Tuesday, 3 November 2009

The Brancacci Chapel


This is website about the Brancacci chapel, I took some painting in there. There are many great painting. The Brancacci chapel is in Florence, sometimes can also called Sistine Chapel. It commissioned by Pietro Brancacci in 1386. The chapel influenced of the early Renaissence style. Felice Brancacci who is descendant of Pietro hired Masolino da Panicale to paint his chapel. However, he quited. Masaccio finished the painting of the chapel.
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This painting is St. Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow, by Masaccio. In this painting, the lead looks like a king. The man lie prone to him. It can see that St. Peter is important, and the man in left side is poor. I choose it because the painter made the lead's color more bright, so St. Peter jumps out. I can even feel dignity of him.










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This painting is The Distribution of Alms and the Death of Ananias by Masaccio. The man I think is Ananias, he lied to God. He laid in ground. I choose this painting because the color makes me focus on the yellow clothes, I reckon he's God or other important person. The normal people dress on brown colthes, but God dress yellow. It shows their status. This is why I choose it.





Saturday, 3 October 2009

Renaissance in Florence

The website about renaissance in Florence. In the fifteen century and the city had a population of 60,000 and was a self-governed. The Renaissance is first occur in there, and there's many churches, public buildings, and houses. The concept of dome first emerged on tops the Santa Maria del Fiore, the cathedral of Florence. Many Florentine buildings outwardly exemplify Renassiance style. Like the church of Santa Croce.
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This photo's cathedral is Santa church in Florence. I choose it because it's a dome. This may the first churches has this style, and it is so incredible. The church is huge, and the dome was new designed in that century. It can let 30000 people in.





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A famous painter lived in Florence, he is Giotto di Bondone. One of his painting is "Kiss of Judas", it's his important painting. I choose it because the emotion in Judas, his face has feeling inside. Not just lines, and their face and other soldier's face has difference. Jesus seems calm, and the soldier seems angry. Also, the other story like a man cuts ear, the color is bright these are all Giotto's style.

Friday, 18 September 2009

Painting in Siena



This is a great website of Painting in Siena. These painting are early Renaissance, and it influences some church. It becomes dazzling facade of dark and light stone. Duccio, who impact the Painting in Siena. He uses strong color with gold to create some patterns.

This painting is Madonna and Child by Andrea. He use a special way to represent the Virgin, he made Madonna sits on a cushion. It shows the Humility, this is a popular way in that period. This painting can show this particular style.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duccio

This website is about Duccio, he's born in Siena. He impacts the Italian painter for his time. His masterpiece is for Siena's cathedral, and also well known of Stoclet Madonna. The right side's painting is Maestà with Twenty Angels and Nineteen Saints. I like his color, because it is brightly. He made a lot of this paintings, they are incredible. In this painting, Duccio used a skill to make the Maestà comes up. Therefore, the painting is nice.

Saturday, 5 September 2009

Giotto


This is a website about Giotto, and it contains many information. I choose a piece of painting from the website, it is Giotto's Last Supper. I choose it because this painting already have emotion inside. Maybe you can see some lines, but the emotion is clearly show on face. The last supper is about Jesus said about a disciple will betray him. Every disciples thought of that person is who. Therefore, they are worried.


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This website has many Giotto's painting, I choose one to describe. This piece is scenes from the Meeting at the Golden Gate, and it is a detail of Joachim and Anna kiss. The point I want to show you is that the love is show on their face. The whole painting can't make everyone focus on this. I like the expression in their eyes, the strong emotion seems come from there. Giotto has many paintings, he is great Renaissance painter!

Friday, 21 August 2009

Painting of Renaissence

This piece is "David", by Michelangelo. I choose it because it carved very exquisite, you can see some muscle's line is almost perfect. The body's beauty is all rise. This statue makes me feel a strong dignified, like a man come back from a war's victory. Also, the strong and a pride. Michelangelo shows the man's figure.
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This piece is Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo. I choose it because the drawing is so wonderful. The Adam seems no power, he's waiting Zeus gives it to him. I like this painting that the painter didn't draw Adam and Zeus figure touching. He made everyone to imagine. Also, the soft and beauty's control is really great. This painting is draw on wall, it's extremely amazing.

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Codebreakers



This website is about Peter Twinn, the codebreaker. Peter Frank George Twinn is British codebreaker. He was a middle of postgraduate studying Physics, and he saw goverment advertisement. It was looking for mathematicians, but unclear about what else was involved. He went to work, and he has high salary. Peter became the assistant to Alfred Dilwyn Knox who was the head of codebreakers at GC&CS. Twinn was the first mathematicians work on Enigma cipher. The Enigma machine was a very complicated machine, and it had a keyboard. It like a typewritter.


