Thursday, May 24, 2012

http://history1900s.about.com/od/theresienstadt/a/opfermann.htm

1)interview with Charlotte Guthmann Opfermann
article by Jennifer Rosenberg

Bullet points

Lived in Wiesbaden Germany
Synagogue attented was the Michelsberg Synagogue of Wiesbaden destroyed november 10, 1938 know as the Kristallnancht
spent teenage years in as a prisoner of the nazis
17 when they were arrested and deported entire family was deported to the Theresienstadt camp
camp was "desperation,hard work, hunger, disease, being eaten alive by vermin"
typical day= waking up lving with 6000 other women getting ready for work, coffe and maybe bread if she got there early enough had a hour to fetch food visit family and friends 8pm lights off
part of the labor groups called Hundertschaft because they worked in units of 100
had many illnesses- hepatitis, pneumonia, diptheria and nose, throat, and ear inffections- Had no idea how she ever survived
after bear fatal illness worked at youth care giver nursing sick childern

2) Does not have a date it was published
3)Author is
Jennifer Rosenberg
4) she is getting this information by a holocaust survior

Thursday, May 3, 2012

http://search.proquest.com/docview/405544778/1367AA420CD57F844EC/1?accountid=6222
"Anime-ted Japan ; Japanese culture vibrates with the energy of anime, an art form that's giving American pop culture a run for its money" by Gloria Goodale

Anime - Animation that is produced in Japan. It is most often in the form of television or feature length films.
Anime is known for its simplistic nature that puts much of the focus on story-telling, which the Japanese value.
Anime is widely popular in Japan, with fans ranging from children to the elderly.
Manga - comparable to a comic book, but drawn with the distinct style of anime.
Manga became popular after WWII, when artists channeled post-war anxiety into pictographs, which became very popular.
One of the most well-known creator of this artform is Hayao Miyazaki, whom is known for films such as "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke".
Many anime deal with themes such as good versus evil, technology versus nature, and the very meaning of life.
There is a museum in Tokyo dedicated to Hayao Miyazaki's studio Studio Ghibli.

Battles of World War 1

Battle of the Marne

The German's had planned to conquer France
The Germans were planning on doing a wheeling movement with its northern wing armies through central Belgium then they would enter France
This would let them turn towards the English Channel which would allow them to cut off the French retreat
This would allow the German army to trap the French army and allow them to capture Paris
This plan had failed because of the advancement of the British Expeditionary Force, which caused the German's to retreat.

Battle of Verdun

Germans thought the only way they could win was by attacking west
Decided they were going to attack a French position. Then wait as the French would exhaust all their troops and resources.
This would cause the French to exit and leave the British alone on the Western Front, which the German's would then attack with their submarine blockade

corruption post #7

What did George Ryan really do? he faced and denied federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, mail and tax fraud, and lying to the authorities to cover up those crimes. Ryan was charged with granting lucrative state contracts and leases to old friends. in return he received gifts from them mostly cash and luxury vacation's. he and his family gained a total of 167,000 dollars. When questioned by authorites Ryan covered it up and denied the accusations that he was being questioned about. The fact that ryan was one of many that have been charged with corruption charges is just unbelevible.

Source: http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&source=gale&idigest=8de64512480f8c58026cd9fc2834cb47&prodId=GIC&userGroupName=hins30136&tabID=T004&docId=A111604001&type=retrieve&contentSet=IAC-Documents&version=1.0>.

Holocaust interview #6

Part A- I Interviewed Mr. Frieler who is a teacher at hinsdale central and also works at the Illinoise Holocaust Museum. He is a realiable source because he works at the museum for a long time and is also a History teacher. I interviewd him last Thursday in person.

Part B- Q- Did the Jewish people do something for this to happen to them?
Answere- They didn't do anything but they were only 1% of the german population, they were blammed for the outcome in the first world war I. They did this because they didn't have anyone else to blame and they were vaunerable.

