Outline of Casablanca

1. Setting
- Casablanca,Morocco
- 1940s, WWII

2. Introduction
- Two German couriers were murdered in the Moroccan desert and Ugarte gets the letters of transit
- Rick (Humphrey Bogart) wants to go back to America
- German officials want Laszlo to stay in Casablanca since he is the leader of the rebellion against the Nazis.
- The Germans want the person that killed the German couriers to be killed

3.Trouble Beggins
- Ilsa and her husband, Victor Laszlo, arrive at Rick's restaurant
- Ilsa meets Rick again
- Ilsa and Rick were dating in Paris when the Germans took over France and while Victor was in a concentration camp
- Ilsa and Rick were about to leave Paris on a train together, but Ilsa backed out at the last minute. Victor was alive and escaped from the concentration camp.

4.Trouble With The Nazis
- Rick has the letters of transit at his restaurant, which he got from Ugarte.
- Victor asks Rick for the letters of transit; he is willing to pay large sums of money for them. Victor is running from the Nazis and want to stop his work with the rebellion.
- While Victor is at the cafe German officials sing the German National Anthem. Victor orders the restaurant band to play the French National Anthem, since Morocco was a French colony at that time. Everyone in the restaurant sings the French National Anthem and the German officials grow more wary of Victor because of his public demonstration
- The Nazis want to take Victor back to a concentration camp since he is spreading the word of the anti-Nazi rebellion
- Rick won't give Victor the letters of transit because of Ilsa. Ilsa didn't tell Victor that she was with Rick while she was still married to Victor. She thought Victor was dead.

5.Rick and Ilsa
- Ilsa attempts to get the letters of transit
- While Victor goes to the underground rebellion meeting, Ilsa goes to see Rick
- Ilsa threatens to kill Rick with a gun if he doesn't give her the letters of transit so she and Victor can be safe and Victor can continue his work in America. Ilsa doesn't kill Rick because she still loves him.
- Rick and Ilsa talk about the situation. Ilsa had to keep her marriage a secret to protect herself and Victor from the Nazis.

6.Conclusion
- Germans are looking for Laszlo
- Victor is under arrest and Rick and Ilsa agree to use the letters of transit to go together by plane to America
- Rick sets up a trap for Laszlo to get captured by the Germans. Rick calls the cops on Laszlo.
- Rick is about to shoot Captain Renault, but the Captain lets Laszlo go free
- Victor and Ilsa used the letters of transit to go to America with the help of Rick
- The German official comes to make an arrest, but he is shot by Rick. Lazlo and Ilsa get away.

Topic 9 Concept Guide

1.ROLE OF WOMEN DURING WWII:
Some worked while the war was going on, and when it was time for the soldiers to come back, they lost their job and went back to taking care of the house.
Other women either took care of the kids, or was nurses in the war.

2.C/E OF ATOMIC BOMB:
United States bombed Japan under any circumstances (twice).
This caused death to millions of people.
Also, the U.S. hoped to end the war, but it didn't worked out as planned.

3.US FOREIGN POLICY BEFORE/DURING/AFTER THE WAR:
Before the U.S. was isolationist.
During, US basically joined the war in the middle, we didn't want to get involved until the US got attacked.
After the war, the US got involved in foreign affairs, and joined the United Nations.

4.EFFECTS OF THE WAR ON EUROPE:
There was an Economic change (a bad change).
Many, many casualties.
Imperialism was put to an end.

5.EFFECT OF PEARL HARBOR:
it caused another dropping of the Atomic bomb.
Military started to believe in the radar systems.
Immediate U.S. declaration of war against Japan.
Any person that was Japanese or Japanese decent were sent to relocation camps, isolated.

6.JAPANESE INTERNMENT:
Japanese Americans were put in relocation camps because they were considered a threat after the attack of Pearl Harbor. Also, anyone who was Japanese decent had to be out in these camps too.
Korematsu v. United States, this was the order to put Japanese Americans into camps.
Many of them were released many years later & got money as an apology if they were still alive.

7.NEUTRALITY ACTS:
1935-1937
Cannot sell weapons to countries at war. - Embargo
US battle ships could not be armed.
Americans could on travel on ships to countries at war.

8.PURPOSE OF PROPAGANDA?:
Propaganda was deceitful. It would get people to believe in things that aren't true.
For example, it was used to make Hitler seem like he's running things smoothly, and what he is doing is for the sake of their lives.
People who saw propaganda around would believe it, and they would get all "pumped up" about it.

9.RATIONING:
American's were asked to conserve on everything for the sake of our soldiers in war.
Families would ration food, gas and even clothing to help out.
Sacrifices for all.
RESULTS OF WWII?:
United Nations.
Poverty.
Baby BOOM.
Birth of Atomic Bombs.
Start of the Cold War.

WWII Timeline

Reactions

After seeing some of the testemony videos of the survivors of the Holocaust I was shocked. It is a lot more schoking to actually hear the the stories from a person and being able to see the person than to just read it on a book. It was soprising to see some of the survivors break down and started to cry. But at the same time it was understandable. There is just no way that a person can forget all the horrofiying events they had to go through. The liborator's testimony was just as shocking. When talking about the Holocaust I never heard what the Allied soldiers actually found. People having to be locked in a room fool of dead, decomposing corpse and not being able to use a bathroom is just unhumanitarian.

Interview Questions

1. Judging from everything that was occurring to the Jewish people during the Holocaust, do you believe that there were more people willing to help Jews or more willing to turn them in to the SS officers?
2. Predict what would have happened if you were not able to escape to Switzerland?
3. Compare and Contrast life at Le Chambon and life in the farm
4. Imagine that the American Troops and there alliedes were able to reach all the concentration camps a few years earlier, what do you believe the outcome would have been?
5. Judging from all the horrers that the victimes and the survivors of the Holocaust had to live through, do you believe that they still have any faith or hope left in them? Or has there perspective on faith and hope changed?