Class Blog Grading sheet

Angela Balcome's Evaluations	Roles of women and men	Poets and writers	Rulers and government	Music and dance	Inventions and Industry
Anderson, Randall J	86	86	85	80	60
Balcome, Angela M	90	88	80	90	90
Baudhuin, Morgan T	70	70	70	70	70
Braun, Nicholas A	90	90	90	88	78
Clark-Hedlof, Brett N	80	80	-
Conant, Joshua S	-	-	-
Cox, Timothy J	90	90	90	90	96
Dehn, Matthew G	85	78	72	70	70
Drays, Laura L	92	93	90	94	95
Gillespie, Brooke C	95	95	95	95	95
Goyette, Thomas E	88	71	88
Gu, Zhen	80	81	88	80	85
Gysberg, Kevin M	88		-	89	88
Harp, Lacey N	82	80	85	86	88
Hua, YunFei	77	83	92	85	86
Klasons, Jekabs K	-	-	88
Kreuger, Kristin N	86	86	86	85	90
Leavitt, Danika E	94	94	94	94	94
Monson, Thomas J	90	86	87	94	88
Niehoff, Robert J	89	88	87	90	90
Niyomchat, Pattarapong	89	81	90	90	90
Oberle, Robert A	89	89	-	90
Riebe, Monica A	-	-	-
Scherer, Miranda D	87	82	89	90	80
Schurr, Jennifer R	76	76	75	78	79
Shaw, Douglas E	76	-	-
Strong, Sarah J
Vang, Starsha N	87	86	82	75
Vroman, Amber L	85	85	85	86	98
Zhang, Hui	86	86	88	88	90

German Industry and Inventions of the 20th century

German Industry in the 1900s

            I am going to focus on perhaps the main industry one thinks of when they hear German industry, the automobile industry. In 1887 Karl Benz fit his 4 stroke combustion engine onto a coach, which led to the modern car. By 1901 Germans were producing about 900 cars per year. Mercedes Benz was formed in 1926. BMW was founded in 1916 but did not start auto production until 1928. Although Germany was among the first to get into the auto industry, they were slow in developing int. This gave American companies like GM the opportunity to get on top.

            The depression in the 1930s hit Germany as well as the rest of the world. Of eighty six auto companies going into the depression, only twelve made it out. The election of the Nazi party into power brought about a revitalization of the auto industry in Germany, however the destruction of WWII brought it to yet another halt. After WWII, companies recommenced their production.

            Germany continues to be known for their Auto industry world wide. With companies such as Mercedes Benz, BMW, Volkswagon, and Audi, it is hard to imagine a world without German vehicles. These companies continue to produce quality vehicles and remain successful in our ever struggling economy of the 21^st century.

German Inventions

Melitta Bentz, invented the coffee filter in 1908.

Wernher von Braun, invented the V2 Rocket.

Karlheinz Brandenburg, invented the MP3 player

Heinrich Clobes, invented the first mechanized street sweeper in 1909.

Rudolph Dassler, invented the first sport shoes with screw in spikes in 1949

Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain, invented the modern jet engine in 1933

German Music and Dance

Gender Roles group presentation

20^th Century Roles of Men and Women in Society

By: Tom Monson, Miranda Scherer, Robert Niehoff, Matt Dehn, 

Tim Cox, Angela Balcome, Sarsha Vang, Monica Riebe, Brett Clark- Hedlof

Military Roles

Men

All men age 18-23 were obligated to go through a nine month training before going into war 

There are approximately 200,000 soldiers that are considered professional and 300,000 that are more civilian, but are on reserve and are able to become active at any given time

Some men were forced into war through guilt or shame of their family and friends during WWI and WWII

All major German military and political leaders were men

Military roles

Women

In WWII Women took on the more traditional roles that men had filled.

During WWII Women tended to the sick and wounded, buried the dead, cleared the streets of rubble and ruins and salvaged what they could.

