Kim’s History Blog
Why did I choose this passion project?
I chose this passion project because I wanted to learn more about social science and how movements start. During this passion project I want to learn about how they have effected countries and certain periods of time
Table of Contents
Week 1 & 2: Nationalism
How did Literacy techniques affected Nationalism in WW2?
How the news used literacy to effect nationalism and war was by describing trench warfare as a short term utopia full of fun, glory and exciting battles. They also talked about how great their nation is and basically giving the public reasons why they should and can go to war. As an example Nazi Germans openly talked about how powerful their armies were and how its a “institution ordained by god”. To create tension between two nations they called their actions or way of life either “immoral” or “inhuman”. This gives their people reason why they are “superior” to they countor part. Another example is for the news exaggerate and sensationalistic approach to reporting news. They would exaggerate minor problems into very problematic
Example of WW2 Propaganda
To what extend was Nationalism used by the Nazi’s to justify mass murder and unspeakable tortures?
Some of reasons they put Jews into concentration camps all comes down to that they thought they were “superior”. Nazi Germany thought that Jew were “inhuman and immoral” and that was their only reason they committed these acts. During our time, we understand that this can’t justify what they did but during nationalist Europe more people were inclined to take it as a justifiable reason or didn’t know what was happening to the people they brought in.
Week 3: Gender & Gender Equality
Example of a Women who pretended to be a man to achieve great accomplishments
As many people know this is Joanne Rowling or more commonly called J.K Rowling. She is famous for writing the Harry Potter and Fantastic beast series. But not many people know that she intentionally changed her pen name to J.K Rowling to target a younger male audience. This could be because J.K sound less like a girls name than Joanne
Why was Stonewall protest led to a big change in the LGBTQ+ community
The Stonewall protest occurred on the midnight of June 28 1969, which broke out of the Stonewall bar in New York City. This protest mainly broke out after several count of police violence targeted at the rainbow community. Prior to this incident, the LGBTQ+ community was deemed “illegal”, and as a result this led to more police to believing this was the norm. This protest impacted the LGBTQ+ community greatly as this was the first gay parade and this encouraged more members of the LGBTQ+ community to accept their feeling. Stonewall was the main foundation of it all as it showed people they could and should protest
Week 4: Racism
What are the strengths and limitations of statistics about rasicm
Strengths of Statistics
- Easily comparable
- Comprehensible data
Limitation of Statistics
- Hard to show individual experiences
- Data size limit
- Bias
- Unreliable
Week 5: Pandemics
Some of the superstition they believed in were
- Flagellation
- The blame being place on minorities such as Jews
- Carrying around flowers
- Staying home with all doors and windows closed
These superstition all relate to the belief that the Black Plague carried a bad air, as a result, carrying around flower were to counter it’s bad smell with a pleasant smell. As well as closing all doors and windows does not allow the bad air to enter their homes
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