6.01 The Fifties and Sixties
Veterans/What did they gain in World War II?
They gained the loss of unemployment. They gained the opportunity to travel overseas to fight, and to country untouched by destruction. Veterans came back to America with benefits of the GI Bill.
Veterans/what challenges did they face at the end of the war?
Returning veterans came back to take their former jobs, and along the war, they had to set society's homemaking standards as the women were unwilling to give up their World War II occupations. Veterans who lived far from major cities has no channel or one channel to watch on televisions in 1951. Not many could afford televisions immediately after the war. They also needed homes for their new families, and the cities were too crowded.
Veterans/What progress did they make for their postwar period?
Veterans were educated and thanks to the GI Bill, could start businesses or buy homes with low-interest rates. Most settled in the new suburban Levittowns. Returning veterans made families, thus causing the baby boom, which lasted from 1946-1964.
Veterans/What struggles might this group have in the decades to come?
There will be war again in the following decades for the veterans and their children. Some veterans will be traumatized by the experiences during WWII and the wars after that.
Women/What did they gain in World War II?
Women gained the right to exercise their knowledge. Some who went to college found use of it as they take men's occupations temporarily, such as mending aircraft or running businesses.
Women/What challenges did they face at the end of the war?
Women faced unemployment again as returning veterans take their jobs back. The posters recruiting women to help during World War II had no purpose in the following decade. Their ambitions are clouded by society's expectations.
Women/What progress did they make in the postwar period?
Women decided to speak out how they felt about society's standards. Betty, a homemaker, mother, and article writer, interviewed Smith College's alumni, who reported dissatisfaction with their roles. Betty found no one to publish her article because it went against the ideal belief of women, so she published her novel, The Feminine Mystique.
Women/What struggles might this group have in the decades to come?
Women will probably fight, or protest, to alter their public image. They will speak to revert back to those days when they could take occupations of men. As more women become educated and determined, society will soon have to cross out the idealistic homemaker.
African Americans/What did they gain in World War II?
African Americans gained the equal privilege to fight. They also had jobs during World War II.
African Americans/What challenges did they face at the end of the war?
They knew that they would be returning home to face discrimination.
African Americans/What progress did they make in the postwar period?
African Americans founded a kind of music, known as rhythm and blues. This soon became Rock-and-Roll. African Americans' music were broadcasted on radios. Jackie Robinson was a baseball champion. African Americans changed history through the integration of sports and music.
African Americans/What struggles might this group have in decades to come?
Although the baby boomers enjoyed rhythm and blues as well as Rock and Roll, their parents are concerned of the music roots. As another decade arrives, there will be tension as the schools integrate races. The discrimination will decrease in the following decades, and the 1980s will have influential African Americans like in the 1950s and the Jazz Age.
6.04 The Korean War
North Korea wanted to stay with its communist government and spread communism throughout the peninsula, but the United States feared communism aggression and the domino theory, so the United States and the United Nation sent troops to South Korea, thus creating a seesaw war.
General MacArthur wanted to attack North Korea troops from the west coast, which was a success widely praised, but his confidence led to a disrespectful encounter with President Truman and commanding the soldiers as he saw fit, so he was relieved from his duty.
President Truman wanted General MacArthur to follow his orders since the president is the commander-in-chief, but MacArthur wanted to eliminate Chinese communism, which led to Republicans smearing Truman's reputation, so Truman decided to fire General MacArthur and nor run for reelection.
China wanted to keep American troops off their border assist North Korea, but their help only made the Korean War a seesaw conflict, so the Chinese drove the UN force south of the 38th parallel before the cease-fire and armistice.
The United Nations wanted to help South Korea, but the war was ongoing and both sides had advantages at different times, so North and South Korea signed an armistice in 1953 and there is a demilitarized zone with United States troops in South Korea.
1.How did General Douglas MacArthur react to the events in Korea? What was his stance on the Korean War?
General Douglas MacArthur made a counterattack towards North Korean troops. Whatever his moves were, it was to support his belief to eliminate communism. He underestimated China's army, but meant to prevent the domino theory. He is anti-communism.
2.How did President Truman respond to the events in Korea? What was his stance on the Korean War?
President Truman sent troops to the Korean peninsula to keep Korean communism from spreading all over Korea and maybe Asia. He was anti-communism as well, but knew his limits and didn't want to create a greater threat to Asia's communism and provoke China. He also knew that he was failing his popularity, and blamed for "losing China." All this explained where he stood and the lengths that he went.
3.Which leader's actions were the most justifiable—General McArthur's or President Truman's? Support your claim with evidence from the lesson.
I think that General MacArthur's actions were the most justifiable. Although I don't agree with his rising confidence that would soon doom his intentions, he had creativity and knew where he wanted his troops to go, which faded when he was relieved. President Truman relieving him was like the sudden death of President Roosevelt. I believe that if he was temporarily relieved and his confidence died down, then granted a second chance, he would have seen things differently and win the cause America has hoped for.
4.Would the outcome of the Korean War have been different had General MacArthur not been fired? Why or why not? Support your claim with evidence from the lesson.
Yes and no. I think that at some point, every general will have their strengths and weaknesses. Victory at one time does not predict another. I think that China's advances were underestimated and General MacArthur should have been prepared for that. His confidence led to his downfall. So letting him stay would not make the ending different. But if he was temporarily relieved, that is to hope that he doesn't come back with a grudge, or better yet, have a month-long return-to-America vacation to think things thoroughly, he might return to the war clear-minded and with advantageous plans towards victory.
6.07 Disillusionment
Question: Explain how events such as the Vietnam War and Watergate affected the American public’s opinion of the U.S government.
The majority of the American public before the 1960s trusted their government. They believed that with the rights they have, it is sensible to believe that there's much truth to what their government say or does. In other words, they have no reason to doubt their government. In an attempt to contain communism, however, the U.S. government sent young soldiers across the ocean. People began to resent that, but only some. Mostly college students, whose education were interrupted or blocked. They thought that the Vietnam War was going to be short-term, but although years of the executive power heightening, they saw otherwise. The living room war was televised, and the people saw what happened to the American troops that were sent there. They wanted an end; the war dragged on. Distrust of the president arose. Pentagon papers were published. The court overruled Nixon and his administration when they wanted an end to these Pentagon Papers. The Supreme Court decided that freedom of the press will assure the people that their government is not deceiving them. These publications shocked the public and the early 70s were a time of disillusionment. The Watergate scandal was the next upcoming thing that shattered American trust. The burglars that tried to break into the Watergate headquarters had ties to the executive branch. The president tried to soften FBI investigation. The Washington Post undermined his denial of involvement with the Watergate event. He refused to show his video tapes. However, he eventually had to give up these tapes. Americans realized that he was a crook. People in the executive branch have done wrong deeds and the so during the 70s, American believed that their government was run by criminals. Distrust of authority led to reformed opinions of the government.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
U.S. History module 5
5.01 World War Again
1. The U.S. favored neutrality even before World War I. It wanted to have nothing to do with war, but things happen. Ideas about neutrality changed with three-fourths of the population expected war, and Roosevelt initiated intervention with foreign warring countries. As Roosevelt began supporting democratic countries and he mistrust peace from totalitarian countries, neutrality acts altered, thus convincing Americans to reconsider normalcy as they foresee the inevitable spiral of incidents.
2. The point where U.S. turned down its isolationist nation and defied normalcy was when the neutrality act was passed by Congress. Although the First Neutrality Act with its Cash and Carry policy (hinting the beginning of a series of conflicting interferences) was subtle, it was undeniable that the slightest involvement pushed the U.S. off its edge of neutrality. U.S. was no longer neutral was Roosevelt and Churchill made agreements in Newfoundland. Evidence of the States' fading neutrality revealed through isolationists' preferences to help Allied nations, even when it means having a war.
