Dominick Lioce

         The warehouse in Oakland where this fire occurred contained many artists living on low budget. The owner of the property was a Mrs. Chor Nar Siu Ng. The Oakland ghost ship fire was an incident in which 36 people died in a fire in a warehouse in Oakland California. The reason this fire became out of hand so quickly because of the layout of this artist warehouse, there was a blocked exit upstarts, "webs of extension cords", propane tanks all around heating water. This warehouse was overfilled and filled with highly flammable practically materials made of tender. The fire started because of a faulty electrical system during an electronic dance party and Ms. Ng's neglect to satisfy the artists requests for better living conditions. There were so many victims because of the poor conditions in the warehouse and due to the fact that there were many people at the warehouse during a party.


This Fire is similar to the triangle shirtwaist fire because of the common neglect for the conditions of the people working in the building. This neglect included similar amount of clutter in the workplace, and highly flammable materials around the whole building.
Another similarity between the two fires is the owners of the building refusing to make changes that needed to be addressed like health and safety regulations for the only reason that they are cheap.
Also because of the lack of documentation at the party at the ghost ship fire and the damage the fire caused, like the triangle fire, many of the bodies were unidentified for a long while.
Although the triangle factory had almost five times the death both were very tragic and highlighted the issues upon the issues important to the people involved in the accident
-Ghost ship- Artists thought the reason for this fire is partially because of the lack of artistic space like this and caused them to not construct the living space properly
-Triangle Shirtwaist fire-workers were fighting at the forefront of workers rights, and started the movement to unionize widely and create a set of rights for all workers.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/05/us/california-oakland-fire-ghost-ship-warehouse/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/11/us/the-oakland-fire-what-we-know-about-the-warehouse-owner.html

Jim Thorpe was known to many people as the greatest athlete in the world as of the early to mid nineteen hundreds. He was a very successful athlete from middle school all the way to the professional leagues and in the olympics held in Sweden. In high school Jim was recruited to join any athletic teams including football, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, hockey and track.

His Native american background in long hunting and trapping excursions aided in his physical development, significantly in endurance. In the 1912 olympics he won the pentathlon and the decathlon by 700 point more than the runner up. He also played in professional football for 12 seasons. This shows his ability to succeed at most physical activities. Jim Thorpe in my mind still is the best athlete of all time because of his ability to succeed in so many different sports and athletic events. Jim's life ended in tragic heart attack in the year 1953, and is buried in Pennsylvania even though his children tried to file a law suit to move his burial site back to the reservation in Oklahoma. Jim after a long athletic carreer continued work by acting in mostly stereotypical roles for an indian. He was divorced once and remarried later in life but got divorced again because of a drinking problem. Jim will go down no matter how his life ended as one of the greatest athletes in history whether native american or not.

Native American Classwork November 9, 2016

Dominick Lioce

 The Definition of savagery is the quality of being fierce or cruel
     The definition of savage is (of an animal, or force of nature) fierce, violent and uncontrolled
In this class period I have just read part of a textbook from the 1800's describing the indians found in north america.
          If I were an american student racing this back then I would have a completely skewed picture of the american indian, they described them as savages constantly, and only talked about their more primitive ways of living. They described their wives as slaves to them, and made it look like they were completely stupid, insulting their language and lack of books.

Dominick Lioce
Westward Expansion Letters
https://user.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/html/camltr01.html


1) The letters were updates sent back to other family members descrying the life they are living in the west. Including the terrain, and the amount of land they have acquired, also they speak of finance, and missing the family they are writing too.

2) What stood out to me in the letter was the price of the land, and that you could so readily buy land wherever, but there was a large rush to get to an office to file for buying the land, which shows the competition and necessity for speed when trying to live on and buy land.

3) The importance of writing these letters was far greater than we can ever know, nowadays we can call and text whenever we want but back then they had to write these letters just so their relatives knew they were still alive, and since it was their only form of communication it was of upmost importance to them and their survival and happiness.

