Friday, March 21, 2008

I. Introduction
A. Hunger, Sharmen Apt Russell, 2005
B. how hunger affects the world. How hunger is apart of most peoples lives. Also how different things can happen for people to die from hunger.
C. Hunger isn’t just an economic issue, but it’s also a political issue.
D.Hunger isn’t just an economic issue, but it’s also a political issue.

II. Theme of Book (three different stories about hunger that are in the book)
A. Hunger isn’t just an economic issue, but it’s also a political issue.
B.1 billion children live in poverty in the world, 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 because of not alot of food and water. (political issue)
C. (economic issue) when Gandhi starved himself in protest to get things he wanted for himself or his people.
D. In 1846, a large crop of potatoes was contaminated the potatoes and they were not able to be eaten. Many people died in Ireland because the potato was a large part of their diet. (political issue)
E. Hunger isn't just an economic issue, but it's also a political issue. This shows that hunger is a really big issue in the world.

III. Theme in History
A. Hunger is not just a political issue, it's also a economic issue. Hunger is a problem even in different time periods.
B. Hunger has effected the world during any time period. there are alway people that are hungry no matter what way.
C. Starving and being hunger are very close to the samething, although people are more often hungry then they are starving. Being hungry is just when your lunch is late and your getting a little hungery cause you haven't ate sence breakfast. But Starving is people who haven't had food in days and dont know when there next meal will be.
D. there have always been poeple that are hungry no matter what time period it is. Like with the corps that went bad, they didnt have food for there town to eat and this was back in 1846. this shows that there has always been hunger.
E. The theme of hunger isn't only a political issue and a economic issue means that there has always been problems with hunger, starving people this book just tells alot about it.

IV. Conclusion
A. Hunger isn't just a political issue its also a economic issuse that the world has.
B. This book shows that there are alot of hungry people in the world and that there are people starving everyday. The different stories that the book tells about how different people have felt hunger.
C. Theres always going to be people hungry, that has been proven because of people way back in 1846 were starving because of a accident. Theres going to be people starving now because of different reasons. But there still going to be hungry people.
D. The author did i pretty good job in showing the theme throughtout the book. The different stories that it tells about tell the theme.
E. It is really important that everyone understands that this is a big issue thourghtout the world and it shouldn't be avoided.






This book called Hunger by Sharmen Apt Russell was published in 2005. Hunger shows how hunger affects the world. How hunger is apart of most peoples lives. Also how different things can happen for people to die from hunger. There has always been a problem with hunger and starving people in the world. This book shows how hunger isn’t just an economic issue, but it’s also a political issue. Hunger affects everyone. It will affect everyone sooner or later.

Hunger isn’t just an economic issue, but it’s also a political issue. Showing the political issues that hungry has on people would be this; one billion children live in poverty in the world, 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 because of not alot of food and water. And a economic issue would be when Gandhi starved himself in protest to get things he wanted for himself or his people. Another political issue was in 1846, a large crop of potatoes was contaminated the potatoes and they were not able to be eaten. Many people died in Ireland because the potato was a large part of their diet. Hunger isn't just an economic issue, but it's also a political issue. This shows that hunger is a really big issue in the world.

Hunger is not just a political issue, it's also a economic issue. Hunger is a problem even in different time periods. Hunger has effected the world during any time period. there are alway people that are hungry no matter what way. Starving and being hunger are very close to the samething, although people are more often hungry then they are starving. Being hungry is just when your lunch is late and your getting a little hungery cause you haven't ate sence breakfast. But Starving is people who haven't had food in days and dont know when there next meal will be. there have always been poeple that are hungry no matter what time period it is. Like with the corps that went bad, they didnt have food for there town to eat and this was back in 1846. this shows that there has always been hunger. The theme of hunger isn't only a political issue and a economic issue means that there has always been problems with hunger, starving people this book just tells alot about it.

