2. One Page on Kohei Uchimura
SUMMARY
I found a page about Uchimura being seen by Danell Leyva, who is also one of
famous gymnast from United States. For Leyva, he is the best rival ever, so he is
very conscious of the Japanese gymnast. The writer of this article says that
Uchimura has no flaws, in other words, he has the tough tricks, elegance and
precision.
It seems that he is respected as a special gymnast. German coach Andreas Hirsch
also said that “He’s in a different world.”
The expression about him is very funny and vivid! I like the scene of his landing.
I’m a big fan of him!
Click here to
go to the Source citation ESPN
slideshow http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/gymnastics/story/_/id/
8222829/2012-london-olympics-kohei-uchimura-wins-men-all-gold-medal
This slide show is cool!
http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/gymnastics/kohei-uchimura-trifecta.html
MEMO
“His legs are always are pencil straight…” I think so, too!
He love Black Thunder, chocolate cookie bar which we can buy at about 30yen.
However, he don’t like vegetables. His mother concerns press’s influence to
children.
I thought he is just a child for her.
NYT
Source citation
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/sports/olympics/the-near-perfection-of-
kohei-uchimura.html
Yumi / R2-14
4. ●Who is Osamu Dazai?
Osamu Dazai is one of the famous authors in Japan. He was born in Tsugaru, Aomori
prefecture on June 19,1909. His real name was Shuji Tsushima.
His father was a large landowner in Tsugaru and was also politician. So he compelled
Osamu to be a politician, though Osamu denied.
In 1930, Osamu applied to the Tokyo University French Literature Department.
While he was a student, he took part in illegal communistic act, and due to that he quitted
the university. After he left the activity, once he tried to commit suicide.
●What was his life like?
Though he was an intelligent person, his life
was full of hardships. He had many affairs with
women, and on most of his lifetime, he was a drug
a d d i c t , a n a l c o h o l i c a n d s u ff e r e d f r o m
tuberculosis.
While he lived, he wrote various novels, such
as Aodake(Blue Bamboo), Doke no seishin,
Fugaku hyakkei, Hashire Melos, Ohto, Syayo(the
Setting Sun) and Ningen Shikkaku(No Longer
Human).
He actively continued to write during the World
WarⅡ, but end of it his novels were masochistic
and pessimistic.
His last book Ningen Shikkaku(1948), which
starts with a sentence “Mine has been a life much
Books shame”, is a story about his own life.
It documents his childhood, university years,
& Writers
and the time when he gets tuberculosis in detail,
and tells us what kind of the things he was
thinking about in his lifetime.
On June 13, 1948 he committed double-suicide
Good with his mistress into Tamagawa Waterworks.
Reads His body was found in Mitaka on June 19(the
same date as his birthday), so every year many
fans visit to his grave there. Though he died
early, he is still one of the popular authors in
Japan.
Asami / P2-12 http://re-s.jp/rescover/blog/?p=465
6. One page on Michael Jackson
*Michael Joseph Jackson is the one of the most famous entertainers in
the world. He is called “the King of Pop”.
*He is the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World
Records.
*He debuted as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and he started his
solo activity in 1971.
*In his life, he made a lot of scandals.
*In 2009, he suddenly passed away when he was 50 years old.
*When he died, many fans felt grief and also they paid tributes to his
life.
*It’s said that his death was caused by the drug addiction, and the
person who made this fact was his former doctor named Conrad Murray.
In 2011, he received a four year prison sentence.
*He became the person who got the biggest money after the death,
that’s because his movie and his songs were great hits after his death.
*The movie “This is it” was showed around the world on 2009, and this
movie made a big hit. “This is it ” was the concert which would be held
just before he died.
BBC
*In these days, his items have been sold at auction, and these prices
were very high. “Beat It”
video
*Now in Tokyo, Michael’s costumes are exhibited, and after the
exhibition, these items are going to be sold at auction. It’s said that the
total comes to 3 billion yen.
<His hit songs>
“Bad” “Thriller” “Beat it” “Billie Jean” etcetera…..
<Source citation>
Riko / P2-14
BBC – MUSIC Michael Jackson
13. One Page on Antonio Gaudi
∼Q & A∼
Q: What was he interested in besides architecture?
A: History, economics and philosophy.
∼Summary∼
Gaudi was born in Catalonia on June 25,
1852. In his childhood, he couldn’t play with
other children because of rheumatic problem.
