Current Events Assignment

5/4/2016

Use the internet to search for current events in world news. Follow the steps below in your blog post:
1. Briefly summarize the article (text)
2. Explain how this story is a product of the events in world history we have studied. (context)
3. What deeper meaning or theme can you conclude from the news article as a product of history? (subtext)

HW: Comment at least 2 times. This can be on another post or to reply to a comment on your own.

73 Comments

Morgan Reinbold

5/6/2016 07:14:13 am

I read about The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea will be holding its first Worker’s Party congress in 36 years. The workers are very devoted in order to follow the purpose and plan. This is only the 7th time in North Korea’s history that the congress has been called which is a low number for the communist system. This current event happened because of the Cold War. Kim Jong Un is striving to become a memorable communist leader like Leon Trotsky who was expelled from the party at the 15th congress. Which led Joseph Stalin full control. This tells me that leaders today strive to possess traits like past successful leaders had.

Ben Johnson

5/6/2016 07:26:39 am

Very interesting how you found an article that related to the things we were doing in class.

Nathan

5/6/2016 07:27:42 am

I find it interesting that a leader can be so adored and glorified in a struggling country and that hes now trying to change his way of leading.

kayla

5/6/2016 07:44:32 am

I find this really interesting because how some of us got to learn about the Korean war and this connects very well.

Colin

5/6/2016 07:16:22 am

1.World stocks are retreating and people are worrying about the growth of it.
2.This is happening because it was pressured by signs of a renewed and a prolonged downturn in global growth.
3.The decline of any economy in any nation can cause a similar pattern of other associated nation's with it.

Alex

5/6/2016 07:24:45 am

This is true the economy is declining

johnny

5/6/2016 07:26:11 am

I like how you made it straight forward with the info.and how you have the exact cause i see it connects to the great depression when a lot of economies went down.

Zachary Drolet

5/6/2016 07:29:50 am

I agree with this because the economy if it falls in one country the others will soon fall as well. The countries our in balance with each other.

devon h

5/6/2016 07:16:58 am

In my article apples CEO Tim Cook talks about not giving access to dysfunctional governments into their phones.
This connects mainly to industrialization because apple are always improving their system and are the only one who the government can't hack into
The CEO of apple is saying everyone will become exposed but not with apple products

Alex

5/6/2016 07:21:39 am

I agree with you because this can cause controversy

Ben Johnson

5/6/2016 07:21:53 am

This is very interesting I have heard about this with the San Bernardino shooting.

Sam "sprinkler" Larkin

5/6/2016 07:27:42 am

I agree with you evan, this can cause controversy

kayla

5/6/2016 07:46:37 am

I think that this is a good topic to talk about. I think that apple should give the government access when with cases like this. But I agree that this could be a very controversial topic.

Nathan and Johnny link

5/6/2016 07:17:46 am

This leads to our google docs page on the outbreak on ebola

Ben Johnson

5/6/2016 07:18:00 am

Donald Trump is on top for the republican party, ted cruz has dropped out of the race leaving only trump and kasic for the republican race. Trump is shifting his focus more on attacking Hillary politically and making her look like the worst possible choice.

This is the presidential debate. Cruz felt that he has no chance because Trump has been so powerful and winning most states.

That Trump and Hillary are the front-runners and most likely will be the nominees

Morgan Reinbold

5/6/2016 07:28:14 am

This was a good topic to do this assignment on, because this is what most people are talking about today.

Nathan

5/6/2016 07:31:27 am

This is a very important thing to know since its determining the government for the U.S for years to come. Good topic

Calvin

5/6/2016 07:46:46 am

Currently John Kasic has dropped out of the republican race leaving Donald Trump as the only currently possible presidential nominee.

Caitlin

5/8/2016 03:52:11 pm

This is a good topic because it so many people have been talking about it.