3. First Neutrality Act- This act opposes the idea of the nation's wish to return to normalcy. It disrupts normalcy, and the Nye Committee had every right to investigate whether or not America was pushed into World War I in favor of profits. The First Neutrality Act was proof that although Americans wanted to keep themselves apart from warring nations, they sure sought after profits. Egotism therefore drifted the states from its prior aim----- isolationism.
Cash and Carry- cash and carry policy shattered the very meaning of isolationism. Even if the warring nations had to support themselves to and fro to gain supplies, and America was being paid in cash, it would only be the first chapter of America's impulse to intensify its actions with international intervention. The only exception for the cash and carry policy is that it supports the U.S. economy as it dived into the Great Depression.
U.S. aid to China- Yes, this is also defying the concept of isolationism, but since China is halfway across the world, and two countries alone in its imperialist conflict doesn't have much to intertwine with Europe and its pre-World War II tangling tummbleweed. It is more tolerable for the U.S. to sympathize with China. U.S. just wanted to help and in 1937 until today, China hasn't forgotten that. U.S. and China has always been good partners, aiding in imports, presumably since defending China and isolating it from Japan. It might anger Japan, who is tied to Germany and Italy, but one of Europe's treaties were weak without the United States, so these countries know and have learned during World War I that the U.S. is strong.
Lend-Lease Act- The Lend-Lease Act is so biased, it almost eliminates the idea of isolationism. First, the cash and carry policy is intervening with foreign nations, but the lend-lease act suggests that the U.S. could aid any nations involved in a war, casting the notion that the hopes for normalcy is lost as U.S. interests in warring nations surpass the former.
5.04 Holocaust
My name is Hannah Kaplan. My world, my life, and the very ground I stood on was almost flawless. If there were mistakes, it was only to drive perfection into my destiny. I was born in Poland to an extended family of affluent Jews. I myself am also one, as the cliche goes, "the apple does not fall far fro the tree." My family owned a business selling apparel of every kind and elegant sheets of fabric. Several friends of mine were loyal, as they saw my mother as their benefactress. Even the neighbors who disliked us would not dare to oppose us. But that was then; a long while back I was a seven-teen year old girl who was often lost in her books, skilled in strings, and enjoyed finding herself in a catch. What were others' grandeur delusion was my reality. Then that evening came. I was in the boutique founded by my grand parent, and while painting a gown that I intended to sew out of intrinsic motivation, I was aware ere the glass windows shattered. I ran to the corner of the room as my arms were scraped, to a corner where I cowered behind a line of coats. A chill ran through my spine and fear penetrated my mind. It was the moment when I felt as though my dignity had evaporated. Alas, I was soon discovered as my concealment served to be only temporary. One of what I recognized to be a Nazi took me by my arm and threw me in to the back of a truck covered in mud and dried blood. The attack came so harshly that I convinced myself that wherever I was being sent to, it wasn't going to be pleasant. It was then that I was told that I was going to be sent to a labor camp, which didn't sound anywhere near destinations I would otherwise eagerly look forward to, and not being fond of the Nazis, much less the truck I was thrown in, I found it difficult to believe that it was a labor camp that I was heading to. My mother, father, and other relatives were also in the truck. They all acted like they tolerate this acrid situation. I couldn't. I won't. As much as I wanted to speak my thoughts, none of my people did, so neither did I, lest we would get shot by the armed Nazis. After a while, I was led to a concentration camp. I think their discrimination has gone too far. My family members were separated into different groups. My life was spiraling down. The whole scenario was is amiss. I was thrown into a place where people surrounding me appeared half-dead and I wondered what will become of me. Indeed, escape was not an option because barbed wire encircled us. I haven't heard of my family ever since we were separated. I knew that I wanted to be idealistically slim, but being starved wasn't part of the plan. I counted the nights since arrival and after the fourteenth night, which turned to daylight, my camp was liberated. The Nazis were out of sight, and unfortunately, so was my family. Having studied English in school, I understood what the armed men were saying. We were given some bread and water, then told to go anywhere we could find refuge. Unquestionably, my imprisoned peers were frightened to leave the area, holding with them the possibility that the Nazis would find them again and they will be shot. I couldn't bear the stench of dead corpses right around my imprisonment about a mile away, so I occasionally inhaled when necessary and dashed across the field, looking to the sky, to avoid what remained of their untimely deaths. While hiding in a forest and surviving with berries, I thanked God for my liberation. I was soon founded by Eisenhower, and sent on a ship. Many months later, land come into sight. It was America. The War Industries Board initiated aiding me. I will strive to regain the social standing that I once lost. My world has changed in that I will never take the belongings I have for granted. I ought to patronize others no longer as i faced worse consequences following Hitler's theory.
5.06 War Ends
The United States and Allied forces had to use the bombs on Japan because they believed that it was the only way to end the war quickly. Many military leaders knew that fighting the Japanese would cost multiple lives, as evidenced by the 82-day battle of Okinawa when approximately 50,000 Allied troops were deceased or injured. Despite the fact that more than twice the Allied troops were Japanese and killed, they weren't prepared to surrender. Not even when Tokyo was attacked and engulfed in flames. The obvious way to victory was to further bomb Japan, thus saving effort and lives of Americans. This way meant that the Japanese weren't prepared to die nor fight, but unexpectedly lost their lives.
These bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was an absolute tragedy of the 1940s. Americans decided to save their own lives and the lives of their people, but destroying humanity on the other side of the world would contradict what they attempt. If the scenario was seen from the Pacific side, the Japanese would like to save their people, too. Even thought they were ready to fight to their deaths, they were ready to fight and die, not just die or suffer all of a sudden. Like General Dwight Eisenhower said, Japan was close to defeat, so it unnecessary. Admiral William Leahy, an adviser to both Roosevelt and Truman during World War II, said that bombing Japan with mass murder weapons would make Americans like the barbarians of the Dark Ages. Bombs should have not been dropped on these cities because in a way, it was like cheating; having your people saved and others die when some aren't even in battle. Even if the Americans fought the Japanese, which would be the alternative, the Japanese would have outnumbered in deaths.
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not as necessary as President Truman thought. Americans should have believed the rumors of the Holocaust and rescued all the Jews, then gather all the Nazis that have tortured and still intend to, and have them bombed. The root of evil, once gone, shall prevent more sinister deeds to come. If that seems unjust, consider what America has done to Japan. We have done something of similar equivalency to what Hitler had done. Eisenhower was right in thinking about what the world would think of us. What would they think? To have innocent lives killed and many survivors dying from the radiation, their businesses destroyed like during Kristallnacht. This terror could have been prevented, if isolationism returned and some treaty was made to divide the Allied regions from Japan.
1. The U.S. favored neutrality even before World War I. It wanted to have nothing to do with war, but things happen. Ideas about neutrality changed with three-fourths of the population expected war, and Roosevelt initiated intervention with foreign warring countries. As Roosevelt began supporting democratic countries and he mistrust peace from totalitarian countries, neutrality acts altered, thus convincing Americans to reconsider normalcy as they foresee the inevitable spiral of incidents.
2. The point where U.S. turned down its isolationist nation and defied normalcy was when the neutrality act was passed by Congress. Although the First Neutrality Act with its Cash and Carry policy (hinting the beginning of a series of conflicting interferences) was subtle, it was undeniable that the slightest involvement pushed the U.S. off its edge of neutrality. U.S. was no longer neutral was Roosevelt and Churchill made agreements in Newfoundland. Evidence of the States' fading neutrality revealed through isolationists' preferences to help Allied nations, even when it means having a war.
3. First Neutrality Act- This act opposes the idea of the nation's wish to return to normalcy. It disrupts normalcy, and the Nye Committee had every right to investigate whether or not America was pushed into World War I in favor of profits. The First Neutrality Act was proof that although Americans wanted to keep themselves apart from warring nations, they sure sought after profits. Egotism therefore drifted the states from its prior aim----- isolationism.
