Post Trial Reflection

1. Summarize the facts of the case, as presented by the prosecution. Include relevant witnesses and testimony.

It seemed their main argument and evidence was the McDonalds raid. However they did have some moral perspectives thrown in with a few facts too. Most facts were in the US Constitution and were short and in a generalization about people as a whole.

2. Summarize the facts of the case, as presented by the defense. Include relevant witnesses and testimony.

The Defense used a lot of facts from the House and the Senate bill that they were defending. They also had facts such as a nationwide survey. They also had some moral and logical things put into theirs such as what the people on bordering towns would think and how it can be dangerous for the illegal immigrants and the citizens.


3. What was the most significant piece of evidence, in your personal opinion?

The most significant part was that when Ben read that part of the constitution saying treat all people equal.

4. What was the most significant argument made, in your opinion?

I think that biggest argument they had was on how they organized their selection for the illegal immigrants and how it was wrong. It might have not been the most important thing they could have focused on but it seemed like a strong point. However it did help their side considerably from that point.

5. What do you personally believe the correct verdict should be? Do you agree with the jury? Why or why not?

I do agree that it is wrong but until we can find another way that it should stay and nothing should change. We need someway to find them and at least we aren’t raiding houses or being violent we just take them in for a few questions and if they are legal they can go back to their business. This way works and until we find a better way we should not remove these laws from the state of Arizona.


I think I deserve a 45 out of 50 points because I focused on each part of the entire case thoroughly, I had my own opinions even though I was the only one I shared them, and I did not take sides because of friends I voted for the side I thought was right. I could have done better at taking notes I do remember most of the stuff they went over however during the jury deliberates it would have been nice to know the exact names of events, evidence, or witnesses.

WW2 letters

I am my self for this letter I will be a private first class of the US Army Rangers 2nd Regiment. They were the people to lead the way for d day. I will write my letter the day before the rangers part of the assault. Nervous since its a suicide mission talking to unknown still. It is only my regiment and we get there two days before any other division or regiment shows up.

Semester DOS, Blog #15

I think WWII came out with a lot of technologies like nuclear power, jet engines, tanks, other vehicles, and even new medicine and ways to practice it. Are world is completely different because of wars. An example would be radiomen who were just for wars and then became for cars and now are small portable cell phones. Wars get countries advanced for fighting. However once the war is over a lot of things can turn into great uses for the public. Another example would be jets. Invented in Germany and used for war but now they have commercial airplanes that take thousands of people around the world everyday.

Semester DOS, Blog #14

What are the most interesting aspects of World Wars 1 and 2?

· Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated and because of laws and allegiances the only way to solve the murder and prove their own points. So Germany and Austria-Hungry went to war against the rest of the world.
· Germany and Austria-Hungry lasted against the rest of the world for four years of fighting before they surrendered. France lasted one.
· Both sides started using chemical warfare
· Planes and tanks where just starting to get used in WWI
· WWII with Germany having to repay all the damage they did to France in the Great War they did not like the French. As soon as their restrictions on military size stopped they built it up and started WWII for revenge.
· France also did terrible in WWII forced to surrender from Germany.

2. What do you hope to learn about these wars?

· More info on how they started
· Statistics


3. How/Why are these wars important today? How do they impact and/or inform our world today? hint: think about alliances, democracies around the world, cultures, international institutions, nuclear (and other) technologies, etc.

· From these wars it formed alliances
· With great destruction, death, and money loss countries seem to avoid major wars now and compromise.
· It also changed governments for example the Bolshevik overthrew their previous government during WWI and it became the Soviet Union that were communists.

Semester TWO, Blog #13 (GOW Final Essay)

Option 3) Describe how the balance between specific stories about the Joad family and broader description of the migration of Dust Bowl farmers impacts the novel as a whole.

