Seven Days: A Brief History. During the week of November 7th to November 13th of 2011, there were a vast number of events that occurred worldwide that made headlines and affect people in some way. In this following paper, the events that have passed in t

International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge

Alejandro Peña

Theory of Knowledge

17 November 2011

Seven Days: A Brief History

As one sees what happens every day in their lives, one never takes to think that a single thing can change how others live. These incidents can be seen different based on how important it is. In the course of a week, there have been many events that have happened that have affected people here in the United States and people around the world. These events come in the form of political, economic, and social occurrences. During the week of November 7th to November 13th of 2011, there were a vast number of events that occurred worldwide that made headlines and affect people in some way. In this following paper, the events that have passed in this week have been documented and will be discussed in further detail stating why those events are important to people and how it can affect their futures.

Of the course of course of seven days, many things occurred but only the top occurrences were the ones that stood out the most. In the day of November 7th, the events that happened on this included from the Michael Jackson death case in which the jury found Conrad Murray guilty two years after the death of pop singer Michael Jackson. Also, on Monday, the country of Greece were under a negotiation to find a new prime minister but have now agreed on a new prime minister as of yet. United States officials also warned that hotels occupied by foreigners in Nigeria may be bombed by a radical Muslim group as the Nigerian death toll have rose to more than 100 people. For the day of November 8th, there were events that included the resignation of Greece’s prime minister and already finding an interim prime minister because of how their government has gone downhill over the past days and months. Also from this happening, the country of Italy is also going through a downward spiral. Their Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced that he would step down as prime minister by the majority of parliament. Also in the headlines was a report in which the International Atomic Energy Agency or IAEA said that Iran’s nuclear program has been said to be used for military purposes. It also mentioned up to date information about their uranium possession and their efforts to produce a bomb themselves. On the day of November 9th, The Obama administration responded to the headline that Iran had nuclear possession and said that “the next likely step will be the enforcement of stronger sanctions.” France’s Foreign Minister also responded and said that France would support the United States effort to go up against Iran and their thoughts on nuclear weapons being used for military effort. In other news, the News of the World Newspaper Scandal continued after a period of time in which it stopped and involved Prince William and having his phone hacked and having the newspaper listen to his phone conversations. The newspaper’s owner, News Corporation is being investigated for intercepting his voicemails as early as the year 2006. In the United States, the Penn State University coach Joe Paterno has been accused of molestation charges for molesting eight boys over the course of eight years. It was said that in some incidents it had occurred in the football facility in the campus of Penn State University. The next day, on November 10th, News Corporation has gotten more investigations under way and the CEO of News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, says that there is no evidence that News of the World Newspaper has hacked the phones of the victims of the 9/11 attacks. This involved from phone conversations to voicemail message that were being investigated to see if News Corporation had possession. At the same that this was happening, Iran responded to what the United States responded on them having nuclear weapons for “military efforts.” Iran’s leader warned the countries of Israel and the United States that they would launch a military strike against to what the United States said over Iran’s nuclear program. The Italy Senate has started to speed the votes that may lead to a Monti Government in Italy. Italy is now led by Mario Monti that “bids to restore confidence in Europe’s second-biggest debtor.” Italy is starting to approach a unity government. On November 11th, the country of Greece has been seen on headlines once again as they choose their new prime minister. Lucas Papademos said that he can put the economy back on track and calm all of the political issues that have happened. During the same day, Syria has been in a conflict and over the course of 11 days, there has been 250 people killed. President Obama has also, as of late, talked about plans for agreements in Asia. Since in Europe, there is a crisis right now, President Obama is searching for positive things for the United States which comes to open opportunities in Asia. The next day on November 12th, President Obama went to Hawaii for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. He aims on improving the United States’ relationship with countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Italy approved a new law stop and avoids another euro zone crisis from happening. Italy has been in the headlines for almost the whole entire week because of their bankruptcy. Finally, on November 13th, the Supreme Court justices have appeared to be calm to push Obama’s health care plan or “Obamacare.” Britain also faced a horrible week with their economy. Unemployment and growth is also plummeting drastically and is affecting the young people that are getting and trying to look for jobs. The Iranian Parliament speaker said on November 13th that lawmakers will soon talk about Iran’s future cooperation with IAEA as said earlier through the week as Iran threatened countries with nuclear weapons in their possession.

