Imagine seeing others being persecuted, and deciding to hide them to save them. Hermine Santruschitz was a woman who decided to do just that for a family, the Frank family. Hermine Santruschitz aka Miep Gies is an important historical figure because of her life, role in hiding the Franks, and her legacy. Miep Gies lived during the holocaust she also hid a girl by the name of Anne Frank. Who unfortunately was a jew during that time.…
Critical Journal #4 1. Why is this piece intriguing to you? The Migrant Mother picture by Dorothea Lange on page 538, is an intriguing piece because of the emotional image it portrayed and how it send messages to others on the critical conditions they are facing during that time period. It can compare to the saying that picture is worth a thousand words. 2.…
This led to some of the children she had saved recognizing her face and contacting her about how she saved their lives. Furthermore, she spent the last years of her life in a nursing home under the care of a woman who had been smuggled out of the ghetto as a baby.…
In the book, "Ella Minnow Pea" by Mark Dunn language was an enormous part of the culture in Nollopton. It is what the island was founded upon, it is how they diversified themselves. By the High Council taking letters away from the alphabet, they began destroying and corrupting the culture in Nollopton. Without language, the people began to go mad. Their decision making began to change entirely.…
1. Adams-Oñis Treaty: In 1812 nationalist president and former State Secretary James Monroe became America’s new president. With what he felt was a well established team consisting of Adams, Calhoun, and Crawford Pres. Monroe wanted to improve America as a continent implementing them in national affairs. One of his biggest unsettled issues was the undecided border in the South.…
The Impact Of Dorothea Dix On The Treatment Of The Mentally Ill Dorothea Dix played a major part in the improvement and founding of mentally ill hospitals. Dix submitted her first pamphlet to the state legislature in 1843. During that time, pamphlets were the only way women could have a voice in politics. Women were not allowed to vote or even speak before a legislature. In her “memorial” Dorothea showed the world the harsh treatment and neglect that the mentally ill faced.…
I Came a Stranger: Life as a Woman in the early 20th Century Hilda Satt Polacheck lived an extraordinary life as an immigrant woman in the early twentieth century. Hilda’s life is on display (portrayed)? throughout her book, I Came a Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl, which showed the struggles and challenges faced by women in America during the early twentieth century. Polacheck guided us through her time of transition to America as she was getting accustomed to a vastly different way of life for not only herself, but her family as well. When Russian oppression became an issue for Polacheck’s family, they decided it was time to move to America, in search for a better life.…
Cellular Death: Tonicity on Potato Cells Introduction The purpose of this experiment was to test the effects of tonicity on potato cells. During this experiment slices of a potato were placed into beakers containing salt solutions with different concentrations. How will the percentage of salt concentration in solution affect a plant cells water content? This experiment will determine which salt solution concentrate will cause the potato cells to absorb water or lose water.…
Here are Ally’s apples and here are Bernie’s bananas. Here are Casey’s cabbages and here are Darcy’s dates. But where are Zachary’s zucchinis? Here are Ellie’s eggs and here are Finley’s figs.…
Hair falling out, your stomach is growling, you haven't ate in days, your all alone and no one is there for you, what do you do? Annelies Marie Frank was a young jewish girl who lived during the Holocaust. Anne hid from what she knew about the nazis, she hid to stay alive, but she hid from everything on the outside world. Anne's father Otto, was a german himself, when the holocaust started his friends he worked with hid his family, him, along with 3 other jews (Anne Pg. 10). Annelies Frank was a jew who hid over fear of getting caught, a young girl lost her family and friends over a man who didn't love people for who they were.…
The town itself was already so mentally oblivious to the events that happen around…
Weed and seed is a community- based program ran by the department of justice. The U.S. Department of Justice's Weed and Seed program was created for the purpose of demonstrating a resourceful approach to law enforcement and the community. The program, was initiated in 1991.(Casagrande, 2015) This program's primary goal is to prevent violent crime, gang activity and drug abuse in targeted high-crime neighborhoods all over the country. In order to accomplish these goals the weed and seed program follows a two stage strategy.…
Anne Frank Who was Anne Frank? Anne Frank was a young girl who had went through a hard time. Her diary was a way of getting out of everything around her. She used her diary to express her feelings not only impacting her ,but others from all over the world. Anne Frank will never be forgotten for her remarkable childhood, for her inspirational diary ,and her fate at the end.…
Question: How do various liquids (Tap water, creek water, miracle grow + water) affect the growth of a plant? Background Information: When recalling knowledge about what plants need to grow, some things were obvious; sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. Lima beans are a annual, and need to be in a warm climate to grow best. Lima beans grow best in temperatures between 60 degrees and 70 degrees and prefer a soil pH of 6.0 to 6.8. Also, lima beans need specific water levels to be successful.…
While the social security worker retrieved the mother 's information, the writer was retrieving her own memories of her mother. She recalling and conveyed to the readers how much of a hard worker her mother was. She states that her mother started working at a young age, “after her graduation from high school” (para. 2). She also goes on to mention that her mother “carried water nearly a quarter of a mile from the well to fill her wash boilers in order to do her laundry on a scrub board” (para. 4). The mother “sewed night after night” (par. 9) and “milked morning and evening” (par.11).…