Thursday, May 10, 2012

Fashions of the 1910's

   Since the invention of the sewing machine in the mid-19th century,women's fashion industry has expanded.The trend was to wear loose and light clothing.Tennis and other sports helped this trend.In the earlier decades,women wore light clothes,corsets,padding and beautiful designs.
   Men's clothing did not change much.They took on the military look.They also liked to wear bowler hats.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

New Book

Yay,I'm reading a new book called Animal Farm by George Orwell.I am up to chapter 5 since I read ahead.It's about farm animal wanting to chase out humans.Humans are there enemy.They succeed in doing so.Pigs are the leaders,like a president.The farm animals have created rules for their farm.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Americans during the Westward Expansion

Some similarities between the Jews and the Native Americans are they were both taken from where they lived.The Native Americans were constantly moved from their land and soon after their land was taken away from them.The Jews 

Under Construction

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Monday, February 27, 2012

Genocide

Many other genocides happened before,other than the Holocaust.One is the Armenian Genocide. Between 100,000 and 200,000 Armenians were killed in 1895 and many were forced to convert to Islam.Turkish government denied the genocide."History repeats itself" because people do not learn from their mistakes.Some might think that this might not happen again but it happens all the time.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Important People of the Holocaust

Adolf Hitler started World War 2.He was responsible for 60-70 million deaths.He allied with Italy and Japan.He built up the German military into a formidable force.Hitler blamed the Jews for the loss of World War 1.He killed Jews,homosexuals,gypsies,physically disabled,and the mentally disabled.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Night

So far in Night,Elie was whipped for seeing something he should not have seen.The buildings where the Nazis created weapons were bombed.No one died except an old man.SS soldiers inspected everyone and found prisoners with armed weapons.They were hanged.