Cash and Carry- cash and carry policy shattered the very meaning of isolationism. Even if the warring nations had to support themselves to and fro to gain supplies, and America was being paid in cash, it would only be the first chapter of America's impulse to intensify its actions with international intervention. The only exception for the cash and carry policy is that it supports the U.S. economy as it dived into the Great Depression.
U.S. aid to China- Yes, this is also defying the concept of isolationism, but since China is halfway across the world, and two countries alone in its imperialist conflict doesn't have much to intertwine with Europe and its pre-World War II tangling tummbleweed. It is more tolerable for the U.S. to sympathize with China. U.S. just wanted to help and in 1937 until today, China hasn't forgotten that. U.S. and China has always been good partners, aiding in imports, presumably since defending China and isolating it from Japan. It might anger Japan, who is tied to Germany and Italy, but one of Europe's treaties were weak without the United States, so these countries know and have learned during World War I that the U.S. is strong.
Lend-Lease Act- The Lend-Lease Act is so biased, it almost eliminates the idea of isolationism. First, the cash and carry policy is intervening with foreign nations, but the lend-lease act suggests that the U.S. could aid any nations involved in a war, casting the notion that the hopes for normalcy is lost as U.S. interests in warring nations surpass the former.
5.04 Holocaust
My name is Hannah Kaplan. My world, my life, and the very ground I stood on was almost flawless. If there were mistakes, it was only to drive perfection into my destiny. I was born in Poland to an extended family of affluent Jews. I myself am also one, as the cliche goes, "the apple does not fall far fro the tree." My family owned a business selling apparel of every kind and elegant sheets of fabric. Several friends of mine were loyal, as they saw my mother as their benefactress. Even the neighbors who disliked us would not dare to oppose us. But that was then; a long while back I was a seven-teen year old girl who was often lost in her books, skilled in strings, and enjoyed finding herself in a catch. What were others' grandeur delusion was my reality. Then that evening came. I was in the boutique founded by my grand parent, and while painting a gown that I intended to sew out of intrinsic motivation, I was aware ere the glass windows shattered. I ran to the corner of the room as my arms were scraped, to a corner where I cowered behind a line of coats. A chill ran through my spine and fear penetrated my mind. It was the moment when I felt as though my dignity had evaporated. Alas, I was soon discovered as my concealment served to be only temporary. One of what I recognized to be a Nazi took me by my arm and threw me in to the back of a truck covered in mud and dried blood. The attack came so harshly that I convinced myself that wherever I was being sent to, it wasn't going to be pleasant. It was then that I was told that I was going to be sent to a labor camp, which didn't sound anywhere near destinations I would otherwise eagerly look forward to, and not being fond of the Nazis, much less the truck I was thrown in, I found it difficult to believe that it was a labor camp that I was heading to. My mother, father, and other relatives were also in the truck. They all acted like they tolerate this acrid situation. I couldn't. I won't. As much as I wanted to speak my thoughts, none of my people did, so neither did I, lest we would get shot by the armed Nazis. After a while, I was led to a concentration camp. I think their discrimination has gone too far. My family members were separated into different groups. My life was spiraling down. The whole scenario was is amiss. I was thrown into a place where people surrounding me appeared half-dead and I wondered what will become of me. Indeed, escape was not an option because barbed wire encircled us. I haven't heard of my family ever since we were separated. I knew that I wanted to be idealistically slim, but being starved wasn't part of the plan. I counted the nights since arrival and after the fourteenth night, which turned to daylight, my camp was liberated. The Nazis were out of sight, and unfortunately, so was my family. Having studied English in school, I understood what the armed men were saying. We were given some bread and water, then told to go anywhere we could find refuge. Unquestionably, my imprisoned peers were frightened to leave the area, holding with them the possibility that the Nazis would find them again and they will be shot. I couldn't bear the stench of dead corpses right around my imprisonment about a mile away, so I occasionally inhaled when necessary and dashed across the field, looking to the sky, to avoid what remained of their untimely deaths. While hiding in a forest and surviving with berries, I thanked God for my liberation. I was soon founded by Eisenhower, and sent on a ship. Many months later, land come into sight. It was America. The War Industries Board initiated aiding me. I will strive to regain the social standing that I once lost. My world has changed in that I will never take the belongings I have for granted. I ought to patronize others no longer as i faced worse consequences following Hitler's theory.
5.06 War Ends
The United States and Allied forces had to use the bombs on Japan because they believed that it was the only way to end the war quickly. Many military leaders knew that fighting the Japanese would cost multiple lives, as evidenced by the 82-day battle of Okinawa when approximately 50,000 Allied troops were deceased or injured. Despite the fact that more than twice the Allied troops were Japanese and killed, they weren't prepared to surrender. Not even when Tokyo was attacked and engulfed in flames. The obvious way to victory was to further bomb Japan, thus saving effort and lives of Americans. This way meant that the Japanese weren't prepared to die nor fight, but unexpectedly lost their lives.
These bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was an absolute tragedy of the 1940s. Americans decided to save their own lives and the lives of their people, but destroying humanity on the other side of the world would contradict what they attempt. If the scenario was seen from the Pacific side, the Japanese would like to save their people, too. Even thought they were ready to fight to their deaths, they were ready to fight and die, not just die or suffer all of a sudden. Like General Dwight Eisenhower said, Japan was close to defeat, so it unnecessary. Admiral William Leahy, an adviser to both Roosevelt and Truman during World War II, said that bombing Japan with mass murder weapons would make Americans like the barbarians of the Dark Ages. Bombs should have not been dropped on these cities because in a way, it was like cheating; having your people saved and others die when some aren't even in battle. Even if the Americans fought the Japanese, which would be the alternative, the Japanese would have outnumbered in deaths.
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not as necessary as President Truman thought. Americans should have believed the rumors of the Holocaust and rescued all the Jews, then gather all the Nazis that have tortured and still intend to, and have them bombed. The root of evil, once gone, shall prevent more sinister deeds to come. If that seems unjust, consider what America has done to Japan. We have done something of similar equivalency to what Hitler had done. Eisenhower was right in thinking about what the world would think of us. What would they think? To have innocent lives killed and many survivors dying from the radiation, their businesses destroyed like during Kristallnacht. This terror could have been prevented, if isolationism returned and some treaty was made to divide the Allied regions from Japan.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Starbucks
It's a chill place to sit back and study, with extras being Wi-Fi and music.
Monday, January 27, 2014
English module 4
4.02 The Power of Words
"But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract."
We, as Americans, cannot dedicate the battlegrounds for the soldiers that fought there. The soldiers, who are still with us or gone, has it dedicated to us more than we can to them.
These lines inspire listeners to honor the soldiers that fought in the war and remember all of their heroic deeds.
"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion."
We are dedicated towards honoring the dead, and dedicate ourselves to their task. From what we see of them, the last of them, it increases our devotion for what they were devoted to the end——fighting in war.
This should inspire listeners to take up what our soldiers have taken, to not take their service for granted, and to be devoted as they were in what they have done.
"...this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."
America, under God, shall have freedom and the government created by the Americans, for the Americans, will not die from this world.
Listeners will probably be more involved in the government as everyone has gained their independence. Their political activities will make these lines stay true——the American government lives.
"But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract."
We, as Americans, cannot dedicate the battlegrounds for the soldiers that fought there. The soldiers, who are still with us or gone, has it dedicated to us more than we can to them.
These lines inspire listeners to honor the soldiers that fought in the war and remember all of their heroic deeds.
"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion."
We are dedicated towards honoring the dead, and dedicate ourselves to their task. From what we see of them, the last of them, it increases our devotion for what they were devoted to the end——fighting in war.
This should inspire listeners to take up what our soldiers have taken, to not take their service for granted, and to be devoted as they were in what they have done.
