African Independence

After world War II Africa wanted to change. It wanted
to have it's independence. Only Egypt, Liberia and Ethiopia
were independent at that time. The Africans wanted to be
free from European control. The Europeans wanted Africa's
resources. They thought that by controlling Africa they were
doing the Africans a favor. Africa changed from 1955-1975.
Later, there was a leader named Kwame Nkrumah. He wanted
freedom for Africa. He became a president in Ghana. He made
new roads, new schools and also expanded the health facilities.
Then there was a man named Jomo Kenyatta. He became president
of the new nation Kenya. Kenya gained it's independence. As I told
you before in the year 1955 only Egypt, Liberia and Ethiopia were
independent. But after the ruling of famous presidents, in the year
1975 almost all of Africa gained it's independence.

9th Grade Review - Neolithic Revolution

The Neolithic Revolution was a very interesting
type of period. It was known as the first agricultural
revolution. The system in fact went from hunting,
gathering to agricultural. It was a time when farming
came about and also production of crops. The neolithic
Revolution was a primary way that changed the way people
lived. People finally had permanent settlements. Before they
moved from place to place. Than there was a rise of civilization.
Worked was divided between men and woman. People developed
new technologies. Many people settled in the fertile valleys.

The European Union

The European Union was very interesting. It was an

economic and political union. It was established in the

year 1993. It expanded the outlook of the political

European economic community. This system was made

to make peace between countries. It was made to unite

France an Italy. The 25 European nations share the same

currency. Everything has become easier for people even

traveling. All of the countries that wanted to fight eachother

later found peace within eachother. This system makes chances

of war between countries less among themselves. This typical

system was very successful after WWII. I believe it was a good

thing because it made things very easy and peaceful.

Film Lesson - "The Righ Stuff"

In the movie "The Right Stuff" both the US and the

USSR were competing against each other. They were mainly

competing on space race. Each one wanted to get to space first,

or before and body else can. Russia was the first one to get a man

in space and satellites. But the US was able to get the first monkey

in space. Mainly, Russia won competition. There were many scenes

from the movie that helped me to remember this. Well, there was a

scene when the Americans were getting ready to send a monkey to

space. Well, they were quite successful. But later found out that the

USSR had already sent a man to space. I also remember all of the tests

the Americans had to go through to got to space. After couple of years

the Americans had sent a man to space. This was very successful.

Cuban Missile Crises.

The Cuban Missile Crises was the one of the dangerous

passage of the cold war. It came very close to a nuclear war.

The United States wanted to invade Cuba. But on the other

hand the Soviet Union wanted to defend Cuba. Premier Nikita

Khrushchev from Soviet got the idea of placing missiles in Cuba.

When John F. Kennedy was informed about that he organized

the EX-COMM. It had groups of advisers who could handle the

Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis was considered the hottest moment

of that time. The US was alert at that time. This event didn't occur

since 40 years at that time. People were shocked. The Premier Nikita

Khrushchev did not want the US to invade Cuba. The Soviet Union

was defending Cuba. But John F. Kennedy waned the offensive missiles

removed from Cuba. On October 28 everything got better. The US

decided not to invade Cuba and The Soviet Union decided to remove

their offensive weapons back to the Soviet Union.

NATO and The Warsaw Pact

NATO and the Warsaw Pact were both organizations made for
mutual defense alliance. NATO stand for North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Countries involved wanted the defense, so if they were
attacked the other countries in NATO would come to their aide. The
Warsaw Pact was also supposed to be another mutual defense. The
Warsaw pact was really to to maintain power over Eastern Europe.
The 16 nations including the United States, formed the NATO. The

Soviet union formed the Warsaw pact. They also controlled it. These

two organizations were mainly formed for defense from other countries.