Calvin link

5/6/2016 07:18:36 am

1. The article I read was about children labor in Zambia and how about one in every three children aged 7-14 worked. I also read about how the working conditions of the many tobacco plants some of the children work on affects their health.
2. This is a product of history because when the English came to Africa and imperialized many countries they also left civil war and economic destruction in their wake as people struggled to gain power. It was this economic destruction that led to the child labor in Zambia.
3. A theme that can be concluded from this document is that imperialism causes child labor.

kayla

5/6/2016 07:28:42 am

Isn't the theme supposed to be on a universal subject? So I disagree on this theme because it is about the Imperialism and while the theme should be about anything in the world.

this article is connected to a lot we did before in child labor

5/6/2016 07:44:52 am

devon h

5/6/2016 07:48:58 am

this article is connected to a lot we did before child labor

Kaitlin

5/6/2016 07:46:31 am

You connected this to imperialism very well

Alex

5/6/2016 07:18:56 am

The article is focused on a polish museum for ww2 and they trying to cancel the building of the museum they're gonna build a smaller one focused on one battle poland vs germany. Many people did horrible things in ww2 we have studied and maybe that's why is being canceled. This controversy is one reason they would want to cancelled another reason is that maybe the gov is ashamed f what they did. The people all have shame for what they did in ww2 and no country wants to show it .

kayla

5/6/2016 07:24:57 am

SO what is the theme/ greater meaning to this?

johnny

5/6/2016 07:30:34 am

it sounds like you are guessing here is all of it factual.
i agree that they should build the big museum because of how huge the event was for Poland specifically and good connection to history

Kaitlin

5/6/2016 07:48:47 am

This is very interesting,

It is most likely being cancelled for the reason you stated.

Kayla Fenton

5/6/2016 07:22:35 am

1.The north Korean people being very secretive about what they are doing in the government and What testing or anything involving the north's actions. The UN Says that the north must comply to the obligations of the rules they set in place. North Korea has set of missiles in the country side of The north, The UN wants the North to back down on the nuclear testing because the UN did not all agree that they are able to do/build nukes. North korea believes that the US and UN thinks that communism is bad and that their country should be able to do anything that they want with the country.

2.Back in the Korean war the North and south decided that Warfare with products like bombings and such. Also in other wars/fighting, with different countries like japan with the things that the us did in Hiroshima. We learned the bad outcomes of what these very powerful weapons can do to cities like Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

3.History can and will repeat itself one way or another.

Morgan Reinbold

5/6/2016 07:34:03 am

The universal theme matches your explanation really well.

Emily

5/6/2016 07:37:44 am

I agree with what you are saying , but you could word it better and the context could connect better.

Nathan and Johnny link

5/6/2016 07:22:51 am

Promise this is the last one.

Jack Froio link

5/6/2016 07:23:19 am

Text: ISIS has the capability to attack the USA in a Paris-Brussels attack. Leaders in the government including the President have said that we are a lot safer from an attack then Europe, and that if there was an impending attack on the US the administration would do their utmost to try and prevent it.
Context: We have studied Terrorism in class, and this is a direct link to our studies.
Subtext: Terrorism will always be present as long as there are people to disagree with the given laws or rules of the country.

Colin

5/6/2016 07:33:49 am

I agree with all of your answers because as long as there are people that do not obey the laws and do not like a certain race of people then they will rebel and start terrorism towards that country and all of the counties that the country is allies with

Greydin Silvia

5/6/2016 07:35:25 am

I agree because since there is certain laws and the world isn't perfect things like Terrorism will exist.

Stephen LeBlanc

5/6/2016 07:48:33 am

I agree with everyone who commented on this. I don't know if I could've come up with a better way to explain this.

Kenny-DonaldT-Ross

5/6/2016 07:50:07 am

Your ISIS knowledge is amzing

Humza Habib

5/6/2016 07:53:18 am

This is very interesting, i love your connection to Terrrorism because this does connect to it.

Samuel Peter Larkin link

5/6/2016 07:23:37 am

The article was about how the vietnam war affects today's american society. The vietnam war severely damaged the US economy and President Johnson had to unleash a cycle of inflation. The war also weakened U.S. military morale and undermined, for a time, the U.S. commitment to internationalism. Also, the United States needed to add air power to their military to protect the guidelines that were set. The war weakened the democratic party. Today, the United States is divided in deciding if the war was “a well intentioned mistake” or “fundamentally wrong and immoral”.

Benjamin Emmett Johnson

5/6/2016 07:47:37 am

I think nam was not a mistake I think we did the right thing and we should not be worrying about if it was a mistake or not.