Q- How did Adolf Hitlar get the Jewish people so isolated?
A- First Adolf was ruling by himself at that point so he made up all the descions. He took babysteps first making them wear the star of david then putting them in Ghettos to boycotting their businesses.

Q- How did they decide if a Jewish person was only half jewish or if they married a Women who wasnt jewish and he changed his religion
A- Through the Nuremberg Law which defined who a jew was.

Other useful Information

Some German people were for this law but maybe didnt agree with killing the jewish people but thought it was good putting them in ghettos isolating them
At Concentration camps there would also be other people then jewish people like homosexuals, people who spoke out against Adolf they had different signs for them unlike the star of david
Most people just didn't speak up against Adolf because they didn't want anything happing to them
Most people thought it was fine intill it was happening to them

The Assassins Decline.

"The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven" Page 139, Syrian Assassins after Sinan

• The Syrian and Persian assassins had to rely more on Alamut after the death of Sinan, which is ironic because Sinan didnt consider him self allied with Alamut, but allied with Assassins, and sometimes Alamut even hated Sinan and sent assassins agaisnt him.

• Franks tried to negotiate with the Assassins by bringing valuable gifts. The Assassins were honored by the Franks having gifts, but the Assassins would only negoitate at Alamut, their main headquaters.

• In 1230, the Assassins aided the Hopsitallers, another order, in millitary efforts agaisnt the papacy. Which is ironic because later the Assassins would be attacked by the Hospitallers and forced to pay an annual tribute to them.

• 1256, Alamut fell to the Mongolians. The Syrian Assassins were ended and all the remained were small sources of Nizaris and the Persian Assassins. The Persian Assassins were now more independent and had no allies.

• By 1273 The small traces of Nizaris in Syria were wiped out, and all Assassin fortresses were under either Mongol, Baybar, or Hospitaller control.

Vocab:
Sinan - The leader of the Syrian and Persian Assassins/Nizaris for many years.
Baybars - Militiary and Government group that were enemies of the Syrian Assassins

Japan Interview

For my project, I interviewed Professor Lawrence, whom works here at Hinsdale Central as the East Asian Studies teacher. He is a reliable source for information, because his job is to teach about the culture and history of Asian countries like Japan and China. I asked him a few questions before school on Thursday, May 3rd in his classroom.

What are some of the observed practices in the Shinto religion?
He said that very few people in Japan consider themselves to fall under a specific religion. Many mix traditions of it with that of Buddhism, so many traditions are mixed, but there exists shrines for both of them. They look very similar, but inside a Buddhist shrine, you will find things pertaining to the worship of Buddha, but in a Shinto shrine, you will find things pertaining to the worship of different creatures or individuals.

What types of foods are eaten in Japan?
What he said is that since Japan is an island nation, they rely a lot on fishing as a source of food, but there are a lot of different things that are commonly consumed there. Some specific examples of this are Tempura, Noodles, Ramen, Sushi, Sashimi, and Yakituri.

Japan produces a lot of animation. Has this had an effect on the culture over there?
He said that it not only has had a big impact in Japan, but it has had an impact all over the world. They have produced many globally popular shows such as Hello Kitty, Pokemon, and Naruto, and they have many famous producers of such animation, such as Studio Ghibli.

Sparta Interview

I interviewed a very well known Greece researching professor and he recommeneded me to read two of his book reviews and i did. and the information i pulled out is this. In 450 B.C the spartans showed one of the first rapid miltary reforms by including the perioikoi in their regiments to boost numbers and ensure perioikic loyalty. Spartan mothers had to sacrifice their sons for the state. It also said that women were not looked down upon in the spartan society like he majority of people think but the exact opposite, spartan wpmen were actually respected.

WW2 Japanese Blog Post #7

o Gale virtual library.

o -R&R,Army stayed in japan and had to remake all its government.

-The Japanese would of kept fighting if it wernt for the emporer comming out in public and saying they lost.

-The Japanese took no prisoners and belived that their enemy was the devil itself.