Hunger isn't just a political issue its also a economic issuse that the world has. This book shows that there are alot of hungry people in the world and that there are people starving everyday. The different stories that the book tells about how different people have felt hunger. Theres always going to be people hungry, that has been proven because of people way back in 1846 were starving because of a accident. Theres going to be people starving now because of different reasons. But there still going to be hungry people. The author did i pretty good job in showing the theme throughtout the book. The different stories that it tells about tell the theme. It is really important that everyone understands that this is a big issue thourghtout the world and it shouldn't be avoided.

Friday, March 7, 2008

I. Introduction
A. The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
B. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
C. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
D. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
E. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.


II. First Major Point
A. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
B. Standish and his men where after Corbitant because he thought he was they were trying to fight agaisnt the pisggrams. He ended up surrounding the wigwams and scaring the indains so bad that they were trying to get out anyway they could, they were trying to run out of the walls.
C. He killed Wicawaset when they invited him to dinner and he stabed him with his own knife.
D. Threatens mortan that he will kill him if he doesnt get rid of the colony. and the pilgrams dont agree with this.
E. all of this shows how Mile Standish was violient with eveything he did towards the indains. It provies how he was trying to protect the pilgrams. He also used violence to start the colony.


III. Second Major Point
A. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
B. Benjamin Church captured 60 indians with just 6 men to protect the colony.
C. he also saved his 20 men and got them across the river, when there was around 300 men trying to kill them.
D. Benjamin tries and puts phlip on a post. he kills king phlip in the end, because he was a threat to the colony that he was trying to build.
E. Benjamin Church showed his leadership quilties when he takes over, and shows his men that he will protect them.

IV. Third Major Point
A. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
B. They all thought that it was right for everyone to be a puritan, they wanted everyone to be a puritan.
C. they came to this new place because they wanted religous freedom for themselves.
D. they wanted everyone to be able to read and write because they wanted everyone to read
the bible. And they all founded the school of Harvard, which started out as just a bible school.
E. His leadership helped protect the colonies and made them posibile for them to contiue to be safe.


V. Conclusion
A. All of the English found the colony by using violence and ideaism.
B. when Mile Standish procted the pisgrams from the indians and two men that he thought would kill them.
C. Benjamin Church showed how brave he was, and how much of a leader he was.
D.
E. it shows how this is different story than what people think of how this country started out, it would be a little darker than most people would think.





The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence. The story of Mile Standish shows many different things including; Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence, Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War, and also Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. This all ties into American history because it is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.
Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Miles Standish and his men where after Corbitant because he thought he was trying to fight agaisnt his men which were the pisggrams. He ended up surrounding the wigwams and scaring the indains so bad that they were trying to get out anyway they could, they were trying to run out of the walls. Miles Standish also killed Wicawaset when they invited him to dinner and he stabed him with his own knife. This happened because Wicawaset was trying to make friends with him, because he thought that it would make it so they wouldn't fight him. All of these actions show how Mile Standish was violient with eveything he did towards the indains. He never wanted them anywhere the pilgrams. It provies how he was trying to protect the pilgrams. He also used violence to start the colony.
Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Benjamin Church captured 60 indians with just 6 men to protect the colony. He also saved his 20 men and got them across the river, when there was around 300 men trying to kill them. Benjamin tries and puts King Philip on a post trying to kill him. He ends up killing King Philip in the end, because he was a threat to the colony. The colony that Benjamin Church was trying to build. He didn't want anyone getting in the way of building his colony. Benjamin Church showed his leadership quilties when he takes over, and shows his men that he will protect them. And also taking everything in his own has instead of putting things on other people to do. This is because he wants to keep his colony and not have any of this men killed.
Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. They all thought that it was right for everyone to be a puritan, they wanted everyone to be a puritan. They came to this new place because they wanted religous freedom for themselves, and they also thought that no one else would want to be anyother type of religium than they did. All of them wanted everyone to be able to read and write. This was because everyone was had to read the bible. They thought everything should be religious. Also they all founded the school of Harvard, which started out as just a bible school. Benjamin Churchs leadership helped protect the colonies and made them posibile for them to contiue to be safe.
All of the English found the colony by using violence and ideaism. When Mile Standish procted the pisgrams from the indians and two men that he thought would kill them. Benjamin Church showed how brave he was, and how much of a leader he was. It shows how this is different story than what people think of how this country started out, it would be a little darker than most people would think.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Final Essay