In 1975, German women were sought out to join the military, mostly as nurses

Political Roles

1919- Women receive the right to vote

1949- Basic Law made men and women equal, but until 1957 this law wasn’t amended into the civil code

Domestic Roles

Women

the three "K" words: Kirche, Kinder and Küche. (church, children and cooking) 

Also, women were meant to bear “Aryan” children and were taught to do so through aggressive propaganda.

East German society

East Germany

Women remained working

Laws were revised to accommodate working mothers and many daycares opened up

Abortion was legalized for the 1^st trimester

East Germany relied on women due to the number of males fleeing to West Germany

90% of women made up the workforce and ½ of the German Trade Union Federation

West German Society

West Germany

After WWII women became homemakers again because the men were back from war

West women wanted the same rights as east women (abortion, working rights, education)

Education

Primarily male driven at first

More then half of the people getting a secondary education was women after 1977

East women were more educated then west, because west women wanted to keep the traditional role

In 1980 women were just as qualified as men

Work Force 

Women’s salary was still only about 65-78% of the male salary

Women could not hold top positions

Most women still worked the traditional jobs, such as school teachers and nurses

Sources

Sources
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/ency/blwh_germany_women.htm

http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/weekly/aa080601c.htm
http://www.warandgender.com/wgwomwwi.htm
http://www.mygermancity.com/german-military
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005205
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/ency/blwh_germany_women.htm
http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/g-wm.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_roles_in_the_World_Wars
http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/matahari.htm
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/ency/blwh_germany_women.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_issues_in_Germany#Gender_roles_and_demographics
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,702895,00.html
http://www.germanyandafrica.diplo.de/Vertretung/pretoria__dz/en/03__BD/New__women__managment.html 

German poets of the 20th Century

PETER HUCHEL:
Peter Huchel was born in Lichterfelde, near Berlin, in 1903, and died at Staufen, in 1981. He began publishing poetry in 1924, but a first volume was only to appear, in Berlin, in 1948, to be followed by another in Karlsruhe a year later. Following his release from a Soviet war prison he returned to East Germany, where he served as editor of Sinn und Form, published by the East Berlin Academy of Arts. Thereafter, he lived under house arrest, unable to work or publish in his own country, until he was allowed to emigrate to the West in 1971.
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/peter_huchel/biography

 List of his poems:
Eastern River
Answer
Meeting
Melpomene


 LISEL MUELLER

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Poet Lisel Mueller was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1924. She and her family fled Nazi persecution, arriving in the US in 1939. Her serious writing of poetry began in 1953, after the death of her mother.

Over the years, Mueller published seven books of poetry, several volumes of translation and a book of essays. In 1981, she won the National Book Award for Poetry for her collection The Need to Hold Still, and in 1997 she was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Alive Together, a collection representing 35 years of her work. Among her other awards are the Lamont Poetry Selection, the Carl Sandburg Award, the Illinois Poet Laureate Award and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. She has taught writing at Goddard College and the University of Chicago.
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/lisel_mueller/biography

List of her poems:

	Bedtime Story
	Monet Refuses The Operation
	Moon Fishing
	Reading The Brothers Grimm To Jenny
	Curriculum Vitae
	Why We Tell Stories
	For A Thirteenth Birthday
	Things
	Night Song
	Alive Together
	Blood Oranges
	Immortality
	What The Dog Perhaps Hears
	Another Version
	A Day Like Any Other
	The Concert
	All Night
	Scenic Route
	Small Poem About The Hounds And The Hares
	Five For Country Music

Berlin calling questions and reaction

Berlin Calling

1.      Why is Ickarus taking drugs?

I believe Ickarus is using drugs because he needs to. He is addicted. Although it probably did not start as an addiction, just a recreational past time, it slowly developed into an addiction as his body built up tolerance and he needed to use them more and more to get the same high.

