Sneetches

When i first saw this video i thought about segregation which led to me thinking about the Scottsburogh boy and Willie McGee. It got me thinking about the U.S. and how we used to treat colored people, but now its all in the past just like in the video how they all got along. I just think there are those people who are all snooty and they think they are all better than everyone else. I think that this relates to Willie McGee, the Scottsburogh boys, and To Kill a Mockingbird because it deals with racism.

The Sneteches On the Beeches

What I immediately thought when I watched the film was was that this reminded me of apartheid, segregation, and racism, in th U.S. ,South Africa, and many other countries. I'm glad to say that I don't really think there is  set group of people like the star bellies in our society, there are just those people who think they are better than everyone. Although, there used to be a set group: The Whites. this film is related to Willie McGee and the Scottsboro Boys because the white people thought they were better than blacks. It relates to To Kill a Mockingbird because that also has to do with racism.

Sneetches

Well my reaction when I watched this at first was all avout isolating a different group of people, which obviously is segregation. It was wrong that the star-bellies teased the Non star-bellies because they thought they were superior. That kind of stuff happens all the time in real life escpecially with Black and White people. If the man hadn't switched the Star-bellies, they would have kept teasing the Non star-bellies because they were different but now that they got switched, they know how it feels and the tables have turned. The film reveals that one group or race of people didn't think the other group was superior to them or equal which just comes down to being prejudice. The people here that are star-bellies are people who think they are better than everyone else. In the adult community, those people would be famous actors, singers, etc. They think no-one is equal to them because they are amazing. In the kid community, the star-bellies would be the popular snobby kids, or the rich kids for the same reason. This film connects to both the case of Willie McGee and The Scottsboro boys. In both cases the star-bellies were considered the superior white people and the non star-bellies were the black people who were treated like dirt like in the film. As a black man, Willie McGee had no chance against a white judge and all white jury just like the small amount of non star-bellies didn't stand a chance compared to the star-bellies. In the case of the scottsboro boys, it is the same beginning as the willie mcgee case, but it ended differently. Jusrt like in the film, The Scottsboro boys got the justice that was needed and they all lived and didn't go to jail which is sort of what happened in the film. In the film the man came and switched the stars around on their bellies to prove that they were equal and justice was also served. No matter what race, color, religion, or nationality they are, EVERYONE IS EQUAL. This film connects to the novel we just started in several ways. One way is that how the the Radley family is very shy and never comes out and they are usually quiet so the neighbors treat them like they are different. Because the neighbors think they are different, they want nothing to do with them and they keep to themselves which is what happened in the film. All in all, I don't thinkl segregation and racism are right and no-one should. It is wrong to think and act like you are superior over someone else because there may be differences in people but altogether everone is the same.

S-N-Double E-T-C-H-E-S

My reaction to this video is that it directly refers to how life was back in the 1930’s for the African Americans. The star bellied sneetches were look up to as the superior race and the plain bellied sneetches were frowned upon. Even though there wasn’t that much of a difference they still weren’t involved in any activities the star bellied sneetches were. Even star bellied parents taught their children not to talk to or play with the plain bellied sneetched. This refers to back in the 1930’s how African Americans were segregated among the whites. The blacks weren’t allowed to be involved in anything the whites did. They were pushed around because of the different color of their skin just like the plain bellied sneetches were. It’s not that anything was wrong with the plain bellied sneetches or the blacks; they were just pushed around because they were “different” than everybody else. This relates to To Kill A Mockingbird because of the discrimination and segregation between two groups of people.

Sneetches

My initial reaction to the video was that it was about segregation. The sneetches with the stars were the whites and the sneetches without the stars were the blacks. The sneetches with the stars thought they were better than the sneetches without the stars and would do anything for them to always be better than the sneetches without the stars. The ones without the stars could not do any of the activities that the ones with stars were doing. The ones with stars never included the ones without stars. This video relates to the book because in the 1930s, there was segregation just as there was in the video.

