"When you have a choice to make and you don't make it, that in itself is a choice."
A historical example that can show the validity of this quote is the Holocaust. People knew what was going on, and they made a choice and decided not to say anything. Even though those people did nothing, they still made a choice to not do anything.
This quote is very connected to the holocaust, for the reason I said above. People made the choice to not do anything about the brutal treatment of the Jews. But also, the Jews didn't really try to do anything and they made the choice to not do anything. Frankly, they couldn't really do anything. Other countries had a choice to make and help the Jews and stop this treatment, but they didn't, and that was their choice to not do anything.
The types of things that prevent people from standing up for people or for what they know is the right thing is how people will think of you after. If your group of friends was bullying a little kid with no friends, and you stuck up for the kid, your "friends" will diss you and bully you now too. It's sad that doing the right thing actually doesn't help you, your only making things worse for yourself. Sometimes you have to just do it, you have to get in other people's business and not be a bystander. You have to not care what people are going to think about you, and if they were your real friends, they would get where your coming from and would understand it's the right thing.
There has been many instances in my school and in my life where someone has not
stood up for the right thing. For example, my friend and I witnessed someone being talked mean to and being trashed talked. If my friend and I did the right thing, we would have told the people who were trash talking to stop and made them stop and apologize.
From,
Seth
Monday, June 12, 2017
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
The United States Holocaust Museum
We will be visiting the United States Holocaust Museum while we are in Washington, DC. Please view the upcoming special exhibits and the permanent exhibits. Choose two things that you think are interesting and want to see while you are in the museum.. In your comment-
1. Identify the exhibit or topic with a title
2. Explain what it is and why you are interested in it
3. Create a hyperlink to the description of the exhibit.
Example:
The Final Solution
I am interested in visiting the floor titled The Final Solution of the museum because of reading Night and Elie Wiesel's experience in Auschwitz. I would like to learn more about the concentration camps. There is a section on Anne Frank that I want to see as well. I am especially interested in watching the video called Voices of Auschwitz.
1. Identify the exhibit or topic with a title
2. Explain what it is and why you are interested in it
3. Create a hyperlink to the description of the exhibit.
Example:
The Final Solution
I am interested in visiting the floor titled The Final Solution of the museum because of reading Night and Elie Wiesel's experience in Auschwitz. I would like to learn more about the concentration camps. There is a section on Anne Frank that I want to see as well. I am especially interested in watching the video called Voices of Auschwitz.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Reader Response blog
Dear Ms.Casassa,
I am reading Seeker by Arwin Elys Dayton. The main character is Quinn and she changed a lot and Im not even half way done with the book. At first she really wanted to be a seeker but now things have changed she is really depressed because of what she had to do when she went on missions. She often sleeps in the barn with her horse. Before she liked her dad but now that he makes her kill and do awful things she hates him and doesn't want anything to do with him. John another main character was kicked out of the program and he attacks Briac because he has his mothers anthem and he killed his mother. Quinn could have given it to him but she didn't because he was causing harm and hurt her mom and also killed another member by accident. She really has changed.
Sincerely,
Brennan
I am reading Seeker by Arwin Elys Dayton. The main character is Quinn and she changed a lot and Im not even half way done with the book. At first she really wanted to be a seeker but now things have changed she is really depressed because of what she had to do when she went on missions. She often sleeps in the barn with her horse. Before she liked her dad but now that he makes her kill and do awful things she hates him and doesn't want anything to do with him. John another main character was kicked out of the program and he attacks Briac because he has his mothers anthem and he killed his mother. Quinn could have given it to him but she didn't because he was causing harm and hurt her mom and also killed another member by accident. She really has changed.
