Philanthropy Project

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2016/07/14/warren-buffett-just-donated-nearly-2-9-billion-to-charity/#7d87a0705489
http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/wall-street-donors/warren-buffett.html
http://www.biography.com/people/warren-buffett-9230729
http://www.investopedia.com/university/warren-buffett-biography/warren-buffett-success-story.asp

Industrial Book Cover

welcome back history lovers!! today i made a book cover in history class that describes an important event that shows how significant the Industrial Era is in US History. My book cover has the title "The Change: The Division of Time" as dramatic as it sounds, it talks about how the railroads split the country into 4 different time zones (at that time). Then i have a little text box at the top that says "A gripping story that tells how railroads changed time in the US." Then it says, "The Sequel to: Vanderbilt, Hill & Huntington" which is another story about how they became tycoons by creating the railroads!

here is the book cover!!

thanks for reading!!

xoxo ellie

Learning about Issues and Innovators

welcome back history fanatics!!

today we aren't really talking about history, but something that will be very soon!! in class we watched a documentary on the "Cocoa-nomics" of the world. the video was mainly focused on Africa production of cocoa, and the supply chain management of chocolate!! yummy!!!

after looking at the nestle website, a few questions came up about the farmers that work for nestle. on the website it only includes stuff about Responsible Sourcing Guideline having NO idea what that means i looked it up! and all i got was that it just means "to focus on details", meaning that the Responsible Sourcing Guidelines are just about the details of making cocoa, or other materials. i am concerned about the farmers flow of cash, obviously they are getting like NO MONEY!! which is not good!! they need to get more money, and if they do then they could have better lives and make better cocoa!!

money intake for farmers?
what is nestle doing for the farmers?


thanks for reading!!

xoxo ellie

Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management is the oversight of materials, information, and finances as they move in a process from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer.

http://searchmanufacturingerp.techtarget.com/definition/supply-chain-management


xoxo
Ellie

Smoke Signals Essay

The Native Americans stereotypes and history has a lot to do with how we view them today. If it wasn't for the films, drawings or books on the Native Americans than our stereotypes might be different. How we view the holocaust is like how the Native Americans view the Sand Creek Massacre or the battle at Wounded Knee. We can't have empathy for the Native Americans because we don't know what they went through. No one pushed us out of our home, we didn't have a people trying to kill us for a "sport". We can't connect with them on any level! Just like in the movie Native Americans, Victor and Thomas are patronized for the color of their skin and their ancestors past history. Smoke Signals shows how Victor and Thomas both experience Native American stereotypes and Native American imagery when they are traveling.

When the movie started, both Thomas and Victor live on a Native American reservation. While both are experiencing poverty, they travel together to go get Victor's dads things. On the way there, they experience many obstacles, including stereotypes. When Victor and Thomas were on the bus, their seats get taken by these drunk white men. They tried to get their seats back but failed because of the abrupt manner of the white men. This relates to Native American imagery because like many times before, the Native Americans lost to the whites. This relates to when the whites took the Native Americans land, like how the drunk white men took their seats. After losing that battle, Victor tells Thomas that he needs to have a mean Native American look. He needs to look angry in order for the white people to listen to them. They need to be fierce like Geronimo, so they can win even though they didn't before. Another time Victor experiences the stereotypes of Native Americans is when he was much younger. His parents were having a party at his house and all the parents were completely wasted. Victor was very traumatized and in the morning proceeded to throw empty beer bottles at his dads truck. This is an example of a Native American stereotype because alcoholism is VERY common amongst Native Americans same with poverty and obesity. Which are problems that Victor's family also faces.

