The Collapse of Communism

Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe and the USSR because of a series of events that happenend between the years of 1989 and 1991. The new leader of the Soviet Union relxed the influence of communism

Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

African Independence

Africa changed so much in that 20 year period because 

Film Lesson: "The Right Stuff"

The United States ans the USSR were competing in the film because they were competiting to see who came finish stuff first and do stuff the other country has never yet to do. They were in a space competition and it was a big part of the cold war. This happenend a few years after World War The USSR was the first to get a satalliete in space and a Russian was the first man in space, while the US had sent a monkey in space a few weeks before. The movie was really funny. My favorite scenes in the movie was when the test pilots were in the plane.You could see how its like being in a plane all the way up there in the sky and seeing the other planes. Another part of the movie that i liked was when the US was trying to get a rocket in space before Russia.

NATO and The Warsaw Pact

NATA is countries North America and Europe and The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet Union and its satellite countries. The Warsaw Pact was countries in Europe too and the Soviets wanted to dominate the alliance and they did. NATO was formed by countries that came up with the idea if another country in NATO was being attacked the other countries will come to there aids and help them out. NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Soviets wanted to maintain power in the communist countries in Europe. In 1991, The Warsaw Pact was labeled nonexistent due to democratic revolutions.

Schindler's List

The movie Schindler's List was a great movie. It really showed what the Jews went through in the Holocaust. In the movie it showed how the Jews were killed. Some of them were shot or beaten. The Nazis actually killed some of the Jews for fun because it was like playing a game for them. The old Jews or the young children or Jews with problems they were killed on the spot because they were to ill to do any work and the Germans wanted to eliminate the. It was hard for parents when the Nazis took there children away from them. Some of the Jews lived because they had some really good hiding spots. They used to hide in the floors and inside pianos. I think this film was more powerful because it showed more realistic scenes.

Film Lesson: "Night and Fog"

Night and Fog was a French documentary but it can be subtitled in English. Some of my reactions to the movie Night and Fog was sad. I found the film alittle powerful because it showed things thta happenend during the Holocaust. I think the movie was a good movie about the Holocaust the scenes and pictures were very shocking but it showed the brutality that happened. I was shocked because the Jews were ill treated and sent to concentration camps also known as there deaths. The documentary showed some of the dead people it showed us how there bodies looked like damaged and burnt. The movie Schindlers list was another great movie but i liked it more than Night and Fog. In Schindlers list it showed the devastating pictures from the concentration camps and the dead bodies. It showed how they were just piling up bodies and burning them in a fire. I felt bad when some of the babies and children were being tooken away from there parents.