Summer of Pandemic - History Blogs

To my fellow classmates during the summer of a pandemic. We did it! Cheer to all! Stay safe out there. -Iris https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pRJ2y9mJQmT8ZaUypXdLDaLmlgrHLTXC/view?usp=sharing

“Why Pride sponsors shouldn’t hit pause during Black Lives Matter protests.”    https://strategyonline.ca/2020/06/09/why-pride-sponsors-shouldnt-hit-pause-during-black-lives-matter-protests/ Justin Dallaire. June 9, 2020 So many differences in the world made up of so many different people. Different languages, cultures, and beliefs. Each person has a unique identity and for all of us, it is a basic human right. Of course, this is not entirely true as it is today. Our world's history has fought for decades for human rights and equality. We have come a long way considering the women's suffrage movement and the civil rights era was not too long ago in modern-day history. Had I not taken this class, I would not appreciate or understand the history of our world as much as I do now. I have more of an interest and spark in history. I do know if one thing is for sure, history will always repeat itself, even if it is decades later, or even more. The article argued the importance of...

Coronavirus: Why Africans Should Take Part in Vaccine Trials https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52678741 By Anne Mawathe,  Africa health editor, BBC News,  May 18, 2020 This article was very controversial considering the current world's coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matters protests due to racial injustices. The pandemic has caused hurt, fear, anxiety, frustrations, anger and so many more emotions as the world faces a plague of the COVID-19, and no one can escape it. Furthermore, the Black Lives Matter protestors are at a high, causing major disruption in efforts to support the excessive amount of black lives lost by law enforcement. This paired with the pandemic brings a chaotic world to live in with disease, unemployment, and no racial prejudice and a huge divide and hate amongst humanity due to color. Now that I understand more about history, I know that the social movements of people against the law often lead to wars but are also movements for chang...

Turkey Turning Hagia Sophia Back into Mosque Divides Social Media - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/turkey-turning-hagia-sophia-mosque-divides-social-media-200711104417533.html Umut Uras, July 11, 2020 This article struck me. I first began to read and understand the people of Istanbul and their victory to take back what was theirs, the mosque, Hagia Sophia. The mosque was converted into a museum. Natives built the mosque in 1453 as a sacred place to worship. In hearing the rich history, culture, and pride, I was moved by the article. My heartfelt happy for the Muslim people in Istanbul and their freedom to practice their faith in an establishment that was meant to pray in. Prior to a mosque, the Hagia Sophia was a cathedral in the Christian Byzantine Empire before the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople in 1453 and changed its name to Istanbul. Christian Byzantine Empire was the eastern part of the Roman Empire for the Turkish people. People are torn in today’s world a...

In the 1930's, women began to enter the workforce by the numbers. "Woman can do anything," became a famous party slogan in the 1960's when nearly half of the workforce was women. It was not until a movement prior to World War I. It was not until then, could women hold legal and political equality, marriage, aberration, divorce, pregnant leave, a woman could choose their surname. When women work just like a male, the burden of household chores, childcare and other things go left undone and this was the same back then. Because the woman tends to do the household chores and cares for the children, all while working and caring for the family. Women continue to get challenged when it comes to political leadership. The idea does not sit well for some, but women continue to push and it is working. More women hold power in this country like never before and it was all hard-earned fighting and bloodshed lead by the former women leaders in society who have dared to be heard.

America prides itself on having the "World's highest standard of living," or "There's no way like the American way". During the Great Depression, this was especially the case as blacks were at a severe disadvantage trying to survive life, and whites were deemed as wealthy and happy. It is as we are going back and repeating history by continuing the racial injustices in our country. The rate of unemployment in today's economy mirrors the snapshot of high unemployment during the Great Depression. The protests against police brutality against colored people rises and is consistent with the era during the Great Depression. It came full circle and here we are again, our world facing the newest depression that is yet to be written in history books as we are living it now.

 In what way(s) do you see the historical developments described in this chapter continuing to evolve in our world today? Make a separate blog post for each chapter.  My book does not go up to chapter 24. The last chapter is 23. Ways of the World, Third Edition

 In what way(s) do you see the historical developments described in this chapter continuing to evolve in our world today? Make a separate blog post for each chapter.  Globalization has heightened since 1945 in today's world. After World War II, the United States worked hard to not fall into an economy much like the Depression-era. The world's economy continues to transform and repeat behaviors in history, only to get the same results it seems. Factors such as feminism, capitalism, environmentalism, fundamentalism, global modernity display the impacts of capitalism and culture in our world. Working backward until now - In 1945, the UN, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund was established. In the 1960's there was a rise in feminism, and the Six-day Arab-Israeli war happened. In the 1970's Greenpeace was established, and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by the United Nations and created the Iranian revolutio...

1) What was The Great Dying? Cite examples and details from the historical record in your response. Could this be considered a genocide? Why/ why not?      The Great Dying was when the Europeans came in to take of the ingenious people in America. 56 million people died by 1600. When Christopher Columbus and his fellow Europeans came into the America’s, they killed nearly 90% of the Native American population. As the natives died, so did their crops. The environment began to change because of the changing in the soil. Soon, the Little Ice Age, small pox, measles and other diseases took over by killing millions of people as an environmental response. The Europeans intent to kill and wipe out a colony is definitely genocide and the diseases that followed created a pandemic, making this double deadly.  2)  What did native Siberians and native Americans have in common in terms of their experiences with Europeans during the early Modern period?   ...

My grandmother lived through malaria in Indonesia in the 1940’s. She was a young child who survived malaria herself. She often told me of the sad stories of people dying left and right from either malaria or starvation. Bodies lay piled in the masses in the middle of a dugout street, and way too many small children left to die. I recall her many memories and stories on this pandemic. Malaria hit in Southeast Asia in 1942 when the US Army and the Japanese were at war. Malaria is an infectious disease caused by parasites that attack the human body and is carried through mosquitos and said to come from as far back as the ice age. Antimalarial combats this disease, and at this time was scarce.   Many American soldiers fighting in the war contracted the disease. Once a person has malaria, they are either very ill for several weeks and got better with rest and healing or the disease went rampant and the person died. Signs of malaria are fever, chills, and weakness. This is much like th...

The 4 th of July or Independence Day is an American celebration of the independence granted to the 13 Continental Congress during the American Revolution. After the independence of the delegates, Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. The 18 th Century, American holiday began in 1941. It is widely celebrated in today’s world, often with barbecues and fireworks to display our patriotism. My family and I often celebrate by having our own fireworks display at home with family. We barbeque our favorite dishes, swim, play corn-hole, horseshoes and potato sack races. There is always watermelon, fire sparklers and barbeque for as young as I can remember.