Final A & B

Final A

1. First Blog

• http://ge110f14chanaepe.blogspot.com/

2. Why did the blog draw your interest as you started reviewing it, why not?

• This blog is diversified between information, images and YouTube.
•  Her profile is nice

3. How much care did the blog author show for her or his blog? How can you tell?

• I can tell she cares about her blog when I see her page has pink color. And has her picture on
•  It is very organized

4. How would you rate the overall informative quality on a scale of 1-5 (five is high)

5/5

5. How would you rate the readability of the blog on a scale of 1-5 (five is high)

5/5

6. Compared to your own blog, is the reviewed blog better, the same, or worse?

The same

1. Second blog 

•  http://ge110andrewpe.blogspot.com/

2. Why did the blog draw your interest as you started reviewing it, why not?

• This blog is not that interesting become of the color . Gray color is not my favorite color, But the overall this blog has has a good information and he came up with pictures and video which is good.

3. How much care did the blog author show for her or his blog? How can you tell?

• I think he cares about his blog he is using several images and YouTube in his profile

4. How would you rate the overall informative quality on a scale of 1-5 (five is high)

5/5

5. How would you rate the readability of the blog on a scale of 1-5 (five is high)

4/5

6. Compared to your own blog, is the reviewed blog better, the same, or worse?

The same

1. Third  Blog

• http://ge110brittanyba.blogspot.com/

2. Why did the blog draw your interest as you started reviewing it, why not?

• his blog is very informative and interesting. The blog has a nice the color.
• This blog amazing because  it is very organize

3. How much care did the blog author show for her or his blog? How can you tell?

• I think the blog author cares about the blog by using and organizing the page

4. How would you rate the overall informative quality on a scale of 1-5 (five is high)

5/5

5. How would you rate the readability of the blog on a scale of 1-5 (five is high)

5/5

6. Compared to your own blog, is the reviewed blog better, the same, or worse?

Better

Final B

           This class was very informative and interesting about German History. First, I was exited to learn about German culture.Personally, I learned many things during this class such as major cities, people, religion music and language in Germany. Also, I learned about Hanseatic League that founded through the twelfth century, and how people in both Hamburg and Luebeck do their business by traveling together in order to protect themselves from enemies. In addition, I enjoyed reading the book “All Quiet on the Western Front” all major characters in Novel who have spent the last two weeks at the front line in war. I learned from my research about German cuisine, which is the most nutritious and delicious food in Europe. Some regions like Bavaria and Swabia share many dishes, whereas others have completely different ingredients. The most interesting lesson in this class is about the movie called “Berlin calling”, how the main character Ickarus and his team values drugs above everything else to them. All in all, I did enjoy this class. I found most of the stuff interesting. My suggestion to improve this class is using both D2L and a blog. In fact, I have no experience using this a blog before taking this course, but now I used to it, and I really like it. Also, I would recommend this class for anyone how want to learn about German history and their culture 

The Baader Meinhof Complex

The political and historical contexts in which the group took root are laid out in this movie. As the film starts, the police are shown beating unarmed demonstrators. According to Dargis (1), the visit by the Shah of Iran and his spouse has sparked the protests. In my opinion, the police are ruthless to the extent of violating human rights. In this context, citizens are denied the right to hold a peaceful demonstration. The biased environment with its politicians does not have the room for negotiations. Moreover, the assassination is a common thing meaning that there is a lot of injustice in this society. Having known there is inequality in the above mentioned setting, protestors are determined to accomplish their mission. They are not afraid of suffering or death, but commit to fighting discrimination. Hence, the laxity of the state agencies to act has seen the emergence of the bloodshed where killing peoples is considered by one of the “terrorists” in the faction as making fun.

This movie portrays the institutions as the corrupted places where the people cannot get justice. The people in the show are seen graduating from the theoretical debates to possessing and using the guns because government agencies have failed. Due to the prevailing conditions, they have changed from peaceful citizens to revolutionary martyrs. The above mentioned places encourage the growth of the gangs and protestors. Thus, they undermine the contemporary ideas in the society and are considered dens of death where whistleblowers are silenced with bullets. The agencies involved and the political elites cannot sit together with the activists to find an amicable solution. The politicians are resistant and repulsive to changes, thereby, encouraging more violence within the society.

Work Cited

Dargis, Manohla. The Journalist who exchanged her typewriter for a Gun. 2009. Web.

Available at: <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/movies/21baader.html?_r=0>.

20th and 21th Century: Rulers, governments, politics

German government and politics in the early 20^th century centered on expansion into to every European nation. Wilhelm II government adopted both domestic and foreign policies, which contributed to increasing tensions in Europe. German nationalism, imperialism, and   militarism alongside Wilhelm II diplomatic and personal belligerence all contributed to the outbreak of WWI (Tipton 249). In particular, Wilhelm administration was working on The Schrieffer Plan (Tipton 255). It represented a total shift from the Bismarck policies, which centered on peaceful co-existence. The politics marked a new aggressive move to become a leading power. Whereas other heads of states exercised, caution Wilhelm was quick to assert German intentions and interests. In the aftermath of the disastrous World War I, German remained in turmoil providing an ideal setting for the rise of war driven political leader and extremist ideologies. The end of World War I saw German become a Weimar Republic featuring a quasi-democratic regime with Friedrich Ebert and succeeded by Paul Hindenburg (Tipton 373).

However, with continued turmoil and the threat from Communist control, Adolf Hitler offered solutions. He maintained that German problems attributed to democracy and the Jews. The Nazi party used this clever tactics seeing Hitler ascend to power in 1933 (Tipton 459). Immediately Hitler began laying the foundation for the Nazi state. With the Nazi ideology, anti-Semitism arose resulting in the persecution of Jews. Hitler directed the Germany foreign policy towards contravening the Treaty of Versatile to restore Germany position on the world stage leading to WWII. In the after match of WWII, German divided into two blocks. On one, side the East Communist Germany and West Germany, which government by a democratic government (Fulbrook 123). With the collapse of the Soviet Union, German reunified to one Federal Republic. Helmmut Kohl from Christian Democratic Union became Chancellor for a reunified Germany from 1991 to1998. Gerhad Schroder of the Social Democratic Party served as German Chancellor from 1988 to 2005 succeeded him. Today Angel Markel heads German, as the first female Chancellor affiliated to the Christian Democratic Party (Fulbrook 224).

Works Cited

Fulbrook Mary. A History of Germany 1981-2008: The Divided Nation. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2011, Print.

Tipton Frank. A history of Germany Since 1815, London: A&C Black, 2003 Print