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This was a movie about a environmental movement during the 20th century. The movie goes on to tell how how the seventies were a time when people were beginning to realize the impact they were making on the earth. They began to see that something needed to change. The movie shows how people did everything they could to try and change how we use different things. The movie showed how people can come together to try and solve a bigger problem that is effecting how the world is.

"Watch Film: A Fierce Green Fire." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.

http://earthjustice.org/features/air-pollution-starts-a-movement

This article talks about how a man in California was noticing the air pollution around his neighborhood and county. He soon quit his job and picked up a Earth-justice problem, as he called it. He began by creating groups and raising awereness of the air polltuion and what is going on around them. He met with doctors to see how peoples lungs were doing and found some faults in data. In just a short amount of time he is very pleased with his progress with his new campaign. 


http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/news-and-blogs/campaign-blog/save-the-whales-35th-anniversary/blog/25978/

The save the whales movement. In 1975 a man started to notice that the whales were dying out and it was cruel to them. He initiated the "Save the Whales" movement that later turned into a international ban on whale killing. Although today, Greenpeace (the Save the Whales Orginization) Is sad to see that Obama may overturn the Whale ban, and they are legitimizing Japan’s “scientific” slaughter in the Southern Ocean. 

Catch me If You Can report

The book Catch me If You Can is an autobiography of Frank Abagnale. Abagnale tells the story of how he cashed 2.5 million worth of bad checks by impersonating important people ranging from doctors, teachers, and attorneys. He is noted to be one of the most successful con-artists of the time, which was very impressive for the short amount of time he was in the business. He quickly was one of the most looked at con artists, who everyone who was involved in that business wanted to know what his tricks where and how he made his 2.5 million.


      After years of cashing in fake checks and impersonating professionals Frank Abagnale was caught by the FBI, who were chasing and tracking almost every move of his. He was caught while living in France, where he started his sentence. He served 5 years in france before being transported to France then Sweeden for two, six month periods. He finished his sentence of in the U.S. with a 4 year sentence. The book and Frank Abagnale are both significant to this time period because money was precious and everyone wanted it. The great depression taught people that money was a scarce resource and needed to be kept safely. Abagnale was only after the money, he would get it any way he could.

Later when Frank was put into jail the officers there quickly found a good job for him, something he was very talented at. His job was to review and inspect checks to see if they have been forged or are fake. He soon became on of the best at his job finding over hundreds of fake checks, some even using the same tricks he used.



   In 2002 Steven Spielberg directed the award winning film "Catch Me IF You Can". Which starred Leonardo Dicaprio as Abagnale and Tom Hanks as Hanratty.


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terms

Terms-
 East/west Germany- to be divided up into allies and someone else
the iron curtain- Divided the countries into side after world war 2
satellite nation- Nations that are controlled militarily or politically by other nations
Containment- trying to contain communists to Russia and not let it spread.
Marshall plan-  A United States plan to give aid to Europe to help rebuild them
NATO-North Atlantic Treaty organization, an agreement to offer help if anyone in the group gets attacked, us England France Western European countries
Korean War-  the civil war in Korea
Huac- a group that investigated communist activity in the U.S.
Rosenberg- two people that were executed by electric chair for suspecting to be working with communists.
Red scare- people were extremely scared of communists and afraid that it might spread to the U.S.
Mccarthysim- Making accusations about people without proper knowledge, important because people were accusing other of being communists
Fall out shelters- a small space designed to protect one from radioactive debris after a nuclear explosion
Generation gap- The difference between one generation and the next, dislikes/ likes
rock n roll- part of the generation gap, the big hit in the music industry at the time. Elvis Presley

3-D movies

             3-d movies came about in the 1950's, becasue years before that the movie industry was dying. Hollywood was struggling to impress its audience further. Some companies tried to use catchy slogans like "Step out and see a great movie" or "Movies are better than ever". When these sayings failed to pull in viewers some companies turned to door prizes, raffles, and contests. Thus the invention of 3-D film came along

              The idea was to enhance the illusion of death perception. It was introduced to the American culture in the 50's but the rest of the world did not see it till the 1980's. The very first form of 3-D film was seen around 1890, when a British film pioneer projected two films side by side. The viewers were then given a stereoscope, which combined the two images to create a 3-D look. The first "real" 3-D film was shown in 1952, where the Los Angeles audience watched The Power Of Love. 

