Norman Rockwell Painting

   It is winter time, the year is 1954 and everyone in the Smith household is fast asleep. The weather the past few days has been quite cold, but snow has yet to reach the town in which the Smith family lives. All of a sudden little Johnny and Susie are each awoken by their loving mother. She eagerly tells the children "come with me I have something to show you". The children and their beloved dog Shiloh excitedly follow her to the window and look outside. What they see outside is a winter wonderland. Their neighborhood is completely covered in snow and they see the birds outside in the iced covered trees chirping. The Smith family is filled with joy to know they will have a white christmas and the children cannot wait to go outside and play in the first snowfall of the year.

Topic 10 Concept Check

McCarthyism Impact on Society- McCarthyism led to lots of communist propaganda, and thought to be unamerican activities were watched very closely, leading to paranoia among the people.
Communist "Witch Hunt" and Impact on Those Accused - The U.S government kept an eye on people especially people in Hollywood. Those accused of communist activites were arrested.
Space Race Impact on Government Policies- The space race caused more of the government's money to be put into education. Math and Science became priority. The Apollo program also cost the government 25 billion dollars.
Cold War Mindset for the United States and Public- The Cold War caused great fear in the public and government. The advancing Soviet Union led to the race between the two nations. Now houses in the U.S had bomb shelters in case we were attacked in this race to build atomic weapons
Relationships of Suburbs, Automobiles, and Roads- In the 1950's more families moved into suburbs, where it was the norm to own more than one automobile. So in effect more roads were needed to compensate all the extra drivers on the road. In 1956 the Interstate Highway Act built 41,000 new miles of road.
Baby Boom- During this time a baby was born every 7 seconds. The causes of the baby boom included the end of 20 years of tough times (World War II and the Great Depression), and the removal of social and economic restraints that kept people from having babies.
Urban-Suburban Pattern- The Buisness disctrict is in the middle which is the Inner-City where the low-income families live. Outside the city is the suburbs where the middle income-families live. Outside of those suburbs are more suburbs where high-income families live.
GI Bill- A Bill that provided WWII veterans college or vocational education. As well as loans to start buisnesses/homes, and a year of unemployment compensation.
Expansion of Middle Class- The reason for the expansion of the middle class included low prices on goods and the invention of the credit card, which skyrocketed the amount of spending done around the U.S.

Casablanca Outline

I. Setting
    a. Casablanca Morocco
    b. Early Years of WWII
II. Introduction
    a. Rick Blaine owner of a local nightclub
        1. Is American and former freedom fighter
    b. Ugarte
        1. Brings letters of transit into the club
        2. Tells rick to hold them for a little bit
        3. But is later arrested so cannot do so
   c. Victor Lazlo is a resistance leader who escaped concentration camps
        1. Husband of Ilsa Lund
    d. Ilsa lund wife of Victor Lazlo
        1. Old flame of Rick
        2. Fell in love with Rick in Paris when she thought Vicotr was dead
III. Rising Action
    a. Ilsa and Victor walk into the cafe
         1. Rick and Ilsa meet again which brings upon bad feelings
         2. Rick learns she has a husband
    b. Victor suspects rick has the letters of transit
         1. Talks to Rick who refuses to give them to Victor
         2. Downstairs in the cafe Nazi officers begin singing their anthem
         3. Victor proceeds to get the club to start singing the French National Anthem  
     c. Ilsa attempts to get the letters from Rick
        1. She points a gun at him but he refuses still
        2. They then both admit their love for one another
        3. Then decide to stay together
 IV. Climax
    a. Lazlo is arrested on a minor crime
        1. In the jail Rick tells the french officer to let Lazlo go in order to charge him on a bigger crime
        2. Rick then gives Lazlo the letters of transit to get him in trouble so Rick can have Ilsa
    b. Lazlo gets caught with the letters of transit
       1. Insteead of letting this happen Rick threatens to shoot the officer
       2. Rick helps Victor and Ilsa escape to get on a plane
    c. Rick then lets Victor leave with Ilsa
       1. He knows the two of them should be together
   d. Just as the plane is getting ready to leave, the head Nazi officer comes
       1. Rick then shoots him in order to let the plane leave safely
V. Conclusion
    a. Rick and the french officer leave and start a life on the run