He spent many hours observing animals,
plants and stones.
In 1868, Gaudi moved to Barcelona to study
architecture. While studying architecture he
also learned philosophy, history, economics
and aesthetics. He wasn’t especially
outstanding in the university but he was good
enough to obtain education of elementary
architectural knowledge.
Sagrada Familia was started to construct
in1882 but it isn’t completed now. It is
officially said that Sagrada Familia will be
completed in 2026.
click here ∼Source citation∼
http://www.gaudiclub.com/ingles/i_vida/i_menu.html
Kouki / R2-13
15. Page on Nobunaga Oda
・He is a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. He is
one of the three heroes of premodern Japan. (The other two is Hideyoshi
Toyotomi and Ieyasu Tokugawa) http://www.answers.com/topic/nobunaga
・ He defeated the Ashikaga shogunate and finished feudal wars by dominated
most of Japan’s provinces under his rule. Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/424975/Oda-Nobunaga
・ He changed the style of fought in Japan, and it was most modernized all
Biography
over the world. He loves to use firearms and ironclad ships.
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/oda_nobunaga.html base
・ He started rakuichi rakuza policies to stimulate economy. These policies
aim at all merchants can do business evenly.
http://www.answers.com/topic/nobunaga
・ In 1582, when he was stayed in Honnoji, his mutinous vassal made a
rebellion and he was compelled suicide. But whether the vassal is the real
criminal of this rebellion is not clear until now.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/424975/Oda-Nobunaga
Nobunaga oda’s portlait Honnoji
Kenta / R2-13
17. Rena / P2-14 【A Page on Thomas Alva Edison】
Thomas Alva Edison is very famous because he invented over 1000 items and today’s
world doesn’t exist without him.
〈about his life〉
He was born in Ohio, America, on February 11, 1847.
He was last of the seven children of Samuel and Nancy Edison.
After he contracted scarlet fever, he had trouble with his both ears.
He was very, very curious child and he questioned anything and everything that most
people don’t care of. For example, he asked his English teacher “why ‘A’ is not
pronounced as ‘P (pi)’?” Because of his almost excessive curiosity, his teachers gave up to
Ask Rena to show you
her 2nd page if you want teaching him and Edison was evicted from elementary school in only 3 months.
to read more So Edison’s mother, who was an elementary school teacher, took care of him in study.
He read so many books of various topics.
He often challenged himself in new jobs or new studies.
He published and sold small newspapers, traveled throughout the Midwest as an
itinerant telegrapher…
While he worked in the day, he spent much time reading books and experimenting
biography.com
And he died on October 18, 1931.
（http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-edison-9284349?page=2）
〈his inventions〉
○electric light bulb
19. +*One page on Mao Zedong*+ P2-14 Masae
Mao Zedong (毛沢東) 1893~1976
〈Who is he?〉
Mao Zedong is one of the most famous Chinese politicians. He worked hard all
his life to make an ideal society based on socialism and communism. However he
is sometimes criticized for his failure and sacrifice.
〈What he did --- Best 3〉
① Founding People’s Republic of China (1949)
After WWⅡ ended and Japanese army withdrew from China, Nationalists and
Communists resumed the civil war and communists gradually became superior.
Finally, Mao announced the founding of People’s Republic of China and became
the State Chairman.
② Cultural revolution (1966~1976)
A movement to exclude intellectuals because they might become bourgeois, the
opposite of communist. Chinese economy and culture were deeply damaged by
this and many people were killed.
③ Great Leap Forward (1958~1960)
Spartacus Through this policy he tried to strengthen China’s agriculture and industry.
Educational on Mao However, because of floods, bad harvest, and immature technology, so many
Zedong people starved and the policy failed. Therefore he resigned as the State Chairman.
(source 2)
〈Sources〉
http://news.goo.ne.jp/article/wired/world/wired-9339.html
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDmao.htm#source
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/09/99/china_50/
cult.htm
Masae / P2-14
21. One Page on Marie Antoinette
Her real name is Marie Antonia Josepha Johanna Antoinette.
She was born in Austria on November 2nd 1755.
Her mother is Marie Theresa and she was her ninth child.
It is well-known that she said “Let them eat cakes” when
Austrian citizens couldn’t get some breads to eat because of
poverty. However, in actual fact, she didn’t say it. There’re
two possible explanations why this phrase was made. One is
that it was said by an aunt of Louis XIV. The other is that the
French word for cake, ‘gateau’ ,is pronounced very close to a
word which means a type of plain bread.
