Germania to expand there empire by taking over all the other countries. The Roman Empire was a form of government that had large territorial holdings In Europe and in other places. Early Rome was governed by kings but after 7 had ruled the romans took power and ruled themselves. Instead they had a senate. Roman Empire had 4 diffferent classes of people, the lowest class which were slaves, the next class was known as plebeians the middle class was known as equestrians and the highest class were known as the nobles. The Roman empire lasted almost 500 years. So as you can see the Roman empire was well put together and was a very strong empire. Germania consisted of many different tribes the majority were Germatic. The German system was important to the economy in germany, most of the Germans were farmers but alot of the population were herders. Some crops that were grown were weat,oats etc, Cattle hearding was very important. Germania as you can see does not seem as powerful and strong as the Roman empire but very much as well useful. This all relates back to the movie gladiators because as you have read you can see that the Roman Empire was a much stronger enemy than Germania and as in the movie the stronger ruled the weaker, and throughout history various problems have existed and imperialism has taken place between stronger countries and weaker countries.

air combat

Flying in a plane is frightning for me with 30 people or so. Imagine flying by yourself having a huge target on your back and people wanting to attack your plane and have it fall. They must have been nervous but knew what the task at hand was and knew what they had gotten themselves into and did the job. Planes being shot down, knowing one wrong turn move or shot could put you in danger of having your plane go down or not getting other planes at the right time, basically not completing the task that was asked. It takes alot of training, courage, strength and knowlege to fight in air combat.

communication

Technology has advanced so much since back in the days. People wont believe what type of technology we have. Now a days we dont have to do anything technology does it all for us. Back then during war, solders to communicate with there families and the outside world used paper and pen, because that was all they had. That can cause alot of frustration, using technology is much faster than doing anything by hand. Technology really cant be lossed, loose paper and other things can be lost though. technology and what is written from it is pretty easy to understand. Some people dont have the best hand writing, when you send letters you want people to be able to read your letters. as well as being more effeciant technology is much faster when recieving and sending things out to whoever, wherever. Technology has advanced so much in time.

Panama

Working on the Panama Canal has been strenuous on everyone. Working long long hours, not much break going time and days without eating or taking a break. That is a tuff task to ask of a human being. Noone was physically prepared for this. Being away from family devoting all your time to help and build something useful to everyone. Knowing people were dying and not survivng due to the conditions while building the Panama Canal. Tuff task for anyone to deal with idk how some people may it through but they are very strong and capable human beings.

embelishing

Yellow journalism is commonly known and used by many companies and businesses to make people want to by listen or be interested in what they have to say. For example TMZ deffinately is an example of yellow journalism. They may not know the facts but they will say whatever and do whatever with the things they heard or the resources even though they may not be right. They juice up there stories to make it more interesting and appealing to the audience or there readers.

African Americans

When the civil war ended all the African Americans thought that they had retrieved their freedom, but little did they know it was not what they thought. During reconstruction African Americans were discriminated.. There were laws created that put a strain on African American right. These set of laws were called the Black Code. The whites treated the black very poorly the blacks were under the whites authority. There hope for freedom seemed like it would very long to get to that point. The black code consist of these kind of laws. Blacks who are unemployed could and would be arrested but the trick was they did not make finding a job easy for them either. All these codes made the way the African Americans were living much like slavery. The codes (laws) wanted to make sure that slaves were for sure treated this way. The African Americans have been taken advantage of.   
    The civil rights movement in the 1950's and the 1960's was considered the Southern Freedom Movement. This act was to disagree and band discrimination against the color of your skin, race or religion.The difference between the way African Americans were treated during the Reconstruction era and the civil rights movement was this.During the reconstruction era white tried to do everything possible to restrain African Americans and have them under there authority, wanted to control every aspect of their lives. In the civil rights movement also known as the Southern Freedom Movement tried to help African Americans. The movement tried to enable Africans Americans to have some of their rights and give them what they deserved which was freedom.All these african american people who we can look up to who are icons have chnaged todays society although discrimination is still around and is still know and happens, due to these laws, movements and acts now it is less likely to occur.

the reality of a cowboy

There are many different perceptions about cowboys and their lifestyle. Noone really knows how hard a cowboy has to work unless you are one..Hollywood makes the life of a cowboy way easier then it really is. In Hollywood cowboys are either known as these heroes who saves there lady or some as a bad guy. But that is not it at all the life of a real cowboy is where hard labor takes places working on the farm, Taking care of cattle, the crops and having the strength and courage, Not everyone sees that now a days and they take for granted how hard cowboys really have it.