During the Russian Revolution there were alot of people who thought differently about where the money, land and everything else should be. some thought it should be evenly spread between all. That's what the peasants thought. They thought that the land should belong to the people that work, most thought that the workers should get the benefits. During the war and another time they were the hardest workers, and they also worked more longer hours than most. With working that much and not even having any money to show for it, there would be alot of changes with the economic conditions. How the French Revolution economic conditions and the Russian Revolution compare is by how there are more social and political ups and downs than there were economic in the french revolution.Rasputin was one of the bigger leaders in the Russian Revolution. He was considered miracle worker because he could help people when doctors couldn't. He was a trusted friend to most. Al though people thought that he was having a affair with the royal wife. That's why not alot of people liked him they always thought he was having an affair with the wife of the king. George Danton was a leader in the french Revelation in a different way than Rasputin was. Geogrge was a president of France. He was the biggest force in the revolution for France.Both the French and the Russian won the wars. There outcomes were the same, both sides won that's why it was called a revolution. In the end of the Russian Revolution there wasn't any difference with the way that the land was and where the money would go. The money and land still belonged to the people with the highest power and the ones that were higher class. After the French Revolution the ending was still that the ruler was Danton and he still powered over everyone.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Book










Fast Food Nation














After reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schosser you will learn there are alot of things that the fast food places are not letting you in on. Have you ever really wondered what is in the food from McDonald's or Burger King? The book Fast Food Nation really gets into detail about things. This non-fiction book that is telling about things that aren't good about the fast food places, it starts out telling where the food comes from: Farms to factories to the restaurants where they serve it to people like us. Some of the book tells about how most of the fast food chains got started and how they got to where they are now. It tells you alot about the ins and out of what your eating and all of the steps that it takes to get all the things together when making the things you order at McDonald's. The book takes a negative aspect on the fast food places. Its shows how bad they are and the things that they do to the food, which they think are very bad. This book Fast food nation will make you stop and think about what your getting when you go and order from a place like McDonald's.
In this book Fast Food Nation Eric Schosser shows how bad fast food really is. He also shows things about McDonald's like the brothers first made the turn around with fast food. This made it so there were alot of fast food restaurants its mostly started up the fast food chain of restaurants. So there were many factiores starting up, they made things like hamburgers, chicken for all of the restaurants. The factories were the worst to work at, this book also showed the worst jobs that people had to deal with. The enviorment that they had to work in everyday, and it was very unhealthy for them. This Factories produced everything that we order at the fast food restaurants today. Eric Schosser also shows how the fast food place isn't somewhere we should ever eat, his option on the fast food places is very clear. He shows how bad the food is for us to be eating, how we can get really bad diseases like mad cow disease. The big thing that he tries to show is that all fast food is bad and i think he wants no one to eat it.


Mostly this book is showing all the bad things about fast food, what could happen when you eat the food coming from theirs places. Its really opinionated book the author is one way on this issue. It also makes me think about what I'm eating theses times i have no time and that's the only thing that's available. This book should be something that alot of obesity people should be reading, so maybe they will think before the next time they go to eat at there favorite restaurant. I think that alot of people would wake up if they read this book, it would be something like a reality check to them. The author made the theme very clear, he wanted people to know how bad fast food really is, this should be a very important theme to people in America no one realizes what there eating and that they need to stop.

Local History Paper.

