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Shakestory – Much Ado About Nothing
on Category: English 10
on Bard in the Classroom Reflection
on Last week, we had 2 people from “Bard on the Beach” come into our classroom. They came for 3 days and they taught us about the play “Much Ado About Nothing”. I was only there for the first day so I didn’t get to experience all 3 days. Something I really enjoyed about “Bard on the Beach” was doing the tableaus. Before that I hadn’t really done anything like that and I thought it was very enjoyable. We did tableaus of comedies, romance, and tragedies. I don’t think we did a tableau for history. I also learned all 4 types of Shakespearean plays, which happens to be those 4: romance, comedy, history, and tragedy. We were given mean lines, which we were supposed to say to a person in a mean tone. That person would also say something mean back. After we did that we had to say our line to the person again, but this time we would say it in a nice tone. We then did more tableaus, but this time we did tableaus that had to do with the play “Much Ado About Nothing”. We learned about the characters in the play “Much Ado About Nothing” like Benedich and Hero. There wasn’t really anything that I didn’t enjoy. The first day seemed really fun and enjoyable, but I wasn’t there for the other two, so I can’t really say much for them. If there was anything that I didn’t like it was that I thought we were going to watch the play. I realized that we weren’t going to watch the play when I walked in and saw only two guys dressed in everyday clothing instead of several people dressed in the clothing they would need for the play.
In the picture above is a tableau of a tragedy. I watch as my classmate is being stabbed.
Information Fluency
on WEBSITE CREDIBILITY
The first way to check if a site is real is to check the URL. If the URL is something like .org or .gov then it’s usually a good sign. another way to check is to see when it was last updated, the more recent the better. The third way is to look at the quality of the site, good quality is another good sign.
EBSCO DATABASE
You go to the riverside site and go to intranet. Once there, you go to resources and click on Rapids Virtual Library. Next you click on “Click Here”. After that you go under EBSCO Databases and click Academic Search Premier.
WORKS CITED:
A site you can use is citation machine. The link is http://www.citationmachine.net
SESSION REFLECTION:
I learned how to tell if a website is a hoax or if it’s real. We spent the most time doing that so I learned the most about that.
Holocaust Memoir
on WW2 Memoir
It’s getting late. I should check on the Jews in the cellar before my husband gets home. He’s a doctor that helps injured Nazi soldiers and a supporter of the Nazi beliefs. Unlike him I do not support the Nazi beliefs. I am a housewife and I work at home all day. While I’m at home I feed the Jews that I hide in my cellar. My husband hasn’t found them yet. He doesn’t go down there very often since we keep food down there and he doesn’t cook or do much housework. There are 3 Jews in the cellar and I plan to help them leave Germany soon. I myself would like to leave Germany and go to a place like America but I’m afraid that my family will see me as a coward and they will abandon me. Once a week my husband brings his fellow Nazis to our house to talk and drink. If they try and go to the cellar to get anything, there is always the chance that they could find the Jews and it would be over for me and my husband. That’s why it’s important to get the Jews out of the country as soon as possible. I hear the front door open, it must be my husband. He walks into the kitchen with an upset look on his face. He says ,”Agnes, I’m going to have to leave to Poland in a week.”. I respond, “Why?”. He answers,”They need more doctors to help the injured in Poland.”. He walks to the living room and sits down in one of the chairs. I go over and ask,”What will happen to me?”. He says,”Don’t worry Agnes. My brother is going to come live here to make sure you are alright.”. This is not good. His brother is a carpenter and will need to keep tools in the cellar. If he finds the Jews he will surely turn me in to the SS. “When is he arriving?”, I ask. he responds,”In a week.”. I go back to the kitchen. I need to help the Jews leave the country before he arrives. If I don’t all of us will be dead.
Analysis:
The memoir is about a German women living in Germany. Her husband is a doctor that helps injured soldiers. Her husband is a supporter of the Nazi beliefs while she is not. She is not happy with the situation in Germany and the treatment of Jews, so she decides to hide Jews in her cellar. She takes care of them and makes sure they are alright. She wants to help them leave the country and get to safety but it would be very difficult. She also wants to leave and go to safer country, but she is scared that her family will abandon her. Her husband arrives home with bad news, that he will be leaving to another country and that his brother will live with her. Her brother will find the Jews when he puts his tools in the basement, so she must hurriedly get the Jews out of the country.
