Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

The Ottoman Empire and the modern Turkey started the modernization, by a guy Mustafa Kemal (aka: Ataturk). During that time, he were making lots of changing in Turkey, he ruled everything that they did, the way the dressed, the ways that they wear their hat. He boss those people to wear nice clothes, like suits, and other nice shoes, pants. Also the thing that he don't want them to do is the hat that they wear, during that time, the people were wearing a type of hat call Fez. But Mustafa Kemal didn't like the way that the hat looks, and he told the people not to wear them, because of that he thinks that the hat it's like a region, so he told the people not to wear it.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Film Lesson: "Gandhi"

Gandhi, his real name is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and his other name is Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu, means Great Soul. He is born in Porbandar, India, he was born in October 2, 1869, and die in January 30, 1948 at the age of 78. He is shot by a relious person, because of those people didn't like the way that he acted, so they kill him.
India was under the control by the British. In 1891, he studies laws in London, and return to India to pratice. In 1893, he went to work in South Africa for a year. At age of 15, he became the leader of the Indian nationalist movement. He lead the campaign for Indian independence from Britain. And during that time, he were arrest for many times. But even so, his people were still wanting him to be out.