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I find this great website about Enigma machine, and it has many informations. The Enigma machine invented in 1918 by Arthur Scherbius. The idea is number of substitutions one after the other.During 1920, German military increased. Pole felt threatened, they had code breaking. They use Intelligence intercept enemy Radio transmissions with new cipher system which finally know it's coming form Enigma.Polish Intelligence break the Enigma traffic. The goverment try a mathematical approach, and they show mathematical skills can attack the problem to find the key of message.
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The good video of code breaker, it has many info of it.
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Photo 1:The thing beside man is Enigma machine, it like a typewritter.
Photo 2:It's a figure of Enigma machine, the cipher is like the number of substitutions .

Sunday, 21 June 2009

Prisoner of War(POW)


I find this website about POW is really great,and it has some cool pictures. Prisoner of war can also says enemy prisoner of war(EPW). Between WWII, the death of POWs were 6 million to 10 million. Germany and Italy treated their prisoner from the British Commonwealth, France, the U.S. The prisoners almost have no food. Fortunately, the Red Cross gives the food packages. German didn't do the same thing to the non- western prisoners. About 1 million prisoners released during the war.
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This website has whole history about POW, so I choose some part to discuss. The prisoner of war are combatants who imprison in the enemy power. The international law defines that it is a person captured while the fighting for millitary. The difference of German treated to soviet red army troops is take prisoners with neglect. The Nazi goverment thought Soviet Red Army is a lower racial order. As a result, there were hundred and thousands of POWs in Soviet died.
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This video is about POW, it's little bit funny as There's all artificial man. However, you'll enjoy it!

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Photo 1: It is Naked Soviet prisoners of war in Mauthausen concentration camp, it's terrible.

Photo 2:It is Red cross package sent to British POW in Germany.

Saturday, 13 June 2009

Spies in WWII



I find this good website with pictures and info.During WWII, a young woman work for British intelligence called Virginia Hall. She was a spy, and work for Franch in a agent. When the Nazi starts to catch her, she was escape on foot over the Pyrenees Mountains into Spain. Her foot is wounded. Wall took great intelligence. After the war, she was awarded by America. She's also the only American civilian female get the DSC.



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http://www.womeninwwii.com/army/womenspies.asp


This website is about women in WWII, and I choose a example to describe. Julia Child is the famous spy in the war. During the WWII, women is perfect to do intelligence work. They are easy to slip in enemy's fingertips than man. The spies took "intimate" knowledge of German military by the officers. Often, women will find a work by the enemy. There were women work for both SOE and OSS.




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Photo 1:She is Virginia Hall, and she's a spy work on Nazi.
Photo 2:She is Julia Child ,a famous spy in WWII.

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Pearl Harbor




This website is Wikipedia, and it is great. I take some photos there. Pearl Harbor is in Hawaii. The attack in Pearl harbor by Japan is on December 7, 1941. It brought America to the WWII. At Sunday December 7, 1941, Japan's aircraft and navy attacked. These attack was not surprise, because America already knew about they're planning to attack. However, they didn't discover the target. Therefore, Japan started to attack.


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It is a great website, and it has a lot of information. The Pearl Harbor attack stroke United state's navy. In late November 1941, the United state saw Japan's diplomatic codes. In 7 December, Japan navy comes. With in short minute, eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking. 2400 Americans died. Many America air force eliminated by Japan's planes.
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I can't use the video, so I put the URL. This is a pretty cool video, it shows every things in Pearl Harbor. Like the bomber, all the city is burn etc.
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Photo 1:It is Pearl Harbor, I think it is beautiful.
Photo 2:The bombing in Pearl Harbor, it's dangeous!

Saturday, 30 May 2009

Bombing raids

This is the in formations of bombing raids, and it is the introduction of bombing. The bombing is a military strategy, and it destroys economic ability more than destroys forces and land. It executed attack from the air. They used strategic bombers, cruise missiles, or nuclear-armed fighter-bomber aircraft to attack the target. It is different of "terror bombing".
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This website is about fire raids in Japan, and it is terrible. The fire raids on Japan is during 1945.General Curtis Le May ordered it, and it is difficult to B-29 crews. After attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941, everyone hate Japan. On November 1st, 1944 B-29 flew over Tokyo. The B-29 can carry 20,000 lb bomb, and they got the victory. This attack is more like terror bombing, because they use many bombs.