The memoir is about a German women living in Germany. Her husband is a doctor that helps injured soldiers. Her husband is a supporter of the Nazi beliefs while she is not. She is not happy with the situation in Germany and the treatment of Jews, so she decides to hide Jews in her cellar. She takes care of them and makes sure they are alright. She wants to help them leave the country and get to safety but it would be very difficult. She also wants to leave and go to safer country, but she is scared that her family will abandon her. Her husband arrives home with bad news, that he will be leaving to another country and that his brother will live with her. Her brother will find the Jews when he puts his tools in the basement, so she must hurriedly get the Jews out of the country.
Image:
In this picture the German woman in my story(front right) is standing outside waiting for the store to open.
Source: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N8QaNM8VYOg/hqdefault.jpg
“We Remember – Liberation Poem”
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In this picture there are Jews celebrating their release from the Nazi Concentration camps.
Source: https://furtherglory.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/prisonersdrinking.jpg
Explanation: I wrote the following poem based on my interpretation of the journal entry by Charles V. Ferree from his experiences liberating the concentration camps during WWII. I extracted nouns, verbs and adjectives, in order to find the tone of the poem. I then wrote the poem as a tribute to those men and women who have sacrificed their lives so that I can live in a country with freedom. The poem is based on troops liberating concentration camps during WWII, which housed the corpses and remains of countless Jewish souls.”
Poem:
9th Air Force Lieutenant,
From France into Germany,
Dispatched into Buchenwald,
Landing on a makeshift airstrip,
The smells were nauseating,
The scene was indescribable,
Next into Munich on April 29th,
We looked for a safe spot to land,
When we landed,
We were taken to Dachau,
It was so much worse,
Skeletal bodies and naked corpses,
An unimaginable site,
Soldiers sorted through bodies,
But in the end,
They all died anyway
“The Cage” Timeline
on “The Cage” Timeline
Jewish doctors prohibited by law from practicing medicine – July 25, 1938
History: On July 25th, 1938, it was illegal for Jewish doctors to treat people or give them any medicine. This was mainly done to stop Jewish people from getting any medicine for wounds or diseases because Jewish doctors generally would treat Jewish people. This would decrease the Jewish population.
(In the picture above a Jewish doctor helping a little Jewish boy who looks to be in pain.)
Source: http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/museum_photos/images/4412267.jpg
Application: This appears in the story when Riva needs a doctor but there are barely any doctors that will help Jews. She does eventually find a Doctor but sadly all he can do is tell her what is wrong and cannot help her at all. He also mentions that he cannot help anyone else that comes to him either and it upsets him. This is because the Nazis have banned Jewish doctors from practicing medicine. This also contributes to the conflict because the doctor can’t help Riva and she is stuck with this problem that will make surviving harder.
Nazis invade Poland – September 1, 1939
History: Nazis were interested in taking over Europe and exterminating it of Jews. Poland also had the biggest Jewish population (3.5 million) in Europe which is probably the biggest reason why they invaded it. But the Soviet Union also invaded Poland around the same time so Germany did not get to take over all of Poland.
(In The picture above you can see Nazi soldiers walking forward through a Polish city after an invasion.)
Source: https://www.ushmm.org/lcmedia/photo/lc/image/80/80487.jpg
Application: Nazis invading Poland was what made this memoir happen. If the Nazis had not invaded Poland “The Cage” would not exist because Riva would not have gone through what she had. She probably would have had a better life. She would not have lost her home, family, and friends. This is evidence that Riva is a dynamic character because before the Nazis had taken over her town she was happy, enjoying life, and she was friends with German people. After the Nazis invaded She was scared that they would come and take her away or her family. She also was no longer friends with the German people she previously was friends with because they wanted nothing to do with Jewish people.
Forced labor decree issued for Polish Jews aged 14 to 60 – October 26, 1939
History: Living Jewish people that were in sometimes would have to take part in forced labor. Forced labor was generally used to help the Nazis. The Jews would make uniforms, fix building, etc. for the Jews and if a Jew was unable to work they probably wouldn’t last long.
(In The picture above you can see Nazi soldiers walking forward through a Polish city after an invasion.)
Application: In the book “The Cage” if you were of the age of 14 to 60 you had to partake in forced labor. If you were unable to work you would be taken away by the Nazis and most likely sent to a concentration camp. In the book “The Cage” Riva’s mother was working in forced labor and taking care of her children. She eventually got sick and was taken away by the Nazis because she was not working. Because of this Riva had to take care of her brothers and grow up way quicker than anyone else her age.