She was executed on October 16th 1793.
She is known as a lavish spender, but when the citizens
suffered from poverty, she didn’t spend money on repairing
the castle for herself, and didn’t let her children buy some
toys. She also contributed foods to poor children in the castle.
biography
(http://www.biography.com/people/marie-antoinette-9398996)
(http://www.marie-antoinette.org/articles/biography_english/)
(http://www.funtrivia.com/en/People/Marie-Antoinette-15674.html)
Mai / P2-14
23. One Page on X
(http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/the-artist/timeline/official_photo)
Name: Michael Jackson (Real Name: Michael Joseph Jackson )
He is known as ‘King of pop’!!!
29th August 1958: He was born.
1964: He was a member of The Jackson 5.
1971: He started to work as solo artist.
1982: He released the ‘Thriller’. This was the largest selling album of all time
and produced 7 hit singles. This album was sold over 50 million copies in the
world.
1983: He performed the moonwalk for the first time on the 'Motown 25 years'
anniversary show. This dance is still known as his legend. This performance
made Michael into a superstar which nobody can deny it.
1984: He won 8 Grammy awards.
1987: He released his third solo album, titled 'Bad'.
1988: He wrote his first autobiography, Moonwalk, talking for the first time on
All Michael his childhood and his career.
Jackson
At the end of the 1980s: He was named 'Artist Of The Decade' because of his
success off of his 'Thriller' and 'Bad' albums.
1994: He married Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of rock legend Elvis Presley.
1996: He divorced. The marriage lasted for only 19 months.
25 June 2009: He died.
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Michael+Jackson http://
www.allmichaeljackson.com/biography.html
Yuno / P2-12
27. One Page on Walter Elias Disney
About his life
He was born on December 5th in 1901 in U.S. In his childhood, He was
interested in drawing pictures. When he was 17 years old, he decided to
devote his life to commercial art and soon this decision led creating
animation. He has run out of money because of business, but he wasn’t
afraid of failure. Then, he expanded his production thanks for help of
his brother. In 1928, he created one super star, Mickey Mouse, which
debuted in “Steamboat Willie”. After that, he released many animation
movies and created many famous characters. In 1955, his dream of
opening an amusement park came true as Disneyland Park. In 1961, he
founded a professional school of creative and arts for future talent. In
addition, he was noted the need of improving the quality of urban life in
America, so he planned Walt Disney World Resort, including The Magic
Kingdom Park and it was established after his death. It is safe to say that
Walt Disney was a hero of 20th century and we won’t be able to see such
a great man.
His
accomplishment
& works
(These are examples)
1928-Steamboat Willie
1931-Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs
1940-Fantasia
1953-Peter pan
1955-opened Disneyland
1964-Mary Poppins etc…
Question & Answer
Just Disney Q1. What is a vision of Disneyland?
(biography) A. Disneyland is a place where everyone can have a good time.
Q2. How many Disney Resorts are there around the world?
A. There are 8 Disney Resorts now.
Honoka Q3.
A.
What is the title of color animation produced in 1932?
Title is “Flowers and Trees”.
(http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biography/long_bio.html
/ R2-14 http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/about-disney/disney-history/
1950-01-01--1959-12-31
http://www.justdisney.com/disneyland/history.html
http://www002.upp.so-net.ne.jp/mmw2/dfm/drww.html )
29. Murasaki Shikibu
I like “the tale of Genji.” And I think Murasaki Shikibu must be a great person. I heard her
real name may be Kaoruko Fujiwara and she may be born in 970 in major class.
I found two articles
.
First article is about the Tale of Genji that
she wrote.
Title 1000 years of “Genji”
By Eriko Arita October, 12, 2008
URL:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/
JT fl20081012x1.html
This article was written in commemoration of
the 1000th Anniversary of the creation the story.
The tale of Genji is said the oldest long poem-
tales novel. The article explained many scenes and
people in this story, so if you have not read the
story, please read this article.
Second, although it is not newspaper articles, it is
so detailed about Murasaki Shikibu that I choose
it.
URLhttp://www.eigotown.com/culture/tjapan/
person/person_p1.shtml
Title MURASAKI SHIKIBU 980-1014
The article explained she
was a nyobo (court-lady) who served Shoshi, wife
of the Emperor Ichijo.