"...this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."
America, under God, shall have freedom and the government created by the Americans, for the Americans, will not die from this world.
Listeners will probably be more involved in the government as everyone has gained their independence. Their political activities will make these lines stay true——the American government lives.
English module 3
3.03 Two Idealists: Double Feature
Part 1
1.According to the first sentence what does every person realize at some moment in his/her education?
That envy is ignorance and imitation is suicide. Every person must realize that they must make something of themselves apart from commonality.
2.What is the opposite of "self-reliance," according to Emerson?
Cowardice and conformity... both of which has no muse, hope, nor peace.
3.What does Emerson see as the most sacred aspect of a person?
The integrity of one's own mind.
4.What does Emerson think of people who call for consistency in thought and action and who fear being misunderstood?
People who have nothing to do and would not be a man.
5. Emerson makes many of his points through a series of figures of speech - comparisons between two things that are basically unlike. In "Self-Reliance" what does he compare with the ordinary things and events listed below? Be sure to respond in complete sentence format.
Example: He compares cannon balls to words: "Else if you would be a man, speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today."
A.planting corn
He says that a man cannot get nourishing corn unless he relies on himself to plant it without imitation, for better or for worse.
So the nourishing corn is something, like a reward, a man gets when he takes on self-reliance.
B.an iron string
He compares an iron string with cowards fleeing before a revolution.
I think that an iron string is like a person along in a world of conformity, but they are strong; they are a nonconformist.
C. clay
Pious aspirants are compared with noble clay; something that can be mold into its own shape.
3.04B Frederick Douglass
Reading about Frederick Douglass can give some insight, as he explains and lead us on his journey of agony. However, even thought we find ourselves pitying those that went through slavery and shocked by the cruelty, it does not give us a full understanding of what it is like to be a slave. In Frederick Douglass's story, he has a friend who decided to help him, someone who went through those torturous times as well. I believe that one who has gone through what he has can truly understand what slavery was. A true insight cannot be exchanged with words. It is experience that will make you flinch, wash fear over you, and spark your determination, as was with Frederick Douglass.
3.05 The Fireside Poets
Fireside Poets questions
1.What metaphors does Holmes use to describe the ship in stanzas one and two of "Old Ironsides"?
"The meteor of the ocean air" and "The eagle of the sea!"
2.In 1830, the 44-gun American warship Constitution, the inspiration for "Old Ironsides," was scheduled to be scrapped - that is, stripped of everything valuable or reasonable. What proposal is put forth by Holmes, in the last stanza of his poem?
Holmes proposed that the Constitution should be allowed to sink below the sea, where her flag stays attached to her mast.
3. What do you think Holmes want the ship to symbolize?
A symbol of patriotism, of America. I think that Holmes wants the ship to symbolize courage and victory.
4.The term, "Harpies," in line 15 of "Old Ironsides" is an allusion to predatory flying creatures in Greek mythology, which have bodies of vultures and heads of women. The name meant "snatchers" or "robbers." Why do you think that Holmes uses this allusion in his poem?
"The harpies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea!"
These lines bring out most the allusion's meaning. The harpies of the shore are the government officials plotting to destroy the Constitution, which he wrote as the eagle of the sea, a possible insight that it symbolizes out nation with its glorious moments that represented fearlessness that the warship went through.
5.In Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls," how does the title foreshadow the fact the traveler will not return?
I guess that "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" is like a traveler rises to set his journey forth, but in the end falls; he doesn't return. If he doesn't return, it could mean that he fell, perhaps suggesting that there was a shipwreck or that he fell to his death during the journey. If the traveler falls, then the journey falls. So it would be the end of the journey. The title foreshadows a placid, but sad ending.
6.Do you think Longfellow's poem is about one specific traveler, or could it apply to all in general? Explain your answer.
I think that Longfellow's poem refers to a specific traveler, maybe one that he has known. But if taken into the general perspective, it could mean that soldiers who served the Navy didn't make it back ashore. Back to what I thought, he mentioned, "The traveler, so it must be a singular noun, therefore implying that it was someone he knew who was lost at sea.
7.Personification is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. Cite an example of Longfellow's use of personification in "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls."
"The little waves, with their soft, white hands
Efface the footprints in the sands..."
8.How does the division into stanzas reflect the passage of time in the poem? Example: Stanza One presents twilight darkening into night. What do stanzas two and three represent?
Stanza two represents the town and its sea swallowed by darkness as night sinks in and stanza three represents the morning arriving, conquering the fading night, but with happiness of the light, there is a quiet absence.
My poem
Defiant Drusilla
Sometimes with materialistic glee,
one isn't bound to liberty,
to make choices of theirs,
when they are entitled heirs.
There on the throne sits an heiress,
and although she sinks in cheerfulness,
her happiness in love was far much less,
when her marriage fell into a loveless mess.
Her family thirst for royalty like light of dawn,
that her life was destined to take part as a pawn,
and so away into the woods she ran,
and there she found a caring man.
Preferring her new life instead of old,
her audacious moves were disobediently bold,
She ran from everything once precious like gold,
to find new treasures misunderstood if told.
The life she found was on a thread,
but so much better than when married,
for if she stayed indulging elegance instead,
someday the king might decide to take her head,
Her betrayal has brought revenge,
and only by her husband would she be daggered,
to please him as it was his amends,
to separate her and her other man in different worlds.
To his kingdom there he rids of the faithless,
for it was under his law to enforce morals,
but past him would he never guess,
that his wife cursed him with laurels.
3.06 Moby Dick
1.In this video, we immediately learn of an obsessed captain who wants revenge. Why does he want revenge and against whom or what?
He wants revenge because he lost his leg to a great white whale, to whom he is against, known as Moby Dick.
2.Who is the narrator of Moby Dick and what is the first line of the novel?
Ishmael is the narrator and the first line is "Call me Ishmael."
3.There are two significant Biblical allusions mentioned in the film. To whom do these allusions reference? How are the names significant?
In the Bible, Ahab is a wicked king who goes against God's will. The white whale may be a symbol of all that thwarts human intentions. Ishmael means "outcast" or "wanderer".
4.The narrator states that Moby Dick symbolizes three different meanings for three different characters. List the characters and the meaning which Moby Dick symbolizes for each of them.
To Captain Ahab, the whale represents all that is evil in the universe.
To Starbuck, the whale's just an animal to be killed for oil.
To Ishmael, the whale's nature in all its wonder——beautiful, yet terrifying. "The ungraspable phantom of life."
5.Why did Melville choose to write about whaling? Why was the industry significant?
Melville's New England was at the height of the whaling era. The United States dominated the whaling trade, supplying the world for its lanterns, streetlamps, and all kinds of machinery. It was a major industry in New England in the 1850s. When Melville wrote Moby Dick, New Bedford was the richest town in the United States. Whale oil was the oil of commerce.
6.What did Melville do when he was 21?
He set sail for the South Pacific.
7.What established writer did Melville befriend while he was writing Moby Dick?
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
8.Comment on the four harpooners of the Pequod; politically, why were they significant?
Each represented a different culture, a different race. The Pequod becomes a symbol for the ship of state, almost like a little democracy.
9.What happens to the Pequod towards the end of the book? Ahab? Ishmael?
The Pequod attacks Moby Dick. The white whale was so enraged, he attacked and sinks the Pequod, killing all the men on board. Ahab and Ishmael watch helplessly from their small boats. Suddenly, Moby Dick turns and surface next to Ahab. Ahab strikes the whale, and the rope caught him around the neck. He was shot out of the boat ere the crew knew he was gone. All but Ishmael vanish into the sea. He is the only survivor of the Pequod. He floats alone until he is rescued by the whaling ship, Rachel.
10.What were the final years of Melville like?
