Work for the American Dream

recently Meechin showed a clip called class divided that showed a lot of psychology involved with how well one may achieve as long as they feel superior. in the clip there was a scene where the children had done card times tables being timed on how fast they can get through the whole pack. with the collar on, the children performed much slower because that was a symbol of them being lower than the other children. this can be applied with even further discrimination and permanent collars on people who don't have the same chance as others because of the prejudiced and racist people will put others down for being different from themselves. its something that can be changed but the only way to do that is by changing our generation of people who think this way. the american dream is very possible but opportunities and chances change with those who have bigger disadvantages with others. and people who acquire an 'unearned skin privilege' will never realize how much harder it is to carry discrimination on their backs.

I am... Poem

I am a member of the MLK Movement
I wonder when the movement will make an impact
I hear racial slurs passing in the streets
I see violence acted upon the innocent
I am a member of the MLK Movement

I pretend that the aggression can be changed
I feel ketchup dumped on me at the lunch counter
I need a napkin to wipe it off
I worry how many will die for this cause
I cry for those in need
I am a member of the MLK Movement

I understand the consequences for civilized disobedience
I believe in what I am apart of
I dream of change
I try to help make that change
I hope colors wont matter anymore
I am a member of the MLK Movement

Topic 11 Study Guide

United States History
Mr. Michael Meechin
Formative Assessment Topic.11 Study Concepts

The following concepts will be on the Topic.11 Formative Assessment. It is the student’s responsibility to prepare for this assessment. Information could come from in class activities, discussion and readings.

For your benefit the definition of concept has been provided below:
con·cept [kon-sept] –noun
1. a general notion or idea; conception.
2. an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct.

MLK and Civil Disobedience
Power of the “Mob”
Plessy v. Ferguson vs. Brown v. Board of Education
Civil Rights Goals
Eisenhower’s Role in Little Rock
Rights of the Accused Brown v. Board of Education
Chavez and the United Farm Workers
FHA and ADA
Purpose of Filibusters
Sit-Ins and Other Protests

MLK vs. Malcom X

MLK seems to have had a different way of making change by using the strategy of civil disobedience, which was something that Malcolm X definitely did not practice. he was a man to say, 'whatever it takes.' and he did. he provoked many people by doing what they could to get their point across. MLK used love to get through to people. because you cant fight love when its thrown around you like a boa constrictor. like every adorable puppy is licking your face. maybe too much, but u get the gist of it. malcolm X portrayed more of an 'aggressive' tactic. he used violence, when necessary, in order to get the point across to the nation simply saying "I'm not puttin up with this bull s*** anymore!" but when Malcolm came back on a trip, he changed his idea of how he will make a statement to this world, and that was following the way MLK decided to go about the civilized disobedience or fighting with love. both had different ideas but ended up finding out which was the right one.

Sexism

Going through the adds i found something very interesting under groceries for types of posters. an ad for Swanson dinner trays, a women holding a bag of groceries in the left hand corner at the top of the poster. obviously this is something directed towards women since the woman is holding the grocery bag. Also when i was looking through the ads for groceries, you see women's hands modeling for the foods. they kind of make it obvious on where the women stand and where the men stand. in the section of posters for military and work, all of them are directed for men. the completely separate the men and women duties. obviously nobody found this sexist at all. they didn't think twice about it a bet. but to see how far we have come in creating equality in todays society really shows the kind of progress we have accomplished.

The Majestic

The movie inquires the time period of the red scare, McCarthyism, and the Hollywood Black List. A man named Peter Appleton is a writer for movies who lives in L.A. But when a terrible accident gives Appleton memory loss, something unexpected changes his life forever.
Major events that Occurs in the story is when he was black listed in the very beginning of the movie for attending a meeting for communists. But the only reason why he attended is for a girl.
the next seen is when he was found on the beach after his accident. He could not remember who he was or where he was. People in the town believed that he was a boy who went off to war in the town named Luke Tremble, but he couldn't say if he was or wasn't. he falls in love with the town as months pass by but the police were able to track him down and reveal his true identity. when he presented his self in court, he made a speech that made him a hero and went back to the town he loved. the movie is based off of the Hollywood Black List.

Norman Rockwell Painting

their are three men sitting at a bar with a bar tender standing behind the bar. It looks as if they all know each other and are regular costumers. Two of the men at the bar are wearing caps, like a postal worker or a milk man. these men are lively and jokers, which doesn't amuse the man tending the bar. but they seem to get a laugh once in a while. none of of them have money for the restaurants best pie around, so they ask the man tending bar if they could get some free pie, he is giving them a look saying, "come on now." I am sure that the men do this quite often. but because they are the ones working for their community, he gives in and gives them that delicious pie with a cup of coffee.

