Welcome to the Modern World

• Who was the person behind DaVinci’s Mona Lisa?
• See how the power of kings led to their downfall.  Down with absolute rule!
• What was Martin Luther really trying to reform?
• Decide for yourself if Napoleon was a patriot or a dictator.
• Does child labor still exist today?
• Come to your own conclusions about the Bolsheviks.
• What did the German people think about The Treaty of Versailles?
• Why did Hitler attack his ally, Russia?
• How did life under Stalin differ from life under Hitler? 
• What political mistakes did Japan make before Pearl Harbor?

 

     During the Middle Ages, the common people did not have many choices.  Most of them worked for a Lord of the Manor, knowing that they will never rise above their station in life.

 

     You will recognize that, during the next thousand years, mankind manages to create some of the most beautiful works of art that the world has ever seen, while at the same time denying his fellow man some of the basic necessities of life.  Strangely, it was those very kings and aristocrats, while ordering the beautiful works of art , who abused their countrymen.  It was those countrymen who cried loudly that, in the end, brought down those who abused them. 

 

     In the Modern World, the cycle of oppression and the cry for justice and equality continue to be seen and heard.  When oppression becomes too great, and the cries of the people are not heard, war and revolution become necessary.