         Usually in Hollywood or the programs everyone watches today, all you see is cowboys on a horse with a rope, riding through the town with there vest and cowboy boots. Skinny average sized man. Being a cowboy is a lot of responsibility and takes a lot of strength. REAL cowboys do dirty work, for instance tending to the cattle, feeding the animals cleaning up after them taking care of their horses and riding the horses. That is pretty much a cowboys way of transportation is his animal. Cowboys mainly use their horse to work the cattle. These horses did not just get the sense to round up cattle themselves the cowboys had to train them to do these things .They needed to survive and have money. The cowboys had to make sure that they had enough cattle and in good condition to be able to sell.

    Cowboys have to and should be strong and ready for whatever. Not just the horses would do the job for a cowboy. The cowboys worked all day wether it was super hot or super cold the cowboys were out getting their job done. They had to endure some hard labor. They had task such as repairing fences, maintaining the ranch equipment, Not only that they had to know how to care for the animals in whatever condition they were in, wether they were sick, wounded or were in really horrible conditions. Especially if they were on a small ranch, and did not have much help.

    Cowboys also had to know how to be a caretaker. Not only for themselves but for the family they had to feed and for the cattle they had to take care of. The cattle was their main way of either food or the money they received for selling the cattle. They had to make sure before they went to sell the cattle that they were healthy and in good condition. The cowboys had to brand the cowboys with a hot iron, this is usually done when they are calves. Since a cowboy was a provider it was important for one to preform all the task at hand no matter what conditions or situation they were in. They had to get there job done.       
       
    In conclusion these so called “cowboys” we see on tv or movies are not real. Not even half of what we see or hear bout cowboys is the truth. I think Hollywood is giving the wrong message to everyone about cowboys. They endure a lot more then what we thing. Hollywood does not give cowboys enough credit. Everyone should know and learn about the real cowboys and all the hard labor and the conditions and pressure they were under to complete there task.



      

My opinion on blogging

       

I feel blogging has its good and it’s bad, using technology I feel is less boring than just using a pen and paper. It can have a negative and positive effect towards your grades. For examples most students are procrastinators or sometimes the topics are just something kids don’t understand or just don’t have any interest in it. Last reason for why blogging is good is because it can improve and help students style of writing get better.
  
Using a computer to turn in assignment rather then pen and paper I feel is great! It is so much better than having to worry about losing papers misplacing them, forgetting it or just worrying about making up an excuse as to why you forgot your homework. Students are just sloppy and careless with their work. It would be a lot easier and helpful to the teacher to read an essay or for students writing assignments on the computer rather than have a student turn in a sloppy piece of paper.

A negative about blogging would have to be that it is very easy to get behind on work, for instance all the blogs are weekly but not actually do that week, so especially for me a procrastinator I get behind on my blogs and they pile up. I know I am not the only student that it happens too.

There are also other reasons either your computer isn't working at the moment or you’re crammed with other homework or have an emergency and can not get to a computer. I feel that is the only downfall of these blogs or assignments over the computer. Everyone at a point sometimes tends to put things off and procrastinates. These blogs are to be done by us the students weekly, they are graded if done but not really checked to see if there done weekly, sometimes I get lazy or I am just forgetful nod I don't do blogs the week they should be done; So for the next week when we get new blogs to do I end up having to do extra from the previous week. I get behind and just let my blogs pile up. on the other hand much teachers don't make us right too much, I feel weekly blogs and articles help us improve our writing and challenges us to write and come up with ideas about topics we may not be familiar with or don't understand.

It can effect our grades in a positive and negative way, in a positive way it can give you easy point or grades by just writing about a topic you discussed in class or a topic you may already know about; however it can also effect your grades in a negative way students may actually do the work but may not meet the requirements for example these weekly articles are suppose to have 600 -1000 words I feel it is hard to write so many words on a topic you may not find interesting or even understand. I get bored with the topic or just don’t know what to write about and give up and ether postpone it or just not do it at all. I am sure I’m not the only student who thinks or does things that way.

    In conclusion I feel blogging has good things that can affect students in a positive way but also can affect students in a negative way.  I feel we should still blog but maybe in a different way or change up the weekly articles or just the topics, the blogs are not too much to ask for at all although sometimes it may be difficult for a student to get to a computer or have difficulties with getting it to work.

details

i feel countries should not leave pieces of their history out even if its something negative. Now a days in these history articles or text books all i read is about one country and its achievments. I dont really read much about their losses of wars or anything else negative that they might have done. I feel they should own up and admit there fault who knows the readers might feel as if its an honest mistake. People have different opinions and feel different ways about wars and the wins and the losses but i feel no matter what negative or positive countries should not leave any part of their history out.

