I made my avatar with bitmoji. It shows what I look like and what I like to wear. I chose for it wear a Nike outfit because I wear a lot of Nike. I chose it to have glasses because I wear glasses. If it were to have a superpower it would be telepathy. I chose that because I think it would be fun to move things with my mind. Also when I play basketball I could make every shot.
Link to bitmoji: https://www.bitmoji.com/
In social studies we are doing a soapbox speech. The topic I am interested in is having more than one language option at our school(we would still keep Hebrew though). I am really interested in this topic because I do Spanish, but I have to use an online curriculum, which costs a lot of money, and I would much prefer to have a teacher teach it to me. I could use some help finding what classrooms we would have to do the other languages in also. I also want to know if other people are interested in learning a different language, which one.
Dear President Roosevelt,
We need to let these Jewish children in our country. They have not only paid lots of money to get on the US St. Louis to go to Cuba, but they are also seeking refuge. Cuba only let 30 out of 937 people in because the had “special visas”! One of the Jews committed suicide, leaving only 906 people hoping for us to take them in. If you want to send them to other Latin American Countries, we can’t because they have already been denied. We also can’t send them back to Germany because they will be sent to a concentration camp. Also, if you are worried about getting them visas we can get them temporary visas during the war. Please consider this.
Sincerely,
Indy
1. Who did you interview?
I interviewed my dad.
2. What is one new thing you learned from this process?
One of the new things that I learned is where some of my family is from. For example, I did not know I had family from Latvia and Lithuania. I also did not know that I have family currently living in Israel.
3. Is there anything that surprised you about your interview?
I was surprised of the variety of countries I have family from. I already knew I had family from Russia, Poland, Mexico, and Germany. I did not know I had family from Israel, Latvia, and Lithuania.
4.Did your interview(s) change you in any way? How so?
My interview didn’t really change me. I learned new information that was very interesting, but I didn’t really change me.
1. How would you summarize the purpose of the Nuremberg Laws?
The Nuremburg laws were made to give people who had pure German blood all the power. Pure German blood meant people with two German parents, neither of them Jewish. These people got political power, while the people who didn’t have pure German blood had none.
2. How did the laws you read and discussed contribute to creating the type of “national community” that the Nazis desired?
The laws contributed to the national community by giving all pure Germans power and the non pure Germans none. They did this by giving political rights to Germans and none to non pure Germans. This caused only pure German voice to be heard in politics.
3. How might these laws have influenced the attitudes and actions of the German people? How might their lives and beliefs have changed as a result of this law?
These laws may have made pure German people feel superior to the non pure Germans. This may have caused them to attack those who were not pure German. This also could fuel hate towards the Jews because many of these laws were against Jews which would have caused the Germans to feel superior. They even did not allow Jews to be German citizens. This would make the Jews a marginalized group. Therefore, Germans would treat Jews like outsiders. Hitler also convinced the Germans that the Jews were responsible for Germany’s bad economy. This would fuel hate towards the Jews also.
To be marginalized means to be an outsider because of differences. Marginalized groups are also considered minorities. When Hitler came into power one of the groups he marginalized were the Jews. There were many different ways he did this. One way was by holding antisemetic rallies. He also blamed them for many of Germany’s problems. Another thing he did was he forced many Jewish owned businesses to close. Then, he made Storm troopers(Nazi police) make arrests on Jewish people for no reason. Finally, he would have his Storm troopers go and randomly beat up Jewish people. This all shows that he marginalized Jewish people because he said and made Nazis do things that would make Jews feel like and be outsiders in Germany.
The movie the wave effected my thinking. It did this by making me realize how easy it is to be manipulated by a group. In the movie the teacher creates the Wave and people join it for power and to feel special. This was all an experiment to show the students why people joined the Nazis.
My favorite speaker, so far, is Sheldon Wasserman. He was my favorite speaker because he was entertaining and gave a good message. His message was “if you work hard, you can accomplish what you want.” This was a “heart” moment because it inspired me. It was inspiring to me because I want to be an NBA player when I grow up. This inspired me to work harder at basketball. It was also a “head” moment because it taught me to face antisemitism, one of the things you can do is act like you don’t care. When he was campaigning and knocking on people’s doors, he faced anti-semetic comments. He responded by saying something like “I don’t need your vote”. I also had “feet” moment because we both like to learn new things. He was definitely my favorite speaker, and I connected to him.