Saturday, July 6, 2024

Anti Putin Display: Berlin,Germany, July 2024

The wife and I visited Germany in June-July 2024. We hopped on a train to Berlin from Potsdam; while walking up the Unter den Linden, we came across this display, a protest against Vladimir Putin and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  I thought it important to at least take pictures of this for posterity.  
















Thursday, May 23, 2024

Armenian Genocide Arshile Gorky

 

Called the first genocide of the twentieth century the Armenian genocide refers to the physical annihilation of Armenian Christians living in the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1916.







Monday, April 22, 2024

WW I Propaganda posters

 

Directions: missing below are 3 missing commas

World War One propaganda posters included frightening depictions of the enemy to scare citizens into action justify the war recruit men to fight and raise money for war loans.





Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Ameliorate Charlemagne

Directions: grammatically correct the following sentence(s). There are two missing commas and three words that need to be capitalized.

Charlemagne who was the King of the Franks united most of Europe under his rule by power of the sword and was crowned holy roman emperor in 800 C.E. 








Friday, December 16, 2022

Ameliorate Gandhi

 

Directions: grammatically correct the three sentences below, in red.

To display opposition to British rule of India, Gandhi's manner of dressing showed his unwillingness to use foreign products; this was a form of non-violent, passive protest.


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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Ameliorate the Marshall Plan

Directions: grammatically correct the following sentences. There are three missing commas and a missing colon.

The Marshall Plan an American effort to rebuild Western European economies after WWII started in 1948 and lasted until 1951 the United States benefited in several ways it provided a market for American made goods and it helped stop the spread of Communism. 







Monday, December 5, 2022

Ameliorate Nuremburg

Directions: there are six missing commas and one missing apostrophe.

On October 18 1945 twenty-two of Nazi Germanys political military and economic leaders were brought to trial in Nuremberg for crimes against peace war crimes and crimes against humanity.