In his new book, Reminiscences and Reflections, Mann gives an intimate account of Weimar that explores areas more unfamiliar to the modern reader than the well-worn stereotypes of urban glitter and decadence: Berlin figures less prominently than Munich, the town less than the countryside, and the avant-garde less than literary tradition and scholastic institutions.
Month: February 2013
PBS American Experience: Panama Canal
On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world’s two largest oceans and signaling America’s emergence as a global superpower. American ingenuity and innovation had succeeded where, just a few years earlier, the French had failed disastrously. But the U.S. paid a price for victory.
PBS American Experience: Triangle Fire
It was the deadliest workplace accident in New York City’s history. A dropped match on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory sparked a fire that killed over a hundred innocent people trapped inside. The private industry of the American factory would never be the same.
PBS American Experience: The Great Famine
The little-known story of the American effort to relieve starvation in the new Soviet Russia in 1921, The Great Famine is a documentary about the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. Five million Soviet citizens died.
Half a world away, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by Herbert Hoover, director of the American Relief Administration.
PBS Am Experience: Amelia Earhart
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, Earhart disappeared in 1937 while she was attempting to circumnavigate the world by airplane.
PBS American Experience: My Lai Massacre
What drove a company of American soldiers — ordinary young men from around the country — to commit the worst atrocity in American military history? Were they “just following orders” as some later declared? Or, did they break under the pressure of a vicious war in which the line between enemy soldier and civilian had been intentionally blurred? AMERICAN EXPERIENCE focuses on the 1968 My Lai massacre, its subsequent cover-up, and the heroic efforts of the soldiers who broke ranks to try to halt the atrocities, and then bring them to light.
National Honor Society Application
The National Honor Society is an international service and leadership organization for young scholars. NHS is a reward for student leaders as well as an opportunity to further cultivate leadership skills.
You can learn more about the NHS mission here. You are also encouraged to discuss the JFKS NHS mission with current and former members.
John F. Kennedy School NHS members perform 40 hours of community service. Members are expected to take initiative and to devote themselves to causes about which they truly care. Those not committed to community service should not apply to NHS.
The NHS Selection Process is as follows:
1. Students with a 3.5 grade point average or higher are invited to apply. The application form is below.
2. The JFKS high school faculty rates applicants. The criteria are leadership, character, and service.
3. The five-member JFKS NHS Faculty Council deliberates the qualifications of each candidate and chooses NHS members by majority vote. The NHS Adviser, Mr. Lazar, conducts this meeting but is not a voting member.
4. Applicants are notified with acceptance or rejection letters.
5. New members will partake in an NHS induction ceremony.
Complete this NHS Application and submit it on time.
DBQ: Instability of the Weimar Republic
Here is the DBQ: Analyze the factors that contributed to the instability of the Weimar Republic in the period 1918–1933.
The Weimar Constitution: A Primer
Check out this 4 page summary of the Weimar Constitution. A good place to start
Germany’s First Democratic Constitution (5 page reading)