Topic 9 Concept Check

Role of Women- Women began to work inoffice jobs, war factories, and in the government. Women also helped by selling war bonds, donating blood, and reducing use of materials that could be used for the war.
Cause and Effect of use of the Atomic Bomb- The reason for dropping the bombs was because the Japanese were rutheless and they were going to keep fighting and it would lead to many deaths for U.S soldiers. The effects of the bomb include killing hundreds of thousands innocent civilians, leaving harmful radiation in which made Hiroshima and Nagasaki unhabitable and causing the Japenese to finally surrender.
U.S Foreign Policy Before, During, and After the War-

• Before- The U.S was isolationists. We stayed out of the conflict in Europe because we did not wish to be involved in a war especially since the Great War ended only a few years prior
• During- U.S was neutral at first. Only selling weapons to Britain in return for money and nothing else. Once we became involved this changed and we provided aid to allied countries.
• After- We became very involved in other countries. We remained stationed in Europe and helped the damaged countries try to rebuild their citites and such

Effects of the War on Europe- Many countries in Europe contained many homeless people, and were as poverty striken as they were during the Great Depression. It would take many years for the population to grow back to what it was before the war.
Effect of the Pearl Harbor Attack- The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which killed many innocent Americans caused the U.S to declare war on Japan in which Germany (ally of Japan) then declared war on the U.S.
Japanese Internment- People of Japanese desendence living in the U.S during the time of the war were forced into War Relocation camps. They were forced to sell their buisnesses and leave their homes to go into these camps. They were held in these camps for the duration of the war and many families were seperated from each other.
Neutrality Acts-

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

Purpose of Propaganda-The purpose of propaganda is to spread ideas or information in order to support a person or cause.
Rationing-To help the war effort at home, families would ration their food and other important materials like metal, rubber etc. They were told to save fat from foods to give for weapons. Also they were told to refrain to buy new products and to carpool to save gas.
Results of WWII- After the war Europe was left in ruins, and Germany was split into four sperate parts. The United Kingdom's position as a global power was lost and the United States and the Soviet Union became formidable world powes. The European Union and United Nations were formed and ulitimately it began what would later be the Cold War.

World War II Timeline

A Different Perspective

   Watching the clips from the Shoah collection gave me a very different perspective than what I saw from before. I have only seen one other interview of Holocaust survivors and it was quite brief. Watching theses clips gave a more real feeling to an event that I have been so intruiged to learn about. This topic is so bizarre, I can not wrap my mind completely around it. The violence that occured in this time is so drastic and cruel, that to me it seems almost fiction. I have read much on the topic but nothing really amounts to watching someone give an eyewitness acount of what happened to them at the time. It saddned me to watch the clips because I was able to hear and see the pain of the person while they spoke of their experience. They were often happy in the beginning of the interview but as they spoke of some atrocities they soon became very solemn and a few broke into tears. To me this was eye opening. Although I was never in denial that this happened, I never fully got it. The emotion never welled up inside me when I read about it, and when I watched movies I would think "oh well its not real it's a movie" even when I knew it really did happen. So now I look through new eyes when I watch/read something about the Holocaust. I now see and feel the pain and think these were everyday people, people who felt pain just like me and you.

Eva Miodelska

Born: 1926 in Lipsko Poland. Escaped from a death march and was hidden by a german family

1. Were there any signs that you would be deported to a labor camp?
2. Did you suffer harsh treatment as a child for being Jewish?
3. During the time spent in the labor camp were you in constant fear of losing your life?
4. What made you decide to escape the march? What gave you the courage/strength to escape?
5. Looking back is there anything you would have done differently?