tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117056870126430242024-02-22T10:47:24.109-08:00Mr. Halla's World History BlogThis is a webpage written by high school teachers for those who teach World history who want to find online content as well as technology that you can use in the classroomeLearning Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119280360226882972noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-611705687012643024.post-15428623301550305462007-05-22T06:58:00.000-07:002011-05-25T15:32:27.939-07:00RJ Halla<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgje8IgUJZOxMdZy-VZaTvZmLGNpsfUexfy9lA1rx0ZzHgPaQiYAnbZ4Sw3N6rCjwrdF9gogpLBqa_fGiSoj5ZgPKaB0tD0wdnJIWmJL7sL0z7m0wFhP7ImvotHnAlPXeSbbGyCMhxThFjh/s1600-h/prague_2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067390170765211506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgje8IgUJZOxMdZy-VZaTvZmLGNpsfUexfy9lA1rx0ZzHgPaQiYAnbZ4Sw3N6rCjwrdF9gogpLBqa_fGiSoj5ZgPKaB0tD0wdnJIWmJL7sL0z7m0wFhP7ImvotHnAlPXeSbbGyCMhxThFjh/s200/prague_2.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br />
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RJ Halla has traveled a great deal in his amazing life. <b><span style="color: red; font-size: 85%;">(Thesis sentence)</span></b>He was born in <a href="http://www.prague.cz/">Prague</a> (see picture to the left) in 1926 and emigrated to the United States in 1949. While he had spent part of his youth in <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107517.html">France</a> and England, he decided to leave his native country for political reasons. He married an American citizen and spent his career working abroad for the <a href="http://www.state.gov/">US Department of State</a>. Today he still follows <a href="http://www.czechheritage.net/">Czech customs</a>, but enjoys spending time with is two sons, eight grandchildren and, at nearly 82 years of age still works full time. <b><span style="color: red; font-size: 85%;">(Outline sentences)</span></b><br />
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RJ's travels began in Prague where he was born in 1926 to a father who worked for the travel company <a href="http://www.cedok.com/">Cedok</a>. <b><span style="color: red; font-size: 85%;">(Topic sentence that is linked to the thesis.)</span></b> Because of his father's work, he was able to escapte <a href="http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7EMA04/wood/mot/html/czech.htm">Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia</a> and moved to <a href="http://www.paris.org/">Paris</a> (see video below) where he lived until <a href="http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWfranceI.htm">Hitler invaded the city of lights.</a> From there he moved to London where he lived through the <a href="http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/bobhome.html">Battle of Britain </a>from 1939 to 1944 and endured the death of his father.<br />
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After the war's end, RJ moved back to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1844842.stm">Czechoslovakia</a> which was transitioning between different governments. <b><span style="color: red; font-size: 85%;">(Notice the topic sentence links back to the theis discussing travels and tells you what is coming in the paragraph.)</span></b> While in Prague he entered and graduated from <a href="http://www1.cuni.cz/index.php?lng=eng">Charles University</a> and then entered medical school. At the same time <a href="http://countrystudies.us/czech-republic/37.htm">(1948) the Communist Party won elections</a> and took over the government. Strongly opposed to this ideology, Roman took part in demonstrations against the government, translated articles from <a href="http://www.time.com/time">Time</a> magazine (<a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,800883,00.html">eventually Time even wrote an article on him</a>) and was finally kicked out of school when he refused to join the communist party.<br />
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From Czechoslovakia, RJ escaped to Germany where he was a refugee for almost a year. There are approximately <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_American">1.2 million Czech-Americans</a> in the US today. While there were many Czechs coming to the US in the 1920s after World War I, during the decade that RJ came to the US, <a href="http://www.hwwilson.com/print/Facts%20Immigration%20Sample.pdf">only eight thousand made it</a>. In 1949, when RJ left his native country many Czech refugees to the US were going to big cities such as <a href="http://www.czechsinamerica.wz.cz/DPW/3-Diploma%20Work.htm">Chicago, New York and Cleveland</a>. RJ initially moved to Delaware and lived on his mother's porch. <br />
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There have been many changes in the US since RJ arrived here. Harry S Truman was president and the US was just entering into a war with North Korea. RJ was a member of the US Army during that time period which helped him to get his citizenship more quickly than normal. There were also many cultural differences from today. <a href="http://www.retro-housewife.com/life-in-the-1950s.html">Kleenex had just been invented and most people had just several channels to watch on a black and white television</a>. The Civil Rights era was just , rock music was barely in its early stages and the <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_did_a_gallon_of_gasoline_cost_in_1950">average house was just over $8000</a>!<br />
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RJ left his country with no money and landed in a refugee camp in Germany before eventually making it to the United States. <b><span style="color: red; font-size: 85%;">(Again travel is mentioned and I have outlined the paragraph you are about to read.) </span></b>In the US, he first sold vacuum cleaners door to door, moved to a job in research before eventually become a foreign service officer for the the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.state.gov">US Department of State</a>. This job took him to <a href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3395.htm">Greece</a>, <a href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2874.htm">Belgium</a>, <a href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/irtoc.html">Iran</a> and finally to France (see video below).<br />
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RJ brought many customs with him to the United States from his life abroad. <span style="color: red;"><b>(Again we are linked to movement from one place to another.)</b></span> One of them is to put <a href="http://www.myczechrepublic.com/czech_culture/czech_holidays/christmas_superstitions.html">candles on the Christmas tree and then eat fish on Christmas Eve a holiday</a> he shares with other Czechs in the predominantly Catholic country. Roman also still enjoys traditional Czech food such as goulash and bread baskets.<br />
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Today RJ still travels, but now it is to visit his grandchildren. Three of his grandchildren live in <a href="http://alexandriava.gov/">Alexandria, VA </a>and and five are up in <a href="http://www.sacomaine.org/">Saca, ME</a>. His travels do not limit his ability to work full time, play tennis several times a week and read his precious books. <b><span style="color: red; font-size: 85%;">(Notice how the two sentences are linked by the word "travels.")</span></b><br />
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RJ Halla, through a life lived in many countries, has had a rich life. He has been an American citizen three times longer than a Czech one and in spite of his Czech tradtions considers himself an American citizen who nevertheless still enjoys visiting his relatives in Prague. <b><span style="color: red; font-size: 85%;">(You always need a summary paragraph.)</span></b><br />
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