2.      Why are his fans taking drugs, and which drugs do they take?

His fans are probably taking drugs for many reasons. Reasons could range from recreational use, just for fun. Or because they are addicted. Or some may take drugs because Ickarus takes drugs, many people look up to famous people and do things just to be like them. The main drug of choice seemed to be cocaine.

3.      Why does the sub-culture Ickarus is in focus on drugs?

I think the sub culture focuses on drugs because it is a part of the life they live. They do not know the repercussions of using the drugs as much as they do. Also, some people may feel pressured to do it just to fit into the club scene that seems to be the sub culture he is in.

4.      Which are the stark differences and contrasts?

There are mainly differences between my home society and this culture. Cocaine is not a big drug in my life or sub-culture at all. Whereas it seems to be prevalent in the sub-culture in the movie. Alcohol is more the drug of choice in my home society. At parties, people get drunk, they don’t do cocaine. Also the other thing that I have never seen at a party and hope to never see, is people engaging in gay sex. That would be considered extremely inappropriate.

5.      I think the generation depicted in this movie could definitely change Germany’s status in the world. If this movie accurately depicted this generation. AND if this is a depiction of the entire generation or just a small portion of it. I think the people depicted in this movie have a lot of growing up to do if they are going to be successful in life.

If everyone has the work ethic of Ickarus and his manager, Germany should be just fine. They had good work ethic and showed lots of dedication.

6.      Which similar “cult movies” of US origin have you seen, if any?

I have not seen any cult movies that I know of.

7.      My answer to question number 4 and 5 is a pretty good explanation of my reactions to this movie.

Gender Roles in the 20th Century

Roles of Women and Men in German 20^th Century Society

            I found the role of German men and women in the 20^th century are basically the same as that of men and women in the United States. Women are expected to be homemakers, and men are expected to work, provide for the family, and go to war when needed. Like the United States, women made significant gains (right to vote, etc… ) throughout the 20^th century, and continue to make gains today, but are yet to have same and equal roles.

For centuries, a woman's role in German society was summed up by the three words: Kinder, Küche, Kirche (children, kitchen, church). Throughout the twentieth century, however, women have gradually won victories in their quest for equal rights. For instance, in 1919 women gained the right to vote. Changes also came about during WWII. During the war, women stepped up and took over jobs of men when they went to war and fought. In West Germany, the Basic Law of 1949 declared that men and women were equal, but it was not until 1957 that the civil code was amended to conform to this statement. In the east, however, women remained in the workforce. The Soviet-style system mandated women's participation in the economy, and the government implemented this key objective by opening up educational and vocational opportunities to women. As early as 1950, marriage and family laws also had been rewritten to accommodate working mothers. Abortion was legalized and funded by the state in the first trimester of pregnancy.

After several decades of conforming to traditional social patterns, West German women began to demand changes. Following patterns in Europe and the United States, emancipation in the Federal Republic originated "from below," with women themselves. In the 1970s, the women's movement gathered momentum, having emerged as an outgrowth of student protests in the late 1960s rallying around the causes of equal rights (including the right to abortion, which was somewhat restricted in West Germany), the movement succeeded in having legislation passed in 1977 that granted a woman equal rights in marriage. A woman could work outside the home and file for divorce without her husband's permission. Divorce was permitted when the marriage partners could no longer be reconciled.Women also made gains in education in both East and West Germany. By the mid-1960s, East German women accounted for about half of all secondary school graduates who had prepared to study at institutes of higher learning in the GDR; by the 1975-76 academic year, they were in the majority (53 percent). To assist women in completing their studies, an extensive support system, including supplementary payments and child care, was provided. Despite these gains, gender discrimination is still evident in Germany. Women are rarely awarded top tier jobs, and hold only 9.2% of jobs in Germany's upper and middle management positions. There have been more improvements in the 21^st century, but the gender inequality is still basically the same.

