My World

A theme or topic for my unit would be World War II and the Holocaust. The unit would involve students investigating the Holocaust and the Nuremberg trials as well as the development of the United Nations. Students will analyze the factors leading up to the events of the Holocaust and the idea of antisemitism that was developing. They will also examine the significance of the Nuremberg trials and how international efforts came to be to protect human rights and future wars from occurring. The unit

On one beautiful night, my family and I strolled down the illuminated pathway towards a stunning Christmas light presentation. This breathtaking scene may sound familiar to some of you since it is the iconic scene Disney World is decorated in near the magical holidays. One fantastic week around the beginning of December of 2011, my family and I went on an amazing vacation to Disney World, one of my favourite theme parks, and stayed for a week. As great as this vacation already sounds, it only gets

“We’re going to Disney World.” The moment the words let her mouth, I was jumping for joy on the inside. In the basement with my sister Caitlin and my Mom watching TV. She said we're going to Disney World in Florida. For the next few months I spent time researching tips, tricks, and other ways to make our trip awesome. Getting closer to the trip I tried getting Caitlin enthusiastic for the trip, she was worried something would happen to make us cancel the trip. November rolled around and we

My Quality World My Tomorrow Most people don't really understand what "Quality World" really means. Dr. William Glasser coined this term, a psychiatrist who believes that we all have an idea of what we really want in life. According to this author "Quality World" is the overall understanding of everything that is important to us (e.g. possession, principles and beliefs, experiences and relationships) in our lives. The quality world I imagine to be living in ten years from now is one where I have

As we begin our journey into the world, even as high school students, it is not uncommon to hear those cliché sayings from our older adults. The stories of how our elders worked so hard to provide for their families, they wished they got an education to help making the ends meet a bit easier. Even when we are young and new to the world, we get asked the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Even as little ones we already know that having a job, working and providing for ourselves and

principles, values and beliefs. I would relate the present in the years of my education (this paragraph only). In some prestigious universities, educators were not as serious or challenging as my grade school or high school teachers’ had been. Indeed, they taught us about the topic of our lessons every day, they exert their effort in teaching us just to understand it but sometimes, it lacks substance; the application in the outside world, the reality, the rootedness of it and how we would engage the lessons

Listening to the accounts of my grandmother’s experiences during World War II as she described how her windows were once blown in due to a German bomb falling close to where she lived, has always triggered my enthusiasm and interest for History. I am fascinated by how World War II shaped the political, economic and social landscape of post-war Britain and how it continues to shape the changing world we live in today. My interest in this particular period stretches back to World War I and the early days

For this essay I interviewed my mother, Marketa Ondryskova. The interview took place September 31 at 3:00 pm. My mother is a good source, because this essay is about her grandparents and since she was very young she was told many stories from the war. The historical event that will be discussed in this essay is WWII. WWII happened between 1939 and 1945. New weapons were invented, therefore more soldiers and civilians were killed, causing WWII to be the cruelest war of all times. WWII happened, because

Moving past the 1920’s, the stock markets crash of 1930’s, and the Second World War, we enter into a new world for many people, post war. The war ended in 1945 and the soldiers were sent home to their loved ones to marry and start families. Many of the fashions after the war remained the same as what was worn during the war. Many men continued to wear uniforms even at home as their way of adjusting to post war life. Another way soldiers adjusted to life after the war was by taking jackets like the

My generation gave me a good place to live and my Great-grandpa served in World War II. He is now 92 years old . He hated it but he loved who he did it for. He said he would “Do it over again, buddy.” The things he did were good for our country and one day I will go to the military to make him proud. I love that he did what he did for us and so does everybody . The gift he gave to me is how much I respect people. It changed me a lot once I realized how hard it is to be in a war. More of our people