Outline
I. Introduction:
A. Wounded Knee was a very violent conflict that was based on racism and misunderstanding.
B. The paragraph states that the men of the calvary were very unfair to the indians. They had no consideration for them.
C. The video that showed the trip to the monument for the indians showed that they were not very well respected. You can tell that because the monument was not very well taken care of and it was not very dignified.
D. In the video of what happened at the Battle of Wounded Knee it shows a cruelty to the indians showed by the U.S. Army.
E. These sources are important because they further your knowledge on the Battle of Wounded Knee
II. Body of Essay
A. Wounded Knee was one of the last battles that was ensued by racism and the differences of people.
B. The indians were treated like garbage. When the men began to disarm the indians they thought of it as a game. They were pointing guns at their heads just to scare them and the army thought that it was funny. (Paragraph on Blog)
C. When the monument was visited it showed that the indians died a painful and unjustified death and they were not even honored in the right way. (Home Video from trip to monument on blog)
D. The indians were treated so cruelly and brutally. The U.S. Army took no mercy on anyone. they were ruthless because they killed the woman with their babies as they were running. Then they told the children left to come out and they attacked them. (Video on blog giving details about Wounded Knee).
III. Conclusion
A. Wounded Knee was the last of the battles caused by the differences of the U.S Army, 7th Calvary, and Big Foot's people and the indians.
B. I learned that the indians were treated badly. They had it so bad back in those days and they were very brave for dealing with what they did.
C. I learned that the indians were not respected and they had to do a lot to have respect. Even after losing their lives in a very brutal battle they still did not have respect.
D. I learned that the women and children were not thought of as anything more than trash. It did not matter that the children were little and were helpless. The Army was ruthless and they would stop at nothing to get what they wanted.
E. The significance of this thesis is that it summarizes what this battle was caused by.
Wounded Knee Essay
The Wounded Knee Battle was the last of the battles caused by misunderstanding and racism. This battle was brutal and led to no more respect for the indians than what they had before. The U.S. Army was very cruel to the indians during this battle. The indians also gained no respect and they were not thought of as people. This battle was very brutal and was disrepectful to the indians.
The first thing that illustrates the fact that Wounded Knee was a brutal battle was the fact the soldiers beat on the indians. After the soldiers got drunk they decided to disarm the indians. Instead of just taking the weapons from the indians they terrorized them. They mocked them and beat them. They also held guns to their heads just to make them feel scared and to make the Army feel superior. This act alone shows that the soldiers thought of this as a game. They found it fun to take guns and scare these indians. While they were doing this a gun went off and the game was over and a fight began. This just illustrates what the indians went through during this process of simply disarming. The second thing that demostrates the lack of respect and racism was the monument that was erected in memory of the indians involved in this battle. This monument was not very clean. It didn't have a lot of dignity about it. This momunent was protected by fenced wire that you would use to make a kennel for a dog. This demonstrates the fact that they did not want to find something more suitable that would look more respectful. This monument is just and example of the fact that the indians endured so much pain and agony and they have no more respect than before the battle even occured. This shows that because they were indians they were not equal or as good as the Army. They were treated like they were different because of their heritage and the fact that they were indians. The final thing that proves this battle was brutal was the fact that the Army took mercy on no one. They were ruthless and they would stop at nothing to win this battle and prove their superiority. When the army was in the final part of the battle they told the remaining children to come out and they would be safe. These kids had just watched their parents being shot down and killed and now they are offered safety. You know they are going to come out. When they do they are attacked and killed. This shows the fact that the U.S. Army had no mercy on anyone. Be it a woman or a little innocent child. They were killed not because they were bad but because they were indian.
All of these points prove that the Wounded Knee Battle was a severe and painstaking battle. The indians endured more than anyone should ever have to. They were put through things that were cruel and inhumane. I learned to have more respect for the indians that went through this event. They were very brave and they had no reason to be killed. These indians who went through this agony are the real heros and should be remembered and honored.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Book Portfolio #2
Hunger:
This book was very interesting. It was basically about the process of hunger. But also the history of hunger. In the book it spoke about The Great Hunger of Ireland. This is some history of hunger. This can also be known as the great potato famine. It lasted from 1845-1850. It all started when disease reached a crop of potatoes. This made the people start to worry. It then ruined another crop and another. People began to just eat the potato seeds and those who had none starved to death. This event was estimated to have cut the population in half. There was also the Chinese Famine. This lastest from 1958-1961. Basically what happened is the government forced the peasants from farming and into the mill work. Then the food industry took a hit because they didn't have many people to harvest the food. This book had a lot of good facts if you want to learn about the way hunger works and some of it's history.