All quiet film and book review/research

All Quiet on the Western Front

In researching and reviews on “All Quiet on the Western Front” I learned that this movie had a huge impact on audiences around the world when it came out. It won Oscars for Best Picture, and Milestone’s directing in the movie. I found many critics that credit the movie with being a major contributor the shaping the film industry today. It is called “timeless,” “harrowing,” and “classic” by many.

            The film and book were warmly received in America, however that was not the case in Germany. It was criticized by the right for talking badly about the military, and by the left, for the Author, Erich Remarque, participating in the war rather than just denouncing it. When it was time for the film to come out the Nazi’s were in power. The Nazis disrupted the premiere, Joseph Goebbels made a speech denouncing it, mice, stink bombs and sneezing powder were released in the theater and outside, the SS instigated a riot. The Nazi paper called it "A Jewish lie" and "a hate film slandering the German soldier." The film was banned inside Germany, but the German language version played to full houses just over the border, and special trains and buses transported the audience to theaters in Switzerland, France and the Netherlands. (http://www.moviediva.com/MD_root/reviewpages/MDAllQuietWesternFront.htm) It was banned in Austria, Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and New Zealand. It was finally shown in Germany in 1952 and Italy in 1956.

            All Quiet… was careful to bring no glory to war, like other films had done. It was heralded for its realistic view of war, violent, gory, and tragic. A London Times critic wrote, “Realism reaches its zenith in this picture. I hate it. It brought back the war to me as nothing has ever done before or since.” This was one of many quotes I read about the film, however this one stuck out to me. I think it is a very strong statement about the film and speaks to the way many people may have felt about the film.

Chapter 12 All quiet

Chapter 12

In this chapter Paul is off the front lines recovering from inhaling some gas. He is in the garden thinking how life will be after the war. He talks about how the generations before and after his will be just fine. The generation before will go back to their occupations they had before the war. The generation after will “be strange to us and push us aside.” But his generation will not know how to adapt. The war is all they know. “The years will pass by and in the end we shall fall into ruin,” he says. As much as Paul wants the armistice and the war to end, he is nervous for what is to come of his future.

In the end, Paul never has to face his fear of post-war life. Paul is killed in October 1918. “On a day that was so quiet and still on the whole front, that the army report confined itself to the single sentence: All quiet on the Western Front.”

All Quiet on the Western Front: Character analysis

All Quiet on the Western Front

Characters:

Paul Baumer- Narrator of story.

Kat- One of Paul’s closest friends throughout his time on the front lines. He is much older than Paul and has a family at home. He always finds food and is very resourceful. Paul speaks very highly of him and makes him seem very wise.

Kropp- Paul’s classmate and close friend throughout the war.

Muller- Paul’s classmate and a main guy in the novel. Muller likes to ask the guys about their post war plans a lot.

Tjaden- One of Paul’s friends in his unit. Tjaden is one of the main characters in the novel. He has a deep resentment for Himmelstoss.

Detering- One of Paul’s closest friends in the war. He has a young family and farm at home and often longs to return there and leave the frontlines.

Kantorek- A schoolmaster at Paul’s high school. He puts an enormous amount of pressure on Paul and his classmates to enlist during the war. Using words such as “coward” in his normal vocabulary.

Himmelstoss- A non commissioned training officer. Ranking officer over Paul and his friends in training camp. He makes their lives a living hell throughout camp, then tries to befriend them once he is sent to the frontlines to fight.

Franz Kemmerich- introduced in the first chapters of the book. He has lost his leg and is dying. One of Paul’s good friends from his childhood. Paul must write to his mother and send his condolences after his death.

Joseph Behm- He is the first of Paul’s classmates to die in the war.

Paul Baumer

I am Paul Baumer, a German soldier on the frontlines in World War One. I was once a caring, loving, young man who enjoyed writing poetry and spending time with my family. Now I am a hardened war veteran. I have witnessed death and destruction beyond anything I ever thought possible. So much so that I have learned to turn off my feelings and emotions I once had before the war. I no longer am a young poet wanting to spend time with my loving family. I am a battle hardened soldier wanting nothing but to stay alive and make it through this war.

