Liberia: Home of the Slaves
I explored the idea of Liberia being founded to house freed American Slaves. Liberia was founded by the American Colonization Society. Liberia still to this day has strong ties with the United States.
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Chemical Weapons in Iraq
The United States troops and the Central Intelligence Agency have worked together to secretly purchase and remove all illegal and dangerous chemical weapons from Iraq. The United Nations began investigating the weapons that Iraq produced for the Gulf War during 1990-1991. When the United States took military action against Iraq, everything seemed normal until troops started coming across old, corroding, and volatile chemical weapons. In 2005 a secret operation (Operation Avarice) began and the CIA and US troops were able to purchase and remove over 400 weapons. Today, we do not know why Operation Avarice was kept secret from regular troops nor do we know many more details of the operation.
US Involvement in Iraq- Deadly Chemical Weapons
The United States troops and the Central Intelligence Agency have worked together to secretly purchase and remove all illegal and dangerous chemical weapons from Iraq. The United Nations began investigating the weapons that Iraq produced for the Gulf War during 1990-1991. When the United States took military action against Iraq, everything seemed normal until troops started coming across old, corroding, and volatile chemical weapons. In 2005 a secret operation (Operation Avarice) began and the CIA and US troops were able to purchase and remove over 400 weapons. Today, we do not know why Operation Avarice was kept secret from regular troops nor do we know many more details of the operation.
History Infographic
My group's infographic is about America's development after they succeeded from Great Britain. Most of the things on the infographic is about war related things. Some of it relates to the political stuff and parliament.
U.S. involvement in the occupation of Palestine
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Infographic)
The Infographic:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1GNpoT6EyUCN2szUjBFbEhLdDQ/view?usp=sharing
(Download it to get a better view)
Introduction:
This infographic spotlights the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, I takes a look at one of the reasons the U.S. dropped the bomb on Japan. It also discusses the bombs themselves and they are compared to show how they both were extremely dangerous. I chose to focus on this topic since it was an extreme case of American intervention (on civilians no less) that ended up killing hundreds of thousands and even after the bombing damaged the land.
U.S.-AUS Relations
The United States and Australia (AUS) have had diplomatic relations for 75 years. The relationship began in 1940 after AUS left the British Empire. The ANZUS security act, which was signed in 1951, was put into place to create the foundation for the defense and security relationship between the two countries. This act was not enacted upon until 2001 by AUS, after the 9/11 attacks. I decided to focus on this topic because I thought that AUS has an interesting geographical location in the world. Also, in my mind, AUS is often forgotten when it comes to U.S. foreign policy.
Nkrumah's Ghana vs America
We chose to write about the U.S financial involvement in Ghana because it was different from any other instance of U.S foreign involvement. The U.S used its financial power to influence countries across the ocean and showed once again that it is a super power.
Nkruhmah's Ghana vs America
We decided to do the relationship between Ghana and America. Kwame Nkrumah (president of Ghana) had a bright future planned for Ghana, but the execution was poor. He became blind to the people suffering from his actions and only had his plan in his mind.
The U.S Involvement during the India-Pakistan Conflict
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/5194176-untitled-infographic
The India-Pakistan conflict led to several different conflicts around the world where third parties wanted to intervene to either rescue one of the countries or to prevent a catastrophic event. Fighting over territory was one of the main causes in this on going conflict. With The U.S, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, China etc. I chose to do this topic because I was interested to in learning about India's connection to the United States. When I found that India had a conflict with neighboring country Pakistan and the United states and others were also involved in the conflict. I wanted to research more about it.
The India-Pakistan conflict led to several different conflicts around the world where third parties wanted to intervene to either rescue one of the countries or to prevent a catastrophic event. Fighting over territory was one of the main causes in this on going conflict. With The U.S, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, China etc. I chose to do this topic because I was interested to in learning about India's connection to the United States. When I found that India had a conflict with neighboring country Pakistan and the United states and others were also involved in the conflict. I wanted to research more about it.
Vietnam War
The topic I chose is on the Vietnam War. Mainly the U.S. methods and results of helping South Vietnam. I chose this topic since it seemed interesting and I didn't know much about this war to begin with.
U.S. Invasion of the Dominican Republic
My topic is about the U.S. invading the Dominican Republic between the years 1916-1965. I chose this because I wanted to find out what involvement the U.S. had with Latin America.
US Relations with Cuba Infographic
The major aspect of the relations is how Fidel Castro overthrow the dictator of Cuba back in 1959, which caused fear in the US over his possible plans for socialism. During most of this time the cold war was going on between the US and Russia. When Cuba allied with the Soviet Union it brought more tension to the stand off. Recently tensions have began to settle down and plans are underway to restore diplomatic ties between the groups.
