NATO and The Warsaw Pact

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO was a organization that was made up of countries in North America and Europe. NATO was established on April 4, 1949. This is a mutual defense between the nations so if an outside party were to attack then other countries will come to their aid. This organization was made because the communist party especially the USSR were growing in power. The European countries saw this as a treat so they established NATO. The USSR counter to the organization was making the Warsaw pact. The Treaty was signed in Warsaw, Poland on May 14, 1955. It was the same as NATO mutual defense between the allied nations.

Film Lesson: Schindler's List

Schindler's List was a film that depicted the WWII Nazis. The film in the beginning show the scramble for capturing the Jews. The Nazi storm the city and try to find all Jews in that area. With the people taken by surprise they were easily captured. One of the most horrific scene was this one in my opinion. It shows how the Jews were reduced to animals as the ran from the Nazi. They hide in anyplace they could find no matter how small or uncomfortable it was. Schindler was a man in the Nazi who protected his workers in the factory. In this effort most of them who would have been killed at any moment survived and honor Schindler as a hero to them

Film Lesson: Night and Fog

Night and Fog is a documentary that was made in 1955 about the concentration camps in nazi Germany. WWII was a very dark time for mankind, we saw humans being exterminated like insects because of one man's hatred for them. No one at first really believed that human can preform these kind of acts to another human but what they saw stunned them. Footage of this documentary really shows the aftermath of all the concentration camps. Dead bodies were just out on the road, clean up crews piled all the bodies together. From the sight of the footage it is not normal to feel nothing. These people were starved and tortured. The Jews were taken to a train where they will be sent for examanation or execution. The Nazi pick only the fit to work in the nazi work camps. The documentary really captures the true evil that was being done to these people.

The Treaty of Versailles (ended WW I)

The Treaty of Versailles was the document that ended the war. This document consisted of the demands that needed to be meet by the losing side(Germany). This treaty was one of the causes of WWII. This treaty was unfair to the losing side. This document restricted the military forces and divided up land that was loss in the war. No more than a hundred thousand troops and 6 navel battleships. All the damage done to the allied power was to be paid for by the Germans. This giant debt cause Germany to go to a big depression. The treaty of Versailles was very unfair to the losing side. All the restrictions led to many damages inside the German people. This led to an uprising in the people. The people searched for a new leader to rid Germany of its hardships. Hitler arose for this cause. As people saw him as a leader the world saw him as a threat. 

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Secular is a word that refers to seperation of church. Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) wanted a seperation from the church in everyway like school, culture, and legal affairs. He wanted to modernize turkey. He change things by letting people practice their religion anytime. He wanted to replace the traditional values of turkey with modern ones. This was the reformation he made. He completly change the turkey economy for the better.

Film lesson- "Gandhi"

Gandhi was the person that greatly helped India receive it's independence. He is a symbol of peace. The matter in which he takes care of situations are the most pure action. No matter how many times he is struck he just does nothing and do what he was previously doing. The film we watch portrayed him greatly. The scene in which he told the Indian people to throw away their ids and burn them was one of the few scenes that shows his philosophy. In Gandhi's life he was imprisoned and hurt by racism.
Some of the ways he achieved independence was using various tactics. One really effective one was the boycott of British goods. This included their clothes and salt. The British had a law that said the Indian people cannot buy salt from anyone other than the government.Gandhi took a lot of people and marched toward the sea. This march was meant to go out to the coast and make their own salt. Gandhi told the people pf India to make their own clothes. this will stop the dependence on British goods. The British took a big hit from the this boycott. Gandhi's way was not to start a fight but to do anything to prevent it. One hurtful way Gandhi prevent a fight was to fast. The only way he would stop fasting was if everyone agreed to stop fighting.
Gandhi's philosophy is a very noble one. His actions of peace made the British look bad when they used violent means against him. The massacre of Indians at Amritsar shows the violent means to keep the Indian people oppressed. I completely agree with his ways but these types of actions take a lot of self control. Gandhi was viewed as a hero to the Indian people. At his funeral he was praised by everyone. The peaceful man made the whole world shed tears for his death.

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

Japan used to be an isolated island. There was no contact with the west or any othe country for that matter. This was a reason that their technology was not as advanced as it would be if they were in communication with other people. When the west came Matthew Perry was the commander of the fleet that came to Japan. He bullied Japan with threats of annihilation of their chain of islands, They then signed a treaty of trade. With the newcomers overthrowing the emperor of Japan, Japan knew it was time for change. They then overthrew them and emperor Meiji. He ruled the land by ruleing people's fear of becoming a colony. They then started to modernize Japan. Japan is an archipelago which is a chain of islands.