-Okinowa was th bloddist battle because it was considered japanese homeland itself.

-The United States had to completly destroy japans economy and all its power for it to surrender.

-Japanese wore headbands sybolizing their familys and devotion.

- Japanese faught hard and strong but their tactics were the fall of thier forces.

o http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=UHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CBT2336200244&mode=view This data is reliable because it hasd been reviewed and approved by the school.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Interview

I interviewed Professor Elihu Rose. Prof. Rose served in the USAF not long after WWII and is now a professor, mostly lecturing, at Yale, West Point Army Academy, and the US Naval Academy.I interviewed him via email.
The latest correspondence was on 4/26/12.

Questions I asked him:
How was the gas captured and able to reset the bolt and chamber the next round, making the guns semi/fully automatic?
How did the Navy evolve and how did it impact the war, especially the war in the Pacific?
When exactly did planes evolve into jet fighters? And how did this change the tactics used by pilots? How much of an advantage did a jet have in a dog fight over a plane with a propeller?

What were some communication technologies developed in WWII?

Prof. Rose responded to these questions with recomendations of a couple of books.

http://www.profrose.com/

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Rise of Rome

Title: The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Christopher Kelly
Chapter: Chapter 1 conquest

Rome was a warrior state.
By the middle of the 3rd BC Rome had control of most of the Italian Peninsula
The Roman Empire gained all the provinces through fighting
Rome challenged Northern Africa as they were a source if wealth
In 31 BC Egypt fully becomes part of the roman empire

In this book Christopher Kelly explains how the roman empire had captured most of the Italian Peninsula and the rest of the world.

One example that supports this main idea is how the author states that by the middle of the 3rd BC the roman empire had captured most of peninsula. Another fact that supports this main idea is when the author tells about how Egypt was finally captured by the roman empire and was added to the list of territories rome already held. These ideas are connected to how the Greek empire tried to do the same thing in their conquest of power.

In the 5th and 6th centuries Greece was very small and persia was huge containing more than 70 million people.
Greece only had 2 million inhabitants
Persia had more than 1 million sq. miles while Greece only had 50 thousand sq. miles.
Greece was not a unifies country while Persia was.
At the time of 300 Athena and Sparta were the most powerful states.

Interview

1. The person I interviewed is a professor at the colledge of Dupage, who teaches history

2. Their replyable beacuase he studied this for many years and is fasinated by it.

3. I emailed my person back and forth

PART B

1. How did they come up with all the technonlogy that they had?

They learned from the Estutians, who were very industrailed.

2. Did they come up with anything themselves or they just took everything from the Estutians?

No they developed their own plumbing system all by themselves.

3. Ok thank you.

Your very welcome. If you need any more help, just email me and i will try to responed as fast as I can.

Blog Post 7

Ancient Roman Women: A Look at Their Lives

by Moya K. Mason

http://search.proquest.com/docview/198956327/13656BC88051414F8C/1?accountid=6222

1.   couldnt have a business of importance without the agreement of their father
2. father had the power of life and death over his children
3.   Women did not have the right to choose her own husband
4.   Only married women were permitted to wear the stola
5. A woman could not be a witness or act as a surety
6. woman could not adopt or be adopted
7. woman could not make a will or contract

tanks

Blog post 6

http://military.discovery.com/videos/top-10-tanks/

Throughout the video there was something I noticed that each tank was usually newer than the last as well as the fact that the production rate also rose

blog post #6 (interview about watergate)

The person I interviewed was Ron Carlson. He subs some times here at Central. I have known him since I was 3 or 4 years old. He is a reliable source because he subs as a history teacher at both Hinsdale Central High School and at Clarendon Hills Middle School. Also I trust him as a source because he was there when The Watergate scandal was occurring. I interviewed him face to face since he lives across the street from me. I recorded the interview with a small handheld sound recorder. I interviewed him on Monday April 23rd at 4:15PM.

I did not really have any have any questions except what he remembered about water Gate at the time it was occurring. He said the since the FBI knew about Watergate from the beginning and did not do anything to stop the event from happening.