During Smoke Signals, Victor and Thomas also struggle with Native American history. This history is why they live on the Indian Reservation in Idaho. Another part of Native American history is when Thomas tells his stories. It doesn't matter what story it was, he was always mesmerizing other people whether it was someone he knew very well or someone he didn't know at all. He would tell the stories to anyone he could speak to, just like the past Native Americans. The past Native Americans would tell stories just as Thomas does, whether they were from yesterday of decades ago, the Native Americans would share all the stories of hope, tragedy, battle, anything about their history. The stories would get past down in their families, so that everyone would know the mistakes that they have made and the victories the have made. Another image of Native American history is when Victors mom made fried bread. It is a recipe passed down from generation to generation. Every Native American cooks it, but Victor's mom makes the best fried bread. A story the Thomas told was when she didn't make enough friend bread for everyone. He described it as magic, how she tore the bread in half! Also with Native American history, when Thomas and Victor were on the bus they met a gymnast. She was complaining about how some drama on the team, and Victor was just not having it. He stopped her and said that isn't a real issue, that isn't something that should change your life, you don't have anything to complain about. By being a Native American, Victor and Thomas do have a lot to complain about, a lot of it in this essay!

In the end, Victor and Thomas find power in their history. When Victor cut his hair to mourn his fathers death, he found strength to forgive his father in the end. Even though the haircut was AWFUL, the scene was still very powerful of Victor releasing his fathers ashes into the river, giving him back to nature. Thomas found power in their history by sharing the stories of his friends and families. He always had a story to tell, and the were always uplifting and inspirational. Even though they got through the hard times, they did it together, and didn't hide their Native American history.


xoxo
ellie

Culture Controversy

welcome back history admirers!! today in history class we talked about culture controversy with the Native Americans. i mainly focused on the Victoria Secret fashion show when a model, Karlie Kloss wore an Indian headdress on the runway. to make matters worse, not only was she wearing a headdress but wearing a fake buckskin bra and panty set with some fake turquoise N.A. jewelry. S#2 Yikes!! this OBVIOUSLY really upset thousands of Native Americans! "When you see a Lakota chief wearing a full headdress, you know that he was a very honorable man. He was a leader. He did a lot of honorable things for his people," said Michelle Spotted Elk, a Santa Cruz, California, woman of mixed heritage whose husband is Lakota. "It also has religious significance. With them, there's not a division between spirituality and their leadership." S#1



another quote mentioned from another Native American woman in awe after the fashion show. "We are people; we're not a fashion statement," Luna said. "We are people who are facing serious issues, and for them to further perpetuate the type of stereotypes and disregard for a community's way of life is unacceptable." S#1 after hearing all the outcome that the headdress had caused, both Victoria's Secret and Karlie Kloss BOTH apologized for offending anyone by wearing the headdress.



S#1
S#2

thanks for reading!!

xoxo
ellie

Life Out West

welcome back history fans!! today in class we were looking at old newspapers from the Western Frontier!! i mainly focused on Oregon, and I found the CUTEST town called Astoria. In the 1870s, not much was happening in Astoria, except that two alligators ate a man in South Georgia! news travels fast!! 

since Astoria is located on the Columbia River, there were a lot of pictures of boats! like this one 

this is Astoria from a birds eye view!!

this is a salmon cannery in astoria, it is located on the columbia river



this newspaper showed me a little piece of the west in the 1870s, not only did it talk about alligators, but it talked about Lincoln before he died, the feminine economy and even had a feature on the Eastern states! The Daily Astorian, also talked about the restaurants and hotels in the town, the different jobs available and different ads in different cities.

newspaper article

until next time!

xoxo
ellie

Summary of Human Trafficking

hello history lovers!! today i am talking about human trafficking. as scary as it sounds it is happening all around us today even in the united states!! there are many types of human trafficking, whether it is sex trafficking or for forced labor they both involve kidnapping and people being forced against their will. i mainly focused on forced child marriages (which you can see in my previous blog post) which is mainly focused around the middle east region. I learned from this that it is a much bigger problem than we believe, even though we say that "the girls aren't our problem" or "we don't live there" but it is very serious. when a young girl is forced into a marriage, they have a very high risk of dying, whether its from HIV/AIDS (from their spouse) or complications in pregnancy/childbirth. these child deaths need to stop, millions of young girls die every year that don't need too. what i learned is that forced marriage, forced ANYTHING is scary!! and we are SO fortunate to live in our home where we are free to marry who we want and live how we want.

thanks for reading!!