15 years after the publication of Moby Dick, his book has fallen into obscurity. The American public did not understand it. He was broke, and the father of four children. He took a job as a customs inspector for $4 a day at the port of New York. He continued to be a prolific writer until he died at the age of 72,after writing 15 books.
Interview questions for Ishmael:
1. If you could, would you stop the whaling industry?
2. Do you think that Ahab deserves his ending?
3. What are the differences in terrifying for Moby Dick and the blubber room?
4. How was the whale a mystery of the universe?
5. Which did you think was more dangerous to Moby Dick, Ahab's obsession with revenge against the whale, or his shipmates' view that would be like Starbuck's, endangering whales for their well-being?
Part 1
1.According to the first sentence what does every person realize at some moment in his/her education?
That envy is ignorance and imitation is suicide. Every person must realize that they must make something of themselves apart from commonality.
2.What is the opposite of "self-reliance," according to Emerson?
Cowardice and conformity... both of which has no muse, hope, nor peace.
3.What does Emerson see as the most sacred aspect of a person?
The integrity of one's own mind.
4.What does Emerson think of people who call for consistency in thought and action and who fear being misunderstood?
People who have nothing to do and would not be a man.
5. Emerson makes many of his points through a series of figures of speech - comparisons between two things that are basically unlike. In "Self-Reliance" what does he compare with the ordinary things and events listed below? Be sure to respond in complete sentence format.
Example: He compares cannon balls to words: "Else if you would be a man, speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today."
A.planting corn
He says that a man cannot get nourishing corn unless he relies on himself to plant it without imitation, for better or for worse.
So the nourishing corn is something, like a reward, a man gets when he takes on self-reliance.
B.an iron string
He compares an iron string with cowards fleeing before a revolution.
I think that an iron string is like a person along in a world of conformity, but they are strong; they are a nonconformist.
C. clay
Pious aspirants are compared with noble clay; something that can be mold into its own shape.
3.04B Frederick Douglass
Reading about Frederick Douglass can give some insight, as he explains and lead us on his journey of agony. However, even thought we find ourselves pitying those that went through slavery and shocked by the cruelty, it does not give us a full understanding of what it is like to be a slave. In Frederick Douglass's story, he has a friend who decided to help him, someone who went through those torturous times as well. I believe that one who has gone through what he has can truly understand what slavery was. A true insight cannot be exchanged with words. It is experience that will make you flinch, wash fear over you, and spark your determination, as was with Frederick Douglass.
3.05 The Fireside Poets
Fireside Poets questions
1.What metaphors does Holmes use to describe the ship in stanzas one and two of "Old Ironsides"?
"The meteor of the ocean air" and "The eagle of the sea!"
2.In 1830, the 44-gun American warship Constitution, the inspiration for "Old Ironsides," was scheduled to be scrapped - that is, stripped of everything valuable or reasonable. What proposal is put forth by Holmes, in the last stanza of his poem?
Holmes proposed that the Constitution should be allowed to sink below the sea, where her flag stays attached to her mast.
3. What do you think Holmes want the ship to symbolize?
A symbol of patriotism, of America. I think that Holmes wants the ship to symbolize courage and victory.
4.The term, "Harpies," in line 15 of "Old Ironsides" is an allusion to predatory flying creatures in Greek mythology, which have bodies of vultures and heads of women. The name meant "snatchers" or "robbers." Why do you think that Holmes uses this allusion in his poem?
"The harpies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea!"
These lines bring out most the allusion's meaning. The harpies of the shore are the government officials plotting to destroy the Constitution, which he wrote as the eagle of the sea, a possible insight that it symbolizes out nation with its glorious moments that represented fearlessness that the warship went through.
5.In Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls," how does the title foreshadow the fact the traveler will not return?
I guess that "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" is like a traveler rises to set his journey forth, but in the end falls; he doesn't return. If he doesn't return, it could mean that he fell, perhaps suggesting that there was a shipwreck or that he fell to his death during the journey. If the traveler falls, then the journey falls. So it would be the end of the journey. The title foreshadows a placid, but sad ending.
6.Do you think Longfellow's poem is about one specific traveler, or could it apply to all in general? Explain your answer.
I think that Longfellow's poem refers to a specific traveler, maybe one that he has known. But if taken into the general perspective, it could mean that soldiers who served the Navy didn't make it back ashore. Back to what I thought, he mentioned, "The traveler, so it must be a singular noun, therefore implying that it was someone he knew who was lost at sea.
7.Personification is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. Cite an example of Longfellow's use of personification in "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls."
"The little waves, with their soft, white hands
Efface the footprints in the sands..."
8.How does the division into stanzas reflect the passage of time in the poem? Example: Stanza One presents twilight darkening into night. What do stanzas two and three represent?
Stanza two represents the town and its sea swallowed by darkness as night sinks in and stanza three represents the morning arriving, conquering the fading night, but with happiness of the light, there is a quiet absence.
My poem
Defiant Drusilla
Sometimes with materialistic glee,
one isn't bound to liberty,
to make choices of theirs,
when they are entitled heirs.
There on the throne sits an heiress,
and although she sinks in cheerfulness,
her happiness in love was far much less,
when her marriage fell into a loveless mess.
Her family thirst for royalty like light of dawn,
that her life was destined to take part as a pawn,
and so away into the woods she ran,
and there she found a caring man.
Preferring her new life instead of old,
her audacious moves were disobediently bold,
She ran from everything once precious like gold,
to find new treasures misunderstood if told.
The life she found was on a thread,
but so much better than when married,
for if she stayed indulging elegance instead,
someday the king might decide to take her head,
Her betrayal has brought revenge,
and only by her husband would she be daggered,
to please him as it was his amends,
to separate her and her other man in different worlds.
To his kingdom there he rids of the faithless,
for it was under his law to enforce morals,
but past him would he never guess,
that his wife cursed him with laurels.
3.06 Moby Dick
1.In this video, we immediately learn of an obsessed captain who wants revenge. Why does he want revenge and against whom or what?
He wants revenge because he lost his leg to a great white whale, to whom he is against, known as Moby Dick.
2.Who is the narrator of Moby Dick and what is the first line of the novel?
Ishmael is the narrator and the first line is "Call me Ishmael."
3.There are two significant Biblical allusions mentioned in the film. To whom do these allusions reference? How are the names significant?
In the Bible, Ahab is a wicked king who goes against God's will. The white whale may be a symbol of all that thwarts human intentions. Ishmael means "outcast" or "wanderer".
4.The narrator states that Moby Dick symbolizes three different meanings for three different characters. List the characters and the meaning which Moby Dick symbolizes for each of them.
To Captain Ahab, the whale represents all that is evil in the universe.
To Starbuck, the whale's just an animal to be killed for oil.
To Ishmael, the whale's nature in all its wonder——beautiful, yet terrifying. "The ungraspable phantom of life."
5.Why did Melville choose to write about whaling? Why was the industry significant?
Melville's New England was at the height of the whaling era. The United States dominated the whaling trade, supplying the world for its lanterns, streetlamps, and all kinds of machinery. It was a major industry in New England in the 1850s. When Melville wrote Moby Dick, New Bedford was the richest town in the United States. Whale oil was the oil of commerce.
6.What did Melville do when he was 21?
He set sail for the South Pacific.
7.What established writer did Melville befriend while he was writing Moby Dick?
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
8.Comment on the four harpooners of the Pequod; politically, why were they significant?
Each represented a different culture, a different race. The Pequod becomes a symbol for the ship of state, almost like a little democracy.
9.What happens to the Pequod towards the end of the book? Ahab? Ishmael?
The Pequod attacks Moby Dick. The white whale was so enraged, he attacked and sinks the Pequod, killing all the men on board. Ahab and Ishmael watch helplessly from their small boats. Suddenly, Moby Dick turns and surface next to Ahab. Ahab strikes the whale, and the rope caught him around the neck. He was shot out of the boat ere the crew knew he was gone. All but Ishmael vanish into the sea. He is the only survivor of the Pequod. He floats alone until he is rescued by the whaling ship, Rachel.