Blog Post #6

I interviewed my uncle, who was drafted in 1962 and joined the Marines with eight of his friends. After basic training and advanced training he volunteered for reconnaissance. My uncle is a reliable source because he lived through it and was in an advanced branch of the military. I interviewed him over the phone on April 25, 2012.

How old were you when you decided to enlist?
17

Why did you enlist?
it was during the draft, i could either go to college and join afterwards, or just get it over with and me and 8 of my buddies decided to join the marines

Describe basic training?
It was bad, they’d tear you down and build you back up the way they want you. Its 3 months straight with no leave or anything then you go to advanced infantry training, everyone has to do that, and that's another month, so when you get out of there you get a leave or you can stay there and do whatever, so when I was in advanced infantry training I carried a Browning Automatic Rifle

Where did you do your basic training?
San Diego California at Camp Pendleton

What was the hardest part about basic training?

I guess it was getting demoralized, I mean they would beat you down and build you back up the way they wanted you. They generally do that physically but they also do it mentally.They would verbally demoralize you, but it would always end up physical in other words, if one guy screwed up and you got an 82 man platoon, you’re all down doing push ups or running or whatever.

What squad were you assigned to?
I volunteered in the Reconnaissance unit after Boot Camp and did recon training.

What was your role in the squad?
Well you have ranks but a lot of it is done on your own or with another person in recon. I was in the recon unit at Camp Pendleton but when you go into a conflict your designated to certain infantry units, in other words your sectioned out to a military unit to get the information.

Where were you first stationed and where did you wind up?
Camp Pendleton, San Diego california, I spent a year and a half at Pendleton, and I spent a year and a half over seas. in over seas we were in 18 different countries, but the main base overseas was in Okinawa an island that belonged to Japan, they took that island in WW2 and they made a giant base there. I wound up in Vietnam in 1964 and it started out small and we were in an expeditionary force to try to teach the South Vietnamese how to fight, because they were useless to be honest with you, but when you're in the Marines, you're told to do something and you do it

Would you recommend joining the Marines?
I don't know if I would join the Marines before the Navy or Air Force because you can learn more in the Air Force and the Navy technologically speaking, but it just depends on what a badass you are, I mean if you'd rather go and fight that’s one thing but if you want to learn something for later join the Navy or Air Force, plus when you seventeen and eighteen years old you think you're Mr. tough guy.

What did you miss from home the most?
Well i was a Highschool sweetheart with your Aunt Melody so I missed her but you also miss ur mom and dad and your family but most your girlfriend and then your family.

How did being in the Marines change you as a person?
It made more detail-orientated, and it made me realize i could do things that I normally couldn't do, they make you do things that you think you can never accomplish, but they give you the drive and the willpower to make you do and accomplish things. Discipline is really the word. it disciplines your whole life

Did your experience challenge your faith?
It strengthened my faith in god because when you're under duress in your life you turn to god, smart people turn to god when things are good and bad but even then. When you first go in, it even humbles and strengthens atheist people to be closer to god because when you're all together and you think you aint goin home it helps everyone. In 1962 when I told you i spent a little less than a year and a half at Camp Pendleton. Kind of a slick thing we did is that we went down to Guantanamo Bay when the Cuban Missile crisis was happening with president Kennedy and the port you leave from is in San Diego it was called the 7th fleet. The Marine corps is actually the attack force of the Navy. That was the slickest thing i've done because we got to sneak through the Panama Canal, we then met another platoon from Camp Lejeune in in South Carolina and we were supposed to do an amphibious landing to attack but they called it off at the end and everyone was like “oh god you gotta be kidding me”. When you go to the military you get to go to places you would never get to go unless you've got a lot of money. You might also want to include is that once you are called you go and when you're overseas you have a floating battalion and we were on a helicopter carrier called the U.S. “IWO JIMA” waiting for something to happen and once it does the marines get their first and you're part of an elite task force and you all go to do a beach landing and then you some troops would take the helicopters beyond the beach and land on the other side, you’d kind of make a sandwich.