xoxo

ellie

Child Marriages around the World

What is forced marriages?
Forced marriages is where a man or woman is forced/tricked into marrying someone else without his/her consent. If they refuse they will be subjected to physical punishment or even death. (S#1)

Difference between forced marriages and arranged marriages.
Arranged marriages usually happen when the parents arrange for their son/daughter to get married to the other son/daughter. But ultimately the choose relies on the the couple whether to get married or not. With forced marriages the boy/girl don't have a choice, it's either get married or suffer from honor violence. Honor violence is where the parents are forced to kill their daughter/son so the family won't be brought to shame. (S#1)

Statistics from around the world.

Countries with the highest rate of child marriages.
Niger: 75%
Chad and Central African Republic: 68%
Bangladesh: 66%
Guinea: 63%
Mozambique: 56%
Mali: 55%
Burkina Faso and South Sudan: 52%
Malawi: 50%

(S#5)
Are men affected also?
Men are affected by forced marriages but the women are more affected due to the men being able to divorce their wives once old enough, and it is against the law in most countries for women to file for a divorce.  (S#2)

Age statistics of forced marriages (for women).
In 2012, 70 million women around the world were married before they turned 18. 1 out of 3 girls in the developing world are married before the age of 18 and 1 out of 9 girls are married before the age of 15. (S#3) "140 million girls who will marry before the age of 18, 50 million will be under the age of 15." (S#5)

Education and Child Marriages.
Studies show that the more educated the girl is the less likely she is forced to be married at a young age. "In Mozambique, some 60% of girls with no education are married by 18, compared to 10% of girls with secondary schooling and less than 1% of girls with higher education." (S#3) Girls with no education are 3 times more likely to be married before 18 then girls with a secondary or higher education. "With secondary schooling a child is 6 times less likely to be married as a child rather children who aren't educated at all." (S#4)

Health and Child Marriages.
When a girl is married young (15-19 years old) they will usually get pregnant which leads to their death when child birth occurs. "Child brides often face a higher risk of contracting HIV because they often marry an older man with more sexual experience. Girls ages 15-19 are 2 to 6 times more likely to contract HIV than boys of the same age in sub-Saharan Africa." (S#3)



Sources:
S#1
S#2
S#3
S#4
S#5
S#6
S#7

until next time!!

xoxo
ellie

Learning history through film RD

            The movies Glory and 12 Years a Slave both show very important parts before the Civil War, while Glory talks about the 54^th Regiment 12 Years a Slave shows you the life of a slave. While both these movies are about real life events, some are truer than others. Glory has fictional characters with all fake backgrounds, Pvt. Trip wasn’t real and neither was Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins. The reason why 12 Years a Slave is more accurate is due to Solomon’s memoir. Since it is a primary source, this memoir includes real people with real backgrounds. 12 Years a Slave is a type of movie that makes you think, that makes you want to ask multiple questions about slave history. In 12 Years a Slave, the topics that I researched that most about included master-slave-mistress relationships, separation of slave mothers and children and the kidnapping of free blacks.

            The master-slave relationships were very common during the slave era. Just like Patsy in 12 Years a Slave, the slave women were “forced to comply with sexual advances by their masters on a very regular basis.” Since the master was usually married, this caused tension between wife and slave women. Many women were forced to have sex being afraid that their master might punish them, by whippings or other consequences; but some after a while liked having the attention and the gifts from their master. The most common though was being forced. Louisa Picquet was one of the many slave girls that were chosen by her master, “Then he told me I must come to his room that night; if I didn’t he’d give me hell in the mornin’.” Since many girls were frightened of the consequences, like in this example, they went and they were raped and if the master enjoyed it he would call them time and time again. This gave suspicions to the mistress of the house, she didn’t want someone else sleeping with her husband, and to make it worse they were usually younger and prettier. “I had entered my 16^th year, and every day it became more apparent that my presence was intolerable to Mrs. Flint.” “There was considerable gossip in the neighborhood about our affairs, to which the open-mouthed jealousy of Mrs. Flint contributed not a little.” Many of the slave girls became scared, not only of their master but of the wife also. There were several accounts of slave girls writing to their families for help, “But the state of things grew worse and worse daily […] I would apply to my grandmother for protection […] I had a hope of somehow getting out of his clutches.” As I stated before, some women enjoyed receiving gifts from their masters, many slave women were treated well by their masters. “Dr. Flint contrived a new plan. He told me that he was going to build a small house for me, in a secluded place, 4 miles from town.” The slave women received so many gifts because they usually had children with the master, and a father always loves his kids. Since the kids were born into slavery the master would buy them. “On condition of paying his mistress […] His strongest wish was to purchase his children.” But many of these girls are too young to have babies, leading to their children’s or theirs. “The baby is dead, thanks God; and I hope my poor child will soon be in heaven, too.”