10.What were the final years of Melville like?
15 years after the publication of Moby Dick, his book has fallen into obscurity. The American public did not understand it. He was broke, and the father of four children. He took a job as a customs inspector for $4 a day at the port of New York. He continued to be a prolific writer until he died at the age of 72,after writing 15 books.
Interview questions for Ishmael:
1. If you could, would you stop the whaling industry?
2. Do you think that Ahab deserves his ending?
3. What are the differences in terrifying for Moby Dick and the blubber room?
4. How was the whale a mystery of the universe?
5. Which did you think was more dangerous to Moby Dick, Ahab's obsession with revenge against the whale, or his shipmates' view that would be like Starbuck's, endangering whales for their well-being?
English module 2
2.02A Declaration Discussion
2.02 Founding Father Thomas Jefferson
Your Assignment
A. Discussion
Discuss these questions with your family:
1. The last line of the Declaration of Independence asserts: "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
a. What does it mean to pledge your "lives, fortunes, and honor"?
I’m thinking that it must mean to pledge to America with each other as American citizens everything that we have. It means that we will sacrifice our belongings to our country, but also have an equal opportunity to save the things with love and cherish. As for honor, it could mean that if you give America your service, your honor, then that will be very honorable of you.
b. For what causes would you be willing to make a significant sacrifice?
Feminism, radical revolutions to defend our rights,
a cause for justice and liberty, for people that I care for, I would sacrifice my belongings if it is to save them,
there are causes like social equality that I find worth being sought-after, as I think that there is too much social class injustice and prejudice out there. There are too many scandals with the elites and socialites, and the hard working industrial workers being good at heart and getting cheated off of their well-being; this is a cause worth sacrificing for and there needs to be a change. Regardless of the intimidation and fear of persecution or being ignored, someone needs to speak up. These honeybees deserve more to their lives.
2. Look at the Amendments to the Constituiton with a family member. How does one or more of the Amendments protect and limit an individual’s rights? Identify at least one instance of protection and one of limitation. Be sure to name the Amendment(s) and explain your thoughts. After you have discussed these questions with your family, go to the Discussion area of the course and post your responses. Be sure to respond to at least one other student's posting.
Amendment 3- Quartering of soldiers.
This, I believe, is an amendment of protection because the fathers who wrote our Constitution didn’t want the same thing that happened in history to reoccur. Back during the Revolutionary War, Brit soldiers were sent to America to guard the uprising colonists and were quartered in their houses. This led the colonists to become enraged that they have to take care of the British, who they believe has caused injustice upon the colonies.
This amendment particularly protects our people from having the responsibility of taking care of soldiers, since some American citizens will feel uncomfortable, as before with the British soldiers.
Amendment 14- Citizenship Rights.
This is where the amendment has a limit. It states that a citizenship is limited in where s/he cannot ask for help from America to pay for their debts if used to aid rebellion against the United States. Also, it is illegal to borrow from the U.S. and turn against it; therefore it makes sense that the U.S. will not pay for your debts.
2.02B Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence
Believing that every person is privileged to rights, this declaration will be addressed to all of my despotic friends in the past. As friends you all have claimed to be, I find it unjust to have a friendship with one person of more authority, and the other, as I, felt weak. Read this, and see to it that there was a reason why our friendships did not last as long as you might expect.
She says, "Give me something, or else I won’t be your friend anymore." Were you even my friend in the first place?
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She uses her sad face, or collapses in her dishonest, emotional phases to get things her way, to earn the possessions of others.
She ignores you when you ask her "What’s wrong?" to depict that her other friend was ignoring her. How were you supposed to know?
She acts as if she’s mad and goes her way home, or has just begun to, and when you decide to go into your house and shut the door to give her some time to herself, she wails and exclaims that she was joking.
She forces your corgi, or puppy, to play with her on the playground, despite the fact that puppies can’t jump from places so high; they aren’t cats. Your neighbors tell you that your friend was playing mean, and he more your puppy resists and seems scared, the more she tugs the leash.
She knocks on your door every morning just to "walk to the bus stop together" and thinking it’s okay because "we’re best friends," when your mom’s roommates needs some sleep to recharge themselves for work.
She thinks people are her best friends when they’re not because they don’t even hang around with her; they hang around in their groups, where they feel comfortable and not forced to do every little thing she wants. There was that time when she would say of your other friend, "She’s my best friend." and you were skeptical because your other friend rarely hangs out with her.
She asks to share your lunch when you were so slim in the old days that you were below 100 lbs.
She was so clingy that she went wherever you went, and so it was hard to talk to anyone else, especially if the person didn’t get along with her. To make things worse, she was in your neighborhood.
She thinks that people who were born younger than her should listen to her, and that didn’t work out so well with one of the tough girls at our school.
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She gets scared that she will lose her best friend, so when her best friend invites you to her party, she tells you afterwards that her best friend doesn’t want you to come.
She copies your classwork, gets A’s like it’s a breeze, and ends up in an extracurricular that you would need to have an invite to get in.
She tells you that you’re going to graduate high school at twenty when she knows that you’re taking multiple challenging classes and aiming to graduate in 2014.
In addition, she doesn’t believe in you and just makes your sympathy of getting failed by one of the hardest history classes hatched and become something from a butterfly to a Loch Ness.
She calls you psycho and threatens to slap you after you grab her fragile, very small and skinny wrist in an attempt to drag her away from being involved and actually spreading gossip about you that you eavesdropped.
I, Lynn Pham, have grown weary and grew out of these friendships, sometimes because I was lucky that you have moved away out-of-state, or I just drifted apart from you after our transition to upper secondary school. My advice, however, is that if you all want stronger, and more genuine friendships in the future, you would have to be kinder, and definitely, more amiable. A friendship becomes stained if there is one who is like queen and like glass if the other feels unwilling.
I would give my Declaration of Independence a C.
2.04 Thomas Paine
Questions on The Crisis
The Redcoats and the patriots.
They deserve love from men and women.
Britain has a right to "bind us in all cases whatsoever."
He’ll pursue his principles unto death.
Thomas Paine finds offensive wars as murder, but he explains that man has a right to defend himself against whoever has wronged him, and whoever it may be would not matter at the time. I think that he means since Britain has wronged America, she would fight back to represent herself, even if she has to defy her mother country.
Patriots are like sunshine to our country because they’ve fought to gain their own independence and eliminate high taxes from a lost mother. They are always shining, always fighting for what they believe, with intrinsic motivation, voluntarily. Summer soldiers are the redcoats, I believe, and they are "summer" as in they aren’t fighting for their independence, so despite their technology and ammunition, they will fight weaker. They are seasonal, and this is their profession. They do not fight at heart, and as Summer is seasonal, so are they. They won’t help their monarchy to have control over America and hold that control for long.
America wants peace. "Give me peace in my day." refers to America’s longing for separation. The patriots want to see peace in their day.
Enraged and hopeful.
A loyalist might have said, "Give Britain our taxes, and there will be peace." "…for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire. . .
Thomas meant that although America may lose its independence and rights at times during the rule of Britain, times around the American Revolution, America will not end its anger until victory has been accomplished.
2.05A Olaudah Equiano
Part A
For this assignment submit your answers to the questions below:
Give four facts about conditions aboard the slave ship.
One. The stench was intolerable.
Two. Perspirations were common.
Three. It was crowded, somewhat like the Upper East.
Four. Fresh air was nowhere; suffocation was constant.
What happened to the slave that got caught after jumping overboard?
He was "flogged… unmercifully."
Why did many people die during the journey?
The closeness of the slaves brought a sickness, which many died in conclusion. Some also managed to drown themselves.
Why did Olaudah think the crew possessed magic?