Nick

5/6/2016 07:24:09 am

1.Navy Seal Charles Keating died in Afghanistan by isis when they broke through the lines
2.We have seen this story through history of wars when the enemy overwhelms or surprise attacks the enemy and there are casualties in result to this. Like ww1 when trenches are over run and the defending side is struck down, There are always casualties in war.
3.The death of any american soldier gives isis more courage and persuades them to do more acts of terrorism.

Zachary Drolet

5/6/2016 07:32:40 am

I agree because in wars there have always been casualties on both sides. And yes every death fighting for a cause is motivation to fight even more.

devon

5/6/2016 07:36:31 am

true i agree with the theme

ryan

5/6/2016 07:42:01 am

i second that, i also agree with nicks theme

Greg

5/6/2016 07:40:24 am

This is interesting, it is very troublesome that he has been K.I.A. the last thing we need is to encourage them.

Kenny-DonaldT-Ross

5/6/2016 07:50:56 am

That's a very good subject

Jack Froio

5/6/2016 07:52:52 am

I agree with your theme, and there should be a repercussion with the deaths of the soldiers.

Nathan

5/6/2016 07:24:45 am

Check out this link

https://docs.google.com/a/attleborops.net/document/d/1p2OM89BcZj0A3cEGIiEO-JYmq20gddszFzEenOxaaRM/edit?usp=sharing

Zachary Drolet & Greydin Silvia link

5/6/2016 07:25:25 am

Canadian Oil-Sand Fire:

Summary: 80000 people has been evacuated from Fort MCMurray, Alberta, Canada. Which some have said it resembled a ¨zombie apocalypse¨ because everyone is leaving the area to save their lives even though many homes have been lost and possessions.
This fire is related to the African imperialism we have learned. The colonists weren't acclimated to the African climate the further they went up north. When the fires broke out in Fort McMurray the people fled to protect themselves from this devastating disaster.
The theme is that disasters can be tragic events that have people fleeing but can also have great outcomes come through.

Colin

5/6/2016 07:40:38 am

I like how it said it is like a 'zombie apocalypse" because just like a zombie apocalypse with everyone abandoning their homes and leaving everything behind, people are leaving everything in the fire in Canada.

Caitlin

5/8/2016 03:50:19 pm

I like how you coo extend this to imperialism.

Stephen Leblanc

5/26/2016 11:08:13 am

I like this topic, I think its something that not many other people would done.

Bernard Luger

5/6/2016 07:26:53 am

The Abu Sayyaf have recently kidnapped four people from a Filipino resort and have beheaded one, a Canadian businessman as a response to Canada refusing to pay the ransom for these people, a reported $6.36 million. They threaten to kill the remaining hostages if the Canadian government refuses to pay for them.
You can connect this to WWII which caused the Philippines to go through a number of unfortunate changes, and were regularly passed around throughout the twentieth century by several countries and Superpowers.

Greg

5/6/2016 07:49:52 am

This is interesting, this reminds me of something that happened about a year ago involving ISIS.

Emily

5/6/2016 07:52:14 am

I wouldn't think to connect this to WW2.
Also where is the subtext?

Emily

5/6/2016 07:30:25 am

Global wind power installation is estimated to more than double in the next five years. Prices for wind power will continue to decrease as well as renewable energy becomes more of a priority for many countries. Asia will most likely be the leader in wind power by a significant amount in a few years. Wind energy should exceed gas and other energy if all countries stick to their climate goals as stated in the Paris Agreement. More wind power would also create many new jobs and be helpful to the global economy.

This story is a product of the Industrial Revolution because if we had not discovered new and more effective ways to produce and power and goods we would not have the technology necessary to continue improving our pollution and power output.

The theme of this story is that technology will always be improving and getting more effective as the years go on and we learn new methods to create what we want.

Bernard Luger

5/6/2016 07:34:58 am

This was a long while ago, but back in 2015 a group of human traffickers in Bangladesh went from house to house, promising parents that their children would receive a full education and would be well taken care of. However, when they took the children, they put them to labour on boats and in factories.
This can be connected to the industrial revolution because during the industrial revolution, child labour was extremely common, and it wasn’t that rare for them to be paid little to nothing.