This book was very interesting. It was basically about the process of hunger. But also the history of hunger. In the book it spoke about The Great Hunger of Ireland. This is some history of hunger. This can also be known as the great potato famine. It lasted from 1845-1850. It all started when disease reached a crop of potatoes. This made the people start to worry. It then ruined another crop and another. People began to just eat the potato seeds and those who had none starved to death. This event was estimated to have cut the population in half. There was also the Chinese Famine. This lastest from 1958-1961. Basically what happened is the government forced the peasants from farming and into the mill work. Then the food industry took a hit because they didn't have many people to harvest the food. This book had a lot of good facts if you want to learn about the way hunger works and some of it's history.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Final Draft of Local History
Corinna Union Academy
Brittany Sharpe
Mr. Viles
World Studies
January 7, 2007
Brittany Sharpe
Mr. Viles
World Studies
January 7, 2007
Corinna Union Academy
The Corinna Union Academy is an old but well known building in Corinna, Maine. Everyday people may drive by this building and not know the history behind it. This building has a story and you will be learning about what it how it was built and what is has grown to be.
The Corinna Union Academy was built in 1851. This began when a group of 70 people came together to build this high school. Before this Academy was built there were not many schools in the town or the towns surrounding Corinna. If this Academy was built it would be one of the largest in the town. The idea that these people had was to create a school that the town could benefit from down the road and would educate fine students. One year later the school was licensed by the State and seven years after that it opened. When the information on the courses and the school came out it read; the Academy contains two school rooms each one 32 feet. These were the drawing room and the recitation room. This means that there were two rooms in this old schoolhouse that were used for the education purpose. In 1931 the school was expanded. They built 2 more wings which had 4 classrooms. When this academy was built it was a 2 story white building with 17 windows and one door. It also included a bell tower. This is just what the town wanted. They had saved money for this Academy and now they had it. The style that this building was designed in is the Greek Revival style. These types of buildings were usually covered in clapboard and then were painted either white or gray. In this case the building was painted white. Also heavy trim is sometimes used and the corners of the building is accentuated by molding or carved wood. This type of building style was considered the first well liked and well used style of building.
Education then was much different than that of the world today. The first public school law was passed in 1647. This was started because the people of the towns wanted the children to have an education. This law had two purposes. The first was to stop Satan's desire to keep men from the knowledge of the scripture. The other was to prevent learning from being “buried” or lost with those who came before their children. From these laws one person was appointed to teach these children all of the basic learning skills, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. The wages for these teachers were paid by the parents of the children or the masters of the children. This law was the basis for the higher education standards and ideas. Schools were not plenty in the 1800s. In 1800 Maine there were 161 incorporated towns within Maine. Within these 161 towns were 7 grammar schools. These 7 schools taught about 100 families children every year. This meant that the classrooms would be cramped and the teachers would have a hard time keeping their class under control. “Classes are so much smaller today then they were when I went to school. There were 15 or 16 people in a class and that was it.” Said Fran Kirk of class sizes today. In 1820 Maine had 236 incorporated towns and in those towns were 25 academies. During this time public taxation became the primary way of paying for these schools. Education now is much more different. When I asked Fran Kirk, a former student of Corinna Union Academy, how education had changed she said “Education has changed because the standards are much higher. Today there are more tests and more pressure to exceed.” Today there are 177 districts within the state of Maine with too many schools to count. Today we have programs such as No Child Left Behind so that children get the education that they need. In those times they did not have these laws. This law ensures that every child gets a fair education that they understand and that they have a chance to do the best they can. In the 1850s there were no laws like this. Every child had a chance to learn but they did not have the tools or standards that we have today.
The Corinna Union Academy is now known as the Corinna Union Academy Historical Society. It was shut down as a high school in 1968 when Nokomis Regional High School was built in Newport, Maine. After this it became a junior high. Frank Kirk says “I went to that school from 1953 to 1955 and I love it. The school was great and the teachers were good also.” It then was condemned as unsafe to for a junior high in 1998 and was shut down. It then caught on fire in 2000 in the upstairs and they had to replace it. Then it caught fire again in the tower due to an electric problem. The damage was minimal and was fixed. In 2004 it was re-opened as a historical society. In the summer months it is open and available for tours. It holds antiques such as old high school year books, items that were used in the farming process. It also holds historical pictures and artifacts of the town. There are still meetings occasionally held there today. This building represents what the town has been through and how it changed. This school was in the town and it grew with the town. It is like a symbol of growth.
I hope that you learned a lot about this Academy and that next time you drive by you think what it has been through. It has been through fire and survived. It shows how the education has changed. It shows how much the times have changed from the architecture to the teaching styles. It also demonstrates how buildings can be used for many purposes. So next time you drive by and think what an old building, instead think what an amazing building.
