"According to the sources and the film, how did individuals, groups of people and the world community fail the people of Rwanda?"
In the movie when the guests called their friends and relatives, only about one fourth replied and helped. Gregoire, who worked at the hotel, betrayed Paul and the others by telling the Hutu that the UN were helping some Tutsis to get out of the country. And General Bizimungu only wanted to help if he got something in return, and in a way he failed the people of Rwanda, because he was Rwandian and didn't want to help unless he got something out of it. And when the presidetn was killed, people thought that it was tutsi rebells, but it turned out to be Hutus.
And from source B and from the movie, the Europeans (or the "whites" as they were called) left Rwanda in the middle of the massacre.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Hotel Rwanda blog Assignment
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Monday, December 3, 2007
The main visual elements are of Africa, completely black, and a very big footprint covering the whole of Africa.
This political cartoon is probably about how Africa was colonized, and that it didn't do any good, since Africa is black, "in the dark".
The cartoonist maybe wanted to say that imperialism was a "dark" time for Africa. A bad thing.
Well, Africa is coloured all in black, as if it was in the dark, and the footprint looks kind of threatening. I think it's European, because it's a footprint of a shoe, the Africans at the time probably didn't even have shoes!
Maybe the cartoonist could have had some red between the cracks in the footprint, to show that people died, and that it was a very bad time.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
The Scramble For Africa, who won and who lost?
Our strategy was first to take over the suez canal in Egypt so we controled some of the shipping. Then to take over land in that area, all the way down to the cape in South Africa.
We first considerd the suez canal, and the tipp of Somalia, then we contrled the tip there too. And then we started looking for places where there were natural resources.
I think that Germany might have won, because they have alot of natural resources, like diamonds and gold. Even though we might have had more land, and we controled the suez canal, there land had better natural resources, therfore, worth more.
I think that the Netherlands lost, because the little land that they have doesn't really have alot of natural resources.
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
5 themes of Geography in "Things fall apart"
The 5 themes in geography are
Movement (people, ideas and transport).
- The white men came. (page: 128)
- Christianity came. (page: 134,135)
Region (group of locations that have something in common with another).
- The religion was the same in the nine villages.
- When Okonkwo gives Ezinma medicine with ingredients from nature (page: 81)
Location (where).
- Africa, Nigeria. (back of the book).
Place (what it's like in a particular location).
- There customs of marriage, apparently they do it differently in each village before a marriage ceremony. (Page:70,71)
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Feedback 12 nov 2007
The main visual elements of this picture is a man with octopus arms. The arms are outstretched and are touching different countries.
I think the issue is that the Englishmen took over, colonized, different countries.
The cartoonist maybe thought that the
1. Englishmen took over too much, and liked taking over.
2.That the Englishmen almost destroyed the countries.
3. That the people never really had any privacy.
Because:
1. There are many hands. And the big head is smiling.
Other techniques the cartoonist could have probably was to show what happened to the people that lived there before the Englishmen came and took over. Like a small person standing on one of the countries looking sad.
Contrast- The Englishman's hat gives contrast. England with a white background.The colours of the sea,land and the arms. Maybe also the birds.
Repetition- The arms , the colour of the arms.And the colours of the arms is the same as the hair, that's repeating the colour. The colour of the countries.
alignment- It looks pretty aligned. It has arms on both sides, and the birds helps to balance it.
Proximity- The birds are together. The arms are kind of together. The waves are together.
Image from www.fresno.k12.ca.us
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Leadership
I think a good leader must be confident, understanding, listen to other people, nice, takes control of the situation,has respects, has trust and is someone to trust.
I don't think that there is only one leader of the whole of 8th grade, I think that there are many leaders, for the different groups .... At the WOW-trip the people that seemed to take control of the situation were probably the popular(they were also the loudest) like for example it was Gabis idea to do the mummy thing, and everyone did it, her idea also not to get close to the cob web (though these where good ideas).Philippe listened to others during the bucket thing (not very many people listened) but many people tried to take control of the situation, but did not succeed very well, because not very many people would listen.
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Friday, October 19, 2007
WOW Feedback 2007
I think that WOW is an appropriate use of class time. We get to learn that way too!
Instead of sitting in a class room, and learn how to raft, it is 100 times better actually experiencing it! (And learning).