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This is the most cool video I ever seen, and it is about bombing raids on Japan. It has all events of "B-29"bombing the target. However, they bomb in city. It may kill many civilian. You can see how they hit the target, and anti-aircraft guns shooting.
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Photo 1: It is Tokyo after firebombing, the city is gone!
Photo 2:It is the bomber put the bombs out, it will make many deaths.
Photo 3:It is Bristol at WarII 1942 after bombing raids,it's so dangerous to live there.

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Iroquois Nation


I find this great website, and it has some useful picture. Iroquois is the oldest Native America tribes gathering. First, there are These were the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca. The Tuscarora join in too. When the battle, they side with British. The Huron village who side with France, they're enemy. There's a schism during the American Revolutionary War. Oneida and Tuscarora supported the Americans. After Ameriaca triumph, a group of Iroquois left . Many of the Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora stayed in New York. However, the Iroquois traditions save in these place.

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This website has many info of Mahawk Indian tribe, but it doesn't have any pictures. Mahawk tribe is the most east tribe in Iroquois. They call theirselves Kaniengehaga. In Oneida, the Mohawk just have 3 clans. It is the Bear, the Wolf, and the Turtle. These chiefships are known by specific names. These official titles are like Tekarihoken, Haienhwatha.



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This website is about Mohawk famous chief Joseph brant, and it has a drawing for him. Joseph Brant, the most influential chief of Mohawk. His parent lived on the Mohawk River in New York. Brant side with British during the American Revolutionary War. One time, he put in practice the Masonic. When he still young, he is the favorite of Sir William Johnson. He's also Freemason, and he married Brant's sister when his European wife died. Johnson chose Brant and the other Indian to attend Moors Charity School for Indians at Lebanon. Brant learn speak English, and write English. He left school during the French and the Indians war, and he became Johnson's companion.

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Photo 1: It is the Iroquois Indians, and you can see their traditional clothes.
Photo 2:It is the logo of Mohawk tribe, and the tribe name is in it.
Photo 3:It's the drawing of Joseph brant, the famous chief.

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

Battle of Britain


I find this website from wikipedia, it's great as uaual. The battle in britain during summer, fall 1940. The RAF(Royal air force) gains the air superiority. The RAF is United kindom's airforce. It showed more on Fighter Command. It formed in 1936 to reflect the RAF expanded prior to WWII. The first campaign in on air force. It is the largest bombing campaign.The failure makes German reached their plan.



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http://battleofbritain1940.net/bobhsoc/index.html

This is aboout battle of Britain summary. The battle of Britain is the major battles of WWII. It had some reasons. This battle is the first warfare in sky. The second is it turn tide of the WW2. If Britain lost, Nazi will take world war power. After the succeed 'Blitzkrieg' invasions of Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and France, Hitler didn't decide to attack Britain at that instant. The British Prime Minister included in his speech at the fall of France: I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire."


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It is a video about the battle of Britain, it is short. However, it shows RAF. You can see they shoot around and some plane sink into water. I think the piolet is courageous.


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Photo 1:It is Messerschmitt Bf 109E, it isn't big.

Photo 2:The RAF flying in the sky, what a cool picture!

Photo 3:The photo in 1940, people talking next to the plane.

Sunday, 26 April 2009

German army



This website is about German army, I read a little of article but more picture. German military forces were army,navy and air force. There was a German army in Cologne. It was schools and education centres. Now, I'll tell about German weapons. I interest about their guns, like MG3 or MG4. It was the cool machine guns, because they were air-cooled. The other is AWM, it is a sniper rifle.


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This website is about wehrmacht. There is many info, I read some parts.It is Defence-power in German army. It consisted of the Heer during 1935–1945. Heer is German army. The wehrmacht had three parts: the army, the navy, and the air force. During that time, no soldiers join in political party. It is because there were separation between politics and the armed forces.
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It is a video of German army, the Wehrmacht. It's a cool video. It shows what was like of the German army, includes navy and air force. There were the military forces attack in war, it was really brutal. In the video, you can see many Wehrmacht mark in Panzer and stukas. You also can see soldier takes guns and shot. A really great video.



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Picture 1:It is a machine guns called MG3, it used to air-cooled. It also can shut Howard.
Picture 2:It is a Wehrmacht Eagle. The eagle stands on the marks, it looks cool!
Picture 3:It is a wehrmacht pattern, you can see many weapons of German have it.