Palmyra Town History

Palmyra is your typical small town, nothings ever going on type of thing. So it would seem like there wouldn't be any history to go along with this small town aspect. Although lots of people think that small towns have nothing to offer, there very much wrong. Palmyra is a small town but it does have alot of things that people would like to know about. It's the unknown history that everyone wants to read about.
Alot of towns and states started out just like Palmyra and even the state of Maine. Palmyra dates way back to its undocumented history, which goes back over millions of years. Its said that the first people living in Maine were Indians from the Algonquin Nation. Although there is no documented live when they were living here, all that is left is the stories that people left behind of the early days of this state. The earliest thing that was documented was over 150 years ago. This was when around the 1600's France and England fought over control of the area of Maine. After the fight for the land ended, England gained control of Maine over France by 1763 and they also got part of Massachcsetts. This was the first time that any territory was claimed around this area. Around 1790 the unsettled territory of Palmyra was part of Lincoln County, it was on of the two counties in Maine at this point in time. Both of the two counties were bought from Massachcsetts and called a township. After things started to get settled around this area, lots of people started making the move to a not very populated area. There were alot of people that came to this area around 1807. That same year a meeting was held concering a petition that was being sent out to get "the rights and privileges of an incorporated town". This Petition was passed. In 1820 Maine gained statehood. The town of Palmyras population grew to 336. Alot of new stores sprung up, and even some churchs. During the Later 1800's the town of palmyra really started to shape up. Things like people voting to build a eight corner pound for keeping of stray animals, also one of the oldest things in the town was bulid in 1870. Over 130 years ago the Palmyra town office on Main street was built. It still remains in the same shape and same spot as it was build over 130 years ago.
As the town began to grow and things started to get going. Lots of things changed within the town, new things started go come into the town and also more people too. Palmyra the town that would now be called Somerset Count, now had a pretty big school up and running. As the school grew the region started to get bigger. Palmyra was also the center of trade and business activity for the region at this time. Backsmith shops, mills were two of the big things going in Palmyra in the 1800's. Shingle Mill was the biggest mill around at the time. And most of the people that attended church would have to of gone to the Church and Grange hall in Palmyra. This church is still standing today, being the only church that is still in Palmyra to date. Another thing that shows how outdated the town is, would have to be the roads and also the houses that were built back in the day that still stand right at this very moment. There use to be only two main roads in the hole town. One being the Country Road (now known as Rote 151), Second Stage road. Both of which were very important to the town and also both of them still are in use today. The other thing that out dates Palmyra are the houses still standing around, some which were built by the earlist settlers around the 1800's when people were really seltting around this area. During the 1840's the largest estates was owned by Royal Clark, Michael Hanson, Daniel Hanson, Stephen Hilton and Reuben Homestead. The reason that this was documented was because alot of people liked to have a big house around this time, if they didn't have alot of other things to show off why not there big house. Another fact that isn't well known is that Jeremiah Robinson built the first farm house, also still standing today. There was a house always called the "new house", still standing today is known as the Furbusg place to people now. It was built in 1802. This house took a very long tim to build because of its massive size. The original house was bigger than it appears now. The price of the house back in the days when it was built was around $1700. This constisted of two barns, one other good building, six tilled acres, raised indian corn, cheat, oats, beans, and potatos.
Coming from the Furbush house there is alot of history from the road that this massive sized house sits on. Dr. Warren was the man that owned and bought Palmyra. Born July 27, 1753 and also graduating from one of the best schools Harvard in 1771 he was settled in boston. He was a surgeon till around 1777, he found the first medical school in New England at Cambridge around 1781. Dr. John Warren from Boston bought Maine from the common weath on June 12, 1800 with the cost being 7,666.89 for 28,200 aces more or less. After buying all of this land Warrens family stayed around the Palmyra area. He made the rule that anyone who came before him could keep 100 acres of land by paying 5 dollars. The first settlers arrived at the invitaion of Dr. Warren. They had to purchase land from him or not have any at all. Although of the steep prices he put on the land for newcomers to buy land, there was still 20 families sellted in the 1800's within one year. And 20 more within 5 years after that he was very successful with people settled around 6,600. Although no one really could figure out what the name Palmyra really ment, some say that the name came from Dr. Warrens wife. She gave the name to the town in the memory of her daughter Myra out of love. This was her daughter that died at birth. Alot of things happened during the time of Warrens life to the town of Palmyra like on June 20, 1807 Massachcsettsgovernor James Jullivan signed the act, and approved the anem of Palmyra to this Area. And After the Revolutionary War Massachusetts was in debt, they sold more land to Dr. Warren trying to get some of there debt payed back. Although Dr. Warren owned this area, had his own very big house here he never lived here and visted the area alot. It was like a vacation house to his family. Warren died April 3, 1815. He left his land on Warren Hill Road in Palmyra to his brother Joseph Warren although he died not much later.
After thinking that Palmyra was a small town that had nothing to offer, i've rethought about the things i thought after researching this topic. Palmyra may be a pretty small town but this town has more to offer than you would think. Alot of the things that are intresting about the town are behind the senses. Most of the history dates back really far from this town. There were many great things that happend back in the day. This was a hot spot back when Dr. Warren was around, he made this town what it is today. So all the people think that little towns have nothing, no history and also nothing to offer thing again because ones you get into all of the things that happened you'll be knee deep into all of it!