Greg Walker

5/6/2016 07:35:30 am

In Paris, migrants from places such as Afghanistan, Sudan, and Somalia illegally took refuge in an abandoned high school, citizens and the refugees blocked the entrance to the high school in order to stop French police from getting in. French police threw teargas at them, while they chanted “everyone hates police” and threw objects at them.
This event is a product of the cold war because the wars in the middle east and Africa caused refugees to leave the country, and a lot of them went to France.
Wars can cause tension and violence even after the war is over.

bobby

6/12/2016 07:41:31 pm

I agree that wars cause violence even after they are over, as people may still be angry at opposing sides.

ryan

5/6/2016 07:40:11 am

In the US the A-bomb is trying to be abolished and ridden from all of the countries of the world, as you know the "A-bomb" is a atom bomb and is a horrible thing to have or use. the us is attempting to get rid of it by providing free disposal and removal of the bombs and assistance in the riddance of them to make the world A-bomb free

kyle walsh

5/6/2016 07:46:52 am

I agree with what you are saying

jon

5/6/2016 07:47:51 am

i did the ed cafe based on this subject

Kyle Walsh link

5/6/2016 07:42:15 am

My website is about refugees in history.

joe

5/6/2016 07:45:17 am

I looked at a article about the world leaders gathering together to stop the spread of nuclear material from being spread, they are working to gather up as many nuclear material as much as they can from other countries.

jacob fiske

5/6/2016 07:46:04 am

i feel like it would be better if there were no nukes but there will always be war

Kenny-DonaldT-Ross

5/6/2016 07:47:20 am

America has made the most terror-related arrests since 9/11 all supporters of ISIS. Average age of those arrested is 26, 86% male. They’re active in 21 states and half traveled and attempted to travel abroad. 27% were involved in U.S attack plots. More than half were in undercover agent operations for ISIS.

Humza Habib

5/6/2016 07:49:23 am

In my article i chose. It explained how refugees have been a problem. From people fleeing from war torn countries and its too many people for too many countries. The refugees are trying to find a home or a “asylum”. More than a million have crossed into europe. More than 135,000 refugees have arrived in the first two months of 2016. People fled from Afganistan, Syria and iraq and other war torn countries. The problem is that refugees are starting to enter the countries illegally and it's to much people.
Context: This relates to terrorism because the people that have fled their home countries due to terrorists destroying their homes and their lands.Violence around the world causes hardship to many people and refugees are one of the biggest examples.

bobby

6/12/2016 07:48:34 pm

I agree with you that violence causes problems for people, as people have to flee their homes to avoid it.

jacob fiske

5/6/2016 07:49:31 am

cool joe

Stephen Leblanc

5/26/2016 11:18:30 am

I read an article about Barack Obama taking aim at North Korea. He described it as a "big worry", after meeting with G7 counterparts, as tensions escalate following Pyongyang's series of nuclear tests.

The point that this article makes is that it shows what's on topic for the future.

Caitlin Lima

6/2/2016 04:40:21 pm

In syria 250,000 people lost their lives in a four year conflict and 11 million lost their
homes and forced into loyalty to President Bashar al-Assad and if they oppose his rule the people
will have to battle each other. On March 2011 protests begin to erupt in the southern city of Deraa
after the arrest and torture of teens who painted revolutionary slogans on a school wall.
Many people were killed by barrel bombs dropped by the government- attacks which the UN says
may constitute massacres. IS has also been accused of waging a campaign of terror

shawn jerauld

6/3/2016 05:59:10 am

i found this interesting how u linked it to something we learned about in class

Cameron Griswold

6/7/2016 04:22:56 pm

1)The turkish government says that the heavy loses that ISIS is suffering is just the beginning if they keep on trying to attack Turkey. That they are going to keep on hitting the groupe. Until they leave turkey alone but until then they said that the attacks on ISIS are going to get worst. Also this makes the Syrian people mad because of the innocent loss of life. Turkey people are also mad because of the two children lost their lives. Now there are riots that the Turkish Government has to deal with they really need to stop and work together to defeat ISIS.

2)The Korean war how North Korea was pushing into South Korea and then South reacted with constant artillery fire at them pushing the Koreans back and stopping them in there path which is what turkey is trying to stop ISIS in there path.

3) History always seems to repeat itself.

Unit 8: Contemporary World Revisited

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