Understandings

Consider the following statements:

• A good leader considers the will of the people.
• To maintain control, you must have power.
• Standing up to oppression takes great individual courage.

In view of what we have learned in our unit on the Middle Ages, choose one of the above statements and justify it through examples from our unit and if possible with examples from modern day society.

I justify " Standing up to oppression takes great individual courage" because it really does take courage because the consequences can be great and harmful. One good modern day example would be the Tiananmen Square Massacre where before the massacre began a man puts up his hand in front of a tank to show that the chaos had to stop this is just like Thomas Baker in the Middle Ages standing up and disagreeing to the statute and to the wages in the Middle Ages. It obviously takes great courage because you don't have anybody supporting you at the time if an individual does it alone.Standing up takes a lot of courage mainly because the government or ruler usually intimidates you because of what they could do to a single rebel. It takes more courage for a single man or women to stand up to the oppression instead of a whole group of people standing up because a group can intimidate a government/ruler but an individual shows great courage and is shown like a brave act of a hero.

1066: Who Had The Best Claim?

The year 1066 was the year of King Edward of England's death. After this 3 all very brave men had claim's to the throne. One was the strong Duke William of Normandy, then was Harald Hardrada his ancestor was King at some point and he now claim's the throne, then the most probable leader Harold Godwinson the Earl of Wessex Harold was the most powerful English noble. Who had the best claim? Harold Godwinson I would say would have the best claim. I think Harold had the best claim because he was a English men just like all the other people in England also he is a strong leader because he was the leader of the army and the Earl of Wessex. But it was a strong competition for the throne of England, Harald Hardrada was the King of Norway and even with that he wasn't happy with just being King of Norway he wanted England, his ancestor so called "King Cnut" who was once King of England and the help of Tostig (Harold Godwinson's brother) he had no realistic reasonable reason he should have the throne at the time. Also even if the pope is rooting for Duke William of Normandy it doesn't mean the pope is always right but this made a lot of people more aware of Duke William. The most reasonable and probable King should be Harold Godwinson with all his talents and experience also with him not being a foreigner he would be the perfect King of England. 

Harold Godwinson

The Feudal System Explanation

"Father Francois, you are my honored guest. Please allow me to explain the feudal system to you before you ask any questions of me. I am but a simple farmer."
 The King is on top. He needs soldiers to fight  so he tells his vassals, if they get knights for him he will give land. His vassals make a deal with knights and in exchange for fighting , he will give them land. The knights make deals with peasants that if they do jobs for him, he will give land. In the end the King owns all the land.

Values & Choices

Once I witnesses a student from my class being peer pressured because 2 students wanted to be his partners and they were using the "Best friend" line which made me think that he was really being peer pressured

I responded with nothing. I didn't do anything I just witnessed it.

I wished I would of said something to get the student out of peer pressure or made some type of action which would at least try to make him make his mind or show that he is being peer pressured to show the other students he was being peer pressured because that would of helped that student at that time.

What kept me to not respond? I'm not so sure I think I might not of been so confident to respond the way I liked but I felt that something was stopping me but I'm never so sure why, but i intend to eventually overtime figure out.

In many of the texts i read in class one good example of a bad thing happening would be Germany and he jews. This shows exclusion because german first started with exclusion then discrimination leading up to Geonocide. This all started with Hitler some reason he disliked the jews and, he became to power and that was when the exclusion began for the jews.

1.What’s familiar about the incident Eve describes?

A very familiar thing that Eve describes is the bulling. She said that people would pick on people who are "different" like they read too much and other similar activities, that would be the reason why people pick on them, but it's not a bad thing to read too much or similar things.

2.What surprised you?

That Eve says that a group of people would spend their whole time harassing other people and that was what they spent their time on which I found very bad because, for their own entertainment they would just bully other kids.

3. How does Eve’s story relate to bullying? Was she bullied? Did she bully? How would you explain her behavior?( perpetrator/bystander/victim?). make sure you justify( back up your answer.

Eve's story relates to bullying because she had spoke about different scenes of a bullying. But sadly enough Eve was one of the people who bullied other people, I would call her a perpetrator for doing that because it is not right to bully other people for your own satisfaction, but only now she realizes the right choice of not bullying.