He looked through the quadrant and the clouds looked like land, so therefore his wonders were heightened and from an instrument so strange, he ought to think that the crew possessed magic.
Find a picture that would be a good one to go along with this excerpt. Copy and paste the picture into this assignment.
Cite this source: http://www.equiano.org/images/about_equiano/1.jpg
This is a picture of possibly a slave ship. I chose this because the water on which it sails are in the memory of those who have drowned themselves along the way and the space exterior from the ship would have fresh air, the air these wretched slaves so longed for, and may have died without ever seeing their destination, nor the fresh air which was in such abundance outside. The sky, and the clouds were what Equiano saw through the quadrant.
2.06 Native Americans
Venn Diagram (I couldn’t type into the pasted chart, so I’m going to type.)
Squanto:
He has lived in England.
He traveled with the colonists.
He was in allegiance with Smith.
He was sold in Spain.
He sailed to England again.
He went to Canada.
He went to New England.
Squanto stayed with the settlers.
He and the English had mutual trust.
Powhatan:
He never went to England.
He had power over the region.
He never absolutely trusted Smith.
He has had conflicts with the English.
He was not ever under European rule.
He made it clear that he had power.
He did not like the settlers that acted powerful.
He wasn’t used to disobedience.
He wasn’t subject to obedience.
He demanded gifts to be returned.
He didn’t like broken promises.
He had a daughter that made peace.
Similarities:
Both had started out great with the English.
Both had helped the English survive with crops.
Both had lived in North America.
Both had known who John Smith was.
Both were mistreated by Europeans.
Both knew about the struggle of the English.
Both had struggled because of English contact.
Write a story.
Our culture is great. We should have no shame in immersing ourselves in it, nor telling our descendants of it. We are from Powhatan. Our chief has much power. He could aid you or destroy you. By tradition, the paramount chief is the nephew of the former chief. Our culture consists of great respect to our king, and perhaps to the English, greater respect than they have for theirs. When the chief sleeps, there are four guards standing around him and they exchange messages to make sure that one another is okay. Failure to reply to a co-guard results in punishment. Our chief, known as Powhatan to the English, had bodyguards that are tall; in fact, the tallest fifty men of our people. Although we do have enough land in his territory, he expands it with ambushes and protects his farther regions with the sub-chiefs, or brother-in-laws, as he has made them. He marries to most of his less powerful chiefs’ sisters, and this guarantees peace and agreement between them, and strong friendships, stronger than when he weren’t married. Our culture has many arts and crafts. We have furs and jewelry, of which the Englishmen covet and we’ve asked them to trade their weapons with our precious stones and jewelry. Pearls and gold are saved for Powhatan, who was also offered eighty-percent of our labor’s supplies. We work hard, but don’t ask for more than what we deserve. Additionally, we don’t need much. For as long as Powhatan is in bliss, we will also be in bliss, knowing his well-being is achieved. We take orders from our chief, and there is much reason for what he orders us to do. Whenever the settlers take our gifts and don’t return us anything, it angers him, and as he views this as treachery, he finds reason to call an attack on them. Besides, there was a time when the English sailed around the Chesapeake Bay upon their own curiosity. They’ve acted as thought they had more control of the region that they literally do. To protect his region, Powhatan called for his sub-chiefs to attack wherever ad whenever possible. The English simply cannot conquer land and conquer us just when and where they please. As long as Powhatan is living, we are safe. We would not fall under English rule. Our chief’s younger brother will do the same for us in the memory of Powhatan and for the good of our people. Trust is important, and in our culture, when distrust arises, it can hardly be restored. The biography of our late chief Powhatan should be told and known of, and all that he had done that kept us safe from the settlers. The settlers are so unpredictable, but with strong chiefs, misfortunes can be prevented. We do not want war, but if the English is cause of it, we will go to further lengths to keep our land safe. Good deeds must be exchanged with good deeds. Our people may be simple in the eyes of the English, but we know ways of survival, which they have to find to cope with the New World weather and winters, and however savage we appear, we know of hospitality. Hospitality and virtue runs it our blood. It never dies, and neither will creativity. We must grow strong to live up to our reputation; archery, weaponry, and hunting will transform us unto manhood. We grow strong, and this is to protect ourselves and those we love. We aren’t subject to any other rule but to our chief, and other than that, we are free.
This is where we live. Our lives are lit by light and the coziness fills our home. Of warmth for winter, and space… is enough to not disturb nature. This is where we hunt. Where Powhatan takes walks during his childhood.
Descendants of these English settlers took what they call "photos" of our tribe’s surroundings and posted it on Google images.
2.02 Founding Father Thomas Jefferson
Your Assignment
A. Discussion
Discuss these questions with your family:
1. The last line of the Declaration of Independence asserts: "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
a. What does it mean to pledge your "lives, fortunes, and honor"?
I’m thinking that it must mean to pledge to America with each other as American citizens everything that we have. It means that we will sacrifice our belongings to our country, but also have an equal opportunity to save the things with love and cherish. As for honor, it could mean that if you give America your service, your honor, then that will be very honorable of you.
b. For what causes would you be willing to make a significant sacrifice?
Feminism, radical revolutions to defend our rights,
a cause for justice and liberty, for people that I care for, I would sacrifice my belongings if it is to save them,
there are causes like social equality that I find worth being sought-after, as I think that there is too much social class injustice and prejudice out there. There are too many scandals with the elites and socialites, and the hard working industrial workers being good at heart and getting cheated off of their well-being; this is a cause worth sacrificing for and there needs to be a change. Regardless of the intimidation and fear of persecution or being ignored, someone needs to speak up. These honeybees deserve more to their lives.
2. Look at the Amendments to the Constituiton with a family member. How does one or more of the Amendments protect and limit an individual’s rights? Identify at least one instance of protection and one of limitation. Be sure to name the Amendment(s) and explain your thoughts. After you have discussed these questions with your family, go to the Discussion area of the course and post your responses. Be sure to respond to at least one other student's posting.
Amendment 3- Quartering of soldiers.
This, I believe, is an amendment of protection because the fathers who wrote our Constitution didn’t want the same thing that happened in history to reoccur. Back during the Revolutionary War, Brit soldiers were sent to America to guard the uprising colonists and were quartered in their houses. This led the colonists to become enraged that they have to take care of the British, who they believe has caused injustice upon the colonies.
This amendment particularly protects our people from having the responsibility of taking care of soldiers, since some American citizens will feel uncomfortable, as before with the British soldiers.
Amendment 14- Citizenship Rights.
This is where the amendment has a limit. It states that a citizenship is limited in where s/he cannot ask for help from America to pay for their debts if used to aid rebellion against the United States. Also, it is illegal to borrow from the U.S. and turn against it; therefore it makes sense that the U.S. will not pay for your debts.
2.02B Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence
Believing that every person is privileged to rights, this declaration will be addressed to all of my despotic friends in the past. As friends you all have claimed to be, I find it unjust to have a friendship with one person of more authority, and the other, as I, felt weak. Read this, and see to it that there was a reason why our friendships did not last as long as you might expect.
She says, "Give me something, or else I won’t be your friend anymore." Were you even my friend in the first place?
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She uses her sad face, or collapses in her dishonest, emotional phases to get things her way, to earn the possessions of others.
She ignores you when you ask her "What’s wrong?" to depict that her other friend was ignoring her. How were you supposed to know?
She acts as if she’s mad and goes her way home, or has just begun to, and when you decide to go into your house and shut the door to give her some time to herself, she wails and exclaims that she was joking.
She forces your corgi, or puppy, to play with her on the playground, despite the fact that puppies can’t jump from places so high; they aren’t cats. Your neighbors tell you that your friend was playing mean, and he more your puppy resists and seems scared, the more she tugs the leash.
She knocks on your door every morning just to "walk to the bus stop together" and thinking it’s okay because "we’re best friends," when your mom’s roommates needs some sleep to recharge themselves for work.
