1. Do you know how to create a digital story using Movie Maker? If so, great! You will assist in teaching the class. If not, no problem. Find a video at teachertube or youtube for example that demonstrates the "how to" of using movie maker. Post your videos (if you're unable or not that techno savvy you can post the link) here.
2. The second step in this (the beginning of your final project) assignment is to locate a time period or historical figure or historical event and tell why this time period, event or person is of interest to you in 200 words or more.
This is an example of a digital story with narration, music and role-playing. Yours will have to be equally creative. If you would like extra credit for the technology component of the final project, you can substitute a podcast for the digital story. You will also have to instruct the class on how to create such podcasts.
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Hi! I'm not exactly sure if this is where we're supposed to leave comments, but I guess I'll give it a try!
-Emily Seal
I'm not sure if this is the right place either but I hope it is because I can't access blackboard yet.
-Yasmin Linder
hey! Just checking in.
-Matthew Jones
Hello! I hope this is the right place to leave our comments too. Well, the video was good.
-Sarah Hardy
Hey! The video was pretty good, but those British kids sure are twisted. Keep it real, Dr. White.
-Laura Jones
yea, keep it real.
Seth Mallett
not really sure what to do here. but here is a comment :)
Yeah, that movie was fun..
-Charles Cone
Hey, Paul here. Interesting video.
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-Duncan Wilder
hey, i'm sorry i didn't post on here last week the first time i looked at your blog.
--laura lilly
Yay!! I am finally able to leave a comment on this "bogsite." With the help of Laura Lilly...
--Kristen Gee
The French Revolution greatly interests me, mainly due to the fact that it so closely relates to the United States' revolution. Shortly after the American Revolution had ended and the Declaration of Independence had been signed, French citizens followed in the United States' footsteps, beginning their own fight towards "liberty, equality, [and] fraternity" (slogan of the French revolutionaries). From past history courses, I know that Frenchmen, such as marquis de Lafayette, were involved in the American Revolution, aiding the Americans to win the war against the British and growing their own love for liberty. Thus, the American Revolution sparked into flame the French Revolution; however, the two were not exactly similar. For one thing, the French Revolution was much more violent and controversial than the American Revolution. Also, France was unstable for decades and fought a number of wars before democracy finally took a permanent hold. The small amount of knowledge I have on this subject causes me to want to learn more about the why's and how's of the French Revolution and to discover exactly what France underwent in order to become a democratic society. My hope is also to learn more about the similarities and dissimilarities between both the American and French revolutions, in order to be able to recognize any possible historical patterns.
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Audie Murphy was a combat soldier in World War II. He received more decorations and honors than any other combat soldier. My father introduced his name to me when I was eight years old and I became increasingly interested in the Murphy as I learned more about him.
Audie Murphy was a country boy born and raised in Texas. He had to help support his family because his father left them and never came back. During the war, Murphy took part in daring feats which saved the lives of his platoon on multiple occasions. For example, the Germans surrounded his platoon at one point and the tanks were closing in so Murphy boarded a burning tank, shooting at the encroaching Germans with a machine gun. He held them at bay for long enough to call in the coordinates for artillery support. A man of such valor, raised in the settings of any common man, gives people the hope to aspire to become greater. After accomplishing many more daring tasks on Sicily and Italy, Audie Murphy returned to the United States and received every medal that the country had to offer as well as medals from France and Belgium. Murphy had worked himself up to the position of major by the time he was relieved from duty. He became an actor and made an autobiographical movie of his time overseas called “To Hell and Back,” where Murphy played his own role. Murphy soon found that the mental, physical, and emotional stress at war had taken a toll on him. He spoke about the disorder and tried to convince the government to look further into the issue. Audie Murphy was a man of astounding character that young men and women find fascinating.
Sadly, Audie Murphy died in a plane crash in Virginia in his mid forties. Though he died, his story continues to inspire people to do better and to continue on during times of adversity. That was more of an overview. He is just really inspiring to me.
--Matthew Jones
This is my 200 word report. I hope you like it.
