Germany borders nine other countries, more than any other European country. Germany is most known for its breathtaking landscapes and busy waterways. (Hamen P.15)  Two-thirds of Germany’s population are Christian , but they still have a diverse culture. Over the last 1,000 years Germany has changed, segregated and reunited. Germany was involved in both World wars. Through these changes their government has dramatically changed from a monarcharchy to a republic. Currently, Germany’s economy is one of the best out of the whole world.

Germany has gone through a lot of changes throughout their history. The first inhabitants were the Neanderthal. Although, the first settlements, were made by the Celts. Later, Germany was made up of little states, ruled by different dukes. In 200 B.C. a tribe called the Teatuns invaded Germany and destroyed the Celts , who ruled over the land. The country was founded by Otto Von Bismark in 1871. He united all the different states. In 1933 Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party came to power in Germany. During World War 1, Hitler created concentration camps, killing many different groups of people including the Jewish. The Nazi Germans were defeated and Hitler committed suicide. After World War 2 west Germany prospered. East Germany fell under communist control and fell far behind.

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At the end of WWI, in 1918, a horrible disease spread like wildfire, known as the “Spanish flu” or “Swine flu”. This was no common cold. This virus was more serious than people thought.

The disease of the century killed over 20 million people and affected over 50 million. This virus was before any medicine like we have today; before any doctors know how they could help patients. Another name for this nasty virus was the spanish flu, because it is believed to have started in Spain. However, it may have started in the U.S because a disease of hogs. It originally  started in Haskall County, Kansas. It happened more in cities because everyone was closer together.

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Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams begin
Life is like a wonderland
And your happiness will never end

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams become out of sight
Life is a creepy cave
During the night

So long as there is Imperialism in the world, permeant peace is impossible – Hassan Nasrallan. Hassan is an anti-imperialist who believed peace could not be achieved with imperialism. Imperialism is a policy of extending a country’s power and influence over a weaker nation. Anti-imperilists didn’t want anything to do with other nations besides the one they were living in. Anti-imperialists and imperialists are different but they do have one similarity.

Imperialists believed they were doing the right thing by spreading their power over other nations. Two famous imperialists were President Theodore Roosevelt and President William McKinley. Imperialists wanted to take parts of Asia and Africa to use as colonies. They were thirsty for new markets. They got the resources from their colonies and used them at home for the factories. With more new resources, more people would be employed. Imperialists wanted to also improve the military. They thought they were right in taking over colonies because they were going to improve the military. Once they took over colonies their military was all over the world, thus making it more powerful. Alfred T. Mahan urged the president to build a bigger and better navy. He did this because he wanted to compete with other imperialists to take colonies.

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Being a child in Victorian times was not easy. Children had to work to support their family. Not only did they have to go to work, but they also had to attend school. Even in these harsh conditions they still had toys to play with. It was a very a hard life for children in Victorian England, but they still managed to have fun.

Some children did not survive in the harsh conditions because they had to work most of their life. In Victorian times most families had ten children, but sadly most children died as babies or young children because of the work they did. Most causes were from smallpox and diphtheria. Death killed many poor families. Children from poor families looked hungry and thin. They wore ragged clothes, and some children didn’t have shoes. Children from richer families were well fed and wore warm clothes and had shoes. Most children and parents worked most of their life just to get little the that they had. Children could earn little when working with their parents. Most poor children worked with their parents as servants, or they pushed heavy coal trucks along tunnels in the coal mines. Children only earned five shillings and on average parents earned about fifteen shillings.

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The doctor did not do the right thing. The man HAs severe depression, but the doctor could have told him he had cancer. Maybe the man would want to live his life instead of being depressed. Would you rather want you doctor to tell you that you had cancer, or him not tell you because you had depression? The doctor could have helped the man with his depression instead lying to him. The man will esther get sick or die eventually and he will never know why he died. If it was a slow growing tumor, maybe the man will think ” oh well if it’s a slow growing tumor, I still have time to go to Australia.” Even if the doctor didn’t tell the man he should have at least told his children , so his children can spend time with him. The role of the doctor was his friend but he should have been trustworthy.

Eyes are more accurate then witnesses than ears. THis is good advice because, if you hear someone tell you something that is not true and you pass it on that is not accurate. If you are there to see it, with your own eyes, then you will have true information. If you aren’t there to see but but you here someone talking about it, you would be speeding rumors.

Everyday the other tailed animals would kneel close beside the sky blue water, and gazed at their spots. The spots looked like polka dots on a really girly room. His spots were as bright as the shinning stars. They swished their long skinny tails. As skinny as a baby eel swimming in a lake.

Here is my response. I need knowledge. I need the ability to think on my won. Whenever I grow up I won’t have all the answers. No one will be there to give me help. Ill have to do it on my own. I need my teacher to help me, but not help me, so much that she is feeding me the answers. I need her to ask questions so I can think on my own. The reason she should ask me questions is because It makes me think everyone just expects people to give you the answers. Those people won’t get anywhere in life.