The article admired her great task but
confrontation between her and Sei shonagon. This
gives us some idea of two great Japanese
woman‘s thoughts and the kind of life they were
living
I had two questions about those webpage.
1, Why can you prove that the origin of this story is so old?
Saki / R2-14 2, How did Murasaki shikibu describe Sei shonagon in her daily?
The story has many men and women.
Please read and find the favorite person who you can share the
31. One page for Frederic Chopin
http://www.lastfm.jp/music/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric+Chopin/+images/12081773
About him
Chopin is one of the most famous pianists in the world. He was born in Poland,
1810. During his era, Poland was attacked by Russia. Many of polish people moved
to France, and Chopin was one of them. However, his experience in France had
nothing to do with him because Poland was the only home country for him. His
music reflects the hearts of polish people, and he is called “a poet of piano”. He is
still the symbol of Poland and his music has been listened to by people all over the
world.
About his works
He started composing music since he was seven years old. His works are mainly
for the piano. One of the most famous and popular works of Chopin is the
“Revolutionary Etude”. In 1831, Poland was attacked by Russian army and received
a huge damage. Polish people started the November Uprising toward Russian
army, and it is this era when Chopin composed the “Revolutionary Etude”. The
Sonomi’s source is
“Revolutionary” doesn’t mean only about the revolution toward Russia, November
Uprising, but also has a meaning of the revolution in Chopin’s life and music an English-language
because from this moment he had to leave his loving country, Poland. book. Ask her if you
want to see it.
From “FORUM POLSKA” 2010.
Sonomi / P2-12
33. One page on Martin Luther King, Jr.
R2-13 Kentaro Y
About his life(summary)
He was born on January 15th 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was a
Baptist, and his mother was a school teacher. Originally, he was named Michel
Luther King, but he had his name changed to Martin Luther King when he was
15 years old. After he finished post-graduate studies at Boston University in
1955, he became pastor of a Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, and
from then on, he started to work for civil rights for African-American
seriously.
In 1955, King boycotted riding bus because of discrimination-like bus system
against black people. The boycott lasted 382 days and during that time, he
was arrested, was subjected to personal abuse, and his home was bombed
out. However, he could finally make the Supreme Court declare such
segregation unconstitutional. In 1957, he was elected president of the
Southern Leadership Christian Conference (SCLC), which is established against
segregation. He was inspired by Gandhi, and he continued to protest for equal
civil right at many places.
However, on the evening of April 4th 1968, while standing on the balcony of
his motel room, he was assassinated. Although he was died, He played an
important role in achieving equal civil right for black people.
Nobel
BBC
Source citation
Kentaro / R2-13 http://www.nobelprize .org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/king_martin_luther.shtml
35. Norio Sasaki
http://sports.ndtv.com/images/stories/norio_sasaki_300.jpg
He has been office worker until 33 years old. But he decided to be a
coach. He leaded Japan women soccer team to higher rank at the 2011
Women’s World Cup and London Olympic. So he received an award as
FIFA 1 the best women’s football coach of the year in 2012 from FIFA.
In the interview, he said “It’s not so much that the strongest team
wins, but whoever wins is the strongest. We won the World Cup, so it
follows that our players are very strong.” In this way, he left many messages.
FIFA 2 So many people pay attention to these messages and his way of thinking .Recently
he published some books about what he thinks when he leads the team.
.html http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/archive/edition=1999902011/
coachoftheyear/coach=277159/index.html
Mainichi http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/coachoftheyear/index.html
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/
20120809p2g00m0sp004000c.html
Yumi / P2-12
43. One Page on Nobunaga Oda
(This photo is cited from “Oda Nobunaga” http://www.samurai-
archives.com/nobunaga.html )
Nobunaga Oda is one of the most famous
Samurais in Japan. He was born in Owari
Province, Japan in 1534. It was during the
Sengoku period. When he was young, he was
said to be rude because of his manner. He was
bright, but brutal. He won many battles, killed
many people and seized power in Japan. He
dominated most of Honshu in 1582.