Yellow stars required to be worn. – November 23, 1939
History: All Polish Jews had to wear yellow stars if they were over the age of 10. This was done so everyone knew who was a Jew and who was not a Jew. The Nazis also did this to make fun of Jews. This made it easier for Nazis to see who is a Jew and take them and hurt them or something like that.
(In The picture above there are Jews wearing yellow stars while standing around a street Vendor.)
Source: http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/france/images/occupation/08.jpg
Application: In the book Riva asks Saba if she feels embarrassed wearing the stars but instead she says that she feels proud to wear which completely nullifies the point of wearing the stars. The Nazis wanted them to feel embarrassed but instead the Jewish people are proud to wear them which means it didn’t work.
The Lodz Ghetto is sealed off from the rest of the world. – April 30, 1940
History: Being the third largest city in Poland, it was an easy decision for the Nazis to invade it. It also had the second biggest population of Jews next to Warsaw. After the Nazis had taken over Lodz they changed the name of the city to Litzmannstadt. The Nazis also enforced forced labor on the Jewish people and that they must wear the yellow star.
(In The picture above the Nazis are sealing off the Lodz ghetto and are making the Jews inside starve.)
Application: When the Nazis sealed off the Lodz they also sealed off Riva and her family. In the ghetto, they had to be constantly scared of the Nazis because they could kill them or take them away at any time. They also had to starve and be surrounded by many different diseases without proper access to any doctors or medicine. In the book Riva says how every time they heard a knock at the door she would have to quickly hide in the cellar and close it before they came in. She also had to live in these conditions for years which is quite horrible considering the conditions she would have had to live through. She is lucky to be alive.
Lodz, the last Jewish ghetto in Poland, is liquidated – August 6, 1944
History: It was the last remaining ghetto in Poland. All remaining Jewish people still living in Lodz were moved to Auschwitz. It had a population of about 60,000 Jews. The Germans said that they were going to work camps in Germany but instead they were sent to Auschwitz where they were meant to be eventually exterminated.
(In the picture above there are Jewish people who have left the Lodz ghetto getting on trains that will be heading to the Chelmno Death camp)
Source: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/images/lodz2.jpg
Application: In the book a Nazi general comes to Lodz and tells the remaining Jews that the Russians are getting too close and that the Nazis want them to come with them to work camps closer to Germany. Riva and her friends didn’t believe him and decide to stay for as long as they can in Lodz. So, whenever they heard Germans at the door they would hide in the cellar. They kept this up for some time but eventually they decided that it would be best if they went with the Nazis and hoped that they would stay with each other if they leave with each other. Like they had predicted the Nazis didn’t take the to work camps but to concentration camps, specifically Auschwitz.
The Ghettos Portrayed in “The Cage”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_ghettos_in_German-occupied_Poland#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-134-0771A-39,_Polen,_Ghetto_Warschau,_Kind_in_Lumpen.jpg
After reading the introductory chapters of “The Cage” I realized that living in the ghetto is very difficult because you don’t have access to that much food and if you get sick you’re either going to die or get taken by the Germans and probably get killed. The Germans can hurt you or your family at any time so you’re constantly scared. The Germans can make up any reason to take you with them even if it’s not true and there is nothing you can do about it. Anybody who is not Jewish or German will turn on you because they don’t want to be killed by the Nazis. Doctors can’t help because they don’t have access to medicine or anything that can help you.
The Tell Tale Heart Newspaper Project
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2081 Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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In the Short Story Harrison Bergeron, It’s the year 2081 and there is a boy who has been taken away from his family for being too talented, his name is Harrison Bergeron. Talented people must wear handicaps to make average people feel better about themselves. He eventually escapes government imprisonment to fight against the government by going into a theater on live television. What he doesn’t know is that his parents are watching. Harrison then goes on to take off his handicaps, he also orders a ballet dancer who was previously dancing for the audience to also take off her handicaps. They then go on to dance on live television, but it wasn’t for long before the Handicap General comes and takes them out with a shotgun. Then the live broadcast is shutdown. Amendments 201 – 213 were chosen because they gave the most power to the government while also allowing the government to arrest people. They didn’t give much freedom to the people which was another goal of these amendments. It also restricted the people which is something that will help stop the people from trying to fight back.