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GOV 24.69 Holland – Tulip Mania!
There once was a flower that was unable to settle down anywhere. From the mountains in Kazakhstan, the flower bulb wandered about in Persia, China and Turkey. Until a Dutch scientist took the bulb with him to a small European country. There the flower enjoyed the climate and the soil, and the inhabitants immediately fell in love with the flower and soon designated it a national symbol. It all sounds like a fairy tale, but this is the true story of the tulip.
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GOV 24.63 Soviet Russia – Joseph Stalin
“The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.”
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”
“In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.”
“The Man of Steel”
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GOV 24.52 Russian Revolution – Vladimir Lenin
“Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.”
“The goal of socialism is communism.”
“Democracy is indispensable to socialism.”
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GOV 24.51 Russian Revolution – Russia’s WWI Experience
1914 Russian propaganda poster. The upper inscription reads “agreement”. The uncertain Britannia (right) and Marianne (left) look to the determined Mother Russia (center) to lead them in the coming war. Continue reading Post ID 23859
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GOV 24.51 Russian Revolution – Karl Marx
Karl Marx (1818-1883), philosopher and German politician.
“Proletarier aller Länder vereinigt Euch!”
“Workers of the world, unite!” or “Proletarians of all countries, unite!”Continue reading Post ID 23859
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GOV 24.40 Allegory
Before reading Animal Farm – What is an allegory?
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Ready to experience Medieval Times?
“Let’s Get Medieval”
We need your help for funding for the 5:30pm tournament on Thursday, November 7th.
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X LCD 24.20 Afro Latino – African Dance Lessons
Elements of Latin American Music
TheBlack AfricanElement of Dance
Five(ish) Minute Dance Lessons
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X LCD 24.11 European – Baile Española (Flamenco and Pasodobles)
Elements of Latin American Music – European Influence
The White European Element of Dance
Flamenco is an art form native to the Spanish regions of Andalusia, Extremadura ,and Murcia. It includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance), jaleo (vocalizations), palmas (handclapping) and pitos (finger snapping).Continue reading Post ID 23859
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X LCD 24.10 European – Spanish Music (Música Española)
Elements of Latin American Music – European Influence
The White European Element of Dance
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X LCD 24.9 European – Before Spain and Before Columbus – Arabic Spanish
Elements of Latin American Music – European Influence
The White European Element of Dance
Andalusia MusicThe music of Spain BEFORE the fall of Granada (1492)
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X LCD 24.8 European – The Elegance of Baroque Music and Dance (1600 to 1750)
Elements of Latin American Music – European Influence
The White European Element of Dance
Baroque music is a style of Western art music composed from approximately 1600 to 1750. This era followed after the Renaissance music era, and was followed in turn by the Classical era.
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AP 24.1019 Before WWII – Germany (Adolf Hitler)
“He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”
“Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.”
“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.”
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AP 24.1014 Before WWII – Italy (Benito Mussolini)
“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.”
“The truth is that men are tired of liberty.”
“War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.”
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AP 24.1011 Before WWII – Why was Spain Neutral in WW2?
CIVIL WAR!
After years of political violence and strife, a military coup in 1936 finally brings Spain into all-out civil war. Mass executions and revolutionary upheaval, as the eyes of the world focus on the Iberian Peninsula.
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AP 24.995 What Is Fascism and Totalitarianism?
fas·cism – noun
a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of oppositionto·tal·i·tar·i·an·ism – noun
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
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AP 24.754 Khan – Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism (Compare and Contrast)
The Industrial Revolution created economic, political, and social transformations in Europe.
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AP 24.752 So What is Communism?
Com·mu·nism (noun)
– a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
– doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.
– a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
– a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
– communist systems collectively eliminating of private property
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AP 24.750 What Is Socialism?
Socialism (noun)
– a political and economic theory (policy or practice) of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
– (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism.
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AP 24.749 Karl Marx
Karl Marx (1818-1883), philosopher and German politician.
“Proletarier aller Länder vereinigt Euch!”
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