Some benefits about WOW are I got to know some new people, whom I didn't really know to well before WOW, but now I know alot better.
Seeing a different side of India. Since India is pretty big, there is a lot of India you don't see if you just stay in Delhi. The evidence are the pictures I have taken,and comparing them to Delhi.
It was a fun exsperience. If I hade never gone on WOW, I don't think I would have ever gone rafting! But now I know how fun it is, and now I would definetly do it again! The evidence is how fun I had!
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Monday, October 15, 2007
Parent Teacher conference
I am proud of never turning in my H.W late! It's more challenging here, so is the H.W,and usually it's due for the next day.So I'm proud that I have never given it in late.
I am also proud of my IR test grade. I got an A- , and I had one day less to study. I also had a science mini-test that same day (which didn't go to well...but that's ok....). I guess I kind of prioritized the humanities test, because it was a "mini"-test in science, and we are going to have an even bigger test in science, so then I can make it even. Anyway, I'm proud of two things: never giving in my Home Work late, and getting an A- in the IR test.
What was challenging was probably the Socratic Seminars. I don't really talk that much because, 1, someone else usually says what I was thinking of saying,2, if I do come up with something to say, usually we have moved on from that "topic" and are talking about something different. But the good thing about it made me think about how I should plan it for next time! And hopefully it would make it easier to talk....
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007
New goals for Qtr 2
My new goals for this quarter are:
Get better at Socratic seminars.
Plan my AR schedule better, read faster so I don't feel so stressed by the end of the quarter, and plan more time for reading.
Get better at revising! I can never give good advise, and I should read faster, and make better decisions when it comes to revising.
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Raching my goals for Qtr 1
My goals for this first quarter was "My goals in humanities are to write neatly and come up with another goal for humanities." then I thought of a second goal, and I decided it should be, to get better at Socratic seminars, which I said in another post.
I think I do write more neatly then what I did before, a little bit more. The prof is my home work assignments that I have written for hand.
The second goal I don't think I have reached, because we haven't had any more Socratic seminars.
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
Women’s labor rights and Suffrage
This exhibition here is about women’s labor rights and suffrage in the 1800s in America. Suffrage means that people have the right to vote, and during this period of time women weren’t allowed to vote. Women fought for their right to work and vote, through demonstrations, public rallies, speeches, etc.
The path for women’s voting rights was a long and tough one, but in 1920, women in America were finally given the right to vote.
Our project here is about some well known feminists, like Susan B Anthony, known for her struggle for women’s rights. Amelia Bloomer, known especially for showing a new outfit later known as “the bloomer outfit”, which was a huge step for women during that time, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, known for helping organize the first women’s rights convention.
The pieces here are shown in different forms, such as interview, letters, diary, slide show. We have been working with this topic for about 3 weeks. I hope you enjoy the exhibition on women’s rights, and I hope you learned something from it! Enjoy!
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
First women's rights convention!
The first ever women’s rights convention took place in Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, 19-20th of July 1848. The convention was mainly about the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women.
In this day and time a lot of people think that women should be at home taking care of the domestic life. But these women think differently. Lucretia Mott of Philadelphia, Elizabeth Cady Stanton of Seneca Falls, Jane Hunt of Waterloo and Elizabeth McClintock of Waterloo planned the whole thing. 300 people showed up at the convention, both women and men. But only 100 people signed the Declaration of Sentiments, 68 women and 32 men. The Declaration of Sentiments is a document that claims that “all men and women were created equal”. The signatures were to right all the wrongs on women’s rights.
I got some quick words with Elizabeth before her speech.
“Women’s right is a big issue that has to get out into the country. Women can do what men can do just as good! Why should we have to do the domestic work, when we are capable of doing something more?”
Then she was rushed out onto the stage to say her speech, which was a very good speech indeed.
Outside of the convention where protesters, protesting that women should take care of the domestic life. Sam Daily, one of the protesters, said
“Women should be at home and take care of the children. They are the ones that give birth, and take care of them. Women aren’t as strong as men, so how are they going to do it if they have to lift something heavy? And what if both parents are at work, whom are going to take care of the children?” Cries of cheers from people around him.
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
The 1870 stock market game
Hi there!