History matters

I believe history matters and is very important in todays getneration. Without history we would have no trace of the past. What would we learn in out social studie classes? We can learn from histories mistakes and maybe the government change the way things were done. Maybe we could fix the recession thats taking place or the wars that are happening. History for examples documents are the things that we can learn from or have information about what took place before some of us were even on this earth. 

topic of my choice

My favorite blogging topic from first quarter was the blog about history lying and the quote said by Thoreau "that governenment is best which governs least" That topic was very easy for me to write about i knew exactly what i thought about the situation, we had talked about it in class and i was set on what it ment. It makes it alot easier if the topic your writing about is something your familiar with and understand. Anything someone doesnt get isnt gonna be that easy or fun to write about. So i was really looking forward to write about this because i felt it was easy and i knew what i wanted to say about it.

blogs vs paper and pen

Blogging seems great using computers to turn in your h.w? Thats usually not how teachers choose to do it. I rather have to do assignments over the computer rather than having to turn in a bunch of papers and worrying bout loosing them or misplacing them. Doing assignments over the computer make it easier to keep track of your work. Although sometimes its overwhelming if you get behind since things arent actually due that week sometimes ill put it off to the next week and ill have 4 blogs to do, and the weekly articles i feel are kinda hard for me especially if i get behind on my blogs. But i do like blogging rather then using pen and paper.

Ellis Island

Seeing the pictures the immigrants coming to the united states probabley had mixed emotions or didnt even know what to do or how to feel. some may have felt happy and relieved and some might have felt scared and were not ready but knew its what they had to do. The experience seemed very chaotic. So many people all trying to get to the same place. Probabley are not grasping what they are really gonna have to go through just looking at the possible good outcome.

Song of the shirt

Reading the lyrics, life for the textile workers seemed brutal and depressing. Sounds like they worked many hours and the labor was hard. The women had no strength no breaks no food in their system, working constantly on an empty stomach. They dont get rewards or anything in return for there hard work. Day and night they are worn out and need a break but still they have to keep working. Thats all they know stitching clothing. Working in horrible conditions starvation and poverty but yet they have to keep going and pull through. The more they keep working in these conditions it could lead to death. The factory owner is more concerned with the clothing than the human beings that are working so hard.

six word story

journey, one family, obstacles heading west

Games instead of books?

Gaming could potentially connect with learning because what kids want to read and learn from a textbook. Interactive games will definatley keep students interested. For example oregon trail basically lets you decide and choose how you want to go about your journey. Oregon trail allows you to make decisions on your way as needed through out your journey. Hunt for food. It puts you in situtions that you will need to learn and figure out how to go about dealing with. For example managing money to buy supplies along the way or if anyone you are traveling with is hurt. Instead of reading about peoples journey why not experience one yourself with playing a game im sure students would much rather be playing a game.

dont judge a book by its cover

Stereotypes give people an general overview about a person. They arent always accurate there other peoples opinion about how they see you, mostly likely before they meet you they judge you and automatically categorize you in click based off your appearence. Stereoytypes can result from people being prejudice. I think it is so widely known because it does happen everywhere schools, even television programs display examples of stereotypes.

less is more

I think Thoreau ment that a government who is less involved and does not care much is the best type of government. Although having freedom and no rules can be great i feel the government should be involved in peoples lives. Yes we do need our privacy and freedom but we also need order and have boundaries. If we had a government that did not care we would have such chaos. The U.S isnt perfect now but it would be worse if we had a government that could care less.

the young believing false history

 i believe younger students do not know any better. whatever there elders tell them or teach them they will believe. although young students may not be mature enough to handle the true facts about history, they still should not be lied to because im sure later on in there years of education these younger students will find out the truth about the mistakes or the battles lost in history.

the lies of history

"History is the lie commonly agreed upon" by this quote i think Voltaire ment that all the information read in books or told by people is what everyone believes because that is all they know and heard of but i have come to realize now that these so called "facts" are not true at all. History and the creators of these so called facts want people to believe that countries havent their lost wars or battles because they want to be known as winners and the good things they have accomplished, they would never want to admit they have lost or made mistakes. Everyone believes history as it is told now which is false.