blog post 7

ABC CLIO
Spartan Women

Women were supposed to stay inside and wove wool
Women were supposed to raise good soldiers
Most women would be slaves
Women who were free were suppsed to participate in athletic events
free women would aslo bear strong children
women would study poetry, philosophy and greek myths
Sparta has only produced two women poets

ABC CLIO
on Agesilaus II's war machine

Spartan men would be givin prizes for whoever did best in war
walking through Sparta you would see every man training for war all day
many thought sparta was just a big workshop of war
everything that was made in Sparta was mainly used for war
positions in war would be divided by strength and skill
Sparta is thought to be the most war prepared city-state
Spartas military training is one of the hardest in the world

Interview

I interviewed Fred McLaughlin on 4/22/12

Q: What did you do on Saipan?

A: I was a fuel truck driver and fueled B-17s and B-29s to bomb the mainland islands of Japan.

Q: Did you see any Japanese?

A: Yes, none living, they were piled in heaps from our machine gunners mowing them down. They had bayonets and bolt action rifles.

Q: What did you think of the Japanese solider?

A: The Jap was a fierce warrior willing to take his own life for the greater good of his country. Even on Saipan, civilians jumped off cliffs as they were brainwashed by the japs, saying we would kill, rape, and eat them.

Q: Did you ever see any dead Americans?

A: Luckily, No, but all the men in the Medical tent were in there because of a bayonet stab, close quarters shot, or a sniper. The Japanese hid, got close, and then striked.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Origins of World War One

Some of the causes of the start of World War One are:

1.The growth of nationalism across Europe
2. Tensions over territory in the Balkans. Austria-Hungary competed with Serbia and Russia for territory and influence in the region and they pulled the rest of the Great Powers into the conflict through their various alliances and treaties.
3. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip
4. Imperialism
Some people would even say that Germany and Austria-Hungary (the Central Powers) are seen, at the very least, as creating the conditions for conflict.
Some go much further, blaming Germany for planning and waging a deliberate war of aggression.
Under Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany moved from a policy of maintaining the status quo to a more aggressive stance. He decided against renewing a treaty with Russia, effectively choosing for the Austrian alliance. Germany's western and eastern neighbors, France and Russia, signed an alliance in 1894 united by fear and resentment of Berlin.
Also many of the commanders in the war(both sides) thought the war would be over in less than six months

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/origins_01.shtml

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Final Outline

Roman Outline

I. Roman Military Strength

A. Superior Training

1.) Used shields and wooden swords. Both the shields and the swords were made to be twice as heavy as the weapons they’d use for war(Marching and Physical Training)

2.) Running, long and high jump and carrying heavy packs. which are all used today to train our soldiers(Weapons Training)

B. Advanced Military Tactics

1.)The sun should be behind you to blind the enemy. Make the wind to your back see it blows in your face(Roman Tactics)

2.)The infantry was in the middle, while the cavalry stayed in the corners(Roman Tactics)

C. Advanced Weapons

1.) Cassis was the helmet, which was very hard to crack and break(T.J.)

2.) Scutum was the shield that was shaped to fit the person’s body(T.J.)

II. Roman Lifestyle

A. Roman Architecture

1.) Today’s capital buildings, like the White House, were influenced by Roman architecture(Roman Power / Roman Architecture)

2.) Hadrian's Pantheon was one of the greatest architectural creations of all time(Roman Power / Roman Architecture)

B. Roman Daily Life
1.) For fun, they would go to the Coliseum to watch gladiator battles(The Romans - Entertainment)
2.) They would go to the theatre to watch plays, which were starting to gain alot of population(The Romans - Entertainment)