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1.) "History in Palmyra." Maine's Friendly Town. 4 Jan. 2008 .

2.) "Epodunk." Maine. 8 Jan. 2008 .
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Exam #5 Essay

1.) Compare Mao To Stalin in how they came to power?

--Both Mao and stalin came from around the same kinds of things. They both were soliders and were known for being soliders. That made them kind of the same type of person. Althought Mao came to power from more of the dicatorship way. He wanted sole power over anyone else.

2.) Compare Mao to Hitler in how they came to power?

--Hilter was more of the promise things to get power. Although he promoised things to lot of the people he never really came through. He did what he wanted and never really listened to what other people whated. When he would promise to do something to get power it would never happen. He just wanted to over power people. Mao was more of the dicatorship kind of person. He wanted everyone to want him to have some type of power. Thats why he got most of the people into the dicatorship. Mao wanted to over power people but not in the same way as Hilter.



3.) What are the signs of a buliding dicatorship?

--When one person wants power. It is like having one person making all the decitions over what they want there country to be like. Its like having a king, they have most power and what they say over rules everything else. Thats what most wanted. Thats because they wanted final say in everything that went.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Exam #4 Part 1

During the Russian Revolution there were alot of people who thought differently about where the money, land and everything else should be. some thought it should be evenly spread between all. Thats what the peasants thought. They thought that the land should belong to the people that work, most thought that the workers should get the benifits. During the war and anyother time they were the hardest workers, and they also worked more longer hours than most. With working that much and not even having any money to show for it, there would be alot of changes with the enonomic conditions. How the French Revolution enonomic conditions and the Russian Revolution compare is by how there are more social and political ups and downs than there were economic in the french revolution.


Rasputin was one of the bigger leaders in the Russian Revolution. He was concitered miracle worker because he could help people when doctors couldn't. He was a trusted friend to most. Althought people thought that he was having a affair with the royal wife. Thats why not alot of people liked him they always thought he was having an affair with the wife of the king. George Danton was a leader in the french revolation in a different way than Rasputin was. Geogrge was a president of France. He was the biggest force in the revolution for France.


Both the French and the Russian won the wars. There outcomes were the same, both sides won thats why it was called a revoluation. In the end of the Russian Revolution there wasn't any difference with the way that the land was and where the money would go. The money and land still belonged to the people with the highest power and the ones that were higher class. After the French Revolution the ending was still that the ruler was Danton and he still powered over eveyone.