Sincerely,
Brennan
Rule of Three
Dear Ms. Casassa,
This week I am still reading Fight for Power by Eric Walters. This book just keeps getting better and better. Feelings with Lori and Adam are progressing after Todd gave Adam some advice. Where I started reading this week was in chapter seven. It takes off with Adam and Lori on a private roof top some kids in the compound made to get away from all the drama and stress. As they get talking, shots ring out and two guards are shot. There has been a sniper attack from the old recked towers on the outskirts of the compound. Fortunately, no one else gets hurt, but the compound needs to come up with a plan to execute the attackers.
Adam has changed a lot throughout the story and throughout the series. In the beginning of this book Adam kills two of his own men. He has to do this because they turned on him an they were going to kill him. But, before this book, Adam didn't even carry a gun on him. Now, he has two guns and a grenade on him at all time. This just shows how much he has changed. Adam has also become more of an adult too soon. He is still only a sixteen year old, but he has to change and form into an adult to protect his siblings, girlfriend, and the whole compound. In the first book, Adam and Todd are trying to finish a last minute report for their high school class. In the next couple weeks Adam is fighting for his life and trying to provide his family with basic necessities. Throughout the story, Adam matures very quickly, and it is kind of disappointing because he will never go back to where he was that one day in high school.
It really surprised me that Brett and his men turned on the compound. The compound provided them with plenty of safety, food, and entertainment. So why would they betray the compound? This is a question I have yet to find out. I also thought about what would happen if the scenario that happened in this book happened to me and my friends and family. My friends an I practically live on our phones, what would we do if we didn't have that? It really made me think about all the things I take for granted everyday. Just the simple things, that the people in this book do not have.
From,
Seth Burdick
This week I am still reading Fight for Power by Eric Walters. This book just keeps getting better and better. Feelings with Lori and Adam are progressing after Todd gave Adam some advice. Where I started reading this week was in chapter seven. It takes off with Adam and Lori on a private roof top some kids in the compound made to get away from all the drama and stress. As they get talking, shots ring out and two guards are shot. There has been a sniper attack from the old recked towers on the outskirts of the compound. Fortunately, no one else gets hurt, but the compound needs to come up with a plan to execute the attackers.
Adam has changed a lot throughout the story and throughout the series. In the beginning of this book Adam kills two of his own men. He has to do this because they turned on him an they were going to kill him. But, before this book, Adam didn't even carry a gun on him. Now, he has two guns and a grenade on him at all time. This just shows how much he has changed. Adam has also become more of an adult too soon. He is still only a sixteen year old, but he has to change and form into an adult to protect his siblings, girlfriend, and the whole compound. In the first book, Adam and Todd are trying to finish a last minute report for their high school class. In the next couple weeks Adam is fighting for his life and trying to provide his family with basic necessities. Throughout the story, Adam matures very quickly, and it is kind of disappointing because he will never go back to where he was that one day in high school.
It really surprised me that Brett and his men turned on the compound. The compound provided them with plenty of safety, food, and entertainment. So why would they betray the compound? This is a question I have yet to find out. I also thought about what would happen if the scenario that happened in this book happened to me and my friends and family. My friends an I practically live on our phones, what would we do if we didn't have that? It really made me think about all the things I take for granted everyday. Just the simple things, that the people in this book do not have.
From,
Seth Burdick
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Charcater
Dear Ms. Casassa,
This week I am reading the third book in the series, The Rule of Three, Fight for Power by Eric Walters. This book is the last book of the series and is shaping up to be a good one. The book takes off where the main character Adam, has come back from being kidnapped by a member of his community who turned on him, Brett. To survive, Adam had too kill two of his community members that sided with Brett and were going to kill Adam. During the kidnapping, Brett shot one of the community leaders, Herb. He is the most important resource in the community and if he dies, the community dies. Fortunately, Herb was found alive. The main characters are the ones I stated above, Adam and Herb. There is one other who I didn't mention, which is Adam's Mom, She is a police officer and controls the security of the community, she is the head of police team. The most important person would be Adam or Herb. They both bring a lot to the table. Adam is probably more important because he and his father are the only ones that know how to drive the planes, and those are the communities best safety and defending strategy. Every main character is good, the one that is bad is Brett, but he isn't really a main character. A character that I know someone like them is Pete. I would relate him to Tucker. Adam likes this girl and all the time when he talks to her Pete picks on him and that's something Tucker would do to me as a funny friend.