III. Fall of Rome

A. Corruption
1.) All the things that are greatly affecting this nation right now, the Romans senators did that caused the empire to fall(America Now--Roman Empire Then)
2.) Many men were in the government just to make money(Fall of Roman Empire)
B. Invading Tribes
1.) When Rome was declining, hundreds of German and Slavic tribes were raiding and burning Roman cities(Marko Marelić)
2.) The Romans could not fight off all the invading tribes, because the army was off fighting somewhere else, and it was already too many people(Marko Marelić)

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Inside the Concentration camps Blog post 5
A) Inside the Concentration Camps Eyewitness accounts in Hitlar's Death Camps. By Eugène Aroneanu Translated by Thomas Whissen.
1. Chapter 5 Life In Camps
B) 7-10 Bullet Points

If you showed sign of weekness most likely you would get a beating no matter what ager you are
Torchered them untill practically senseless and horrible punishments some commanders considered this a sport
Women weren't allowed to choose where they slept were mixed with criminals and horrible men
Many women were raped till almost death
Religious practice was not allowed if caught death sentence
During a daily day many were kicked and thrown on ground or beaten
everyone had to carry 6 bricks a kilometer each day kilometers and in their health it was horrible
some had commanders on the sides of the wall and they would have to run through on their toes and hands on back of hand being hit by them
People who were older with canes had to go through the same situations

c. Write the 5 sentence summary:

In this Book, Eugène Aroneanu explains the life in concentration camps. One example is that in a daily day each person had to carry six bricks every kilometer and in their shape it was horrible. Another example is that on a daily day they are kicked and thrown on the ground. Finally the last part is about the religious consequences if they showed any sort of spirtual influence they would be sent to death. These examples are similar to the genocide in africa because they all have a specific group that is killing the other race or group they don't like.

blog post 5

book
The Ecology of War
author
Susan D. Lanier-Graham
pages used
103-105

The US's nuclear arsenal was created following WW2
Through the length of the cold war the US began the creation of nuclear warheads at a rapid rate as the SU tried to catch up
Due to the creation of nuclear warheads their was many cases of radiation leak
The radiation leaks were so bad that it was estimated to take up to 63 billion dollars to correct the problem and and to bring them up to regulations it could take 100 billion
Another problematic by product of the creation of nuclear warheads is nuclear waste
A temporary solution was thought up and that was to but high level solution into tanks but due to wartime shortages a less reliable material was used opposed to what was planned Which didn't last as long as scientists would have hoped
Due to that low level nuclear waste was merely put in landfills which in turn caused wide spread nuclear contamination even if it was only a small amount of radiation

The author informs you of the waste caused by the by products of nuclear warheads.

History book of Assassins, Blog Post # 5

James Waseserman. The Templars and the Assassins, Chapter Seven "An Overveiw of Hasan's Assassins"

Key Points:

• Assassin struggled agaisnt the Sunni and the Seljuk Empire -1107
• Anti-Nizari preachers were assassinated. -1108
• First use of the word Assasssin, as Hashishiyya, meaning Nizari follower. -1123
• Qiyama (A new idea for Nizari Ismailis) was proclaimed and made the official idea for the Nizaris. -1164
• Word assassin was proven derived from hashish(shiyya) - 1809
Vocab:
-Hasan: Leader of the Assassin Order in Alamut, succeeded by Muhummad, Hasan II, Muhummad II ,Hasan III, and Muhummad III.
-Malahida a group whose religion is a cover up for the crimes that they do. (Assassins were accused of being this)

Extra:
• Fidai (Assassins) never captured people, only killed, and only weapon used was a golden dagger awarded from Alamut before the mission.

Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity by J. E. Lendon. Chapter: The battle of leuctra.

the spartans trained very hard.
the spartan training was very harsh.
other countries didn't train like the spartans.
other countries didn't have the money to afford spartans training.
spartan training was very secretive.