She thinks people are her best friends when they’re not because they don’t even hang around with her; they hang around in their groups, where they feel comfortable and not forced to do every little thing she wants. There was that time when she would say of your other friend, "She’s my best friend." and you were skeptical because your other friend rarely hangs out with her.
She asks to share your lunch when you were so slim in the old days that you were below 100 lbs.
She was so clingy that she went wherever you went, and so it was hard to talk to anyone else, especially if the person didn’t get along with her. To make things worse, she was in your neighborhood.
She thinks that people who were born younger than her should listen to her, and that didn’t work out so well with one of the tough girls at our school.
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She gets scared that she will lose her best friend, so when her best friend invites you to her party, she tells you afterwards that her best friend doesn’t want you to come.
She copies your classwork, gets A’s like it’s a breeze, and ends up in an extracurricular that you would need to have an invite to get in.
She tells you that you’re going to graduate high school at twenty when she knows that you’re taking multiple challenging classes and aiming to graduate in 2014.
In addition, she doesn’t believe in you and just makes your sympathy of getting failed by one of the hardest history classes hatched and become something from a butterfly to a Loch Ness.
She calls you psycho and threatens to slap you after you grab her fragile, very small and skinny wrist in an attempt to drag her away from being involved and actually spreading gossip about you that you eavesdropped.
I, Lynn Pham, have grown weary and grew out of these friendships, sometimes because I was lucky that you have moved away out-of-state, or I just drifted apart from you after our transition to upper secondary school. My advice, however, is that if you all want stronger, and more genuine friendships in the future, you would have to be kinder, and definitely, more amiable. A friendship becomes stained if there is one who is like queen and like glass if the other feels unwilling.
I would give my Declaration of Independence a C.
2.04 Thomas Paine
Questions on The Crisis
They deserve love from men and women.
Britain has a right to "bind us in all cases whatsoever."
He’ll pursue his principles unto death.
Thomas Paine finds offensive wars as murder, but he explains that man has a right to defend himself against whoever has wronged him, and whoever it may be would not matter at the time. I think that he means since Britain has wronged America, she would fight back to represent herself, even if she has to defy her mother country.
Patriots are like sunshine to our country because they’ve fought to gain their own independence and eliminate high taxes from a lost mother. They are always shining, always fighting for what they believe, with intrinsic motivation, voluntarily. Summer soldiers are the redcoats, I believe, and they are "summer" as in they aren’t fighting for their independence, so despite their technology and ammunition, they will fight weaker. They are seasonal, and this is their profession. They do not fight at heart, and as Summer is seasonal, so are they. They won’t help their monarchy to have control over America and hold that control for long.
America wants peace. "Give me peace in my day." refers to America’s longing for separation. The patriots want to see peace in their day.
Enraged and hopeful.
A loyalist might have said, "Give Britain our taxes, and there will be peace." "…for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire. . .
2.05A Olaudah Equiano
Part A
For this assignment submit your answers to the questions below:
One. The stench was intolerable.
Two. Perspirations were common.
Three. It was crowded, somewhat like the Upper East.
Four. Fresh air was nowhere; suffocation was constant.
What happened to the slave that got caught after jumping overboard?
He was "flogged… unmercifully."
Why did many people die during the journey?
The closeness of the slaves brought a sickness, which many died in conclusion. Some also managed to drown themselves.
Why did Olaudah think the crew possessed magic?
He looked through the quadrant and the clouds looked like land, so therefore his wonders were heightened and from an instrument so strange, he ought to think that the crew possessed magic.
Find a picture that would be a good one to go along with this excerpt. Copy and paste the picture into this assignment.
This is a picture of possibly a slave ship. I chose this because the water on which it sails are in the memory of those who have drowned themselves along the way and the space exterior from the ship would have fresh air, the air these wretched slaves so longed for, and may have died without ever seeing their destination, nor the fresh air which was in such abundance outside. The sky, and the clouds were what Equiano saw through the quadrant.
2.06 Native Americans
Venn Diagram (I couldn’t type into the pasted chart, so I’m going to type.)
Squanto:
He has lived in England.
He traveled with the colonists.
He was in allegiance with Smith.
He was sold in Spain.
He sailed to England again.
He went to Canada.
He went to New England.
Squanto stayed with the settlers.
He and the English had mutual trust.
Powhatan:
He never went to England.
He had power over the region.
He never absolutely trusted Smith.
He has had conflicts with the English.
He was not ever under European rule.
He made it clear that he had power.
He did not like the settlers that acted powerful.
He wasn’t used to disobedience.
He wasn’t subject to obedience.
He demanded gifts to be returned.
He didn’t like broken promises.
He had a daughter that made peace.
Similarities:
Both had started out great with the English.
Both had helped the English survive with crops.
Both had lived in North America.
Both had known who John Smith was.
Both were mistreated by Europeans.
Both knew about the struggle of the English.
Both had struggled because of English contact.
Write a story.
Our culture is great. We should have no shame in immersing ourselves in it, nor telling our descendants of it. We are from Powhatan. Our chief has much power. He could aid you or destroy you. By tradition, the paramount chief is the nephew of the former chief. Our culture consists of great respect to our king, and perhaps to the English, greater respect than they have for theirs. When the chief sleeps, there are four guards standing around him and they exchange messages to make sure that one another is okay. Failure to reply to a co-guard results in punishment. Our chief, known as Powhatan to the English, had bodyguards that are tall; in fact, the tallest fifty men of our people. Although we do have enough land in his territory, he expands it with ambushes and protects his farther regions with the sub-chiefs, or brother-in-laws, as he has made them. He marries to most of his less powerful chiefs’ sisters, and this guarantees peace and agreement between them, and strong friendships, stronger than when he weren’t married. Our culture has many arts and crafts. We have furs and jewelry, of which the Englishmen covet and we’ve asked them to trade their weapons with our precious stones and jewelry. Pearls and gold are saved for Powhatan, who was also offered eighty-percent of our labor’s supplies. We work hard, but don’t ask for more than what we deserve. Additionally, we don’t need much. For as long as Powhatan is in bliss, we will also be in bliss, knowing his well-being is achieved. We take orders from our chief, and there is much reason for what he orders us to do. Whenever the settlers take our gifts and don’t return us anything, it angers him, and as he views this as treachery, he finds reason to call an attack on them. Besides, there was a time when the English sailed around the Chesapeake Bay upon their own curiosity. They’ve acted as thought they had more control of the region that they literally do. To protect his region, Powhatan called for his sub-chiefs to attack wherever ad whenever possible. The English simply cannot conquer land and conquer us just when and where they please. As long as Powhatan is living, we are safe. We would not fall under English rule. Our chief’s younger brother will do the same for us in the memory of Powhatan and for the good of our people. Trust is important, and in our culture, when distrust arises, it can hardly be restored. The biography of our late chief Powhatan should be told and known of, and all that he had done that kept us safe from the settlers. The settlers are so unpredictable, but with strong chiefs, misfortunes can be prevented. We do not want war, but if the English is cause of it, we will go to further lengths to keep our land safe. Good deeds must be exchanged with good deeds. Our people may be simple in the eyes of the English, but we know ways of survival, which they have to find to cope with the New World weather and winters, and however savage we appear, we know of hospitality. Hospitality and virtue runs it our blood. It never dies, and neither will creativity. We must grow strong to live up to our reputation; archery, weaponry, and hunting will transform us unto manhood. We grow strong, and this is to protect ourselves and those we love. We aren’t subject to any other rule but to our chief, and other than that, we are free.
This is where we live. Our lives are lit by light and the coziness fills our home. Of warmth for winter, and space… is enough to not disturb nature. This is where we hunt. Where Powhatan takes walks during his childhood.
Descendants of these English settlers took what they call "photos" of our tribe’s surroundings and posted it on Google images.
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