The Treaty of Versailles (ended WW I)

After World War II Germany was affected deeply in many different ways. They lost many pieces of land and country side. Germany was also in dept with alot of people. They had alot of dues that needed to be payed back. They were so deep in dept that they had to go into a huge depression. The Treaty of Versailles were then given to Germany. In the post war Germany had no leader jus a treaty, then a man named Hitler cam about. Germans didn't really care that he was a mean dictator at first they just needed a leader and someone to guide them through the times. Historians say that "the Treaty of Versailles led to the rise of Hitler" I think they came to that theory because Hitler didn't really care for the treaty, he just wanted the WORLD.

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal or Ataturk modernized Turkey in many different ways. He wanted to make it more secular and change Turkey's "nationality. One way he changed Turkey was by getting rid of the fez. Which was a hat worn that was used by the Turkish to express themselves. He also got the Turkish people to adapt a new language. If you can get someone to convert they're language, (learn how to read, spell, and write all over) you should be able to convince them to do almost anything. Ataturk even got them to change the way they dressed. For example when he abolished the fez he also made them start wearing North American clothes. Mustafa was a very powerful man as you can see.
SECULAR: not pertaining to or connected with religion.

Film Lesson: "Gandhi"

During the early 1900s in India times were hard for most. They were treated very unfairly, almost as if they were foreigners to the land. Until a young lawyer name Mohandus Gandhi, basically changed the world and gained India's independence. He helped gain their independence by many civil disobedient acts.
One great boycott was when Gandhi influenced everyone to burn the clothes that were made buy the British and mae their own. This effected the British deeply. It cause them a loss economicly and it showed that India didn't need the help of the British. Gandhi was so dedicated to this that he took about two hours out of his day to spin and weave his clothing.
He believed deeply in non violence. No matter what he didn't fight back physically but mentally. Even when the British would beat them. He still didn't fight back. He was a very strong minded man. Gandhi once said "they may torture my body; even kill me. Then they would have my dead body and not my obdience". Gandhi was behind non violent acts so much that he went on hunger strike to stop his people from getting back at the british for the "Amritsar Massacre". It took awhile but when he started getting sick the Indians began to stop the viiolence.
Another great act was the salt march. Gandhi attempted to change the salt tax law by marching 200 miles to the Indian Ocean to make salt. Back then salt was a crucial part of life. Another reason why this march was so huge was because the British taxed people for salt, so this eventually became a drastic economic lost. They were buyin no clothes or salt.
After a couple more boycotts India soon gained there independence. Gandhi played a huge role in the fight for India's independence. He also influenced one of the great civil rights activist; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.