→
(These photos are cited from “Complete Maps of Oda Nobunaga's Empire of Japan 1534 – 1582” http://
www.oocities.org/azuchiwind/map.htm )
However, Nobunaga was said to have treated his retainers, especially
Mitsuhide, haughtily, and what was worse, Mitsuhide’s mother was
executed by Nobunaga. He betrayed Nobunaga at Honno-ji in 1582. He
went to Honno-ji with a large his troops and attacked him. Nobunaga
Samurai fought back at first, but finally he committed suicide by setting fire to
archives Honno-ji.
Source citation: Nobunaga Oda , Biography.com
(http://www.biography.com/people/oda-nobunaga-36996)
Oda Nobunaga
(http://www.samurai-archives.com/nobunaga.html)
Complete Maps of Oda Nobunaga's Empire of Japan 1534 - 1582
Haruka / P2-14
(http://www.oocities.org/azuchiwind/map.htm)
Aketi Mitsuhide
(http://www.samurai-archives.com/mitsuhide.html)
45. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
(Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский)
He was a famous Russian novelist, journalist, and
short-story writer. He was born in Moscow on November
11, 1821 and died on February 09, 1881. He was also
one of the most famous writer in 19th century Russia
ranked with Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy and Ivan
Sergeyebich Turgenev.
His works approached the social, spiritual, and
political problem in 19th century Russia psychologically,
so he was also evaluated as a psychologist.
He was born as a son of Mikhail Dostoyevsky who
worked in Mariinsky Hospital for the poor. He started to
study in the Nikolayev Military Engineering Institute when
he was sixteen years old. However, he began to learn
about Shakespeare, Hoffman, Victor Hugo, Pascal, and
Schiller. He lost his parents at about this time. His major works
He wrote Poor Folk and made a brilliant debut in
1846. After this, however, he joined utopian socialists 1846 Poor Folk
group and was arrested in 1849. He once was 1862 House of the Dead
sentenced to death, but Nikolai First gave him a special 1864 Notes From Underground
pardon and Dostyevsky was commuted to Siberia. He 1866 Crime and Punishment
went back to St. Petersburg in 1858. 1867 The Gambler
His propensity for gambling and regular health 1868 The Idiot
Problem, epilepsy, gave a big influence on his works. 1871 Demons
His getting deeply involved in gambling made almost 1875 The Adolescent
all his rest life poor. 1879 The Brothers Karamazov
Source 1 He finished writing The Brothers Karamazov in
1880, and 3 months after this, he passed away.
Source Citation
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3137322.Fyodor_Dostoyevsky
Wakana http://www.egs.edu/library/fyodor-dostoevsky/biography/
Source 2 http://www.fyodordostoevsky.com/literary-works.php
/ P2-12
47. One page on X.
Mao Zedong
I chose Mao Zedong(1893-1976) in Japanese “毛沢東” who was a politician ,
strategist of battle and thinker of the People‘s Republic of China. When he was a
child, he liked reading the story of heroes such as Wu-di(武帝) and studying
though his household was poor. But in 1911, when he was 18, a big revolution
called Xin-hai ge-ming which overthrew old-fashioned monarchy and then build
the Republic of China was started and Mao joined in this democratic movement,
being influenced by radical revolutionary idea. He also participated in war with
Japan and defeated Chiang Kai Shek who was a delegate of the nation party. After
this victory (this victory meant communism was legitimacy doctrine), he founded
People’s Republic of China in 1949
He then thought that if farm villages were wealthy, the power of nation would be
strengthen because it is good for country to go around provision over lower layer
and dissolve credibility to the government. And after he enforced the China
Communist Party, (CCP) in 1958, he and some politicians promoted revolution
called “'Great Leap Forward'” owing to it, farmers ,in many cases they were very
poor and had a problem of only date’s food, had to produce adequate foods. This
BBC policy looked impossible and failed in; many people were starved to death. In
1966, he started ‘Cultural Revolution’ because he aspired to regain his authority in
politics. In this revolution, he and his supporter called “Groups of Red Guards”
criticized traditional culture and destroyed many precious relics because they were
Asia symbol of the feudal system, owing to it, he wanted to pointed, but many people
Edu for opposed his radical action and after this, he lost his power.
cato
rs chainavi.cn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/mao_zedong.shtml
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1900_mao_early.htm
Mariko / P2-12 http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/cultural_revolution.htm
49. One page on Paul Watson
☆Do you know him, and SEA SHEPHERD?
Paul Watson is the captain of SEA SHEPHERD(SS), which is the “extreme” marine
wildlife conservation organization. Its goal is to stop the slaughter of wild ocean
animals. They do anything to attain their objective. Many celebrities support them.
