Online Multimedia Presentation on a Documentary Film

Prisoner of Her Past

Slide Show

1. How did MLK affect the community in ways others did not?
2. Would as much have been accomplished if MLK hadn't been around?

Research on other people during MLK's time who were influential.

Human Rights Ideas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

http://www.suite101.com/content/the-16-days-of-activism-against-gender-violence-campaign-a310537

http://www.suite101.com/human-rights-violations

How different people are helping other groups of people to protect them from violence and other harm. All about helping of people, no genocides or harm to others.

DRC Articles

NYTimes

I have found that there are a lot of issues regarding rape in the Congo. The UN has been trying to promote peace in eastern Congo but it has been failing. The UN also is blaming the Congolese army for not responding fast enough to Luvugi. Now, women must be escorted to the market and 20 peacemakers are in the town at all times. Some women are afraid to tell the soldiers that they were raped, since they were all men.

I think the fact that the UN is trying to help, but at the same time is blaming the Congolese army, is an issue. If the UN really wants to promote peace then why are they shoving the blame on someone else? If some country decides they are going to take action and help, they should do it full force just just half heartedly.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

This article is about how there has been and severe wave of killing of chimpanzees in the northern forest's of the Congo. These chimps are also very different because they kill lions and other large cat species. The amount of bushmeat has also been steadily increasing because of all the chimps being taken out of the forest. When more roads are made threw these forests, it allows easier access for the illegal hunters.

I think this is a big issue since not only are forests being cut down, but animals are being hurt as well. Is anyone doing anything to stop this killing of chimps? The article only mentioned what was going on and not what action was being taken. There were researches quoted about how wrong it is, but I would like to know more about what is being done. It also seems more information needs to be obtained about these chimps because there is a lot that is unknown, a lot of rumors.

Group Discussion #1

1. A question that I have our group discussion is, What were Leopold's feelings towards women and why were they the way they were?

2. The questions in our group we needed questions that were more open and less forced upon the text. We can improve by thinking more in depth about the questions we write and discuss.

KLG pg 1-32

I found the introduction to be very helpful, but also very boring. It was completely facts with a story here and there. I was tired when reading this, and it did not bring be in whatsoever. Once I got to the story of Stanley, I was much more interested. It was easier to follow what Stanley was doing and what was going on in his life. I feel like I got a very clear understanding of why Stanley was the way he was, and the right about of background to know why he would make such exaggerated stories. I also liked how he has a mystery about him in which many people were weary about him. When the British set out on their journey to find Livingstone and they ran into Stanley who had already accomplished this, made me think back to everything else I had read about Stanley and made me laugh. The story about Stanley and his character has been my favorite so far. I did not enjoy the story of the first slave trade in Africa with King Affonso because it was very confusing to me. He seemed to change his mind often, and there was little background on why.


Did King Affonso dislike or like the slave trade or did his opinion of it change over time?

Why did Stanley have such a problem with "Alice" but was so willing to marry Katie Gough-Roberts? What changed?

September 2nd, 2010 History Class

I learned today what imperialism and colonialism actually mean and how they are interchangeable. I learned about SPICER to think about the multiple ways an event in which an event can be examined.

I am curious to learn more about certain events that went on during this time of imperialism and colonization. I would also like to know more about what the people of Europe thought about the colonization and how it affected them.