Genetic disorders- why do they occur?

 

Kristallnacht

What is it meant by the term Kristallnacht?

Night of broken glass

When did this event occur?

November 9th and 10th 1938

How many synagogues did the programme claim were burned

267 destroyed or burned

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

91 murdered

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

30,000

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

They forced the Jews to pay for the cost of the event and they would disown or depot them and even banned them from attending schools basically blaming the Jews.

Kristallnacht was being planned because of this document that had been written before the event (1:20 AM November 8th) which showed us what the officials can and can’t do. The event was then preplanned because of this. Here are some examples from the document.

1. “businesses and residences of jews may be damaged but not looted.”

2.  “Non-Jewish businesses are to be protected from damage under all circumstances.”

3.  “Officials are to arrest as many jews especially wealthy ones.”

4. “For the time being, only healthy male Jews of not too advanced age are to be arrested.”

(Signed by Reinhard Heydrich,

SS Gruppenfurer)

This shows how the Jews weren’t getting anything fair on what they can’t do and can do. As a result of this, they had to cause the events of the Kristallnacht to happen.

THE NUREMBERG LAWS

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

The Jews had lost their right to vote so that they couldn’t have a voice in what they wanted to happen.

Jewish people would not be admitted to municipal hospitals in Düsseldorf so they could not get help for free or at low prices.

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

They were expelled from the army and the Jewish university students were not allowed to sit for doctoral exams.

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

For the Protection of German Blood and German Honor because they wanted everyone pure.

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)

New Zealand would not support racist laws or anything like that and not approve of this because New Zealand has many different cultures. Which makes NZ was of the countries that will accept all races. Except we do have some discrimination laws but some of them accept them and live by them.

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

Yeah, because it had taken away people’s rights because of their skin colour and other things which is then affecting them quite sadly.

DNA Extraction Experiment

Aim: To extract the DNA out of 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: 

Discussion: DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. Chromosomes are made of a molecule that is deoxyribonucleic acid that contains the instructions for a feature of yourself, for example, your hair colour is called a gene. The shape of DNA is almost like a twisted ladder but described as a double helix. DNA is made up of nucleotides in which the structure of a nucleotide is base, sugar and phosphate. We share 60% of our DNA with bananas.

Conclusion: Our experiment worked very well. We had gotten most of the kiwi fruit juices out of the kiwi fruit which made our experiment show more DNA. What I would do differently is to try a whole kiwi fruit to see what happens.

Hitler's Anti-Semitism

Today in class, we have to research Hitler's Anti-Semitism and his hate for the Jews. 

1. “The Jews were responsible for bringing negroes into the Rhineland with the ultimate idea of bastardising (lowering the quality of) 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 her from the bosom of her own people."

In his book, these 2 sentences were shown about Hitler's Anti-Semitism.

This shows how Hitler thought the Jews wanted to become more superior and that the actions needed to become more of a priority, which then he did, taking action of the events of the holocaust.

Coding

 

First Activity

The Holocaust

 Why was Germany hit the hardest during the depression?

Germany was one of the countries that were hit the hardest because of the great depression. The great depression is an economic depression in the 1930s and took place in the US. Germany was hit the hardest because they were forced to spend millions for reparations, which had caused their economy to crash. This had happened since Germany was then forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles and since they had become responsible for the cost of material that has caused Germany’s economy to collapse. As a result of the wall street crash in the US, Germany had to pay the loans they borrowed from the US. Forcing them to spend about billions of dollars and that there was huge unemployment in Germany of 67% while the US was about 57%. Germany couldn’t pay for the loans because Germany was in an economic disaster and when they told the US, unfortunately, they thought that Germany was bluffing so they sent 60,000 soldiers to their land.

Why did Germany have to agree to sign the Treaty of Versailles?

Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles was signed between The Ally forces and Germany in 1919 after World War 1. The Treaty of Versailles held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties in terms of loss of territory, massive reparations payments (rounding up to $132 billion) and demilitarization. This was to make peace and if Germany didn’t sign it, The Allies would probably be a huge threat to them or would try and convince them to sign it. If they hadn’t, Germany would’ve lost anyway since they had already lost about 6 million soldiers and artillery etc in World War 1. Germany complained bitterly, but The Allies did not take any notice of their complaints. Germany had very little choice but to sign the Treaty As a result of this Germany had to accept the guilt for starting the war.

How was New Zealand affected by the depression?

In New Zealand, the effects of the great depression weren’t very apparent. But at a certain amount of time, it had started affecting them. The export prices had begun to plummet falling by  45% at around 1933. This had become devastating since that we are very dependent on agricultural exports. A series of unemployed riots rocked Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in the first six months of 1932. The government tried to ease Depression conditions through unemployment relief schemes, which often required men to travel long distances for small pay.