was this sort of hate and misunderstanding that led to the Holocaust. To her shock‚ her students had never heard of the Holocaust. Therefore‚ she introduced her class to Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and to Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo. Through the books they learned to see the parallels to their own lives. In addition‚ a journal was given out to note down their thoughts‚ feelings‚ and whatever was going on in their lives. For the first time‚ she caught the student’s attention
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On June 28th‚ 1914 in the city of Sarajevo two bullets were fired. World War One‚ World War Two and the Cold War all trace their origins to the gunshots that interrupted that summer day. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Not only was Franz murdered‚ but so was his wife Sophie‚ Duchess of Hohenberg. They were assassinated by a young man named Bosnian Serb which set off a chain of events that leaded to the start of World War One. To many people it was known as the Great War and seemed to have
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A collection of uniquely American music filled the Davies Symphony Hall as the San Francisco Symphony performed on Nov. 12. Veteran music director Michael Tilson Thomas conducted four pieces: Charles Ives’ Psalm 90 and Symphony No. 3‚ Antonín Dvořák’s The American Flag‚ and George Gershwin’s An American in Paris. Although varying in style and tone‚ each piece evoked a facet of the exceptionally American cultural identity‚ coalescing to present a musical microcosm in red‚ white and blue. Featuring
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What was the most important cause of war? Imperialism Nationalism? You must refer to both reasons when explaining your answer. There are many examples of imperialism before world war one that contributed to the outbreak of war. An example we can look at is Kaiser Wilhelm II’s foreign policy. ‘A place in the sun’ is the name that is given to his desire to have a large overseas empire by taking over other countries‚ and this drove the Kaiser to get involved in many other imperialistic incidents that
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of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife Sophie Fact 6 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the throne of Austria and Hungary Fact 7 - The assassination took place in in Sarajevo‚ the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina Fact 8 - assassination was planned by a Serbian terrorist group‚ called The Black Hand and the man who shot Franz Ferdinand and his wife was a Bosnian revolutionary named Gavrilo
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The Causes of World War I World War I is essentially much more complicated and complex than a simple list of causes. While there was a series of events that directly led to the fighting‚ the actual origin causes are much deeper and a part of continual debate and discussion. Ultimately‚ countries all over Europe made joint defense agreements that would pull them into battle. Therefore‚ if one country was attacked‚ allied countries were bound to defend them. Before World War 1‚ the following
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He was murdered in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia (in Austria-Hungary). He was important to this area‚ so after he was killed‚ a war erupted with Serbia. Thanks to alliances‚ Serbia was set with help from Russia‚ and Germany rushed in to help Austria-Hungary. With other alliances between
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The Shot Heard ‘Round the World (War I) On summer day‚ June 28th‚ 1914‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was riding in a car‚ driving through Sarajevo‚ trying to show himself to the Serbian people. A terrorist group had created plans to assassinate Ferdinand and at first they failed. However‚ Ferdinand coincidentally ended up right next to the sandwich shop that Gavrilo Princip‚ one of the designated assassins‚ was eating at. Princip was quick to grasp the opportunity and he
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designed and built the dirigible 6. Orville and Wilbur Wright – made the first successful airplane flight 7. Kaiser Wilhelm II – led united Germany 8. Archduke Francis Ferdinand – heir to Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian revolutionary is Sarajevo a town in Bosnia on July 28‚ 1914 starting World War I also known as the Great War 9. Henri Petain – commander of Verdun’s defenders‚ Verdun is where the Germans tried to beat the deadlock and for the British it was Somme River 10. Paul von Hindenburg
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The year is 1918 and the allies have won the war and many things all over america have changed here in chicago‚Illinois women have jobs and have fought for equal pay like men got. The war has made many women run for office as governors or representatives. My family has not really been affected very much by the war but still has been affected. The war has been bad for me because I was fighting in the war and my family lost a lot of money because of lower pay rates for women. This are things that have
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