November 1-6
Greetings class! Welcome to the second quarter. For this week's blog you'll have to find a YouTube video that deals with one of the many revolutions that is going on as we speak around the world, or a revolution from the past. You could turn to Egypt, Libya, or your own backyard for the Occupy Wall Street movement in NY, Washington, DC or another American city (I highly recommend this last option). If you turn to a revolution from the past, you could explore the Russian Revolution, the Hungarian Revolution (my choice), the French Revolution, or even the American Revolution. There have been countless revolutions in the past, and there are many going on right now under our noses. Just do a little research and before you know it, you'll find a revolution that you're interested in exploring.
Why are we doing this? Well, the novel that we're about to read deals with a revolution (The Russian Revolution to be exact), and it explores what happens once a dictator has been ousted from power. Unfortunately, dictators tend to spring up and replace the dictators knocked out of power.
Here's your assignment for this week's blog:
1. Locate a video on YouTube dealing with a revolution from the past or present. Paste the link to your video in the comment section below.
2. Write a short analysis (50-100 words) on what you learned about the revolution from the video.
It's really important that you do this because next week you'll have an assignment using VoiceThread, a website for having an online discussion using multimedia. For those who are interested, you can already check out this activity by visiting the following link and registering for VoiceThread: http://voicethread.com/share/2383631/. When you create a name, make sure you use your first and last name followed by your class period.
Here's my example:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVdQ9PK9Q5o. This is a video about the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956,
2. I'm interested in the Hungarian revolution because I lived in Hungary for many years and my wife is Hungarian. In 1956 the Hungarian people tried to revolt against the Russian communist regime that controlled the country after World War II. They banded together to force the Soviet forces to leave Budapest. Students and workers demanded free speech, the withdrawal of Soviet troops, and freedom of speech. People from all walks of life including children worked together to use force to force the Russians to leave. They successfully ousted the Russians from the city, but after a few days they returned with backup and powerful tanks. The revolution was squashed, and thousands upon thousands of Hungarian revolutionary fighters (called "Freedom Fighters") were executed and imprisoned. This went down in history as a failed revolution. Hungarians would not be free until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, which signified the end of the Soviet Union and Russian dominance in Eastern Europe.
Good Luck! Due by Sunday, November 6 at midnight.
tania mccray 2-A
ReplyDelete1.http://www.presstv.com/program/164864.html
2. I learned that the USA has to negotiate with the leaders and the people should decide who they want to be their leaders. And also i learned that it basically treating them like slaves under another master
Darius Odom http://youtu.be/gJlQE954bkc I learned that the American Revolutionary War had lasted from 1775–1783. The war was between Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America.The ended in a global war between several European great powers.The american revolution was very interesting and I learned alot of information about it.
ReplyDeleteI'vahannaBurrell 2A
ReplyDelete1)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVdQ9PK9Q5o.
2)I learned that Hungarian Revolted in 1956,because Student's and worker's want freedom of speech,and to withdraw their troops from the war. The Hungarian also wanted change for they're county, many people was poor and lived in shelter's.It was very interesting to see how people lived and how they were treated in there own country.
Desiree Wheeler 2a.
ReplyDelete1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxzhcU5ah2o , This video is about the Egyptian 25 Jan 2011 Revolution.
1. This revolution took place following a popular uprising that began on Tuesday,25 January 2011 and is still continuing as of November 2011. The uprising was mainly a campaign of non-violent civil resistance, that had a series of demonstrations, marches , and acts of civil disobedience and labour strikes. Millions of protestors from a variety of economic and religious backgrounds demanded to overthrow the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Despite being peaceful in nature, the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protestors, with at least 846 people killed and 6,000 injured.
malcolm byrd
ReplyDelete1. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=revolution+2011&aq=1sx&oq=revlution+2
2.i have learned how people don't like what is going on about this Illuminati problem and people want answer to what this organizations goals are and what are they doing about this different type of religion or group but people are stand up against these people who worship the devil.
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi3bzXPYnsY&feature=related
ReplyDelete2.I learned that these people was harmed physically and mentally because of the people they lost and not being in a safe place to call home. They had to deal with moving constantly and getting away from the war.
Well done! I really enjoyed watching and reading about the revolutions you shared via YouTube. For next week's blog you'll have to watch one of your classmate's videos and write a short response telling us what you learned.
ReplyDeleteOver and out,
Mr. S
daquan mclaughlin 2A
ReplyDelete1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi3bzXPYnsY&feature=related
2.I learned that these people was harmed physically and mentally because of the people they lost and not being in a safe place to call home. They had to deal with moving constantly and getting away from the war