Paul Verrilli
Frank Lucas was born in September of 1930 in La Grange, California. He was a heroin dealer and drug lord in Harlem in the 1960s and 70s. It was legend that he smuggled heroin from Vietnam in the coffins of dead American servicemen, but he himself claims it was only a fable. He had many connections with Sicilian and Mexican mobs, and had an enormous monopoly on the heroin market in Manhattan. He preferred to use relatives in his crew because they would be less likely to steal from him. He lived among the social elite, meeting some of the most famous people in the entertainment business, politics, and crime. By the end of Lucas’s career, he was worth some 52 million dollars. Upon his capture in 1975, Lucas was sentenced to 70 years in prison, and was stripped of his assets. However, Lucas provided evidence that led to more than 100 drug-related convictions, and was released in 1981 on parole, only to be recaptured for drug related activity in 1984 and serve another 7 years. In 2007, a movie was made depicting the story of Frank Lucas, with Denzel Washington as Lucas. Lucas is still alive to this day.
Adolf Hitler, one of the most powerful and feared men in the last century, was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933 but this position quickly became a dictatorship when he appointed himself Führer. After fighting in World War I, Hitler became interested in the anti-Semitic, nationalist, and anti-capitalist views of Anton Drexler. These views prompted him to stronly believe in a society made up of the same types of people. Hitler was able to gain popularity because he was a wonderful public speaker who captivated the attention of crowds as big as six thousand. In his speeches, he attacked the Jewish faith, liberals, capitalists, and communists. Once he gained enough support to hold an office of political power, he convinced the people of Germany that he was their savior from the economic depression. He was such a powerful influence on the country of Germany, that he persuaded young boys and men to become Nazis and help in the destruction of anyone or anything different. Hitler ordered a mass killing of Jews in order to acquire “racial hygiene.” He ultimately imprisoned and killed millions of Jewish men and women which lead to the destruction of his German empire.
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--Kristen Gee
The term 'haute couture' is one which is loosely used and widely misunderstood by the majority of the misinformed public. Often people attach the phrase to dresses which have a relatively high price tag, but in all actuality there are very specific criteria which make a gown or suit haute couture. The country of France has a list of ten official French fashion houses who are permitted by law to create the decadent and embellished gowns. The garment, which is typically an evening gown or a men's suit, must be custom-made for the customer; this custom sewing job always includes countless fittings in order to ensure a flawless mold to the person's body and also includes what can sometimes become hundreds of hours of hand sewing beads, lace, and other embellishments on to the product. The people who buy these gowns are investing in the world's finest fabrics, top designers, most talented craftspeople and an item of clothing meant to represent fahion in its highest form of art. In this project I hope to inform the class on the true meaning of haute couture and dispell any myths and misconceptions which are so common today.
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laura b jones
Charles Manson fancied himself some kind of prophet and devil and was responsible for having committed and persuading others to commit multiple murders. Charles Manson was born to his unmarried mother on November 12, 1934. Manson’s early childhood was sprinkled with unusual events from having his mother trade him for a pitcher of beer to living with his very religious aunt and uncle in West Virginia to running away from boarding school only to be rejected by his mother. After having been imprisoned twice, Manson picked up followers, mostly women, and moved to and from different houses along the West Coast. Manson was much affected by the Beatles’ “White Album” which he believed was an apocalyptical prophesy in code. Manson convinced his followers, known as his Family, of what he called “Helter Skelter” which was his theory that black people would rise up against white people eventually killing them off. After all of this, Manson claimed that he and his Family would rule over everyone remaining. In an attempt to begin Helter Skelter, Manson instructed Family members to commit the brutal and bloody Tate-LaBianca murders. During the trials for these murders, Manson showed his extreme influence over his followers who gave performance-like testimonies and tried to exonerate him. Manson and many of his followers were found guilty of murder and conspiracy. Manson was sentenced to life in prison and still lives in the Corcoran State Prison.
--Laura Lilly
Gabrielle-Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet was born December 17, 1706 to a family of the high French aristocracy. Madame du Châtelet’s father was Louis-Nicloas, Baron de Breteuil. He was a favorite of Louis XIV’s court; Madame du Châtelet’s father, however, retired from the French court in 1751 when Louis XIV died. Châtelet was a bright young woman and was tutored extensively. Madame du Châtelet was disciplined and she therefore received an extensive education that was uncommon among women of that time. She learned Latin, Italian, English, mathematics, and the sciences, but she became most interested in math and science. Madame du Châtelet was close friends with Voltaire, a famous philosopher and writer. She was married, but Madame du Châtelet had a close relationship with Voltaire and worked with him extensively. Though Madame du Châtelet was accomplished and intellectually gifted, she was barred from entrance to the Royal Academy of Sciences and had little interaction with other scientists because of her gender. However, she learned extensively on her own and focused her efforts on learning from the ideas of other gifted individuals. Among Madame du Châtelet’s achievements was her translation into French of Principia by Newton; her translation was the first and only one. This is considered her greatest work.