We played "The 1870 stock market game" last week. The game was to buy or sell stock, and then see how it did during the years. KY and Vishal where the brokers, and the rest of the class where the entrepreneurs. We started of by buying 10$ a "stock card", then the prise would sink or rise. Every "stock card" containing 10 stocks. The game was to see who could make the most money.
I wasn't a successful entrepreneur. My strategies for the stock market game weren't very good... I sold some stocks that had gone down in price, then later they went up....Then I bought it again... I should have just stuck with it. I bought some at a low price, hoping that they would go up... But they didn't. I don't think I spent my money wisely.
“You have to spend money to make money”, I did spend money, and I did make money, just not a lot of money.
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
Letter from Amelia Bloomer to Susan B. Anthony
25 March 1851
Dear Susan
It has been quite a while since we last saw each other! Last was probably that demonstration we went to two months ago, when the elections came around. I cut out the photo of us in the newspaper, and I’m sending it here to you.
I must say it’s very brave of you and Elizabeth to travel the country speaking at public rallies and trying to persuade the government that women and men should have equal treatment. How long more will you be travelling? Are the speeches going well? Is the government budging? How is Elizabeth?
Here, the demonstrations are going well, but it’s still not the same without you and Elizabeth. We have finally started to convince a few more, which is always a good thing if you ask me.
I hope that you will return in time for the speech I will be giving in a fortnight. It will be at the city center here in New York. I will speak about women’s rights (of course!). It’s a bit like the speech I held 6 months ago to the Worcester Women's convention, but still somewhat different. Anyway, I am going to speak in front of 600 people, and hopefully someone amongst the audience will agree and join us!
Speaking of making a difference in the world, I think our protests are finally starting to pay off! The other day there were newspaper articles about women having the right to work and vote, our demonstrations and speeches, and that the government is talking about letting women vote. Of course the report said that the government had only mentioned it, but it’s a start!
I don’t know if you have read the latest edition of “The Lily” but I have just promoted a new outfit that is very liberating. It’s a pair of pants which is narrowed to a cuff at the ankles, and the pants are worn below a skirt. The pants are pretty big, but very comfortable all the same. You should try it! It´s a way of keeping our decency and being practical at the same time. And I say that it’s a great deal easier to put it on in the mornings, instead of the long skirts and dresses! I will send you a picture of the suit, and you can say what you think.
New York is now in its finest months. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, which is music to my ears in the morning. Everyone is cheerful since it’s nice and sunny outside. I hope this letter gets through to you, and I hope to see you soon! Keep me posted on how it is going!
My warmest regards
Amelia


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Monday, September 10, 2007
Goals update qtr 1
Hi there!
Well, now I am going to write about my goals I set in the beginning of the school start. One of my goals was to write neater, which, I guess I sort of have. I have mostly written on the computer, but otherwise I think maybe a bit.
My second goal was to come up with another goal for humanities, which I have! It is to talk more, and get better at Socratic seminars. I don't really talk a lot at Socratic seminars (can you blame me for having a brother that does most of the talking?)
BYE
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Sunday, September 9, 2007
Interview with Amelia Bloomer
Amelia Bloomer was born in Homer, New York, on the 27th of May, 1818. Formerly known as Amelia Jenks, she married her husband, Dexter Bloomer, at the age of 22 in 1840.
Bloomer was a known feminist in her day, and I was one of the lucky people to sit down and interview such a wise women as herself. Her curly hair was drawn neatly into a bun, and her stern, intelligent face broke into a smile every now and then.
Why do you believe that women should have the same rights as men?
“I believe that women should have the same rights as men because I know that women are capable of doing just as much as men are capable of doing, maybe even more at times! Why should women be at home all the time, when we can do so much more?
Women should be able to vote, and make decisions too. They have the right to, and get a full education just like the boys. We can study just as hard, we can work just as hard, we can do anything just as well if we just put our minds to it!”
What was it like to write for your husband’s newspaper, the Seneca Falls County Courier?
“My husband, Dexter, encouraged me to write my points of view. I was ecstatic to be able to share my thoughts and ideas. I mostly wrote about women’s rights and prohibition, which I thought were topics that needed to get out there in the country.
There were no other women working at the news paper then, it was me, and 30 other men working there. It was challenging at first, but soon everything flowed on well.”
What encouraged you or inspired you to start your own newspaper?
