1940's Homewok

The war simulation was not near or remotely close to the scence that a real war actually would produce. I am not saying this is a bad thing, seeing as real war entails killing, blood, homesickness etc. but in attempting to compare it to the attack on Normandy beach is somewhat of a reach. ALthough, We did accurately portray the ratio of soliders on one side vs. the other and we also applied some of the same tactics (ie. the parachutters).
The simulation in class did not change or effect my veiws toward war in anyway, I simply veiwed it as a game. On the other hand, the reading and looking back on the facts of the time did strengthen my position agaist war. It re-enstated my feelings of hate toward the brutality of war in general and it made me angry to think of the mass slaughters of soliders all over the world. The threat of nuclear attack is much greater now, and it would make the slaughtering the thousands of Japaneese look lik nothing. There has to be a better way.
Overall, it was a fun expirience, more than anything, and i think it is safe to say the everyone enjoyed having a paper ball fight in class.

1930's

I learned that comics first came about during the 1930's. That's intresting because the depression also happened during that area, they may be unconnected but it leads me to ask, were people looking for a hero in that time?
Another fact I found interesting was that the first color movies came out during the 1920's. After watching the clip of Wizard of Oz, I was amazed at how far technology has come since then and how much of a impact it has on our lives.