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.
Darius Odom Link:http://youtu.be/gJlQE954bkc I learned that the American Revolutionary War lasted from 1775 to 1783.The war was between Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America.The war ended in a global war between several European great powers.The American Revolutionary War was very intersting and I learned alot of information about it.
ReplyDeletehttp://dailybail.com/home/amazing-video-of-the-revolution-taking-place-in-egypt-plus-l.html. this is a video about The Revolution Taking Place In Egypt
ReplyDeleteRevolution of 25 January) 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, which featured a series of demonstrations, marches, acts of civil disobedience, and labour strikes. Millions of protesters from a variety of socio-economic and religious backgrounds demanded the overthrow of the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Despite being predominantly peaceful in nature, the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protesters, with at least 846 people killed and 6,000 injured.
Michael Dosumu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYaA-34c-vI Occupy Wall Street Start September 17th 2011
ReplyDeleteBusinesses keep making money, while many people are still losing money and can't find jobs. College tuition is rising, and even if you work your *** off, there are no guarantees you can even find a job with the best degree. As a result, many younger people are left with debt, and no hope. The government also refuses to cut much of the spending. Instead of giving it back to more people, they are spending it on bailouts.
Basically, many people are still feeling the economic issues all these years later, with no end in sight. It all lays on many of the rich people, who don't want to hire anyone because they don't want to test the economy. As a result, unemployment. The reason why there is no definite answer on all this, because there are a lot of issues. But basically, it's all economic instability, and the rich and business owners refusing to create more jobs.
There are some extremists out there demanding for communism and such...but honestly, that's not what people want. People in these protests just want financial stability. The president claims everything is getting better...but 3 years after this whole mess, it's still the same.
-Ricky C.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV9uZ00bqD8
ReplyDeleteI chose the “Occupy” Wall Street because I am very interested in what’s going on. We don’t hear many people talking about this problem. The news isn’t broadcasting it on television. People say that America is a good country but I think it is not. American citizen are getting brutalize by police officers. All the citizens want is a peaceful protest but the police officers added violence to the protest. If this goes on longer citizens will start to attack the officers. They are protesting social and economic inequality, cooperate greed, corruption and influence over government. 99% of us are working hard to make money and the other 1% is wealthy. Now the U.S citizens are speaking out. They can’t take it anymore what the government is doing with their tax money. I have to agree with them on this. We need to start all over again instead of keep going forward. If we keep going forward things are going to get out of control. We need to get a new government.
-Javis Thomas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGAb6auYeFQ
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned from this video is how unfair America really is I mean come one now, arresting someone for protesting? I thought this was a "free" country. In this moment i'd have to go against America because the banks really are being unfair making people poor and making themselves rich for whatever reason. Just because we are finally speaking out doesn't mean we are wrong! It's time we Americans took a stand and fight for what we believe.
Teresa R.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmEHcOc0Sys&NR=1 Occupy Wall Street: This is the most unfair treatment that I've seen happen to U.S citizens. I feel that Americans cant be arrested for protesting which is considered freedom of speech. What these officers are doing is going against our rights and wrongfully hurting our citizens. It is a shame that our soldiers who fought for our countries protection, have to come back home to see the police hurting us. It makes the soldiers feel like all there fighting was in vain.
ReplyDeleteDavid O
Excellent job, everyone. We'll look as some of these videos in class!
ReplyDeleteMr. Sabath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObFDWDTWkhY
ReplyDeleteI Learn That Poeple In Wall Street Are Out THeir Fighting For What tHey Believe In. I Did Not Know How Miss treated They Were. Peeple Are Being Maced And stompped On for somthing that was supposed to be peace full its reallly sad once you think about it. Buht In Due Time The government will listen to the Poeples Words
-Stefon Doue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGAb6auYeFQ
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned from this video is that people get arrested just for portesting, just to speak out their rights i think thats retareded i thought this was a FREE country. Like really the poor are becomeing poorir nd the rich are becoming richer. The poor is going to end up with nothing if we dont speak up. Someone shouldnt be treated differently just because they are rich.
Tatiana M.