Saturday, March 26, 2011

CasaBlancaa

I. Setting
A. Casablanca, Morocco
1. 1940's World War II

II. Characters
A. Rick Blaine - has a sketchy past, love of his life Ilsa Lund, owns a cafe
B. Ilsa Lund - young women fresh out of her parent home, secretly marries Victor Lazlo, hopeless until she meets Rick
C. Victor Lazlo - Czech Resistance fighter, assumed dead for a while, has money

III. Introduction
1. Two German couriers were killed in the Moroccan desert and Ugarte gets the letters of transit.
2. Rick wants to go back to America.
3. German officials want Laszlo to stay in Casablanca cause he is the leader of the rebellion against the Nazis.
4. The Germans want the person that killed the German couriers to be killed too.

IV. Trouble Arrives
1. Ilsa see's Rick after a few years at the cafe, she's with Lazlo
2. Ilsa and Rick were dating in Paris when the Germans took over France and while Victor was in a concentration camp.
3. Ilsa and Rick were about to leave Paris on a train together, but Ilsa backed out at the last minute. Victor was alive and escaped from the concentration camp.
4. Rick has the letter of transit he got from Ugarte
5. Victor tell Rick that he will give alot of money to get the transit papers

V. Getting Transit letters
1. Ilsa atrempts to get the transit letters from Rick
2. While Victor is occupied with underground meeting, Ilsa goes back to the cafe
3. Ilsa threaten Rick with a gun to get the transit letter but she doesnt't shoot him she still love him
4. They talk about the situation and Ilsa tell Rick that she had to keep her marriage a secret because of the Nazi's
5. Victor appears at the cafe him and Rick talk
6. Victor says that he knows the love that Ilsa and Rick have, he says to give him the transit letter in order to keep Ilsa safe
7. Victors gets arrested for a minor charge, Rick helps him by talking to Renault

VI. Conclusion
1. Germans are looking for Lazlo
2. Rick sets up a trap for Victor to get capture
3. Rick is about to shoot Renault, but he frees Victor
4.Victor and Ilsa use the transit letter to go to America with the help of Rick
5. The German officers come prepare to make and arrest but are shoot by Rick
6. THe movie ends with a famouse quote "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship," as Renault and Rick walk off together

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Concept Questions Topic: 9

Roles of Women in WW II

* Nurses

* Took on job of men when they were in combat

Causes + Effects of Atomic Bomb

* Killed people

* Polluted the air

* Get revenge on Japan

U.S Foreign Policy before + after the war

* Roosevelt disagreed with his advisors sending help to Europe

* German U-boat sunk 500 merchant ship in Europe in 1-month

Effects of WW II on Europe

* Made the Marshall plan

* Had no money

Effects of Pearl Harbor Attack

* Got the U.S into war

*Relocated Japanese-American

* Killed 2,000 people

Japanese Internment

* Lasted 3 years

* Had to sell properties

* Gave back 20,000 dollards to affected families (40 years later)

Neutrality Acts 1935 + 1937

* Embargo on arms sales

* U.S battleships couldn't be armed

* American couldn't travel on ships of countries at war

Purpose of Propaganda

* Get the U.S into war

* Start arguments/fights with other countries

Rationing

* Many people starved to death not enough food

* Began to eat family members

Results of WW II

* European cities destroyed

* U.S economie boosted

* NATO was formed

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Mothers Cross



This cross is call the mothers cross. Hitler made it to encourage mother to make their family larger. Also to stop abortions, he didn't want any mentally challenged kids in his youth organization. In 1938 was when he first started giving them out to German mothers with large families. It is significant because it shows how Hitler wanted more German soldiers to help kill the Jewish people and to carry out all his durty work for him.

Interview Q's Kurt Pauly

1. What was your opinion on moving to Cincinnati?
2.How did you feel when you found out what was happening in Germany with the Jews?
3.How many of your family members perished in the Holocaust?
4. How did it feel to graduate with honors in the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business?
5. Would you ever cosider going back to Germany after everything that has happened with Jews?