Dominick Lioce
9/27/16
B Block

        During the movies I watched at randolph we were required to take thoughtful notes and pay attention, this was because of the value that Coach Ward knew these two movies contained. Unlike a book or textbook a movie has the ability to portray more feeling, and often times more information. There are movies such as Twelve Years a Slave, and Glory, that retain great historical value while also being entertaining. The key to learning from movies is separating those films who are accurate, and hold value, from those that are purely fictional and for entertainment purposes only. Because of these reasons it is possible, and often likely that if you watch the right movies that you can learn a staggering amount.

       While watching a movie you are usually given a definite visual perspective in an instantaneous moment, but throughout the movie you are given many perspectives. This ability of a film to convey different perspectives to the viewer help us learn more so than books because a movie can show you physical, emotional, and symbolic expression in the same instant in more than one person. A perfect example of this ability is the director of Glory's decision to put the main black characters in the same tent. Each of these men all under the same roof is not factual, but it represents the different groups of African-American men joining the army. Denzel Washington's character, who is resentful to all white men because of his past slavery. Morgan Freeman's character who is appreciative of the things the white men are doing. The man who has nothing else to do but feels a need to join, this is the man who is a good shot. And Thomas, the black man who has been free assumed to his whole life if not a very large part of it, this is the man who joined the union because it seemed like the right thing to do but was way in over his head. These different perspectives show throughout the movie by countless actions and interactions, give the viewer a much better understanding of the black mans role in the civil war, the changing relationships between the races, and the adversity that they all faced.

        The final part of the movie that depicted the attack on the rebel fort showed more than words could ever hope to describe.  Movies are supposed to try and put you in the situations that other people encounter, this according to the new york times was the "...Only movie that captures the chaos and brutality..." of the civil war. This proves how the choice of movie is also very important because some its known that much of the time making the movie glory was put into making sure these spectacular battles and interactions were as historically accurate as possible.

        In the film twelve years a slave many of the same learning moments happened, in the very beginning of the movie we encounter two other slaves on a ship with Solomon Northop, the slave who is aggressive and won't accept this treatment, and the slave who tells Solomon to keep his head down and act like you were never free. This also being not exactly factual was very likely to happen. Solomon's encounters throughout the movie with different mindsets on ones own condition help to shine a light on how becoming a slave from being a free person, and being a slave from birth can affect a persons mind and well being. The best example of this is when Patsy asks Solomon to kill her, up until now she seems perfectly collected and obedient then she just snaps. Without all of the context about Patsy and her daily life and relationships this would not have carried as much weight.

       Twelve years a slave has been extensively investigated by a professor Sue Eakin from LSU and has verified that not everything from the book is necessarily included, and that not everything in the movie is necessarily in the book, but all of these occurrences are historically logical and most likely did happen. This is part of the reason this film is useful for teaching. During this movie there were multiple occasions that showed someones physical and emotional state much better than any book could have, specifically Solomons vision of himself and who he is.  Taking us through his journey causes a severe sense of empathy and helps us gain a greater desire to learn the information conveyed through this film.

       A very crucial part of this process in the students paying close attention during the movie and the students research to prove the veracity of the movies, and to find out things they missed about the movies. Learning from film is useful because of films ability to capture the characters emotions in these historical situations and convey them in a way that forces the viewer to become invested in his or her learning of the material.

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"Black Combat Bravery in the Civil War." Nytimes. New York Times, n.d. Web.

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                Sounds. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2016. <http://www.destgulch.com/movies/glory/>.
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Dominick Lioce

9/8/16

US History Paraphrasing activity

       This movie is not the same as others, because of the way McQueen uses swear words, and treatment of slaves. McQueens use of the treatment of slaves, specifically the beatings, are meant to pull on your heartstrings and evoke a sense of empathy for Solomon. This is not just for sheer show, this is to truly put you into their shoes, and envoke a sense of empathy.