I do not know what to think of this awful war anymore. I know I hate it, but I do not know what I will do with myself when it is over. It is all that I know. I am scared for the uncertainty of my future after the war, if I make it out alive…

Rhineland-Pfalz

Rhineland Pfalz is located in western Germany. It shares borders with North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Baden-Wurttemberg, France, Saarland, Luxembourg, and Belgium. It has a population of 4,046,860 and an area of 19,849 square kilometers. Its capital city is Mainz. It was established as a state on August 30, 1946 after WWII.

There are two main religions of the people of Rhineland-Pfalz. The most popular is Catholicism, with 67% of the population being catholic. Followed by the Evangelical Church in Germany, which consists of 24% of the population.  Rhineland-Pfalz’s political system is the same as many in Europe. They have a parliamentary system and hold elections every 5 years. Any resident 18 years of age or older may run. Like the United States, there are 2 main parties. The Social Democratic Party, and the Christian Democratic Union.

The Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD) is Germany’s oldest political party, established in 1875. The current party platform of the SPD is built off the goal of social democracy, which is seen as a vision of a societal arrangement in which freedom and social justice are paramount. According to the party platform, freedom, justice, and social solidarity, form the basis of social democracy. The coordinated social market economy should be strengthened, and its output should be distributed fairly.

The Christian Democratic Union is another main party in Germany, and is generally regarded as a center-right party on the political spectrum. It is Germany’s largest political party, followed by the SPD.) Angela Merkel, the current Chancellor of Germany, is the leader of this party. In regards to the party’s platform, The CDU is Christian-based, applying the principles of Christian democracy and emphasizing the "Christian understanding of humans and their responsibility toward God." CDU membership consists however of people adhering to a variety of religions as well as non-religious individuals. The CDU's policies derive from Political Catholicism, Catholic social teaching and political Protestantism, as well as fiscal conservatism and national conservatism. The CDU was the first proponent of the social market economy, although the party has adopted more liberal economic policies since Helmut Kohl's term in office as the Chancellor of Germany (1982–1998). In terms of foreign policy, the CDU commits itself to European integration and a strong relation with the USA. In the European Union, it opposes the entry of Turkey into the EU, preferring instead a privileged partnership with Turkey. In addition to citing various human rights violations, the CDU also believes that Turkey's unwillingness to recognize Cyprus as an independent, sovereign state contradicts the EU policy that its members must recognize the existence of one another.

Rhineland-Pfalz consists of 24 Districts and 12 urban districts.

Districts:

Ahrweiler, Altenkirchen, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Bad Kreuznach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Birkenfeld, Bitburg-Prüm, Cochem Zell Vulkaneifel, Donnersbergkreis, Germersheim, Kaiserslautern, Kusel, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Mainz-Bingen, Mayen-Koblenz, Neuwied, Rhein-Hunsrück, Rhein-Lahn, Südliche Weinstraße, Südwestpfalz, Trier-Saarburg, Westerwaldkreis.

Urban Districts:

 Frankenthal, Kaiserslautern, Koblenz Coblenz, Landau, (the main city and an exclave) Ludwigshafen (Rheinpfalz-Kreis), Mainz, Neustadt (Weinstraße), Pirmasens, Speyer Spires, Trier, Worms, Zweibrücken.

Rhineland-Pfalz is Germany’s lead producer in Wine. Up to 70% of wine grapes grown in Germany are grown in Rhineland-Pfalz. It is Rhineland’s main agricultural product. The other major industries in Rhineland Pfalz are tourism and chemical industry. More than just wine entices tourists to visit Rhineland Pfalz. Rhineland is home to The Hambacher Schloss castle, four awesome cathedrals, and seven museums.

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhineland-Palatinate

            http://indien.ahk.de/events/past-events/rheinland-pflaz-2009

            http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/Germany/rheinland-pfalz.htm