Sneetches

My inital reaction was segregation. Segregation was just about the same thing as what the star bellied sneetches are doing. They are making the other sneetches feel like they are no one. They exclude them from every activity because they weren't worthy enough. The star bellied sneetches acted like they were the most important sneetches because they had stars on their bellies. The star bellied sneetches are like the white people in our community. They think they are better because of skin color. This story is just like the story about Willy McGee and The Scotsboro boys. All three stories have to do with segregation. For example, in the story of Willy McGee they blamed him for rape because a white women said so. They believe what the white person says just because they are white. In the Scotsboro boys, again, they believed the two white girls over the boys because they were white. And now in the Sneetches, they think the non-starred bellied sneetches have done something wrong because they don't have a star. In the world today it isn't this bad anymore. We still have some problems with it but it's not too bad anymore. This story of the Sneetches has similarites To Kill A Mockingbird. It all has to do with the way people look. It seems to be against the law to have a different skin color, or a starred belly. We are all humans. We are all the same.

Sneetches

My instant reaction to this video was that I am so happy I get to watch this because it is my favorite Dr. Seuss story. This video relates to the 1930s because there is segregation. The star belly’s act as the white people of the time and say that the non star belly sneetches are inferior. The star belly’s don’t want to interact or even talk to the non stars, so they are being just as prejudice as white people of the time. This video has a connection with To Kill a Mockingbird because there is discrimination in the video and book.

sneetches response

My first reaction to the Sneetches video is how this type of stuff happens everyday in real life. People get rejected to certain social groups strictly on their appearance on a daily basis. The original star-bellies in our community are the whites who think they are better than others based on skin color. The story connects with Willie McGee and the Scottsboro Boys because the star-bellies seem to think that the non-star bellies have committed some type of crime just because they aren't exactly the same. The Sneetches story connects with our world today because there are still many racist people in the world. This video shows that people should stop judging and get to know somebody before judging on looks.

Sneetches

This video is about prejudice in every way shape and form. People that are prejudice against others want nothing to do with them let alone interact with them. I believe in my school, the Sneetches are the ones with more money or with big attitudes because they believe that they are better and more important than others. They feel they way they walk, talk, or dress is better than the way other people do. This relates to Willie McGee and the Scottsboro boys because they were both mostly went to court and jail due to they were blacks and the women they were accused of assaulting were white. The thought of even having relations with a white woman was preposterous. Today, you see this kind of feeling towards people all over. They are merely threatened by those that are different. I think the story of the Sneetches may relate to our novel because it may deal with being prejudice as well as the other stories we've heard. Being prejudice is the reasons for most of the conflicts in the world today. I am glad that I'm not prejudice against people especially those that are my best friends.

Sneetches

This video relates to everything we're learning in class because all of them are sneetches just like all of us are humans but one thinks it is better because it has a star in its stomach; justlike whites think they are better because of their skin color. The star bellies are the whites in our community. This video also shows that we could all be the same if we really wanted to but the way we think is what stops us from getting along. This video is like willy mcgee and the boys because it was such a huge crime for a black man to have a relationship with a white women but no one said anything about a white man having a relationship with a black women. In this video i feel it would be the same way with the star bellies and non-star bellies. I feel this video was a very good way to show prejudice in a less harsh way.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/v3yJomUhs0g

Watch the Dr. Seuss cartoon posted to the blog. Post a thoughtful response to the movie on our blog. Your response should address your intitial reactions to the film, what you think the film reveals about prejudice, who the star-bellies are in your community, school, etc..., and any other reactions/responses/connections you have to the story. How does this film connect to Willie McGee and the Scottsboro Boys? How does this story connect to the world we live in today? How might this film connect to the novel we have just started?

4/8 Assignment

Isaac's 2 Paragraphs on the Hindenburg for Mr. Wartmans 1930's Assignment.

The Hindenburg was a large German passenger carrying rigid aircraft, it was also the first of it type of it kind of ship (Hindenburg class). A rigid aircraft is like a blimp with framework.  The framework is made with an aluminum alloy.  It is possible that the metal was salvage from a previous air ship that had crashed, killing 48 people. The frame is covered with cotton that has been layered with chemical to make it resistant.  The Ship is filled with bags of hydrogen, a highly flammable gas. Hey had to use hydrogen because at the time, The U.S. had a ban on exporting helium.