Many youngsters hope to join them. However, SS breaks the law. Though its goal
has a good point, then it won’t be allowed to do anything. Paul Watson is
charismatic leader of such a SS.
☆SEA SHEPARD and Japan
At Taiji, Wakayama :SEA SHEPHERD has tried to expose the hunting of dolphins.
Also, SS has interrupted the hunting.
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YLb5MQI_Qw (The video by SS youtube)
1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfs2-VGeCe0 (The video by Japanese TV
youtube)
In the Antarctic Ocean : SEA SHEPHERD has obstructed a fleet of whalers of Japan.
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czm4x9z2q4w
2 (The video from the Japan side youtube)
I know SEA SHEPHERD also has a good view about wild marine animals. But I think
YouTube
their way is wrong. Eating different animals like dolphins or whales, which is
3
strange to other cultures, is the culture of Japan. If they think the Japanese culture
is wrong, they should discuss with us.
SS Source citation
http://www.seashepherd.org/
Kosuke Kosuke Yamamoto
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55. One Page on Daibutsu in Nara
R2-14 Natsuki
Note
One of the most popular statue in Japan, called the
Nara Daibutsu. The statue was constructed in the
huge Daibutsuden in Heian period by Emperor
Shomu.
This statue is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage
Site Historic Monuments and National Treasure.
Q&A
Q1) In which prefecture is the statue?
Q2) When was the statue constructed?
Q3) Why did Emperor Shomu decide to construct the
statue?
A1) In Nara prefecture.
A2) In 752.
A3) Because he wanted to remove social anxiety and to stabilize the
country.
click Source citation
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/japan/nara-todaiji
Natsuki / R2-14
57. Gaius Iulius Caesar (B.C.100-B.C.44)
Biography
100 B.C. born in Rome, Italy
84 B.C. got marry to Cornelia
68or69 B.C. became a quaestor
67 B.C. remarried Source: www.biography.com
62 B.C. divorced acienthistory.about.com
61 B.C. served as governor in Spain
60 B.C started the First Triumvirate with .Pompey andCrassus
59 B.C. elected as Consul
58-50 B.C. conquered Gaul
53 B.C. Crassus was killed
49 B.C. Civil War began
45 B.C. declared dictator for life
44 B.C assassinated
QUOTES
I came, I saw, I conquered. (Veni,
vidi, vici.)
The die is cast. (Iacta alea est.)
And you, Brutus? (Et tu, Brute)
Experience is the best teacher of
Source: www.brainquote.com all things.
ancienthistory.about.com
It is better to create than to learn!
Creating is the essence of life. Ask Eriko to tell you the
latin.topword.net
www.phrase.org.uk
Men freely believe that which they exact citations for the
desire. sources she used.
Divide and conquer.
Eriko / R2-13
59. One page on Tchaikovsky
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(1840/5/7-1893/11/6)
*About
He was a Russian composer. In early years, he sometimes
went to the concert with his parents. He was impressed by
music.
He was educated for a career as a civil servant. In 1849, he
entered low school. Actually, he was not interested in the
science of law, but he worked hard. In 1859, he entered the
Ministry of Justice. However, he hated the job and wanted to
devote himself to music.
In 1862, he enrolled at the Conservatory as part of its
premiere class. After the graduation, he was a professor of
composition at the Conservatory, composing his works.
Then he set about making ballet music. He scored ‘Swan
Lake’, ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘The Nutcracker.’ His fame
was known to all over the world. He died of cholera on
November 6, 1893
biography *Stories behind the music
His music has a strong emotion, but his early works were
not so impressive. During the 1870s, Tchaikovsky began
YouTube communicating with the "Mighty Five" Russian composers—
Balakirev, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Korsakov, and César Cui. This
encounter made him change the attitude. Then, he composed the
Piano Concerto No. 1. It became his popular work and it is loved by
many people.
*Source Citation:
http://www.notablebiographies.com/St-Tr/Tchaikovsky-Peter-
Ilyich.html
Kae / P2-14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oInnBl7iX4I
61. One Page On Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
(1460-1524)
1.Introduction of Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, world-famous
navigator, was born in Portugal. The
most popular thing about him is that
he found a marine route to India at the
end of the 15th century, which was entirely first thing for
European people in that time.
