Ellis Island 1950s

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"Antonio Magnani copes with his children and fat briefcase holding his entry papers." Ellis Island, 1950.

 Every immigrant in the 1950s that got to the United States had to go through the horrible experience that was Ellis Island. If an immigrant did no meet the requirements they were expected to meet they would not be allowed to enter the country. The man above is right in he middle of completing this task and you can only imagine the feelings of uncertainty he must feel for himself and his family.

Red Sox

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The 2013 Boston Red Sox had a lot to prove going into the 2013 regular season. They had just finished their worse year in over a decade. the entire lock room was poisoned. No one had any respect for each other and a manager who had lost control of his players. A change had to happen if the Red Sox were to become the great franchise of past years. The beards have become their trademark this year, creating a amazing team chemistry. Their success represents the strength of Boston, who last summer suffered the bombing on that infamous day. It is only fitting that the Sox are on their way to the World Series.

Child Labor in the 21st Century

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Picture 12 is extremely revealing to me. The boy looks younger than most 2nd graders in the United Sates. He lives in a small town in India and his parents believe in the value of labor, and not education. Even thought the teachers in surrounding communities are trying to change the views of the people, it is not working. A young boy working in a mine is not right, no matter how you try to justify it. The job requires skills that a young boy can not handle by himself. I believe it is everyone's duty to to everything possible to stop this type of injustice.

Child Labor in the Early 1900s

 

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  Life was extremely hard in the early 1900s, especially for those who worked in the mines. young children such as the one above worked full wok days, from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. This child from west Virginia was only one of thousands to suffer from the poor conditions within the mines. disfigurement and death was common within all industries during those times, so he was definitely in great danger. Another tragedy for him was that because he worked , so much his chances of getting a formal education wee almost none. Child Labor laws had to b passed to keep these types of situations from occurring.

My Native American Name

My native American name is Laying Bear. the first part of the name, laying is very symbolic to me and my personality because I am extremely laid back and I sort of hibernate as much as I can when I am home. I usually don't feel like doing anything and I would rather sleep in all day than do anything else such as cores or working out. tat is why I picked "laying" as my name, because I like to play around.

  "Bear" is the second name I picked for myself because even though a lot of the time I just want to relax, like a bear hibernating. at other times I have amazing energy and I become extremely active. An example of me coming into my more aggressive state is when I play spots, my aggressive side come out along with the second name that I have picked.

 

Native Americans and there struggles with eropean westward expansion

 

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  As more and more Europeans kept moving westward the native American struggle to keep their land and their traditions intact became an impossible goal. So they became content with just trying to keep their way of life going. They had treaties with Americans but those were broken constantly and native land was taken from them whenever the white people needed to expand. In the picture above it illustrates extremely well what happened to the natives as there world came to an end. they had to keep migrating, and having to move into reservations. For a lot of natives, moving to a reservation was a sign of giving up. Some tribes even tried to migrate to Canada to try to salvage their culture. I believe that we as a nation need to not forget about the struggles and injustices that were forced upon the native American.