On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg caught fire while trying to dock/land. It was coming from Frankfurt, Germany, leaving, May 3.  It arrived at its destination, Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States, May 6, hours behind schedule. The ship was carrying 36 passengers and 61 crew. The ship had been going through many difficulties that day like: strong head winds, lightning, storms, and an unprepared crew. The death total was 36 (13 passengers, 22 crew, and 1 ground crew). There were 62 survivors, the youngest was 14 year old, Werner Franz; he was a cabin boy. The cause of the fire is still unknown to this day.

Work cited

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster#Fuel_leak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_class_airship

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigid_airship

Geoff Pucci- TKAM/ 1930s Inventions

In today’s world we take everything for granted. All our items are so high tech and we give all the credit to the inventors of today. What about the inventors in the early 1900s such as the 1930s? Why don’t they receive credit for starting off everything we know today? Sure the people of today take the old items and make them more advanced, but without the items of the ‘30s we would have absolutely nothing to advance.

Did you know that the jet engine was first invented in 1930 by Frank Whittle and Dr Hans von Ohain. Without the jet engine where would our military be today? Would we have ever broken the sound barrier or perhaps could we even trust the president to get around safely in an aircraft not traveling at hundreds of miles per hour. Even the Polaroid camera was invented and without that you couldn’t quickly see all of your precious memories

For all of the science geeks try and imagine life without the electron microscope, and for you older folks think of life without canned beer. Maybe for some of us how would life be if LSD wasn’t first synthesized during this time? (http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth_4.htm)

All I’m trying to say here is that we can’t forget the past because we are so far ahead in technology because without the past inventions today would be completely different. Without the 1930s the world as you know it would be changed: like no jet engine, no Polaroid pictures, and especially NO canned beer!!

Shirley "Curly" Temple

Shirley “Curly” Temple

Shirley Temple, now Shirley Temple Black, was born in Santa Monica, California on April 23, 1926. She was Hollywood’s youngest performer and later on a famous Hollywood superstar! Her movies and cute curly hair is legendary to this day around the world. Shirley’s first step in acting was appearing in short films when she was able to walk for the first time. She performed in a series of short films in the mid-1930. In 1933, she made an incredible 11 films in one year. Her movie “Stand Up and Cheer” was Shirley’s big breakthrough in the movie business and received an award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1935, she also received an Academy Award for the classical film “Curly Top” and “Heidi”. Unfortunately, outside of her business life, Shirley struggled with being in movies and being taken away from her normal life.

She yearned for a normal education. While being in the entertainment business, Shirley had to be tutored instead of going to school like all the other kids. She finally began to pull away from being a huge star in Hollywood and at age 12; she left the movie making industry and went to high school. After her 22^nd birthday, Shirley retired in 1950, but made uncountable appearances on television shows and a sitcom that was never released. She attempted to make even more movies and television shows, but was, unfortunately, unsuccessful. However, she did sit on the boards of the Walt Disney Company, Del Monte Foods, and the National Wildlife Federation.

Shirley Temple unsuccessfully for the United States Congress in 1967, however, she was made the ambassador to Ghana in 1974 and in Czechoslovakia in 1989. Shirley soon published her autobiography entitled Child Star. She received many awards and honors in her later years such as the Kennedy Center Honors and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Shirley Temple’s curly hair, cute little face, and memorable songs and dances are still favorites around the world and loved by everyone. Shirley Temple is, without a doubt, an incredible actor and a natural one at that. I enjoy watching her movies and listening to her singing. To me she is an icon and a true superstar.