4.How did Eve’s need to belong affect the way she responded when another girl was being mocked? Why does her response still trouble her? How do you like to think you would have responded to the incident?
She was still a bully at the time and she continued mocking. Eve's response still troubles her because now when she's older she realizes also Eve's says "looking back i wonder how I could of participated in mocking that girl, when i knew perfectly well to be mocked myself". I wish I would of responded atleast in a positive way or I should of said something

5. Eve concludes “Often being accepted by others is far more satisfying than being accepted by oneself, though the satisfaction does not last.’ What does she mean?

This means that you feel better if other people like instead of just you liking yourself or actions. So you feel like you like people liking you instead of just you accepting your action really good.

Le Chambon

1. What did you learn from the stories of rescuers?

I learned various things from the stories of the rescuers. One example would be that courage should never be forgotten and the rescuers said this because courage takes more than just guts you really need to believe in what you do to have courage. Another example would be that If nothing was done to stop the bad, all humanity would be in chaos.

2. What do they teach us about human behavior?

They taught us that some people just need a leader to agree with what they really feel about a situation which is normally a bad thing in most occasions.

The Poem

The poem I chose was Victory. The part that stood out for me was the part it said my " Father (once big and strong) which for me probably means that the Germans beat up the jews and her father was now weak. It was very sentimental because it was just the slightest bit happy when the poem said they danced. A connection that I could make would be probably that once I wanted to spend time with my dad by ourselves or, ( he wanted to spend time with me). That would be the closest way I can connect to the poem " Victory". Overall I thought the poem was very interesting and somewhat touching, it is a great poem and the mood is sad but slightly happy. I specifically chose "Victory" because it had the nicest least saddest mood I thought which I liked.

Germany 1918-1933

In Germany during this time Germany was in an economical crisis but an opportunity for Hitler.

The markets crash was a great way opportunity for Hitler because he would try to reach out and say the Nazi party would make Germany better. There were more crashes in Germany such as the Hyperinflation a good way to show what he could do to Germany and show it would be a better place, adding his powerful speeches Hitler was a strong person leader for he Nazi party. Also another event would be the Reichstag Fire, Hitler used the fire as a way to blame the communist and the other parties, With all these events Hitler had promised for a better future in Germany and he used th Reeichstag Fire as an opportuniy to show how the other parties were "Trying to ruin the Germans Government". Then overall plus his powerful speeches Hitler was a man to look forward to. The Treaty Of Versailles was another way for him to gain power. He used the Treaty as a way to make peoples hatred of it to show that he should be in power. Luck was part of Hitlers path to power.

Rules in Germany

1. Who could now be defined as a "Jew"?

The people in Germany who had 3 or 4 Grandparents who were Jew were considered Jews even if the person did not agree with himself being Jew, It was the German law.

2. What was meant by "Aryanizing" Jewish Businesses?

What the Germans mean by Aryanizing Jewish Businesses, would mean that Jewish workers and managers were forced by Germans to quit their job, the new host of Jewish businesses were hosted by non-Jewish Germans and there were fixed prices in the Jewish businesses.

3. How were Jews who were professional ( lawyers, doctors etc.) restricted?

The Jews who were professionals at good jobs were restricted rather not to study their job any more, and not being able to apply their job to non-Jewish Germans.

For Example: Jewish doctors were not able to help non-Jewish Germans

4. What did Jewish identity cards need to include now?

The Jewish identification cards needed to include a large red "J" on their card to show that they are Jewish..

5. What was the " Law for the protection of Hereditary Health of German People" ( sum up in your own words)?

The " Law for the protection of Hereditary Health of German People" was the requirement for all German married couples to receive a certificate from the public health authorities. Which was a certificate of fitness to marry. People with contagious sicknesses were not legible for these certificates.

Targeting the communists and other political parties

1.Civil Rights are things that keep life less corrupted and allow you to have privacy, safety and rights to own items. Civil Rights are very useful to have a stable life in a country otherwise there would be a lot of struggles and protest. One example of Civil Rights would being able to own property and have privacy.

