Monday, February 4, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
Assassinations Across Time
Assassination: Definition - The targeting and killing of a person of a high profile position. The difference between assassination and any other killing is that the assassin has an ideological or political motivation
Assassination is a common theme in global history and throughout our study we have looked at several of these and will continue to study a great deal more. For the purpose of this question we want to take a look at the circumstances that surround all assassinations.
Example: Abraham Lincoln
- Nationality - United States
- Position - President of the United States
Name and describe the assassin - John Wilkes Booth - A Southern/Confederate flamboyant actor.
Social, political and or economic sitution surrounding the event in that country -
- What was happening before the assassination (Cause) - The North had recently defeated the Confederate South in the Civil War.
- What happened after the assassination (Effect) - Andrew Johnson took over as president and abandoned many of Lincolns plans for reconstruction. The rights of former African slaves were not taken seriously and former Confederates were treated with leniency.
Choose one of the following assassinations: Choose the link and then do the same thing done above for Abraham Lincoln.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Top Global Stories
Among its many definitions history is a cycle that repeats itself in one form or another. It also teaches us what were capable of as members of the human race by giving us much to reflect on. If we look into the stories of today we see strong connections from the past and lessons about what we are capable of from the great to the horrific.
For this case our class will create their own blogs that will address the news of the day in a historical perspective.
World New Stories: http://news.yahoo.com/i/586
For starters lets come up with a title for the following political cartoon.
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