NIki Bizoukas-TKAM-The Great Depression

The Great Depression The Great Depression was an economic slump North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world. It began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest depression ever experienced in the industrialized Western world. The U.S. economy had gone into a depression six months earlier. The Great Depression was said to have begun with a collapse of stock-market prices on the New York Stock Exchange in October 1929. Over the next three years the stock prices continued to fall. The Great Depression ruined many thousands of individual investors. The Great Depression also great strained banks and other financial institutions. By 1932 U.S. manufacturing output had fallen to 54 percent of its 1929 level. Unemployment had risen to between 12 and 15 million people. The Great Depression began in the United States but spread to many countries. It turned into a worldwide economic slump. Once the American economy slumped so did the European one too. By 1932 the total value of world trade had fallen by more than half. Franklin D. Roosevelt became president in late 1932. He introduced a number of major changes to the American economy. Despite this intervention, mass unemployment and problems with the economy continued. About 15 percent of the work force was still unemployed in 1939. The depression ended completely after the United States entry into World War II in 1941. Source- Encyclopedia Britannica Online- About the Great Depression (http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/about.htm)

Ashley Saporito and Morgan Robertson-TKAM 1930s research

After the Civil War, most states in the south passed anti-African American legislation. It became known as Jim Crow Laws. Some laws that were included in this discriminated against African Americans attending public schools. It also included the use of facilitiles such as restaurants, hotels, and theaters. In many states, marriage between whites and African American people were not allowed. Trains and buses were also segregated.

In the 1930s, education was racially segregated. In many places, segregation was the law, especially in the South. Because African Americans were usually the poorest memebers of communities, the neighborhood schools suffered from not being able to raise funds for teacher salaries and maintenance. They were also not represented on most school boards, in result of that, they were unable to get better funding for their schools. They only received 12 percent of all education revenues and only 3 percent of funds went towards school transportation.

Alex Mantel-TKAM/ The Great Depression

Alex Mantel-To Kill A Mockingbird/ The Great Depression

The Great Depression was a servere worldwide economical depression following the end of WWII. It began during 1929 and lasted until the late 30’s or 40’s. It was the longest, worst, most widespread depression the world has ever been in and even today we you The Great Depression to show just how bad the economy can get. It began with the fall in the stock market on September 4, 1929 and crashed on October 29, 1929, which is also known as Black Tuesday.

It had a deadly effect on every country in the world. It turned the rick poor and the poor even poorer. Jobs were very scarce at this time and the unemployment range dropped to as high a 33%. International rade was also very devastated by The Great Depression which dropped to about 2/3. Cities all around the world were hit hard, contrustion was stopped, and almost all of the cities industry bussiness were stopped.

Life during the Great Deprssion for families was terrible. Families had very little food with little to no income at all. Parents were out of jobs could barely even feed themselves let alone their families. You could just say that this was one of the hardest times for families economically.

(Wikipedia/ The Great Depression)

Mr. Wartman- Link to my site

http://lake-central.lcsc.us/teachers/michael-wartman/

Mr. Wartman- TKAM/1930's Research Project

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel deeply tied to the period of the 1930’s. Because we are so removed from that time period, before reading, we are going to conduct some research. Working in partners, you are to research an aspect of life in America during the 1930’s. I have given you a sheet of possible topics, but if you would like to do something different, that would be great; just ask me to approve your topic before you begin researching it. Once you have researched your topic, you are to write a couple of paragraphs (at least 200 words) describing your topic. Cite your sources in your paragraphs. Also include the necessary works cited list at the end of your paragraphs. Don’t create a separate works cited page (like we did on our how to papers); just put the citations at the end of your write up. Do all of this using Microsoft Word. Once you have completed your research and paragraphs, you need to post your paragraphs on the class blog. Copy and paste the word document into the blog editor. The title needs to be your name and the topic of the post, so it should be something like “Mr. Wartman- TKAM/1930’s Research Project.” After you and your partner have posted your paragraphs, the two of you need to read your classmates’ posts and write a comment on your favorite post explaining why it was your favorite blog entry. You will be required to use this blog again as we continue reading To Kill A Mockingbird; it is imperative that you fully understand how to read an entry, post an entry, and comment on an entry by the end of this activity because you will have to do this without my assistance.