I decided to focus on this topic as it allows me to look at the changes in US relations over the years. Additional the US-Cuba relations is a topic that we need to look back at now that diplomacy is to be renewed between the two countries.
Viet Cong
My info graphic is about the Vietnam War. More specifically it is about the Viet Cong. The Viet Cong were a group of guerilla soldiers who fought for the North Vietnamese government. The North Vietnamese fought the South Vietnamese to make all of Vietnam Communist
Britain's involvement with America
My infographic is about America's development after succeeding from Great Britain. I wrote mostly about how America compares to Great Britain after the war. I compare things like their countries system, the people who "lead" their system and the people who actually rule the system (a.k.a the government and the parliament).
American Samoa Infographic
American Samoa is a very small island in the South Pacific that was taken control of by the US. We decided to work with the American Samoa because it is a place I have never previously focused on in school and we were interested in how the US involvement affected the native people.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Our topic focused on the Bay of Pigs Invasion, why it happened, and how it affected the relations between Cuba and the United States. We chose this topic because it was the largest factor in the breaking of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion. Cuba VS America
Our topic focused on the Bay of Pigs Invasion, why it happened, and how it affected the relations between Cuba and the United States. We chose this topic because it was the largest factor in the breaking of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The Gulf War - An Examination of US Foreign Policy
For my infographic, I chose to study the Gulf War, which took place from 1990 to 1991. What I found very interesting about it was that is set a precedent for much of our current foreign policy. It was our first major intervention in the Middle East, first of all, and it was our first conflict based almost entirely on oil. The US had come to a point where it was so dependent on oil that it would go to war to protect it. This is a major theme of US foreign policy in the 21st century, and the Gulf War was the first time it happened.
La Vida de Señora Jonas
La Vida de Señora Pearl Jonas
Por Lotus, Kimberly, y Noah
Señora Jonas es una profesora en SLA, amado por todos sus estudiantes. ¿Pero cómo es su vida fuera de la escuela? Señora Jonas tiene dos hermanas menores y un hermano mayor. Su hermano mayor no vivía en con ella, así ella siempre sintió como la mayor hija. Pearl Jonas asistió The University of Pennsylvania y especializó en la historia. Ella siempre ha amado la historia, y ella ha estado fascinada con las historias y luchas que gentes fue a través de. Pearl Jonas es de California pero ella ha vivido en Filadelfia desde ella tenía 5 años. Ella ha visto mucho potencial en Filadelfia y ha deseado a contribuir. Las casas son baratas y ella tiene mucha familia en ésta ciudad. La mitad de su familia habla español y ellos son de Nicaragua. Su madre llegó de Nicaragua cuando ella tenía diecisiete años y desde entonces ha vivido aquí.
Cuando tiene tiempo libre ella ejercicio, ella corre y ir al cine con ella amigos. Le gusta todos cines pero no horror. Cuando tiene grandes de tiempo ella le gusta ir otras ciudades en La américa del Norte. En veinte años ella quiero ser enseñanza en SLA. Ella quiero tener la familia con pequeña niños viven en Filadelfia y ser feliz. Ella es marido, ella tiene un esposo que ella ama. Ella esposo es trabaja con la New Jersey State Government y ayuda llegar dinero por huracán Sandy víctimas. Ella tiene un perro pequeña, su llama es Yogi, pero el vive con ella madre y marcas felíz. Ella le gusta la primavera y el otoño. En el estaciones ella intentas a disfrutar el ciudad. Ella toma caminares en el parque y pasar el rato con su amigos y come en restaurantes. Ella fue a cuatro mayor Español habla países. Estos países eran España, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Colombia, y Nicaragua. Ella aprendido independencia, ser aceptar de otro países, y mucho español. Ella tambien aprendido un diferente camino de vida, ella aprendido como ser calle inteligente. Señora Jonas enseña historia en SLA. Ella habla inglés y español.SLA Debaters Qualify for Nationals!
SLA senior debaters Nikki Adeli and Ruby Jane Anderson have qualified for the Debate National Championships in Fort Lauderdale, FL over Memorial Day weekend! Ruby and Nikki debated whether or not, In the United States, students should be guaranteed two years of free tuition to a community or technical college, and the senior duo went undefeated in Qualifiers to become the first Philadelphia public school team to qualify for Nationals.
Congratulations and good luck, Nikki and Ruby!