Sources:
“Corinna Union Academy.” Cattail Press. 17, November 2006 <http://www.cattailpress.com/Features/May01/CUApics.htm>
“A brief history of Corinna , Maine.” Donna & Patrick Cator 2003-2006
http://catorfamily.com/genealogy/titcombincorinnamaine3.html
Kirk, Fran. Personal Interview. 20, December 2007
Maine.gov. 2006
http://www.maine.gov/search?q=No+Child+Left+Behind+program&as_sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maine.gov%2F&site=test_collection&output=xml_no_dtd&client=test_collection&proxystylesheet=test_collection
Outline:
I. Corinna Union Academy
A. You always drive by building and think nothing of it.
B. You need to know the history so you can appreciate it
II. The School
A. Academy was built in 1851. 70 people came together
1. Academy would be only one around
2. Later the school was licensed by the state
3. 7 years later it re opened
B. Two Schoolrooms in the schoolhouse
1. How big were the schoolrooms
2. What it looked like on the outside
3. What design of building it was
III. Education
A. Education then
1. Law of Education
2. Way of teaching
3. Towns within the schools
B. Education now
1. How many districts
2. Differences in sizes of schools
3. Programs we have today
IV. What the CUA is today
A. Now it is a historical society
1. Shut down as a high school in 1968
2. Then closed as junior high in 1998
3. Caught fire in 2000
B. What has happened to it
1. Caught Fire again in tower
2. Opened in 2004 again
3. What it holds today
V. Conclusion
A. You need to know the history so you can appreciate it
B. Built in 1851 closed in 1968. Re opened as a historical society
C. Review history of the CUA and propose that you think about the building and history when you pass by it.
Brittany Sharpe
Mr. Viles
World Studies
January 7, 2007
Brittany Sharpe
Mr. Viles
World Studies
January 7, 2007
Corinna Union Academy
The Corinna Union Academy is an old but well known building in Corinna, Maine. Everyday people may drive by this building and not know the history behind it. This building has a story and you will be learning about what it how it was built and what is has grown to be.
The Corinna Union Academy was built in 1851. This began when a group of 70 people came together to build this high school. Before this Academy was built there were not many schools in the town or the towns surrounding Corinna. If this Academy was built it would be one of the largest in the town. The idea that these people had was to create a school that the town could benefit from down the road and would educate fine students. One year later the school was licensed by the State and seven years after that it opened. When the information on the courses and the school came out it read; the Academy contains two school rooms each one 32 feet. These were the drawing room and the recitation room. This means that there were two rooms in this old schoolhouse that were used for the education purpose. In 1931 the school was expanded. They built 2 more wings which had 4 classrooms. When this academy was built it was a 2 story white building with 17 windows and one door. It also included a bell tower. This is just what the town wanted. They had saved money for this Academy and now they had it. The style that this building was designed in is the Greek Revival style. These types of buildings were usually covered in clapboard and then were painted either white or gray. In this case the building was painted white. Also heavy trim is sometimes used and the corners of the building is accentuated by molding or carved wood. This type of building style was considered the first well liked and well used style of building.
Education then was much different than that of the world today. The first public school law was passed in 1647. This was started because the people of the towns wanted the children to have an education. This law had two purposes. The first was to stop Satan's desire to keep men from the knowledge of the scripture. The other was to prevent learning from being “buried” or lost with those who came before their children. From these laws one person was appointed to teach these children all of the basic learning skills, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. The wages for these teachers were paid by the parents of the children or the masters of the children. This law was the basis for the higher education standards and ideas. Schools were not plenty in the 1800s. In 1800 Maine there were 161 incorporated towns within Maine. Within these 161 towns were 7 grammar schools. These 7 schools taught about 100 families children every year. This meant that the classrooms would be cramped and the teachers would have a hard time keeping their class under control. “Classes are so much smaller today then they were when I went to school. There were 15 or 16 people in a class and that was it.” Said Fran Kirk of class sizes today. In 1820 Maine had 236 incorporated towns and in those towns were 25 academies. During this time public taxation became the primary way of paying for these schools. Education now is much more different. When I asked Fran Kirk, a former student of Corinna Union Academy, how education had changed she said “Education has changed because the standards are much higher. Today there are more tests and more pressure to exceed.” Today there are 177 districts within the state of Maine with too many schools to count. Today we have programs such as No Child Left Behind so that children get the education that they need. In those times they did not have these laws. This law ensures that every child gets a fair education that they understand and that they have a chance to do the best they can. In the 1850s there were no laws like this. Every child had a chance to learn but they did not have the tools or standards that we have today.