            When slaves are being sold at an auction, the masters are usually only looking for children or men, not a whole family. This led to many children being separated from their mothers and fathers. “My mother and I were separated when I was but and infant.” In 12 Years a Slave, there is a scene where Solomon was being sold, the master took Solomon and a mother but not her children. This led to a very violent scene of the mother being ripped away from her children, they were all screaming and crying, and they never saw each other again. Even though thousands of children were separated from their mothers, the siblings were not always separated. “I had two sisters and one brother, that lived in the same house as me; but the early separation from out mother had well nigh blotted the fact of out relationship from out memories.” This had a massive toll on the mothers because she was one, loved her children and didn’t want to be separated from them, and two, worried were they might end up. “Oh, master, do not take me from my child!” The masters would even use the children as leverage, “He would threaten to sell my child. “Perhaps that will humble you,” said he.” But overall, the separation from mother and child was above all sad. “Oh, my child! my child! master, so let me have my child! oh, do, do, do. I will stop its crying, if you will only let me have it again.”

            The final topic is in relation to the entire story of Solomon becoming a slave, when he was drugged and kidnapped. Slave kidnapping didn’t happen as often as separations did, but when they happened free black people were taken from their home and brought down into slave states. Since slave kidnapping was illegal, they gave the slaves new names, for instance Plat was Solomon’s fake name, and told them they were slaves. Many of them tried to fight back and spread their story but were threaten with whipping or death. “Equiano grew up among the Ibo people before he was kidnapped at the age of 11 and sold into slavery.” Many were taken very young so they were of more use, you wouldn’t take a free old black woman to work in the cotton fields, and she would die in the span of three days! “At the end of 6 or 7 months after I had been kidnapped, I arrived at the sea coast.” Many men were actually celebrated for the kidnapping of free blacks they were paid very well in retrieving them from free states. “He was also celebrated for slave selling, kidnapping, and negro hunting.” After being kidnapped ad became free or ran away, many tried to spread their story as Solomon did. “I had frequently told several people, in my excursion on shore, the story of being kidnapped with my sister.”
            In the end, the movie 12 Years a Slave made me want to research more about the way slaves were treated. Since the topics that I researched were brought up in the movie, the acting really helped show how these events happened. The movie Glory was just very straight forward with me, I didn't find anything interesting to further my knowledge on the 54th Regiment. 12 Years a Slave is a true story which really was intriguing to me, Glory was just a movie that had made up backgrounds and a spotlight on a Colonel who was "trying to figure out who he is."
Sources:
1: 12 Years a Slave: Breaking Silence about Slavery
     I used this to talk about the differences between Glory and 12 Years a Slave.
2: Master-Slave Relations
     I used this to talk about the relationships between the master and a slave women.
3: We are Your Sisters: Black Women in the Nineteenth Century
     This source gave me massive insight into the daily life of a black women back during slave times.
4: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
     This was another source that helped me understand what the black women were going through during slave times. With being a diary/journal this really helped me to get into the shoes of slaves.
5: Slave Narratives: A Library of America
     This was a broader source where I got more men and women mixed rather than just women writing in their journals. Not only did this source mention rape, it mentioned kidnapping and child separation from their parents.

Slave women treated very well

Man that was whipped by punishment

Slave women holding her white child

Slave family on cotton farm

Slave women with her two children