   

               The years between 1952-1954 are known to be the "Golden Era" in 3-D film. In the early years of this era the first 3-D color film was produced, Bwana Devil. Other highly looked after films in this era were Vincent price's horror movie "House of wax" (1953) and "It came from outer space" (1953). These films helped this era be known as the Golden Era for 3-D movies, some say that the boom of this era saved the 3-D film industry during the time because it was seen as a useless idea. 

         Years later audiences soon began to get sick of the funny glasses and ridiculous plots of 3-D films. Most people turned to the entertainment of televison. Popular shows, such as "I love lucy" aired weekly. It was said that in 1953 the show "I love Lucy" pulled in a total of 44 million viewers for the episode when the main character Lucy had her baby. Far fewer people tuned in to watch the broadcast of the presidental inauguration the next day. 


Sources:  http://entertainment-industry.knoji.com/the-3d-films-of-the-1950s/
http://horror.about.com/od/horrorthemelists/ss/3dhorrormovies.htm
http://www.tvtechnology.com/technology-corner/0118/the-golden-age-of-d-movies/207776

13-2 questions

What is the goal of containment?

the goal is to keep communist countries in their own area and try to reduce spreading their ways.

How is GREECE the first battlefront in the cold war?
greek communists attack the greek gov. thus forcing British troops to help out
What is the Marshall plan?
The plan was to help European countries recover by giving them American aid to help rebuild economies.

What is the Berlin Airlisft?

Allie troops were caught in Berlin and planes flew overhead to drop supplies down to the starving army men. 

What is NATO?
The North Atlantic treaty orginizatipm. A type of ally defence. 

What happened in China?

Chinese civil war, chinese communists attacked the government

Make a 5 step timeline in Korean War.
1)1949 NATO signed

2) 1950 korea fights South Korea

3) june 1950 truman sends support to South Korean side

4) Jan. 1951

5)1953 Eisenhower declares he will end Korean War

Cold War question

Comprehension questions, Chapter 13-1
Write on paper, or on blog.

What was the goal for Roosevelt after the war?  What were Soviet goals about Germany? the soviets wanted to keep Germany weak and make sure the countries between germany and the Soviet Union were under control. 

What did FDR think was 'key' to world peace?

What was 'declaration of liberated europe, and how successful was it?'-- The right of all people to choose the form of government they want to live with. 

How was Germany to be controlled?
It was to be divided into 2 parts/ one for the allies and one for the soviets

What was Truman's view about how to deal with USSR?

He wanted the gernan industry, it was the only way for the eco to rise.

What is a satellite nation?
communist country of east europe

What is an 'iron curtain

sepereates the east europe nations from the west.
 

11-1
Fascism:  this was an form of  nationalism
Stalin: russian leader who killed thousands
Hitler: leader of nazis killed many people
Mein Kampf: hitlers book called my struggle. It outlined his whole plan for exterminating the jews.

Isolationism: staying out of the war

Internationalism: involved in foregin affairs,

11-2
Anschluss: the unifacation of germany  and Austria
Appeasement: giving in to someone to make them stop
Nazi-Soviet Non aggression Pact: between russia and germany, presented by germany so they did not have to fight a war on 2 fronts.
Blitzkrieg: hitlers war plan, known as a lighting war
Dunkirk: battle that the allies lost in france
Battle of Britain: mostly a plane battle- between britian and germnay, germans lost

11-3, and 11-4
Kristallnacht: night of the broken glass, start of the holocaust
Holocaust: 6 million Jews and other minorities were killed. Hitler wanted to extriminate the jews
Concentration Camps/Extermination Camps- hitler put people in these camps to kill them
Pearl Harbor- japanese bombed americans here.