Reflection

Far-right threats to Maori women:

Who: Reported by Michelle Duff, and Kristy Johnston. Effecting Maori Women

What: Far-Right activist abusing and threatening Maori Women 

When: Article published on Friday the 13th of August 2021

Where: New Zealand

Why: Because Far-Right activists feel they are superior to Moari women

How: By stalking, harassing, and threatening Maori women.

My reflection:

Maori women all over New Zealand are being harassed by far-right men who think they're superior. Those thoughts can only be compared to those of Hitler and the nazi party. These women are getting unfairly threatened and abused by men using online platforms to share their opinions. These videos of this happening have been taken down but unfortunately, people are still uploading these clips and messages to other people who share similar ideas.

Kristallnacht

The events of Kristallnacht:

1. What is meant by the term “Kristallnacht”?

Night of broken glass

2. When did this event occur?

Nov 9-10 1939

3. How many synagogues did the programme claim were burned?

267 synagogues destroyed or burned

4. How many Jews were claimed to have died as a result of this event?

91 jews died

5. How many were said to have been sent to concentration camps?

30,000

6. What was the reaction of the German people to this event?

They made the jews pay off the cost of the event,

They would disown jews

They banned Jews from attending German schools

They deported Jews away from france and germany

The Germans were trying to put the blame on the Jews as they believed that it was the Jew's fault.

Kristallnacht was a planned event that caused loss for many Jew from the Germans. This event was a huge event as many Jews were forced to flee for safety. This event was planned because there was a document sent out to the German soldiers on November 8th 1938 which was sent before the event which happened the next day. This mail stated to destroy things owned by the Jews and take them away and imprisonment, and to seize archives from Synagogues. These archives were later handed over to the SS. The events that happened on November 9-10 were stated on the document to tell soldiers what to do this further shows proff this event was planned. Jews were later taken to concentration camps or deported. The impact the event had on the Jews was huge and this event may have gone and been a reason for the start of World War 2.

The Nuremberg Laws

 Here is my work on the Nuremberg Laws.

1. Provide two examples of ways in which the Nuremberg laws affected the rights of German Jews. 

The Jews weren't allowed to sell to Germans which meant they lost money which would have affected the way they live.

They couldn't go to hospitals having a huge effect on their health as they couldn't get help when they were sick and/or injured.

2. What other actions were taken that discriminated against Jews in Germany? (Remembering)

They were expelled from the army and defending their country because they were Jews 

They could not be remembered for their deployment of WW1.

They couldn't work in the healthcare industry.

3. Why do you think that the Nazis passed these laws? (Understanding)

The Nazi passed the laws to take away power from the Jews so they Hitler would have an easier path to dictator so he could complete his goal of world power.

4. If a New Zealand government passed a law that provided for different treatment of a named racial group in New Zealand, what do you think the reaction of most New Zealand people would be? Why do you think this might be the case? (Applying)

I think that the people of New Zealand would not approve of racist laws because we have many different races and cultures. We also are one of a few countries that are accepting of all races.  

5. Do you think these Nuremberg laws were racist? Explain your point of view. (Evaluating)

I think that these laws were racist because they took away people's rights simply because of their color of skin and where they came from. They also took away many of the Jew rights and these laws also affected people who had some Jewish assent even if they did not identify as part of the Jewish race or religion.

DNA Extraction Experiment

 Aim: To Extract DNA from the Kiwi Fruit

Method: 

1. Mush half a kiwi fruit in a zip lock bag with a splash of water and a small teaspoon of salt.

2. Strain the solution through a cloth into a beaker.

3. Add a squirt of dishwashing liquid and stir

4. Pour into a test tube.

5. Place the test tube in a beaker filled with WARM water.

6.  Leave for 10mins

7. Slowly pour 5mL of methylated spirits down the inside of the test tube.

Results:

The foam-looking thing is the DNA of the kiwi fruit.

Discussion:

Where do you find DNA? DNA can be found in living things they are in these things called chromosomes which are found in the nucleus of a cell.

What makes up DNA? DNA is made up of this thing called Nucleotide which has a base of sugar and phosphate. 

How much DNA do we share with the banana? We share 60% of DNA with the banana.

Conclusion:

Our experiment did work and we did get the results we were looking for. Next time I wouldn't do anything differently except making the experiment on a larger scale. We successfully made it so that we could see the DNA with a human eye.

Term 3 Reflection (commitment)

 Commitment:

Commitment is a big thing in New Zealand especially at times like now during the Olympics as a kiwi named Haydon Wilde just won bronze in the triathlon which is the first NZ medal in that event since 2008. He had to commit to heaps of training to get to where he is today and he has been training heaps for the last five years to make the Olympics. Haydon has trailed behind all races and he had to stay committed to climb up the ladders and back into his race he ended up coming up short of first place but should still be proud of his bronze medal achievement. He shows the NZ spirit and has shown what can happen when you stayed committed. Surprisingly in another text, I had read it also shows the same topic of commitment. This article was about other kiwi Olympics athletes who like Haydon are doing their best to win a medal for their achievements at the games. This article talks about how the New Zealand rugby sevens team is in the semi-finals against Great Britain after beating Canada in the quarters. For this team to make the Olympics they must if shown a great amount of commitment to training for years and for many, many hours to make the Olympic team and for them as a player to see improvement in their sports. With their commitment, they will see their achievement and see how far they have come so far. These two articles are great ways to show what you can achieve if you fully commit to something just like these athletes. 

Willem Freed:

Willem Freed is a seven-year-old boy from Christchurch. He had a birthday party which was turned into a fundraising event. For his birthday he asked his mum if he could fundraise for Orana park instead after he found out that they had been cut from funding. He raised over 1000 dollars from his disco-themed birthday fundraiser. Orana park was very glad about this donation.

Hitler's Antisemitism.

 Today in class we were learning about Hitler's antisemitism and hate for the jews.

I have got two of his statements that show his hate for the jews and in these statements he tries to make the Jew look bad to justify his reason for hate.

Here are the two quotes:

1. "The jews are responsible for bringing negroes into the Rhineland with the ultimate idea of bastardizing the white race."

2. "The Jewish youth lies in wait for hours on end spying on the unsuspicious German girl he plans to seduce; he wants to contaminate her blood and remove the bosom from her own people."

This shows how he thought the Jews were trying to be superior and actions needed to be taken as soon as possible.

He unfortunate did take action causing the events of the Holocaust.