After we discuss the Rape of Nanking in class, check out the BBC article about the Japanese denial of this atrocity. Too often in classrooms around th

Dear Mr. Pepe,

I think that is very important for students to learn about all of our history. Even stuff liked the Rape of Nanking is very important. It shows us the reality of what was going on on the other side of the world. I always thought the Japaneses were very honorable people but after learning that I know that they really were not.

Recreate an image of a scene from the film and post this image to your blog with a few lines of commentary about why you chose this scene. You may col

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I picked this picture of James Braddock because it shows he wasn't just a fighter. It also shows that he was a family man. You really don't see big time athletes with their family's and thats why i think this picture is important.

Acrostic poem

People came over
Rounded up our boos
Oh no the popo are
Here run
Into the harbor
Because the popo are near
I was never here
Tonight we go out to fight
Into the town center we go
Onward we cry on our way
Nobody's their except the popo

Rolling down the street
Out searching for giggle water
Although we cant find the hootch
Repealling down the brewery
Into the dark on the night
No progress made
Grouping up together

Team work is the way
We jump the fence
Enclosed by the cops
Never we thought we could break
Through the popo to get our boos
In the brewery we went
Enclosed by a lock
Sucker punched the guard we did. We finally got out boos

Write a reflection on what you learned from the organized crime small group presentations

I learned a couple of things about organized crime in our small groups. One of the things I learned was how the criminals changed the way cops, FBI, CIA worked. If those gangsters never did what they did the Judaical system wouldn't be the same. Also the tactics they use wouldnt be the same without them. For example when they tried to catch a bunch of gangsters in a hotel but they went through the front doors and didnt cover the back. Now they surround the whole building so nobody can get out.