2. Some good things that were useful to people would be the Nazi party providing financial and social aid to people. Also the Nazi Party were good environmentalists which of course would be good for everybody. But overall the Nazi's said that they would help people who were in need of help and maybe fund a bit for the people who were struggling in Germany.

The Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles I think is not fair because I find the treaty a bit to harsh. I think the treaty is to harsh because 100,000 men small, for one big nation. With 100,000 men the nation would not have as much self-defence to anything that would happen to them personally would be a bad. Also when Germany needs to give land to the allied forces is also harsh even for what they caused but there are parts where I think is fair. One example that I think is fair in the treaty of Versailles would be Germany respecting the independence of the countries such as Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland, which is completely fair

Overall I think the Treaty is fair because although they have a smaller army to small to defend themselves they still need to free the countries and give it their independence

What is the Purpose of Religion?

In humanities class we were given 2 different papers each containing a question we answered in class. For this assignment I am suppose to answer the question on entirely what I think and this is what I think....

What is the Purpose of Religion?

The purpose of religion can mean many different things for many different religions but in general I think the purpose of religion is to make you believe in something. That makes you believe and see the good of life. Reincarnation is a believe that shows you that there is an endless cycle of life and death, but then you reach the point when you stop the cycle and reach a peaceful state. Also what I think is the purpose of religion is to make you see that everybody is equal and you must always try to be the most respectful you can be, as well as kindness and peace. Buddhism for example if you really see, it is mostly based on peace kindness and respect.

Freedom

Name of Essay: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

The belief that is being discussed is the Belief of Freedom. The essay was a very nice way to show how liberty is very much like freedom as well as how life can have so much freedom and he discusses that he believes lots of people to have freedom and freedom of speech and also he believes in the pursuit of happiness which is forgiveness and to keep searching for what you seek. I really like the vocabulary he used which made his essay very detailed and his believes and what he had to say about them were good beliefs which also interested me as well. He also put the meaning of equality in his essay

DomiKnow!

Recently Mr. Whiting came to our classroom and told us our learning profile. My learning profile is L. Which means I am Gestalt and I am more of a big picture person.

I learn best when there is something to visualize and something for me to see as an example, seeing an example makes it easier for me to work. I need to position my self on the left side of the room for my right ear, eye, hand, foot and it would be better for me because I can see with my dominant eye. The strategies that would help me in my learning would be to sit no to close to other people for me not to disturb them also " The Lazy 8's" from brain gym exercises help me concentrate. I wold like to tell my teacher that I like to visualize what I do which means I like a visual example.

Hercules 50 word Summary

Hercules was raged when he drank the wine his stepfather forced him to drink, as he thought in his mind that the wine would make his anger better. It didn't. He thrashed his own family, there seeing his own guilt he no longer wished to live.

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Thank you for reading my 50- word summary

Bio Poem

Manuel

Who is fun, awesome

Who is brother of Raul

Who loves his pet dog, mom and dad

Who feels glad, happy, kind

Who needs PS3, Computer, and fun

Who gives help, Kindness, and supplies

Who fears hieghts, salads, bad smells

Who would like to see a tornado

Who shares supplies

Who is awesome

Who is a resident of Malaysia

Tovar

Final Blog Post

This is my Myth iMovie about the chinese myth. Enjoy!

Ending Blog Post

The piece of work that I am most proud of are my Literature Circles, I was most proud of this assignment because during this you may get stressed and when it was over it makes me feel so proud that I have completed one of the most important assignment in the trimester. It is a total relieve, for me, that I have finished all that is required and that it is finally over. The Literature Circles was also my greatest challenge of the year mainly because it is one assignments with many assignments inside of it. The part that mostly challenged me during this was the questions. I was challenged by this because the questions needed to make you think and to confess, but it also requires a well structured answer. Next thing that challenged me was the passage and the connection. It was a struggle on the passage because you needed a main point in the story and you might think that you do not find that in every chapter but when you talk to your group you might hear something that sounded obvious. For the connection I found it hard because maybe you are reading hatchet and you never got stranded ( most people) and you are thinking how to find a connection but I found a way to overcome this problem. The best result for me was to talk about emotions or the obvious. For me as a learner I found somethings that helped me grow as a learner such as In quiet conditions I may focus more but when it is dead silence it makes me feel nervous as well. Also that group works make me become a better at collaborating. another thing I learned about myself is that I tend to do better in things on the computer and not as good as if I was writing it down, my handwriting just confuses myself sometimes and then maybe teacher would maybe read it wrong possibly lowering my grade.