2. About his first voyage to India
When he departed from Portugal, he decided to go as
Columbus, who reached the continent of America and
assumed that was India, did.
After months of trip, he arrived at the Cape of Good
Hope, which is in the southernmost part of Africa, and
rounded it. That was first accomplishment for European
people. Going up to the eastern part of Africa, he had to
land at Mozambique (present name) because a lot of his
crew became ill. After that he crossed the Indian Ocean
and finally reached India.
When he came back to Portugal, the number of crew
was only 54 regardless of original number of 170. He had
a very hard voyage.
3. The significance of his voyage
The significance of his voyage is that he found a sea root
to India. Before that, people had to walk to go to India.
Thanks to that discovery, Portugal came to be able to get
biography spices easily, which were very expensive in Europe in that
time and this lead to the prosperity of Portugal and the
beginning of Age of Discovery.
Tomohiro / (Source Citation)
Biography.com 2012/10/24 http://www.biography.com/people/vasco-da-
P2-14 gama-9305736
(Image Attribution)
Biography.com2012/10/24http://www.biography.com/imported/images/
Biography/Images/Profiles/G/Vasco-da-Gama-9305736-1-402.jpg
63. One Page on Mahatma Gandhi(1869-1948)
1. About
Born into a privileged caste, he entered into university of Bombay and University
College London. During his student life, he inspired Hindu principles and
philosophy of other religion. After returned to India, he belonged to South African
firm. Facing racial biased ‘’Apartheid’’ during his 20 years life there, he tried to
fight segregation and founded a political movement, developing into his
theoretical non- violent belief. Throughout this movement, his fame was spread
out in India, gaining his political influence and finally he founded the Indian
National Congress. He also introduced a boycott of British goods and institutions
and disobedience. After the failure of this movement, he led a 250-mile march to
the sea, against the British, the ‘’dominating status in India’’, tax on a salt in India.
This resulted in Gandhi’s final goal of ‘’swaraj’’ which is the plan of complete
independence from Britain.
Source citation: http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/mohandas-
gandhi.html
click
here
Jun / P2-14
70. One page on Mozart
Summary
Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg. Because his family loved
music, he was also attracted to music. He started composing when he was 5
years old. Moreover, when he was 6 years old, he traveled Europe to play the
piano and violin. This tour was a great success.
He toured Europe many times and he wrote a lot of music. In 1777, he left his
hometown Salzburg because he wanted to be more famous as a composer.
However, his trial was unsuccessful, so he came back to Salzburg. There he
received good opportunity to perform his opera.
Although he gained reputation and money, he didn’t save money. In addition
to the war, his life was very difficult.
His compositions
The magic flute
K. 595 in B-flat
Clarinet Concerto K. 622
And so on.
source Source Citation
http://p.tl/8tkr
Q and A
Q. When he played the piano and violin in Paris, he proposed to a
famous woman. Who is her?
A. She is Marie Antoinette.
Maako / R2-13
75. One Asasho
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page
about
(1980~ in Mongolia)
Name in Mongolia:
Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj
He is the first fighter who
reached Yokozuna
among Mongolian people.
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1
Source citation
2 http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/ozumo_meikan/rikishi_joho/
rikishi_100.html
http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/a/asashoryu.html
3 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/04/japan-
sumo-champion-asashoryu-retires
Chisato / R2-13
77. One page of Ichiro
About Ichiro Suzuki:
He is known as the best
batter in the world. But
when he was a high
school player, he played
as a pettier. In Japan, he
resulted outstanding
results and decided to
challenge himself to the
major league. He
resulted conspicuous
results too in the U.S.
But he has one problem. It is that even if he hit and gets to base,
the following batter cannot hit and cannot get a chance. Before he
transferred himself to the New York Yankees, he couldn’t get the
feel of win. However it is the same now. This year the Yankees lost
for straight in the games of a regional tournament.
When the conference was held, he resulted this phrase: “I am going
from a team with the most losses to a team with the most wins.” But his
expectation was betrayed.
I would like you to solve this question.
“ if you were Ichiro, what did you say after above comment?
NYT
Source citation:
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/
s/ichiro_suzuki/index.html
Satoshi / R2-13
79. Hosni Mubarak
He is ex-president of Egypt.
He substantially ruled Egypt for over 30 years.
He miraculously survived the assassination of former
president Sadat, even he had been sitting next to him. After
that, he escaped at least six assassinations. In other words,
he is a man of luck.