The First World War

The First World War by John Keegan
Chapter 4:The Battle of the Frontiers and the Marne

Japanese Rice Wine

Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism,

Sake (Rice "Wine") by Stephen R. Smith

Sake - Alcoholic beverage made from rice. It is a generic term for alcoholic beverages in Japan.
It is a symbol of social life in modern Japan.
It is considered to be Japan's national beverage.
It is considered as a Shinto Sacrament.
It is often used as an offering to the kami spirits.
It is believed to be able to purify the profane.
The proof that Sake is highly praised in Japan is in the names they have for it.
Nihonsu - Japanese Liquor
Osake - Honorable Liquor
Both of these terms are used for Sake in Japan

In this article Stephen Smith argues that Sake is an important symbol for life in Japan. His evidence for this is that it is used as a sacrament for the Shinto religion, that it's considered Japan's national beverage, and that the terms used to describe it are "Japanese Liquor" and "Honorable Liquor". The Shinto Sacrament piece is culturally significant, because Shinto is a very important religion in Japan. This is pretty reasonable evidence to back up the fact that the culture in Japan is affected by Sake. Stephen R. Smith is successful in getting his points across in this piece.

Blog #5

Title: The Technology of World War II

Author: Sean Sheehan

Chapter: Inventions and Discoveries

· Most major inventions were only used in the United States and Germany.

o Countries such as Japan lacked scientific experience to make advanced technology.

· Radar, created in the 1930s, was being tested in the field in the early years of the war.

· Most ground towers were operated by women.

· Radar advancements allowed for individual aircraft to carry their own radars.

· Radars at sea were able to detect enemy U-boats. This alone was enough to scare off some of these submarines.

· The world has started to move from propeller-powered planes to jets.

· The technology of jet aircrafts quickly spread through all countries involved in the war, but not all of the countries implemented the jets.

In this book, Sean Sheehan explains some of the new technology being developed in WWII. One of the technologies that he talked about was the radar and how it eventually was made portable and was able to be used on individual aircrafts and ships. Another invention was the jet engine that was put on fighter planes. These ideas are similar to any new practical invention because they made fighting much easier for whoever was taking advantage of the technology.

Book on Ancient Sparta

Titel- The Gymnasium of Virtue
Author- Nigel M. Kennell
Chapter- Introduction
In this book Nigel M. Kennell explains that education was not the most important thing to sparta, but it was required. One reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is that spartans were raised to be tough and to be good soldiers. Military was the main focus in Sparta, but they clearly explain that the Children must know the basics. Another factthat supports this main idea is that military was Spartas main focus. Without a military you will be taken over. Finally, the author gives the fact that Sparta did not worry about education. These ideas are similar to ancient Rome because they worried about having a strong military more than education.

Facts
1. Education was not a priority to Sparta
2. Women get better education than men
3. Sparta and Athens rivalry over better education
4. Military came first
5. Most kids were uneducated
6. It was the parents' responsibility to educate kid until age seven
7. Only the basic acedemics were caught

Life in Ancient Rome

Title - Daily life in Ancient Rome

Chapter - Roman Houses

Author - Florance Dupoint

7- 10 Facts

They were one of the first peoples to have sewer systems
Gladiators would fight to the death
Only boys went to school
The girls stayed home and worked
Ancient Rome started as a small city in 753 B.C.
Rome's biggest Colosium held over 250000 people
Slaves made up over 40 percent of the population

In this ___________book___________________ (book/article, etc.), ________Florance Dupoint___________ (author) ________explains______(claims/argues/explains) that the Roman's daily life was very similarm to todays daily life in America. ________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________ (identify author’s argument/purpose).

One reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is _They had to go to work in the morning and then come gome at the end of the day.___________________________________________________________

___________________________. Another reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is _____They had normal sewer systems like we do today, and there not very different at all.___________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Finally, the author gives the reason/fact/example _____fact that the we were influenced by the Romans builiding ideas when we built our capital buildings.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ to support the main idea.

These ideas are _________similar___________ (connected/similar) to ___todays worlds on how Africa is staring to use sewer and water systems, just like the Romans did___________________________________________ (something you learned or experienced previously) because ______it shows just how__ advanced they really were.____________________________________________________________________________________________ (explanation of connection).