I was asked to answer the following things with an explanation.

Behavior

Satisfactory- I think my behavior was good I do not think I said or did anything rude I am good I was well behaved I listened I spoke when I needed to speak, I think I met the requirements clearly.

Participation

Satisfactory- I participated at least raised my hand once during a conversation when we could participate.

Organization

Satisfactory- I put my self satisfactory because I think I did one or two late homeworks but otherwise I think I was good organized and I was pretty close to being the first one finished in the locker check-ups to I thought my organization was exceptionally well.

Effort

Satisfactory- I put my effort satisfactory because I was well organized but what I think excellent effort is doing everything in one day and checking it more than 3 times. So I did not do that so I put my self a solid Satisfactory.

Two personal learning Goals for grade 7

Goal 1

In grade 7, I plan to have better participation in class. I feel that my participation in grade 6 was good but could be improved. I could take a guess and I do not like to take a guess because I only like saying answers I do not like saying things that might be correct. In grade 7 I heard from one of my teacher that you do more presentations and I see that more of a participation thing although it of course is required to do. I am not too good of a presenter but I am thinking of myself as an OK presenter.

Goal 2

in grade 7, I plan to put more effort in to my work. I know I put effort in my work but it could use a better boost for my work, I could use better selected picture according to the size of it and if it blurs or not. I could use more time on finding my information in my own time. I could put more effort in my work. My time could be used wiser and work a while more at home. Also checking my work more would improve my effort, so I think that I should check my work more often. Maybe work with people that I know can put effort into work and people I know better would raise my effort for group work. Effort is a good way to do well in school and a great way for success and I could use more effort.

6. I would say maybe change the books for Literature Circles that nobody read this year to not be an option next year because people do not pick that book for a reason. But overall the Literature Circles was a good way to learn in Humanities and should continue to stay.

7. My favorite lesson in Humanities would be the imaginative narrative. I enjoyed this and put it as my favorite activity because it was fun to make something of your own and decide how your story goes. It was a great activity and also you learn from it so I found it good in both ways academically and enjoyment.

8. I wish we could spend more time on the imaginative narrative it was fun and it only lasted for like 3 days. If we spent more time with it we would do even better when it comes to Ancient Egyptian diaries. Although we did pretty good we could be better if we spent more time with it.

9. Advice for the class of 2018 would be never think that you would do your homework in school it almost never works. Another piece of advice would be try to do your homework on the day it is giving unless if it is a project. You also should do you homework first instead of doing anything else unless urgent matters.

Last literature circle blogpost

The Giver I must leave and I am sure you understand. I must leave because the freedom he is not right people should have more freedom and that is what I seek. I have lived among the society and I have seen not as much freedom and everything is the same. Jobs must be chosen as an example and that is chosen but not by myself. I have left and I am sure you understand. As the receiver I had learned the past and why our community decided why to keep everything simple you have learned from the past and Giver I must say farewell it was nice seeing you.

From: Jonas

The Giver Blog Post # 4

The quote on Mr. Thomas's blog makes we wonder. It makes me think that the nice memories Jonas gives to Gabriel is making him feel love. So his life he could live with real love. He does not have to live with the only words they use for Gabriel could feel emotions the good emotions. Freedom can relate to this because Gabriel would have the rights to use the strong emotional words ( that Jonas thinks) such as love. So he could grow up with a better caring family. This can relate to freedom because they would have a choice to live in the same world or the different world.

The sentence is a choice and Jonas is giving him the better choice to live and express yourself and live happily not the same. Jonas is not choosing the better choice but choosing the choice that should be like that.

Giver comments

I commented on Nicks first and second blog post of the Giver