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Over the course of seven days with this events happening, one can see and/or feel how important that event can be. For example, the Michael Jackson death trial can be important to people for those who like the works of Michael Jackson. Also, it may be important to American people as Michael Jackson changed the way pop culture is and it becomes part of our American culture. Also, when it comes to the threats that Iran and Nigeria have imposed that they say that have bombs and nuclear weapons, this is seen important because of what had happened in the past that include such weapons. The outcomes did not come out to be so good and humane. People do not want the same situation as the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb attacks to happen again so countries are trying to prevent anything bad from happening. Countries want the world to have peace (not total peace) so they are trying to limit and restrict nuclear weapons from being built. This leads to what President Obama wants to do and negotiate with Asian-Pacific countries to build a friendship. By building friendships in countries, they can help each other if there are problems economically or if one country needs help. This is mainly being done because of financial gain as a result of a European crisis that is being taken place in European countries that include Greece and Italy. It got to the point in which Italy became bankrupt and had to choose a new leader. Even Greece is going through the same events and they had to vote for a new prime minister. Then there includes a nationwide news scandal in both United States and in United Kingdom which include the molestation charges a former Penn State football coach is being accused of and News Corporation’s News of the World newspaper scandal that includes accusations of them of hacking numerous phones to have access to phone conversations and voicemail from people such as the victims of the 9/11 attacks and Prince William. This is important because of the United States has been harmed by the fact that they know a football coach can do such a thing to multiple people in a number of years. The phone hacking affects both countries because people are shown that their privacy is being broke and that people were listening to what they were talking about. These events are important as how that can affect what people expect in the future.

Although there were news headlines that were retrieved throughout the week there is still flaws in the documentation of these headlines. One huge flaw is the person/group that is writing or talking about these events. They can leave details out of the articles or segment that can change the point of view that people have towards it. Also, another main flaw that can affect this documentation is that number of events that happen in a single day let alone a whole week. This can skew what is really happening since large events can be branches from smaller events that have happened. If those small events are left out, it may dramatically change that perspective of that larger event. That fact that the event may be written from a person/group from a different country can change the way they see that same event as well. Primary and secondary sources can play a vital role in which in a primary source you can get a more reliable idea of what occurred rather than in a secondary source where something may be added, deleted, or simply lost during the process of achieving that secondary source. Although there are many flaws when it comes to this documentation, there are also valid reasons/ideas that come with it as well. There were mostly secondary sources that were being used but from different groups to see what their differences are and to connect them in some way. Also, the secondary sources that were being used included actually quotations that the key person/people said in their respective event/s. One can see that history is never documented the same because it depends on who, when, and how a person/group sees the event/s.

In conclusion, one can see that in history there are always going to be flaws because of who wrote and said it, from which the person/people said it and experienced it (point of view), and how it is interpreted to various countries and cultures. With its flaws also come valid reasons when it comes to history documentation as it contains multiple sources that can be put together to see how they all connect. During the week of November 7th to November 13th, there were a series of events that were documented. These events came in the form of political, economic, and social occurrences. No matter how the incident occurred, it will/does affect people not matter what the outcome turns to be. In this paper, the events were explained on how and what had happened throughout the entire week and showing how it is important to people and how it also affect people in their future. When it always comes to history, there is always going to be things that will not come out correctly whether it’s by accident or on purpose. All in all, the documentation of history is flawed because of the number of actual events that were documented and the valid reasons and ideas that exist to an extent.

Seven Days: A Brief History. During the week of November 7th to November 13th of 2011, there were a vast number of events that occurred worldwide that made headlines and affect people in some way. In this following paper, the events that have passed in t

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