A passage that shows how Adam is like is the second paragraph on page 107. Adam says this quote that really shows how smart and wise he is. "The problem with liars is that they don't believe that anyone is capable of telling the truth." This quote just shows how smart he thinks. It describes that when Adam is with other people he is always outthinking them and always one step ahead of them, that is why he escaped the kidnapping from Brett. But it does not tell me anything about the problem in the book.
One of the minor characters is Lori. Lori is the girl Adam likes and her father is the community farmer. He plants the food and decides when to harvest and is very knowledgeable and very needed in the community. Lori is also the part in the story that takes away from all the bad. Like the whole book is about world destruction and the romance between Adam and Lori kind take away from all the bad.
From,
Seth Burdick
This week I am reading the third book in the series, The Rule of Three, Fight for Power by Eric Walters. This book is the last book of the series and is shaping up to be a good one. The book takes off where the main character Adam, has come back from being kidnapped by a member of his community who turned on him, Brett. To survive, Adam had too kill two of his community members that sided with Brett and were going to kill Adam. During the kidnapping, Brett shot one of the community leaders, Herb. He is the most important resource in the community and if he dies, the community dies. Fortunately, Herb was found alive. The main characters are the ones I stated above, Adam and Herb. There is one other who I didn't mention, which is Adam's Mom, She is a police officer and controls the security of the community, she is the head of police team. The most important person would be Adam or Herb. They both bring a lot to the table. Adam is probably more important because he and his father are the only ones that know how to drive the planes, and those are the communities best safety and defending strategy. Every main character is good, the one that is bad is Brett, but he isn't really a main character. A character that I know someone like them is Pete. I would relate him to Tucker. Adam likes this girl and all the time when he talks to her Pete picks on him and that's something Tucker would do to me as a funny friend.
A passage that shows how Adam is like is the second paragraph on page 107. Adam says this quote that really shows how smart and wise he is. "The problem with liars is that they don't believe that anyone is capable of telling the truth." This quote just shows how smart he thinks. It describes that when Adam is with other people he is always outthinking them and always one step ahead of them, that is why he escaped the kidnapping from Brett. But it does not tell me anything about the problem in the book.
One of the minor characters is Lori. Lori is the girl Adam likes and her father is the community farmer. He plants the food and decides when to harvest and is very knowledgeable and very needed in the community. Lori is also the part in the story that takes away from all the bad. Like the whole book is about world destruction and the romance between Adam and Lori kind take away from all the bad.
From,
Seth Burdick
Monday, May 8, 2017
Night by Elie Wiesel
Click here to view-Antisemitism in Everyday Life- Exhibit at United States Holocaust Museum. Look though the collection of Antisemitic propaganda. Choose three pictures from the exhibit. Summarize the pictures and explain how they are examples of antisemitism. What makes them propaganda? Choose one picture to upload on the slide show below. Include the image and a brief explanation of what makes it antisemitic. Be prepared to explain to the rest of the class.
Other Resources-
The Path to Nazi Genocide (video with mature subject)
Friday, April 28, 2017
The Giver Essay
Molly Amundsen
Language Arts
March 20, 2017
The Giver
Essay
Have you ever felt like there were to many choices to be made? Or that making decisions was to hard? Lois Lowry created a utopian society that eliminates all that. In The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas lives in a Dystopian society where everybody is the same and there is no choice. Jonas changes over time through the book. As Jonas becomes the Receiver, Jonas begins to experience different feelings and emotions about his community. At the start Jonas thinks of his community as perfect but Jonas begins to question his community as he trains to become the next Receiver and by the end he wants to make major changes to it.
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