Topic .10 Study Concepts

United States History
Mr. Michael Meechin
Formative Assessment Topic.10 Study Concepts

The following concepts will be on the Topic.10 Formative Assessment. It is the student’s responsibility to prepare for this assessment. Information could come from in class activities, discussion and readings.
For your benefit the definition of concept has been provided below:

con·cept [kon-sept] –noun
1. a general notion or idea; conception.
2. an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct.

McCarthyism Impact on Society
Communist “Witch Hunt” and impact on those accused
Space Race impact on government policies
Cold War mind set for the United States Government and public
Relationship of suburbs, automobiles, and roads
Baby Boom Urban-Suburban Pattern
GI Bill
Expansion of the Middle Class (why were things “affordable)

Formative assessment topic.09 study Guide

United States History

Mr. Michael Meechin

Formative Assessment Topic.09 Study Concepts
The following concepts will be on the Topic.07 Formative Assessment. It is the student’s responsibility to prepare for this assessment. Information could come from in class activities, discussion and readings.

For your benefit the definition of concept has been provided below:

con·cept [kon-sept] –noun

1. a general notion or idea; conception.

2. an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct.



Role of Women during WWII
Cause and Effect of Use of the Atomic Bomb
US Foreign Policy Before, During, and After the War
Effects of the War on Europe
Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack
Japanese Internment
Neutrality Acts
Purpose of Propaganda Rationing
Results of World War II

Casablanca

there are certains parts in this film that were more significant than others. these were the ones i felt should be mentioned: when Ugarte comes to Rick's Cafe he asks Rick Blaine to hold onto the letters of transit for him. this is how Rick not inly claims an amount of power, but he also emmits a drama he never was meaning to cause. in the movie it shows that Rick had an old flame, Ilsa Lund, after she shows up in his Cafe with her husband, Victor Laszlo. this shows Ricks reason for being so bitter in the movie and as the movie goes on, it unfolds the history of lives in the movie. There is also a scene that concludes the love Rick truly has for Ilsa. 'Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and then for the rest of your life.' this quote is a farewell to the woman he loved so she could have a better life. these scenes sculpted the movie into the romantic drama it is.

this image looks a lot like the part in the film where Braddock is able to duck before getting the deadly punch from Baer. this image shows, in my opinion to never give up and always keep going. and thats exactly what Braddock did. He knew what he had to do to win this fight and he knew it at this very moment.

Cinderella Man

An old fighter with great ambition to keep his family from sinking any further into the Great Depression. James Braddock has a wife and three kids who love him to pieces, but the depression hit hard, and moving from a big beautiful home to an apartment with no heater during the winter can be tough. During a fight that he was set up in, he broke his hand, unable to put on a show, and because of this he was not allowed to box professionally any longer. and with a broken hand its not easy to get any kind of work. From praying for shifts to supply some sort of payments for his family, to signing up for food stamps and begging old friends for money--times are tough for Braddock. but when his old friend Joe Gould and boxing coach gives Braddock one more shot at boxing, he takes it. the only difference is when Jimmy was boxing, he was in the light weight category, but his opponent was a heavy weight boxer--a much larger guy than his usual fights. but his experience and ambition helped him win the fight and become a richer man for a little while. Because of the show Braddock put on, Joe got him another fight. and this time it was with the heavy-weight champion, who has been known for killing his opponents in the ring. Mae (Braddock's wife) was completely against him training again and fighting with this gorilla. when the fight finally came, all became quite. not a sound but the announcers whispering for the radio. but then a cheer roared at Braddock like a proud lion. James Braddock was announced to be the new heavy-weight champion on the radio later that night.

Sugar-Coating

textbooks have been sugar-coated ever since a can remember. this year i have been able to come to the conclusions on certain topics. especially the topics astounding events in history. the rape of nanking had only been mentioned once in my history, which was last year, and it was described as a "tragic event". thats it.. their was no explanation for it at all. before this year i was made to believe that Christopher Columbus was a great explorer with ambition who sailed the world and found america. BAAAAAALLLLLLOOONNEEEEY!!!! being fed the fabricated history and finding out the truth later makes you feel like a moron. like you need to relearn history; and thats exactly what happens in school. every year they change what you think you've already learned. Maybe its because of the Maturity issue, but in my opinion, if we are going to lie about history, we might as well not teach history at all. because all it becomes is a cut up story.

