Melting Pot

Norman Rockwell's painting "The Golden Rule", exposes the adaptation of America becoming a melting pot of all cultures and religions. This is a rubric, stating that we must accept others.

Majestuoso!

I. SUCCESS

1. Jim Carrey as Pete Appleton, a screenwriter

a. sand pirates of the sahara

II. SHOT DOWN

1. The Committee of Un-American Activities go after his film for suspicion of communism

2. When in conflict with Un-American Activities Pete takes his downfall

a. his film must be sanctioned by the committee first before Pete can make bank

b. Pete goes mad, drinking and driving off a bridge into a river

III. LOST

1. Pete awakes after being washed through a river, bashes his head losing his memory

a. an old man from the local small town takes Pete in

2. Everyone in the town recognize Pete as someone they know

a. Pete's blank mind is filled with the identify of Luke Trimble

b. Luke was MIA in the war, so the townspeople find Pete plausible to be Luke

IV. ACCEPTANCE

1. Pete slowly becomes Luke

a. the town is revitalized by his homecoming

b. Pete rebuilds the theater that was boarded up, named the majestic

V. ENLIGHTENMENT

1. The theater screens the Sand Pirates of The Sahara

a. all of pete's lost memories materialize back from the night of the crash

b. and so does his problems with the law

VI. FACE THE FACTS

1. Pete is witch hunted by the committee

a. pete's lawyer shows his options for the court, the easy way out without justice

b. pete took in the pride of the patriotic small town and luke, standing with the United States Constitution, told the court off, exposing the truth of how corrupt the committee is by reciting the words of our Forefathers

Make Me A Sammich

This is sexism, one of many ideas of what a woman should be in the 1950's. This advertises a new stove with a house wife smiling, the idea that the woman belonging in the kitchen.

Paris Hilton

This post "http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/03/health/webmd/main1464262.shtml" from a 2006 CBS article, explains the influence on teenagers about sex. The experiment tested 12-14 year olds, grouping the teens by media exposure. Teens that were exposed to sexual content were twice as vulnerable, but for African Americans their abstinence was deprived from their parents attitude on sex. Yes we are influenced by media, but parents also attribute.

White House

• Setting- Casablanca, Morocco 1940's WWI


• Introduction- Two German messengers were killed out in the desert, and Ugarte take the letters of transit, Germans want to find the murderer, and Rick wants to go back to the states


• Climax- Ugarte left the letters at Ricks bar, but an American couple show up at his bar, wanting to go back to the States as well. Rick knows the woman, a past lover. And so Rick schemes up a plan to give the couple a passage back home


• Conclusion- The couple are free and Rick is stuck in the desert


• Sources:http:http://www.filmsite.org/casa.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)

Topic 9 Concept Guide

• Women's rights WWII- Mostly factory work to support the war


• Causes and effects of the atomic bomb- Mass annihilation within seconds on the Japs, resulting in nations having nuclear power


• US foreign policy before, during, and after war- At first we wanted isolationism, but becoming involved in the war we gained friends; so now we have to give support to our allies, resulting in an open foreign policy


• Effect on Europe- Ended European Imperialism, thus becoming out pet


• Effect from Pearl Harbor- Declaration on war with the Japs, sending all Japanese Americans to camps Japanese internment- Camps for American Japanese


• Neutrality Acts- An attempt to stay out of wars by methods of not having to do anything with nations involved in conflicts


• Purpose of propaganda- To have the public on the same page with the government, so they can talk the citizens to doing what they want and what they believe


• Rationing- Americans rationing themselves to support the diminishing supplies


• Results of WWII- Nuclear arms, USA is the BOSS, and UN was created

WWII TimeGlider