What is Power?

What is Power?
Power is most commonly defined as the ability to bring about change. Power can be presented and expressed in numerous forms and ways. Human power, electrical power, brain power, weapon power, and many others are all forms of power. The biggest form of power we have covered this year is human power, which can be defined as dictatorship and leadership. Who has the power? Who is under the power? What are examples of power control? What are examples of protest against powers? Whether the change that has been resulted from power is good or bad, the definition will always be the same.
Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco and Emperor Hirohito are the most ferocious leaders ever recorded on history. Power was in their hands and was unable to be grasped away. The trait all the leaders shared in common evidently goes back to the idea of power being the ability to bring about change in the broad definition. The leaders mentioned above whom we have studied during the World War II unit were either communists or fascists. They were able to control a very large scale of citizens for a long time, until, of course, the power was corrupted.
Leadership and dictatorship are forms of power. In a larger scale, however, countries are powers. From the start of the Pre-War Era in 1930, when the dictators arose, Adolf Hitler from Nazi Germany was especially well known for being ‘powerful’. Germany, as a whole, with Hitler, invaded uncountable amount of countries and took away their rights. Relating back to the broader definition of power, once again, it was evidential that Hitler and Germany had the ability to bring about change: possibly one of the biggest in history. Other countries during 1930 to 1945 such as England and Japan were powerful, as well. A powerful country is usually achieved by having ferocious armies and dictators. But of course, power of a country can be achieved in a numerous other ways, whether it is good or bad.
Imperialism, which happened during the late 1800s, is another good example of power. Germany and England were the main imperialistic powers at the time. Almost the entire African continent had been grasped away by a seemingly unstoppable force of the British and German armies and dictators. Imperialism is a good example of nationalism, which is a form of power that is achieved as a whole of a country. Dictatorship and leadership, however, are examples of power in individual form. These are several of the biggest topics we have covered this year about power. Power is still a very difficult term to define, and the ways it is expressed is a never ending list.

Population Project Reflection

In this population project, I have learned a lot of skills within researching and finding data. This includes finding data off magazine, book, internet, and encyclopedias. Another skill I've learned during this project is the ability to finish off long assignments such as research papers, data analysis', and many more in a very short amount of time. Also, I have learned to create a slogan with a meaning. I believe and understand that in high school, I will be using these skills to create projects and many more in a variety of classes, therefore being and knowing to do them will be very helpful. I will save the learning time for these abilities because I've already learnt it from the Population Project in eighth grade. I think this experience we've had in eighth grade with the population project is very important for high school, and furthermore, our future career. Therefore, you can easily say that this project was not a waste of time!