Casablanca

I Setting
A. Casablanca, Morocco

II Characters
A. Ilsa Lund- Rick's former lover, secretly married to Victor.
B. Rick Blaine- owner of Rick's Cafe, main character.
C. Victor Lazlo- Ilsa's husband, wanted by the Nazi's

III Plot
A. Begins in Rick's Cafe with a man trying to get him to hold letters of transit.
B. Ricks takes the letters and hides them.
C. A Nazi commander arrives.
D. Victor and Ilsa arrive.
E. Victor speaks to Rick about the letters of transit, he doesn't budge.
F. Ilsa and Rick encounter each other when she sneaks in and threatens to shoot him for the letters.
G. The cop and Rick plot to catch Victor.
H. Ilsa ends up leaving with Victor.

Topic 9 Study Concepts

Role of Women during World War II

• They took the places of men in everyday jobs and society, and helped with the war effort.

Cause and Effect of Use of the Atomic Bomb

• Pearl Harbor- cause
• Radioactivity- effect

US Foreign Policy Before, During, and After the War

• Before- U.S. was neutral
• During- helped out our allies
• After- we'd attack if there was a threat aimed towards us

Effect of the War on Europe

• Inflation
• Destruction

Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack

• Japanese Americans put in camps.

Japanese Internment

• The government imprisoned Japanese Americans.

Neutrality Acts

• Embargo on arms sales.
• U.S. battleships were not armed
• Americans could not travel on ships of countries at war.

Rationing

• People were encouraged to use less of daily products, such as flour, oil (gasoline), not to buy refrigerators, and to drive less so the tires may be saved.

Results of World War II

• the economy boosted

Ebay

German Luftwaffe Gas Mask
This interests me because this thing is huge! Soldiers had these, and civilians. You never knew when you were going to need it. And the fact that someone would create such a toxic gas to kill people in a war is astonishing, because not only could it harm your own soldiers, but you're civilians. The nob on the end was the filtration canister and the mask was designed so your eyes and facial skin could be protected from possibly melting and blinding you.

Ruth Elisabeth Dahl

Ruth Elisabeth Dahl was born on May 30th, 1922. She was born in Geilenkirchen a small town that was German and near the Dutch border. He dad was a cattle dealer, and her family was made up of orthodox Jews. Her aunts were sent away to Auschwitz and killed, and she later found out her brother had died in a march. She went to Catholic School Her mother, father and herself went into hiding her being separated from them. Once the war was over she was reunited with her parents in Valkenburg.

1. What was it like suddenly being looked down upon by the people who had once accepted who you were?

2. Did you ever think the Germans would invade where you were in the Netherlands?

3. What was it like leaving the home you grew up in, and leaving the people you had grown to to know?

4. Did you ever think you would see your brother and aunts again? Or did you know they were gone?

5. Were you scared of being captured in hiding and after coming out of it, and did you fear that you'd never see any of your family ever again?

Bonnie and Clyde

The class worked in groups to become experts on different "Gangsters". My group which consisted of Alex Johnson, Alex Thomas, and Vince we learned about Bonnie and Clyde. A "couple" who didn't start out as a couple. Bonnie had been visiting her husband in jail and that's when she met Clyde. And wound up breaking Clyde out. They became notorious for robberies throughout Texas. Their careers ended when they were shot down and killed.

Topic 7 Formative Concept Guide

con·cept [kon-sept]
–noun
1. a general notion or idea; conception.
2. an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct.

The Scopes Trial- a trial about a teacher who was teaching about evolutionism instead of creationism

Prohibition- to ban something

Flappers- women who followed the "New" America

Economic Issues (1920s)-hish unenployment, food issues, homelessness
Dust Bowl- overproduction of crops due to new machines in the Midwest

Agriculture Issues- too many crops and overproduction

Immigration Policies (1920s)- ethnic groups were limited to 2% of count from the 1890 census. Asians banned completely.

Nativism- strong hate towards anyone other than people from your homeland.

Significant Literary Works (1920s)-

The Great Migration- the African Americans moving North for jobs and cheaper housing.

Harlem Renaissance- a movement of literature and art for the African Americans

Sacco and Vanzetti- Italian immigrants that were anarchists

Labor Issues (1920s)- demobilization, too many people not enough work.

The Red Scare- people were afarid of those who displayed un-American behavior.

Schneck v. the United States-Espionage and sedition acts were declared constitutional by the Supreme Court

Rapes? Famines? Horrors?

I do not think schools teach us ENOUGH about history. There is so much they censor us students from.. for what reason? So when we get into the real world and some disaster strikes us, we don't know to react? I feel that yes at younger ages some things in history should not be taught until at an appropriate age for us to be able to handle it. Things like the Rape of Nanking shouldn't be kept from us, or the Ukraine Famine. We should learn about these horrific events so we can better understand our world's history, and know how to look for the signs of it possibly occurring again! In the past history has repeated itself over and over because governments have censored and hidden the truths and wrongs they have done to protect really only themselves, not their people. My generation and future ones, shouldn't be the history repeaters... we should be I guess the history writers. I mean this in the sense that we know what has happened in the past and not let that become reality once again. Who cares how harsh and brutal the history is? Personally, I'd rather LEARN about it then be apart of it! It's happened, it's the past and should have the opportunity to learn in detail about what's happened. If someone can't handle it, then they should leave the room and be given an alternate assignment. It's better to be given the chance to learn about horrible genocides, and famines, and wars and what went on, then to not get the chance to learn about it at all..

Should we?

I do think that we should get involved in SOME affairs in other countries. If genocide is going on or something terribly wrong we as one of the strangest nations in the world should get involved, and help the people who cannot help themselves. Now how far we go to help these other countries in this day and age is different. I do not feel we should fund too much to helping, especially not if its putting many of our military men in danger for something that's not going to help us in the long run. But we should speak up and try our best to put a stop to it. We have the resources to help the "unfortunate" countries get through these hard times and to help their people.