I chose to write about Madame du Châtelet because in a time of strict moral ideals, she studied and used her talents to do more with her life than was expected of a woman in the 1700s. She is an inspiration to all on how to accomplish what they want in life.
-Sarah Hardy
Jack the Ripper is one of the most notorious serial killers to walk the earth. The Ripper terrorized the Whitechapel area of London, England in the late 19th century. Jack the Ripper is so notorious because he was never caught and because all the victims throats were cut and then the bodies were mutilated. Most of the victims of Jack the Ripper were prostitutes which were abundant in the Whitechapel area which hosted up to sixty two brothels in the area with twelve hundred prostitutes. While there were eleven murders originally investigated by the London police in regards to Jack the Ripper there are only five that are widely agreed upon as victims of Jack the Ripper. The first is Mary Ann Nichols who was found on the ground on front of a gated stable two hundred yards away from the London Hospital. The second was Annie Chapman who was found lying on the ground in the backyard of a house. The third was Elizabeth stride who was found lying dead in a street. The fourth was Catherine Eddowes who was found in Mitre square in the Whitechapel area. The last victim that is agreed to be a victim of Jack the Ripper is Mary Jane Kelly who was found severely mutilated in her bed of her home. Jack the Ripper has stirred up so much interest that people still today are researching Jack the Ripper. They are called Ripperologist.
Russell Tyler Webb
Marie Antoinette was the beautiful Queen of France who became a symbol for the reckless extravagance of the 18th century monarchy. Marie Antoinette was born in 1775 as the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I. As with most royal daughters, Marie Antoinette was promised in marriage in order build an alliance between France and Austria. Marie married the French dauphin, Louis of France in 1770, and he ascended the throne in 1774 as Louis XVI. Marie Antoinette was at first welcomed by the French people, but she slowly became an object of their hatred for her frivolous spending habits, her many affairs with other men, and her opposition to political reforms. While her country was suffering from food shortages and the people were starving, Marie continued to live a lavish lifestyle. Marie’s behavior as Queen only made it easier for the French people to blame her for the country’s problems. Her unpopularity helped lead to an overthrow of the monarchy, which ultimately resulted in the King and Queen being stripped of their titles. Marie Antoinette became a widow when her husband was guillotined to death after being tried and convicted of treason in January of 1793. After a brief trial, Marie Antoinette herself was convicted of treason, and she too was executed by guillotine. The truth is Marie Antoinette was just a scapegoat during the years leading up to the French Revolution. Her reputation for infidelity and wastefulness was used by her enemies to infuriate the masses against the monarchy. Marie really did not deserve all the hatred she received from her subjects, for she did try to be a good Queen and help her people. Marie Antoinette will forever be associated with royal extravagance, despite any good she tried to do for her people as Queen.
i didn't actually write why i wanted to do my project on charles manson; i just wrote about charles manson. my bad.
i would like to do my project on charles manson because his story is so insane and because he screwed up so many people and caused so much fear and hysteria during the late 1960's, early 70's.
i would also like to look into the award-winning interviews with him which show how a person with so much intellegence can be so incredibly messed up and evil.
The Manhattan Project was the the project taken upon by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, to create the first nuclear weapon. The project took place between 1941 and 1946 under the charge of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. General Leslie R. Groves was the administrator of the project. Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer led the scientific research. In 1945, three nuclear weapons were detonated: a plutonium implosion bomb near Alamogordo, New Mexico; an uranium bomb called “Little Boy” over Hiroshima, Japan; and another plutonium bomb called “Fat Man” over Nagasaki, Japan. These final two “atom bombs” forced Japan to surrender to the allied forces which led to the end of World War II. The beginning of the project was due to the fact that the United States was convinced Germany had developed a nuclear weapon in the 1930s. At it’s height, The Manhattan Project employed more than 130,000 people and cost more than $2 billion. The project caused the creation of many secret research sites. There were three primary research sites: Hanford Site where plutonium was produced, Oak Ridge where uranium was produced, and Los Alamos National Laboratory where weapons were researched and designed. The creation of the atom bomb was possibly the most monumental military advance in the 20th century.