Saturday, 11 April 2009

German Occupation

I find this website about dutch reacted in German occupation. It is a great website, it has all events. I learned that when German control Netherland, and some Dutch support them. They join in German army or join in Henneicke Column. Which is a group of Dutch Nazi collaborators. This group is to detect the hiding Jews. There's also Dutch resistance, that group had some dangeous mission. It is to hide Jews.
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I find this website about people in Luxembourg reacted to German occupation. It has some cool pictures, like the map of Luxembourg. There's many people make some group to reacted German's occupation. The groups are Luxembourgish Patriotic League, Luxembourgish Freedom Movement, Luxembourgish Freedom Fighters, Luxembourgish Peoples Legion, Luxembourg Red Lion, Independent Patriots and Luxembourgish Freedom Alliance. However, the groups disappeared in march 1944 to Union. There's also Collaboration in Luxembourg, and many are find in Volksdeutsche Bewegung . It is a movement Nazi movement in Luxembourg.
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It is a video about south-eastern Polan under German occupation. It is a great video. It looks so prestige, and many buildings changed to some Nazi sign. It is because there becomes military town!!no one have freedom.
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Picture 1: It is a city called Rotterdam after the terror bombing, it is so terrible.
Picture 2: It is the German invasion in Luxembourg on May 9 1940, it's a cool map.
Picture 3: It is germany occupation map, I like this great picture!!

Saturday, 4 April 2009

Blizkrieg


I find this good website, it includes many about blizkrieg.In German,Blizkrieg means "lightening war. It is a mechanized force it attack front of the enemy. The frist mass of tank attack start at Cambrai in 1917. In Soviet Union, Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky was developing similar tactics.The Blizkrieg are very successful in the German invasions of Western Europe and initial operations in the Soviet Union. This operation is concentrate on suprise invade.
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I find this website about stukas Ju87, and it has some good pictures. A Stukas Ju87 is a dive bomber. The first fight is in 1935. During 1939, it has reputations by the performance on sky in war. However, late 1940 it made many death. They withdrew it. The later time, it also has some great performance. In the end, they stop production in 1944.



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I find this website about Panzer. I takes some picture from it. A Panzer is a German tank, especially use in the WWII. In 1930, the Panzer I and II created. The German test it on Spanish Civil War. When the mobile war pushed back to North africa, German force in antitank weapons, 88 mm antiaircraft guns. Which use as antitanks. The tanks were German use most at every place where they invade.
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Picture 1:This picture took during operations along the Terek River in 1942. It looks dangeous!
Picture 2:It is Stukas flying over Poland, I think it may powerful.
Picture 3:It is a medium tank, it is huge.






Friday, 27 March 2009

Bomb Shelters;Air raids

This website is about Bomb Shelters;Air raids, this website has lots of picture. An air raids shelter is a protection place for people, and it can protects the attack from the air. Now, I'll tell about bomb shelters in world war II. There's many kind of bomb shelters, like underground
stations, tunnels, cellars and basement in large building. The Anderson shelters is the common shelters, which build in garden.


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This is a website about air raids shelter, it has many links can make the reader more understand it. In November 1938, John Anderson starts employ engineer to design a small and cheep shelter. It called "Anderson Shelter", and it can erect in people's garden. Few months later, there's approximately one and a half million people have it. Anderson shelter can protect the Luftwaffe. The goverment gave free to poor people. The Luftwaffe changed the time bombing to night time, so the goverment tells people sleeep in the shelter.
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It is a video about air raids shelter, there's a little boy takes you downstair. He open a door, and there's air raids shelter. In the shelter, there are some passage. Also, the food and cookies.






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Photo 1:It is London Underground Air Raid Shelter Sign, telling people to go underground.
Photo 2:It is Anderson Shelter, it seems simple.
Photo 3:It is underground shelter, many people sleep in there.


Wednesday, 18 March 2009

A world divided




This website is talking about Fascism, it is a good website. However, it doesn't have much picture. Fascism is a political ideology. It has no freedom, and you don't have any personal power.It often has no elections, legislatures and other democracy. Someone who attempts to build this Fascism always make million of death. Fascism will make people associate with fanaticism, racism,totalitarianism, and violence kind of bad things.


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This website is aboout communism, it has a lot of informations. I just choose one part to read. In basic, communism is a social system of property hold in common. They overthrow the capitalist by revolutionary.The idea comes from Karl Marx, and modified by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Who is the sucessful Communist revolution leader in Russia.



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This website is about Democracy, it's a great website with many pictures and info. Democracy is a form of a goverment power almost held by citizen. It was derive from Greek "popular government"which is come from"people, rule, strength". Last, I will tell you the Democracy's rule. One is the society has equal access to power . The second is the citizens can enjoy the freedoms and liberties.
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Picture 1: It's the symbol of Fascism, but I don't know what it really mean.
Picture 2:He's Karl Marx, the communism idea comes from him.
Picture 3:It's "Democracy goddess", in this picture isn't the real one.





Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Powwow



I found this website about Powwow. It has some cool picture, so I took them. A powwow can be called powwow or pow wow or pau wau. It is a gathering of North America's native people. The word comes from Narragansett word "powwow". A Narragansett is a tribe of North America's native tribe of Algonquian language group. The word means "spiritual leader".







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I found this website. It has lots of informations, it is a great website! I choose a part I like to tell you. In Powwow, the Native America people join in singing, renew an old friendship or makes a new ones. It's good way to save traditional heritage. Many people believe the Southern tribe were the origin of "Powwow".



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This website has some informations, but it's picture more. I took a photo in that website. The powwow come from early 1800s the gathering of North America tribe, before European entrance to the west of hemisphere. They hunt, plant, gather and to celebrate. They always come together, because they need to renew family and clans. They also need to celebrate triumph. Young men and women always meet in this celebration.


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Photo 1:It's a Men's traditional dancers, I think their clothes is fancy.
Photo 2:It's a fancy dancer, I think he is good at dance.
Photo 3:A "Grass dancer, what a beautiful dance. Howard would like it.





Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Nazi party





I found this website about the rise of Nazi party, and I took some picture in there.The Nazi party starts at the end of WWI. It starts in one team of unemployed soldiers at 1919.It also becomes a part of Germony goverment at 1933. The Germon worker's party is the forerunner of Nazi party. Hitler joined in this party, and soon to be the leadership with his emotional speeches. He changed the party name to " National Socialist German Workers"The short name is Nazi party. The picture on right side is the members of Nazi. I think it is large.




I found this website, I took many informations in it. Nazi party murder many "life unworthy of living" It include Jews, Slavs, and Roma, they also carry out their belief. They murder approximately 6 million Jews!!And 5 millions of the other. The picture at right side is the Nazism. I think it likes a Chinese word"卍"




This website is about the summary of the Nazi party's stories, I get many informations. Nazi is a main party of political force in "Nazi Germony"at the fall of "Weimar Republic".until WWII ended.
First, Hitler is the member of Nazi 555. However, Nazi starts a "Beer Hall putsch". They failed, but Hitler becomes the member 1 of the Nazi. The picture in right side is Hitler with his members in 1930.

Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Hitler




This is the Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi party. I think he is crazy like Howard



I found this website, I learn some Hitler's stories and a little bit of WWII.Hitler, which makes the world war2 deaths become million.1919, he went to the Nazi party. 1921, he changed to the leader of party.1933, he made a new rule with a Gestapo. Which is a brutal secret police to organized murder of Jews, Gypsies and political opponents. 1939, he starts the WWII. He has remarkable early success in the war, but in 1942 the tide turned. Hitler shot himself in 1945.




I found this website about Hitler's boyhood. I learn his boyhood and took some picture in this website. Hitler's boyhood was unhappy, and his father is a retired civil service. His father makes Hitler likes to play war games. Hitler wants to be a artist, but his father wants him to be cicil servant. He sent Hitler to a big school, Hitler is extremely unhappy. In 1903, his father died.

Wednesday, 11 February 2009

The meaning of life

Today, I want to tell you about the meaning of life. I think life is a song, so you have two shoices. One, you can makes this song strange. The other is to makes the song more abundant. If you choose the number one, your life may become dark. Why?because you may meet some bad friend, and you start taking drugs or drink alcohol. If you choose the other choice, your life may become promising. The life always undulate, because it will make your song more speacial. If it isn't, you can't enjoy your own life!
This a song's lyrics, and this song call "Life is a song". The song says"Maybe life is a song but you're scared to song along Until the very ending". Yes, peoople scare of the ending of life. Nobody want to die, but I think we don't need to care about it. The point is how to make my own song more speacial. If you want to live accord with it, you may think of: How to do some significant things in my life? I hope everyone has a great song of life!
I suggest you listen this song from Patrick Park:http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt4REiGB_-w

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Farming mythology

This is the picture of the man who entreats the god gives them corn


I find some farming mythology about corn. Corn is the major crops of Maya, so there's some mythology of corn. First, corn's existence was under the mountain or an huge rock. The only one can eat is the ants. The man asks the god for help, and the god remove some precious foods from under the ground. All the human can takes it. At first, all the corns are white. However, a lightening bolt makes it burned. Some grains smoked, this is why they are now black, yellow and red varieties in the grain. There's also a corn god among Maya is Yum K'aax.