The Treaty of Versailles (ended WW I)

The treaty of Versailles affected Germany at the end of world war 1 in many ways. When world war 1 ended, Germany faced a lot of suffering. When they lost, Germany had to sign the Treaty of Versailles and on the treaty it said that everything that happened in the war was Germany's fault. They got blamed for everything. Germany had went to war to try and conquer some land and they ended up loosing land and lots of solders. There economy was so bad because they had to pay and rebuild everything that got destroyed and then taxes were raised. I think that the treaty of Versailles caused the rise of Hitler because it just basically pissed him off and he wanted revenge. Germany wanted to become a powerful nation again so they people trusted Hitler and they picked him as there leader and it turned out to be a bad choice.

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal modernized Turkey and made it more secular. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

He was to go give Turkey dignity,equality and make them happy. Throughout his modernization a secular government

and education played a big role in it. He made changes to the whole country. One change was that he became a powerful

leader he defeated all who opposed him. He had put end to the Ottoman empire. He was a military hero when he came back from the Dardanelles in 1915. It was then that he decided to lead his nation to liberation. Even peasants, who were greatly ignored in the Ottoman Empire, were considered important. Secular is when religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions. In other country's Religion would be a Law. The life of people who lived in Turkey changed. Mustafa was the president of turkey for a long time and he made lots of changes to his country.

Film Lesson: "Gandhi"

Gandhi helped Indian gain independence over Great Britain. He was known as a "hero" to the Indian People. He was known as a her because Gandhi had fought for India and its independence from Britain. He wanted to win its independence without violence he was a kind man and very intelligent. Gandhi did things for people to believe him because no one had believed him at first. He was sent to jail for long periods of time fighting for his country. Because of Gandhi India got its independence he changed the world. After the independence he got mad because the Hindu and Muslim people were being separated. In the end he was shot he was an inspiration.

The Russian Revolution

The Russians had a revolution because they wanted change. They were desperate and the government was very bad. The country was lacking food and it was very expensive. During the revolution man people were killed. They didn't have enough guns so they used to send guys out on the field without weapons and they had to pick up guns off the floor. The main person in control of the revolution was Czar. He died during the revolution. The quote peace, land and bread means like Russia. They wanted peace and a good government and they were defending there land and bread means like they needed food for it to be cheaper. The Bolsheviks believed in the teachings of Karl Marx and they were very violent. The Bolsheviks defeated the provisional government and Lenin took over Russia.

Causes of WW I

The primary causes of World War I was nationalism, militarism, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the collapse of the alliance system. Nationalism is the love that you have for you country.  Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist on June 28, 1914. Then Austria Hungary made it an excuse to declare war on Serbia. Another cause of WWI was imperialism.

Opium Wars - Imperialism in China

The opium war started in 1839 and ended in 1842. China fought Britain during the war.  China used to use opium as treatments for diseases and sicknesses. The Chinese had put opium in the green tea and it became very popular.  The British started putting opium with tobacco so then it was smokable. 

Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

In the movie Mountains Of The Moons the European people wanted to find the starting of the nile river. They faced many problems because the African people weren't used to seeing white people. So they encountered some problems on the way and faced some hard tasks. The African people would like inspect them and touch there clothes and hair because it was new to them. Its strange because lake Victoria in Africa is names after a European queen because John Speek named it that when he found it. But he didn't discover it the African people living there long before him probably knew about it.