Kane and Abel

Kane and Abel
World War 1
➢ 19th century: politics were a mess; every country wanted to show who the biggest power was.
➢ Yugoslav Nationalists shot Austro-hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (in Sarajevo).
➢ Austro-Hungarian empire vs Serbia
➢ Russia aid Serbia so Germany declared war on Russia and also attacked France. Finally Great
Britain got in the way also.
➢ Allies vs Central Power.
➢ They used modern welfare.
➢ Conditions in the trenches were terrible.
➢ Battle of Somme, where many french died of gas.
➢ Irish Republicans attempted an uprising.
➢ British blockade German troops movement (mining international water).
➢ Germany had u-boats. (Sank for example The Lusitania) causing the United States to enter the
war.
➢ Russia had a series of changes, revolutions.
➢ Russia signed a treaty with Germany.
➢ Germany called for an armistice to stop fighting = Allies won.
➢ Terms took 6 months = Central Powers had to pay.
➢ Soldiers were traumatized.
➢ Poppy was to remember the soldiers.
World war 2
➢ World War II was a conflict between 1939 and 1945 that involved all the world's major
countries. It was the most destructive war in history and millions of people were killed. It was
fought between the Axis (Germany, Japan, and Italy) and the Allies (Britain, the US, and the
Soviet Union among others).
➢ World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great
Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3. The war
between the U.S.S.R. and Germany began on June 22, 1941, with Operation Barbarossa, the
German invasion of the Soviet Union.
➢ World War II was, arguably, the most significant and influential event of the twentieth
century. The devastation is almost incalculable: total military and civilian deaths are estimated
at 70 to 85 million, about 3% of the global population during that time. World War II also saw
the dawn of the nuclear age.5 mar 2021
➢ By the end of World War II, much of Europe and Asia, and parts of Africa, lay in ruins.
Combat and bombing had flattened cities and towns, destroyed bridges and railroads, and
scorched the countryside. The war had also taken a staggering toll in both military and
civilian lives.
➢ The major causes of World War II were numerous. They include the impact of the Treaty of
Versailles following WWI, the worldwide economic depression, failure of appeasement, the
rise of militarism in Germany and Japan, and the failure of the League of Nations.
Invasion of poland
➢ An eagle appeared in an oak tree; found by three brothers that were looking for a place to
settle.
➢ They founded Gniezno, a town that later became the capital of Poland.
➢ Czech decided to go south and Rus chose the east where they started their own countries.
➢ Polish history is marked with wars and uprisings.
➢ The 16th century was Poland‟s “Golden Age”. Poland advanced culturally, arts and science
developed thanks to the Renaissance.
➢ Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), formulated the first modern heliocentric theory of the solar
system and gave a start to modern astronomy.
➢ In the 18th century, the rulers of Russia, Prussia and Austria invaded Poland and partitioned
its territory.
➢ Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), the famous pianist and composer preserved the national
heritage in music.
➢ In 1853 Ignacy Łukasiewicz made a kerosene lamp, invented a way to refine kerosene from
crude oil and built the first oil refinery.
➢ In 1856; Maria Skłodowska-Curie (1867-1934), the famous physicist and chemist, discovered
radioactive elements.
➢ With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Poland was quickly invaded by Germany and
Austria-Hungary.
➢ World War I gave Poland the chance to regain freedom. Poland reappeared on the map of
Europe after 123 years.
➢ On 1st September 1939, Poland was invaded by the Nazi Germany and World War II began.
➢ After World War II ended, Poland fell under Soviet control and the communist People’s
Republic of Poland was created as a Soviet satellite state.
German invasion
Between 1935 and 1939, Nazi Germany began taking aggressive steps toward rebuilding the German
military and expanding the Third Reich across Europe. At the same time, Nazi hostility toward Jews
within the Reich intensified, culminating in the 1938 pogroms known as Kristallnacht.
Gulags and concentration camps

1. What was a Gulag? Where were they? Who was sent there? In what ways were they
different/similar to Concentration Camps?
A Gulag is a labor camp. They were located throughout the Soviet Union. Mainly in Siberia. The
people sent to the Gulags were political prisoners or criminals from the Soviet Union. People on the
Concentration Camp were different in the way that people on Gulags were shaved and people on the
Concentration Camp had tattoos on their arms.
2. What was the religion in Turkey in the 1930s and 1940s? What was the common
punishment to crimes such as theft, murder and corruption?
The religion in Turkey in the 1930s and 1940s was Islamic. The common punishment for crimes such
as theft, murder and corruption was that they cut your hand off.
3. What was the situation in Poland at the end of 1910s and beginning of 1920s?
They were recovering after the First World War; they were invaded by Russia and Austria-Hungary;
and also by Germany. Their territory was divided into 3.
4. What was Charleston? What did it mean/represent? Where was it most popular?
Charleston was the fourth largest city in colonial America. It was founded in the 1670s. It was named
for Charles II of England. First the city was known as Charles Town then Charlestown and at the end
of the American Revolution in 1783, the name was changed to Charleston. Charleston represent the
slaves sly rebellion against such rules.
5. Mention 10 incredible inventions/discoveries which were made before 1925.