The Grapes of Wrath is a book that shows the side of the farmers that get kicked out of their homes. Once kicked out they hear of work in California so thousands head west. The book mostly stays on one family called the Joads, it seems they have the worst luck possible. The book does make you feel sorry for them and you do want to know what happens but something kills the mood. That thing is the “zoomed out” chapters, which talk about things and people as a whole no one specific. Some of these are about dust some about a turtle and others about cars salesmen’s thoughts as they sell cars. Of course these chapters foreshadow and symbolize however when it talks about these random events it gets boring and fast.

The first chapter of the book is about the great dust bowl and how it ruins the crops for the farmers. It does inform you about what is happening and you do feel sorry for them but a simple description would have been fine. The second chapter you meet the main character but it seems you follow someone else until the last couple pages. Once you get to the sixth chapter you learn the main story. You also meet the rest of the family and main characters. The sixth chapter, that’s almost one-third through the book.

The story on the family is good but with those random chapters it slows the book down. When it “zooms out” I tend to zone out. Some of these “zoomed out” chapters don’t even have full sentences or proper English. When reading a book you should be able to get into it and understand it. In this book as soon as it gets a little interesting another random chapter comes and you get bored and don’t want to read on again.

I think it did show you what happened and that it was to a wide range of people not just the Joads. However it makes the book way longer and it at least annoys me to almost stop from reading through the entire book. So it helps a little bit but I think it stops people from wanting to read the entire book. The impact is major, at least for some of my fellow classmates and I. It slows or can even stop people from reading this book. This book gave a lot of attention to the less fortunate during the great depression so it should be good if it is to give or gave sympathy.

Semester TWO, Blog #13 (GOW Final Essay)

Describe how the balance between specific stories about the Joad family and broader description of the migration of Dust Bowl farmers impacts the novel as a whole.

The Grapes of Wrath
To the Point?


The Grapes of Wrath is a book that shows the side of the farmers that get kicked out of their homes. Once kicked out they hear of work in California so thousands head west. The book mostly stays on one family called the Joads, it seems they have the worst luck possible. The book does make you feel sorry for them and you do want to know what happens but something kills the mood. That thing is the “zoomed out” chapters, which talk about things and people as a whole no one specific. Some of these are about dust some about a turtle and others about cars salesmen’s thoughts as they sell cars. Of course these chapters foreshadow and symbolize however when it talks about these random events it gets boring and fast.
The first chapter of the book is about the great dust bowl and how it ruins the crops for the farmers. It does inform you about what is happening and you do feel sorry for them but a simple description would have been fine. The second chapter you meet the main character but it seems you follow someone else until the last couple pages. Once you get to the sixth chapter you learn the main story. You also meet the rest of the family and main characters. The sixth chapter, that’s almost one-third through the book.
The story on the family is good but with those random chapters it slows the book down. When it “zooms out” I tend to zone out. Some of these “zoomed out” chapters don’t even have full sentences or proper English. When reading a book you should be able to get into it and understand it. In this book as soon as it gets a little interesting another random chapter comes and you get bored and don’t want to read on again.
I think it did show you what happened and that it was to a wide range of people not just the Joads. However it makes the book way longer and it at least annoys me to almost stop from reading through the entire book. So it helps a little bit but I think it stops people from wanting to read the entire book. The impact is major, at least for some of my fellow classmates and I. It slows or can even stop people from reading this book. This book gave a lot of attention to the less fortunate during the great depression so it should be good if it is to give or gave sympathy.

Semester TWO, Blog #12

What were "public works projects"? What famous ones were part of the New Deal? What public works projects would you recommend for our society today?


One of the "public works projects" was TVA the Tennessee Valley Association. It helped employ people and since it included having different things like power plants out their the utility got cheaper. Others were hospitals and dams too. They were also government funded and run by government.

Some stuff they can do these days are maybe add more wind generators out near Palm Springs and with a crew of people making them having a maintenance crew for the new ones as well. We also could have people fixing up California's roads like Obama said he would.