Friday, April 18, 2008

Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

Apartheid system is where the nation and all the national system is divided by race and color. In this system through 1948 to 1994, black, brown, Indians or any other non white people didn't have enough rights in society. They were always payed small amount of money even though its their country. But the white and the European people earned all the money of their country. After world war II, the people in these countries started to fight for their freedom. They no longer wanted to be ruled by these European country. they wanted their own country and wanted own nationality. Almost every country had their own strong leader. Nelson Mandela was one of them who fought for their own country among African nations. He was sent to jail for 27 years just because he was working against the government. Finally when he was released from jail, people of his country wanted to make him president and later when he was released, his people voted him leader of his country. Today his country works as an idle to show the fight against racism.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

African Independence


around 1955, Africa realized that The British countries were controlling most of Africa. But the European countries were also fighting among themselves. They figured that they no longer want to be controlled by these European countries who can't stop fighting among themselves. The countries began to grow the feeling of nationalism in them and wanted to form their own country. So they started to fight their way to independence and later on when the European countries left Africa, they successfully created their own country. They needed someone to help them which almost all country had, a strong leader. Suck as, Leopold Senghor. Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Mau Mau, Mobutu Sese Seko, Ahmed Ben Bella. They all fought to get their own country and finally Europe left the African countries and gave them their own freedom.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Film Lesson: "The Right Stuff"


This movie shows the Space Race that was held in the Cold war. During the cold war, the two major superpowers, the U.S. and the Russia help the most advanced space program and they had a race against who can go to space first. The U.S and the Russia had proper space technology. But they were still struggling to find who can put the first men on space. Russia managed to put the first man on space when the U.S. put a money instead so in that term the Russia won the race. But later on the U.S. put the first man on the moon and Russia couldn't go that fur. so eventually, later on the U.S. won the space race later on.