Hello 8th Grade Students!
Are you ready for your long weekend?
Before you go off and have some fun, let's discuss the story we read this week. Chiune Sugihara showed a lot of courage and bravery by helping the Polish Jews escape from war-stricken Europe. Compare what Sugihara risked to what Harriet Tubman risked by helping slaves escape from the South. In your opinion, who took a bigger risk and had a lot more to lose as a result of their heroic actions that changed the lives of thousands of people? Support your opinion with specific examples.
Have a great weekend!
I think that both of them took very big risks I think that Harriet Tubman did a good job by escaping a eleven group of slaves by without anyone knowing, but Chiune Sugihara did a good job also he made visas for the people and he had to think about if he should disobey his government or god so he disobeyed his government but wrote visas for people in Lithuania
ReplyDeleteI Think both took an equal risk. Harriet Tubman put the slaves, herself, and the underground railroad in trouble to save slaves. Chiune sugihara put his and his family's life in danger and the refugees from Poland.
ReplyDeleteI think both had equal risk because one way or another if they got caught they'd die. Harriet Tubman saved the lives of slaves who have been working on a farm since their birth, and Sugihara saved Jews that were going to die cause of the Nazis.
ReplyDeleteI think both took equal risks. Harriet Tubman saved a eleven group of slaves, and Sugihara took 3 men at a time to know what's happening, and made visas.
ReplyDeleteTo me, both took an equal risk because they both could have been caught. The biggest difference though was how hariet Tubman's was a little differen than Sugihara's because Tubman's case was only inside colonial America and Sugihara's cas included most of Europe. The countries involved in Sugihara's story was Japan, Germany, Poland, Israel, and Also Lithuania while The countries involved in Tubman's case was America and Great Brittain.
ReplyDeleteI think both risks would have very bad consequences if they were caught and both were heroes saving more than thousands of people. One of the differences between these two heroes was that they were during different times, Sugihara's story was during World War 2 in Lithuania and Harriet Tubman's story was during the slavery times in the southern part of the Americas. Another difference between both of them is that Sugihara wrote visa's by hand for Jews to escape from Lithuania to Japan and Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape from slavery colonies using the Underground Railroad.
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I think Harriet Tubman and Chiune Sugihara both took big risks. They both helped thousands of people survive. Harriet Tubman, as an Underground Railroad Conductor, helped groups of slaves from the south to escape to the north. On the other hand, during World War II, Chiune Sugihara handwrote visas for the Polish Jews to escape from Lithuania to Japan from the Nazis.
ReplyDeleteBoth Sugihara and Harriet Tubman took huge risks to save other people's lives. I think that Sugihara probably saved more people's lives, but Harriet Tubman's journeys back and forth from the south were very dangerous and she could have been more easily caught. However, i do not think that one took a bigger risk than the other because they both took huge risks that saved people's lives and made an impact in history. They were both very kind people that had a lot of courage, and I really respect them both for that.
ReplyDeleteLilia Tokadzhyan: Sugihara and Harriet Tubman took big risks. I believe that Harriet Tubman took a bigger risk because she could have been killed if she was caught, but they both took big risks that saved other people’s lives. Even though I think Harriet Tubman made a bigger risk. I am inspired by both of them because they risked their own lives to save other people's lives.
ReplyDeleteSugihara basically risked his family and their own safety for helping Jews who were desperate for any help they could get and Hariet Tubman risked herself and her family of getting whipped and dieng. She helped slaves cross to freedom. In my opinion Sugihara saved more lives and had bigger risks because his family could have been caught and killed. Sugihara wrote visas even on a train when it was moving!!! wow, he was a very very nice person and without him ther would have not been as many Jews as there is today.
ReplyDeleteSugihara and Tubman had taken large risks that effected their lives. Sugihara helped the Polish Jews escape from the war in Europe. Harriet Tubman had helped free the slaves from the south which took a lot of courage and motivation. I think that both of them helped others at an equal amount and risked losing everything they had to help others.
ReplyDeleteHarriet Tubman and Chiune Sugihara faced similar situations. By writing visas against his governments commands, Sugihara was risking his job. Plus, he could also be facing death if the Nazis ever found him. Harriet Tubman also saved lives from the horrible torture of the plantation owners. She was not only risking her freedom but her life also. Both of them saved thousands of lives and risked one similar thing, their lives.
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