“Well, as you know I was writing for the “Seneca Falls County Courier”, and I thought that there should probably be at least one newspaper about suffrage and women´s rights, then I could express more of my ideas. Also, not everyone knew about my articles in the “Seneca Falls Country Courier”. Therefore, if there was one newspaper with this one topic, more people interested in it would read it since the topic is right there!
The people who encouraged me the most to start my own paper were my friends, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I met them at a convention and we quickly became friends, having so much in common and all.”
And that was how “The Lily” started. It was a huge success in its day, but “The Lily” stopped publication in 1855, when Amelia and her husband moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
How was it to be the first woman president of the Iowa Woman Suffrage Society?
“It was brilliant! I met and helped a lot of great women. I gave the Iowa Woman Suffrage Society a good name, and tried my best to promote women suffrage in the U.S, by, for example, speaking at rallies and public meetings.
I also lead many demonstrations in my day as president of Iowa Woman Suffrage society. We protested against the unfair situation and that women should be given the right to vote, and that we shouldn’t just sit at home. I also lead many delegations to discuss equal rights for women with government officials. I would say that I did good work for the best of womankind.”
And of course how was it to be a fashion role model when it came to “The bloomer”?
“Ah, yes, the bloomer outfit. Well, women weren’t really allowed to have pants at that time. It was frowned upon if anyone dared to. But when the bloomer outfit came along, it was a classy way to wear a dress and pants at the same time. Why should women wear dresses all the time? The bloomer promoted a new look for women. I wrote about it in “The Lily” to tell women everywhere to put down that corset, and try something that was comfortable. I myself wore it almost all the time. That´s where the name “the bloomer” came from.”
Amelia looked pleased at her accomplishments while telling me about them. A small smile crossed her face, her eyes sparkled as she reminisced and she looked happy.
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Monday, September 3, 2007
Pros and cons
Good things:
- People learned to work hard
- More products were made faster
- The use of technology, which later on developed
- The use of clocks
- The factories developed into something better today
- People had to walk to work, good exercise.
- People met new people, friendships developed!
Bad things:
- Child labor
- Little pay
- Not enough days to rest
- Long days
- Usually only the father would bring home the money
- They worked too much, so they were very tiered by the end of the day.
- When a depression came, it was very bad for poor people that couldn't get jobs.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
"Gangsta" Bear
Today was chaos compared to yesterday. We had to vote for the best looking toy. The one that won in the end was a “gangsta” teddy bear. Then we had to make copies of it, like in a factory. We had one hour to make as many as we could. We decided to split into different departments, one for colouring, and another for cutting and a third for assembly. I was in the colouring department.
Everywhere everyone was stressed. People everywhere with their voices raised, trying to get it exactly like the proto-type. We only had an hour to complete everything, and after 30 min, we hadn’t even finished one bear. My arm was aching from all the colouring, I was really stressed. Compared to yesterday, where everything and everyone were so calm, and it was very quiet.
The “manager” went from station to station yelling at us to get things ready in time. The boss put on some music for a while, but instead of it being soothing and nice, it was just noisy and irritating. When it was soon over, almost everyone started hating the bear, even the creator, who said, “Don’t kill me!”
Finally when it was over, we had made 39 “gangsta” bears. And we were all happy it was over!
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Monday, August 27, 2007
Toy Thinking
I took the piece of paper that the teacher had handed out to us, and looked at the figures on the paper in front of me. Curiosity was building up in me. I followed my finger around the wavy lines on the paper. The paper was white as snow, and soft as silk.
The teacher told us what we should do: Cut out the figures on the paper, and make your own toy.
I started cutting out the figures on the paper with a pair of scissors, the blade of the scissors scraping against the paper, making that scratchy, scraping sound. I started to wonder what toy would be fun to have. I thought from bouncy balls to soft toy animals.
My mind was drifting of until the teacher put on some music. I don’t remember what the song was called. But the song was slow, I think, and kind of sad maybe. I liked the song. Somehow it made me think of my friends in Sweden. They start school today, and that kind of made me a little sad. But I couldn’t think about that for too long, because I still hadn’t thought of what the toy should look like!