- The mechanical television (1925 by John Logie Baird).
- The telephone (1876 by Alexander Graham Bell).
- The photographic camera (1839 by Alphonse Giroux).
- The automobile (1886 by Carl Benz).
- The air conditioner (1902 by Willis Haviland Carrier).
- The vacuum cleaner (1901 by Hubert Cecil Booth).
- The disposable razor (1895 by King Camp Gillette).
- The assembly line (1913 by Henry Ford).
- The light bulb (1879 by Thomas Edison).
The sinking of the titanic

➢ Cunard (Mauritania and Lusitania = speed) and White Star (The Titanic, The Olympic and
The Britannic = conformity): were two lines to travel across the atlantic.
➢ By 1912 the Titanic was declared seaworthy. From Southampton, England to New York City,
USA.
➢ The ship slightly hit the iceberg from the side causing 5 of the compartments to break.
Lifeboats were launched with priority for women and kids.
➢ Captain Smith said that, anyone who was as experienced as him would’ve done the same.
➢ More than 1.500 people died because of the freezing water.
How it worked the stock share

After October 29, 1929, stock prices had nowhere to go but up, so there was considerable recovery
during succeeding weeks. Overall, however, prices continued to drop as the United States slumped
into the Great Depression, and by 1932 stocks were worth only about 20 percent of their value in the
summer of 1929.
The role of women especially when they are born

Women's roles in 1930's America were still mostly domestic. They were typically in charge of home
management and social duties, while men were usually the breadwinners. However, after the 19th
Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, was passed in 1920, there was a shift in women's
roles. The stock market crash hit the manufacturing industry the hardest. Thousands of men were laid
off. Women found jobs in work better suited to the female sex, such as the service industry.
Employment opportunities included restaurants, factories, laundries, libraries, schools, offices,
hospitals, and beauty shops.
For the first time in the history of the United States, women made up around 25% of the workforce.
Men's roles also shifted during the Depression. Frequently, they were left to mind the children while
their wives went to work. This shift in gender roles led to tension and confusion between husbands
and wives, an increase in alcoholism, and a rise in domestic violence. Between 1929 and 1939, there
was a 22% decline in marriage rates. During the Great Depression, the United States shifted from a
prospering economy to a survival economy. Despite the financial hardships many families
experienced, the government discouraged married women from entering the workforce, and critics of
new societal roles blasted women, accusing them of robbing men of much-needed jobs. In Wisconsin,
specifically, a committee condemned the practice of employing husbands and wives and claimed that
should the wives be removed, "It would bring employment to a normal trend."
Jeffrey Archer (videos on classroom)

➢ For every 10 thousand books sent to a publisher, one is published.
➢ For every 10 thousand books published, one gets on the bestseller list.
➢ For every 10 thousand books that get on the bestseller list, one gets the number one.
➢ You are up against everyone else.
➢ He left Oxford wanting to be a politician.
➢ At the age of 26, he got onto the Greater London Council as its baby member.
➢ At the age of 29, he was at the House of Commons as a member of parliament.
➢ At the House of Commons, he had 5 very happy years and he made a very foolish investment
where he invested all his money and borrowed money because the bank of Boston told him
his shares would double. He lost $400.000 pounds in 3 weeks. He was facing bankruptcy. He
left the House of Commons and couldn't get a job.
➢ It was there when he wrote his first book called “Not a penny more, not a penny less” where
17 publishers turned it down. The 18th publisher agreed on giving him $300.000 pounds and
publishing it. It sold 3.000 copies worldwide. So, he cleared his debt of $300.000 pounds.
Then he sold 25.000 copies in 1 month. Then 25.000 more and continue. Now they have sold
more than 27 million copies.
➢ The second book he wrote is called “Shall we tell the president?” and went into the bestseller
list in the United States.
➢ Then he wrote a book that changed his life called “Kane and Abel”.
➢ His American agent who lives in London said that she was not going to sell the book. She
said that she was going to auction it. This means that she is going to send the book to 23
houses in the United States and ask them to bid and the highest bidder gets it. She sold it for
$3.200.000. In the United States no one had ever heard of Jefrey. So, she said that he needed
to be shown on Good Morning America because there he will hit 45 million people in one go
and that will give them the chance to get on the bestseller list. If you get in the top 15 they
half the price of the book and you go on a special shelf in every bookshop in America where
you sell plenty of books. He had 3 weeks to get on the bestseller list.
➢ He went to Good Morning America and consisted of a 2 minute talk. It was a 6 minute slot
from 7:23 to 7:29 and you are sharing those minutes with 2 other people. At first Billy Carter
is talking, the brother of the president of the United States Jimmy Carter and he is pushing
Billy’s beer. After Billy comes Mickey Mouse who is celebrating the 75th year of Walt
Disney and Jeffrey. Mickey taught Jeffrey something he never forgot. When you go on
television and you know it is the last question just go on talking. Jeff could not talk about
Kane and Abel, he lost his opportunity.
➢ Then, he was sent to Chicago where he was going to be interviewed by the great Milt
Shulman and this time he was going to have 6 minutes for him. It was a radio show that went
out for 11 million people.
➢ He was given a last chance. He received a phone call from the publishers in New York saying
that he was given one more show to present Kane and Abel. The interviewer starts the
interview by saying: “Ladies and gentleman I am today with Jeffrey Archer. I picked up his
book 3 days ago and I could not put it down. It is the best novel I’ve read in the last 20 years.
I want every one of you to go out and buy it”. It was number one in the New York Times the
following week.
➢ Since then he has written 20 books. At 70 he wrote 7 more books, one each year, called the
Clifton Chronicles.
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Gulags and concentration camps

5. Mention 10 incredible inventions/discoveries which were made before 1925.

The sinking of the titanic

How it worked the stock share

The role of women especially when they are born

Jeffrey Archer (videos on classroom)

Wall Street crash

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