Many citizens in Egypt demonstrated in order to turn him out
of his position, but he hesitated to resign.
He said he would turn over his powers to next president, but
would remain president.
Citizens were offended to hear that, the demonstrations were
accelerated.
In the end, he finally left his position and he and his two sons
were accused and Mubarak was sentenced to life
imprisonment.
Source citation
BBC
BBC News Profile: Hosni Mubarak
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12301713
Kotaro / R2-13
83. One Page on Charles M. Schulz
Summary
Charles M. Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 26, 1922.
His father was a barber. He was called "Sparky" after Sparkplug, which was a horse
in the Barney Google comic strip. He was fond of reading comics section of the
newspaper with his father. They read the Barney Google together. When he was six
years old, he began to draw pictures of his favorite cartoon characters. At school,
he was so bright that he was allowed to skip two grades. So he was often the
smallest in his class.
During World War II, he was in the army and sent to Europe. After the war, he
started working part-time for a Catholic magazine. Then his work appeared in the
Saturday Evening Post, and eventually he created a cartoon which title was Li'l
Folks for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
In 1950, the famous cartoon, PEANUTS began appearing in seven newspapers.
As it became popular, he became famous across the world. It appeared in over
twenty-three hundred newspapers and went on the air. Moreover, in 1965 the
classic special A Charlie Brown Christmas won Peabody and Emmy awards! Lots of
volumes of his work were published in at least nineteen languages. Besides these
awards, he received several other awards in 1956, 1960, 1963, 1969 and 1980.
In November 1999, he was diagnosed with cancer. In December 1999, he said
that he would retire in the next year. Then he died on February 12, 2000. It was a
day before his farewell strip would be in newspapers.
In 2002, it was said that the proposed his Museum and Research Center in Santa
Rosa, California, would be built in August 2003.
Q&A
1. Why was he given the nickname, "Sparky"?
Because the name of character he loved was Sparkplug. It was a horse in the
comic strip.
2. Where did his work began to appearing in at first?
It appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.
3. Which came later, the day he passed away or the day his farewell strip was in
newspapers?
The day he passed away did. His last strip was in newspapers the next day.
source Source Citation & Image Citation
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ro-Sc/Schulz-Charles-M.html
Kanami / R2-14
86. One page on Alphonse Mucha
Outline
Alphonse Maria Mucha is Czezh artist. He is one
of the leading painters of the Art Nouveau. Most
of his works featured beautiful women, elaborate
flower pattern and pale pastel color. He is not
only a painter, but also designer. He designed
costumes, stage decorations, jewellery, furniture,
posters, and calendars.
Biography
In 1860, he was born in Ivancice in Moravia. Moravia is today’s
region of the Czech Republic. After he worked as a scene
painter in Vienna, he studied in Munich and Paris sponsored by
Count Khuen-Belassi. In Paris, he started to work as a
illustrator. He happened to paint a poster for a play starring
Sarah Bernhardt, “Gismonda” around Christmas in 1894. Sarah
Bernhardt was satisfied with this poster and she contracted with
Mucha. This poster became popular and he also became a
famous and popular illustrator. At that time, the Art Nouveau
style started to flourish in France. Art Nouveau is French word and it
means New Art. He played an active role during the Art Nouveau
period, however, being a Czech and a Slav was in his thought. He
moved to America, but he returned to Prague to begin to create “Slav
Epic” in 1910. After World War Ⅰ, Czechoslovakia won its
independence in 1918. And then, Mucha designed new bills and
postage stamp for the sake of his fatherland. Until he ended his life
he lived in Prague since he moved to there. “Slav Epic”, a series of
paintings, completed and he presented them to Czech people and
Prague city in 1928. Now, we can see “Slav Epic” in Prague. In 1939,
Germans invaded Czechoslovakia and he was arrested by the
1
Gestapo. Though he was released, this was hard on his health. Mucha
died on 14, July, 1939 and he buried in Vysehrad cemetery.
Source Citation
2 BIOGRAPHY
Alphonse Mucha biography - MUCHA museum
http://www.mucha.cz/index.phtml?S=biog&Lang=EN
Alphonse Mucha biography - RoGallery.com
http://www.rogallery.com/Mucha_Alphonse/mucha-biography.htm
IMAGES
Yui / R2-14 Browse Works - Gallery - Mucha Foundation
http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/browse-works