The Corinna Union Academy is now known as the Corinna Union Academy Historical Society. It was shut down as a high school in 1968 when Nokomis Regional High School was built in Newport, Maine. After this it became a junior high. Frank Kirk says “I went to that school from 1953 to 1955 and I love it. The school was great and the teachers were good also.” It then was condemned as unsafe to for a junior high in 1998 and was shut down. It then caught on fire in 2000 in the upstairs and they had to replace it. Then it caught fire again in the tower due to an electric problem. The damage was minimal and was fixed. In 2004 it was re-opened as a historical society. In the summer months it is open and available for tours. It holds antiques such as old high school year books, items that were used in the farming process. It also holds historical pictures and artifacts of the town. There are still meetings occasionally held there today. This building represents what the town has been through and how it changed. This school was in the town and it grew with the town. It is like a symbol of growth.
I hope that you learned a lot about this Academy and that next time you drive by you think what it has been through. It has been through fire and survived. It shows how the education has changed. It shows how much the times have changed from the architecture to the teaching styles. It also demonstrates how buildings can be used for many purposes. So next time you drive by and think what an old building, instead think what an amazing building.
Sources:
“Corinna Union Academy.” Cattail Press. 17, November 2006 <http://www.cattailpress.com/Features/May01/CUApics.htm>
“A brief history of Corinna , Maine.” Donna & Patrick Cator 2003-2006
http://catorfamily.com/genealogy/titcombincorinnamaine3.html
Kirk, Fran. Personal Interview. 20, December 2007
Maine.gov. 2006
http://www.maine.gov/search?q=No+Child+Left+Behind+program&as_sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maine.gov%2F&site=test_collection&output=xml_no_dtd&client=test_collection&proxystylesheet=test_collection
Outline:
I. Corinna Union Academy
A. You always drive by building and think nothing of it.
B. You need to know the history so you can appreciate it
II. The School
A. Academy was built in 1851. 70 people came together
1. Academy would be only one around
2. Later the school was licensed by the state
3. 7 years later it re opened
B. Two Schoolrooms in the schoolhouse
1. How big were the schoolrooms
2. What it looked like on the outside
3. What design of building it was
III. Education
A. Education then
1. Law of Education
2. Way of teaching
3. Towns within the schools
B. Education now
1. How many districts
2. Differences in sizes of schools
3. Programs we have today
IV. What the CUA is today
A. Now it is a historical society
1. Shut down as a high school in 1968
2. Then closed as junior high in 1998
3. Caught fire in 2000
B. What has happened to it
1. Caught Fire again in tower
2. Opened in 2004 again
3. What it holds today
V. Conclusion
A. You need to know the history so you can appreciate it
B. Built in 1851 closed in 1968. Re opened as a historical society
C. Review history of the CUA and propose that you think about the building and history when you pass by it.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Final Exam Essay
The opportunity for the Nazi's to come into power is simple. The leadership during the 1930's was not very good. So if someone came along offering people a reason for the terrible times and things that were happening they would want to listen. People were looking for answers as to why they were suffering and they were willing to do anything to make their life better. They wanted someone to just communicate with them and give them any hope or any good news. Germany was in a state of suffering. So if someone came along and offered them a new life and a better way to live it, the people would take that. That is why Germany was in an easy state for someone like Adolf Hitler to take over.
When Hitler first came forward telling people that the reason that the world was like this is because of the Jews people were spectacle. But when people are in desperate need for something else and someone comes along telling them that these Jewish people are the cause then they may start to believe it if they are told it enough. So Hitler began his journey to start a group called the Nazi's and start to persecute the Jewish people. Hitler began telling people in daily speeches that the Jewish were the reason that the Germans didn't have enough food or that the war was going on. So when the Germans were at their weakest Hitler began to form his group. He told people that he could help them get out of debt and get them money and a new life. All they had to do was join this group and end the war.
The German people did not rise against Hitler during the Holocaust period is because things were not bad for people who were not Jewish. They were not being persecuted or dying because Hitler was doing that to the Jewish. People were also afraid to rise up against him because of what he was doing to the Jews. If they tried to rise up against him he might do the same to them. Plus people figured that what he said was true. With the Jews in concentration camps there seems to be less debt and poverty and less problems. Even though this might not have been true and the Germans could see that Hitler told people this enough that they started to believe what he said was true. So instead of fighting back they let him be in control and handle a "problem" that was supposedly blamed on a group of innocent people. So this is why they did not rise up against Hitler because by the time he was done talking the German people weren't sure what he was saying was a lie because he had said it so much. He had convinced them that what he was saying was true.
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