-Charles Cone
Maria Theresa achieved many superior accomplishments during her life that made her a famous and historical figure of Austria. She was a reigning archduchess of Austria, a Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and a Holy Roman Empress. She was born on the 13th of May in 1717 in Vienna and died on the 29th of November in 1780. She was the eldest daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick. Her parents had no male children so she was the one to take all of the dominions of her father. The only male son they had died as an infant in 1716. In 1713, Charles issued the Pragmatic Sanction which promised his daughter the right to succeed to the Austrian Throne and to inherit his united lands on his death. Because Maria Theresa was already promised all of that wealth at her father’s death he allowed her to marry someone of her own choice that she loved instead of looking for a powerful and wealthy heir. Maria Theresa was married to Duke Francis Stephen of Lorraine in 1736. Theresa had 16 children by him, eleven of which were girls and the rest five boys.
Maria Theresa was always looked up to in the country of Austria. From the time she was eleven years old until she died in 1780. Maria Theresa helped initiate educational and financial reforms to help better the country. She helped to promote commerce and the development of agriculture and on top of all this she even reorganized the whole army. During the later years of Theresa reign, she focused on reforming laws involving enlightened absolutism to help strengthen the economy. Maria Theresa died being the only female to rule during the 650 year long Habsburg Dynasty.
When the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution went into effect in January 16, 1920, Prohibition began nationally in the United States. This Amendment made the manufacturing, sale and transportation of alcohol illegal in the U.S. Not everyone agreed with these strict laws and did what they needed to do to get the buzz they wanted. While the U.S. was in Prohibition, surrounding countries were perfectly legal to do what they liked with their alcohol and they flourished as their products were consumed by visiting Americans and illegally imported to the U.S. People rebelling Prohibition often visited Chicago which became notorious as a haven for disobeying Prohibition. The notorious gangsters of Chicago, such as Al Capone and his enemy Bugs Moran, made millions of dollars from illegal alcohol sales in the states. Capone controlled all 10,000 speakeasies, selling and drinking alcohol establishments, in Chicago and ruled the bootlegging business from Canada to Florida. Many crimes were linked to criminal activities in Chicago and other places in violation of prohibition. Prohibition didn’t solve all the problems intended when it was enforced, it opened the door for more criminal activity to take place.
-Seth Sofferin
As the beginning of my final project, I am going to choose Winston Churchill as my person of interest. He lived from about the late eighteen hundreds until the mid nineteen hundreds. I find him to be interesting because from what I have read about him I believe that he was a fantastic leader for Britain, especially during World War II. During the Second World War, Winston Churchill did a remarkable job leading Great Britain through war, and through it all, he managed to keep the people of England rallied in support of its and its allies troops. Churchill also did a great job communicating with the other leaders of the allied nations, like Truman and Stalin. Even though he disapproved of how Stalin lead the Soviet Union, Churchill still had many conferences with Stalin because he wanted there to be peace between all nations. In the end the allies won the war, and after that, Winston’s service as Prime Minister was over. But after about five years, Winston Churchill was again elected as Prime Minister of Great Britain. By his war time efforts, he was able to secure a spot as on of Great Britain’s greatest Prime Ministers.
-Seth Mallett
Jackie Robinson quite possibly the most influential major league baseball player of all time. He was not the first African American to play, but the first that started a new era. I enjoy playing baseball myself, and therefore think this will be an excellent person to do research on, also he is from our neighboring town Cairo. I know general background information on him, but not any of the details. I plan on learning a lot.
He changed the game. At the begining many whites did not accept him. However, eventually they had to. Robinson ended eighty years of segregation by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. He even won the first rookie of the year award. He played in six World Series, and was nominated for the all star team six consecutive times. Eventually, to know ones surprise he was even inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. He also contributed a great bit outside of the field. He was a huge civil rights leader and proud supporter of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X. Robinson passed away in 1972, but now before his number, 42, was retired by major League Baseball. Robinson is considered one of the the most influential people of all time, on and off the field.
I know this is from weeks ago, butI still wanted to leave a comment regarding the video nd sign-up for this blog. I think I finally have it!
-Christopher Ford
Please excuse the mistakes in the previous message. I have completed the sign-up for the blog site and wanted to respond. Thanks!
-C. Edward Ford
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