When I was done cutting the figures out, I put them together, first the classical way, as a bear. And even thought that might not be so creative, I still went ahead with it. I guess it’s more what it can do than what it looks like that is important (of course the look of it does help). I went to get the glue, and went back to my seat. I started gluing the toy together, and in the last minute, I changed the form from a bear to a mouse. With a hat. I went to get some coloured markers, and wanted something “funky” so I chose a dark version of shocking pink and grape purple. The belly, paws, nose and ears became grape purple, and the rest became pink. The hat and bow tie became green. Together it might have looked a bit much, but it was supposed to be so. Funky.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Up and Down and Round and Round
Going on a roller coaster is an awesome experience! It’s one of the things that I love to do!
First when you are waiting in line, you’re all giddy with excitement, and a bit nervous, because you aren’t sure if you can manage it when you see people sitting in the roller coaster zoom by, do the loopy-loops, the toss and turns. You feel so small, like pea compared to a tennis ball. When you finally go onto the roller coaster, and are seated, you still have the same feelings, but now they are a lot stronger then before.
Then the roller coaster begins, and first it goes slowly up the very steep hill, still that nervous/excited feeling inside you. You look out at the view, and it’s fantastic! The sound of the roller coaster taking you higher and higher to the top is in the background, and you don’t really pay so much attention to it, but you know it’s there. Then finally you‘re at the top. And there is definitely no turning back now!
Then the roller coaster starts going down, and the feeling is so Great with a capital G. It’s like when you were little and you sat on a swing, and sometimes at one point it would start tickling in your stomach, well, you get that feeling when you are going down the peak, but it’s times50! Even more at some points!!! It’s such an awesome sensation.
It goes so fast, you hardly have time to think, your hair is blowing behind you, the wind is gushing in your face. Most of your senses are numbed because of the tickling in your stomach. It can get to such a point you just have to scream. And you do! A lot.The small turns are like tiny surprises along the way.
The ride is over quickly, and you just have to do it again! And again! And maybe even one more time
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The fruit roll up raper is very colourful, orange, with a lot of bright colours. The raping is very crackly and slippery. The actual fruit roll up is sea blue, with some cherry red in it, if you look at it all together it looks kind of dark.
It's kind of sticky, and it sticks to this plasticly paper that it is rolled up in . The taste is quite sweet, and a little sour. It also has an artificial taste.When you bite into it it is very thin, like a thin layer that you are bitting into.
The fruit roll up doesn't really have a smell... smelled a little sweet, maybe a little like a cherry, but my nose is blocked, so it's kind of hard to tell....
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Mother Necessity
Necessity is the mother of inventions.
I think it's called so, because almost all the inventions that are made are necessary. And why it's called mother necessity (and not father necessity) is probably because the inventor came from the mother, and from the inventor came the idea!
For example the telephone where you can talk to people overseas, the light bulb so you can see clearly when it's dark, or the airplane when you can travel overseas a faster then for example a boat.
Image: inventivekids.com/resource/DiscoveriesGreatInventions.jpg
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
How I learn best
Hello again!
I probably learn best the kinesthetic way (simulations or making or doing something) since then you are learning while you see how it works... But maybe it's easier in for example science then humanities.
Then if you can't work the kinesthetic way, maybe on a piece of paper, so you don't forget, and maybe go through it so you know what you are reading.
For example you give us a piece of paper what we are going to work on, then talk about what it is about.
well, have to go now, we are gonna have the Socratic seminar now
Bye!
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My gang
Hi!
I'm going to write about "my gang".
The people I look up to is probably my family.
My parents that help me not only with my home work, but also with other stuff....Like encouraging me and giving me confidence and stuff like that.
I also look up to my siblings, but mostly my brother that is 19, because I'm closer to him, since my other two siblings never lived with us when I was growing up,they where adults by then. But I still look up to them!
I choose these people to be in my gang because I look up to them and they support me ect.
Bye for now
Hanna Yin
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Monday, August 13, 2007
First impresions
What were two highlights from the first week of school?
Being a new student to a completely new and different school.
And getting a bottom locker, but that being okey, since there is a seat next to it.
What was your first impression of Humanities?
My first impression was probably "what do you do in humanities?" since it's called something different in Swedish, plus it also counts as your English class....If you know what I mean.
What are two goals you have for this quarter in Humanities?
My goals in humanities are to write neatly and (come up with another goal for humanities).
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