Countries in the world such as Rwanda or Bosnia have been suffering with genocide for a long time. its been going on for 20 years. taking children when they are young and turning them into weapons without a heart. giving no mercy. i saw a documentary on the discovery channel talking about the world of violence and genocide in Rwanda and it left me speechless. the descriptions given from survivors from the look in these soldiers eyes was "robotic" as they had said. as if the they themselves were made of steal and had lost their ability to feel. they had become immuned to death and seeing death. it became an everyday sight. just as regular as seeing the moon at night. and it was expected to see dead bodies lying in streets. but the worst of it is more countries are ending up this way. the only way to prevent this is to get involved. is to at least try without pushing this issue too hard. because as many victims as their are, there are almost just as much enemies.

Sacco & Vanzetti

The trial is understandable because I am sure that the Americans had a fairly difficult time trusting any Italians. even though Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent, being in that judgmental time period, it was simply how people thought. no one was very accepting. The case started in Braintree with two Italian gunmen that jumped into a get-away car. Unfortunately Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian and the both had guns with them during the wrong place and wrong time. so the coppers took them in. they also made another mistake by lying when they were being questioned. and that was all it took in order for people to start making assumptions. when the police started digging deeper into their histories, they found out that Vanzetti had committed a previous robbery in Bridgewater. this obviously didn't help prove his innocence. when his day in court finally case around, he never showed up. it seemed like he was digging himself in a hole by in a way framing himself for a crime he never committed. Eye witnesses are unable able to place Sacco or Vanzetti in the crime scene and could not identify them until seeing them during their arrest. this is a major issue because its fairly difficult to commit a crime that you haven not attended to. Second, the gun shells do not match from the ones of Vanzetti's gun. this evidence should also be taken out of the case considering the tempered evidence by switching gun barrels in van's gun. there is no way that Sacco and Vanzetti committed these crimes. Vanzetti even admits that reason why lied is to prevent getting deported back to Italy because of his acquaintance with other radicals. this man is guilty, but he is not guilty of this crime. The two pieces of evidence that are against them cannot hold up in court because none of it holds reliability and a positive conclusion that the pair of gentleman on trial are guilty. the witnesses cannot place them in the crime scene and Vanzetti's gun was not fired during it. Neither of these men should be held in contempt for this crime for one more day.

The Gangsters

All of the gangsters i learned about had different different traits to make them stand out from other man of organized crime. the gangster my group had study was George Kelly; also known as Machine Gun Kelly, which was very ironic because a big reason why he was so famous is probably the only gangster to be know for not killing anyone in his crimes. he grew up with a rich family in tennessee. by the time he turned eighteen, he was married. he had two sons and committed his first serious crime of kidnapping in 1933. when he was arrested, in jail he became pen pals with the victim of his ransom crime. he died on his birthday turning at the age of 59. the most out of place character for a gangster if u ask me.

Acrostic Poem

Potential hooligans are
Ruining society with their short skirts and
Overly exposed arms
How reckless to have such an
Ignorant way of living
Boos are the cause of corruption and crime
If a young man had a few bucks
They would spend it on jazz
It will start a riot
Oh the horror
Never though that this is what the world would come to


Roaring Twenties
Oh dang, I've gotta handcuff
Apple sauce!!
Rejection line--"Banks closed"
I'll hit ya right in the kisser!
Nifty Clothes
Gams

The cat's Meow
What a hotsy totsy
Everything is just berries
Night clubs
The big cheese just fired me
I need some hooch right abut now
Everything's copacetic
Shorter skirts

Science v. Religion

there has always been a dispute about the teachings of creationism and evolutionism and which is more appropriate to be taught in school. whats so uncanny is now there is an issue teaching creationism do to other students' beliefs, and can be offensive to them. i do not agree to teach creationism because of this fact and many others. including the issue that there is no proof to evolutionism, but at least creationism is supplied with a backed up theory. i am not a religious person so it is not easy for me to sit through a discussion on how "God" created the earth and everything in it. this is no disrespect to those who believe in the theory, however i am not too fond of those who attempt to convince those who do not, since it is their choice of what to believe. because creationism is based off theory of science, it is allowed to be taught in SCIENCE class. Because there is normally not a class for religion in public schools, it shouldn't be taught in PUBLIC schools.

Formative assessment topic.07 study Guide

United States History
Mr. Michael Meechin
Formative Assessment Topic.07 Study Concepts
The following concepts will be on the Topic.07 Formative Assessment. It is the student’s responsibility to prepare for this assessment. Information could come from in class activities, discussion and readings.
For your benefit the definition of concept has been provided below:
con·cept [kon-sept] –noun
1. a general notion or idea; conception.
2. an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct.
The Scopes Trial
Prohibition
Flappers
Economic Issues
(1920s) Dust Bowl
Agriculture Issues
Immigration Policies
(1920s)
Nativism Significant
Literary Works (1920s)
The Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Sacco and Vanzetti
Labor Issues (1920s)
The Red Scare
Schneck v. the United States