Important Historical Event?

[Cortheya]

Ughhhh English class..... I have to write a poem about an important historical event and i have absolutely no ideas. Any one have any thoughts on what some important events are?

 

[punkrocker27]

i hate poetry but i love history.
do the lincoln assassination. worked for me.
EDIT:that is, if you're looking for something tragic

 

[Avatar Roku]

Can't go wrong with doing it on an assassination.

 

[Evertw]

How about JFK getting murdered, or Napoleon losing the battle at Waterloo?

Or maybe a more modern historical event like the financial crisis?

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Your death at the hands of me minutes after you blow up the whitehouse using toothpaste and a toilet.

 

[JokerGrin]

Maybe a World War? I can't write poems though so that's down to you. A ton of areas you could explore though. Maybe how a mother would feel as she watches her child march off with the army to potential death.

 

[RavingPenguin]

The Battle of Thermopylae, the battle 300 was based on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

 

[Cortheya]

You seriously can't think of one important historical event?

Are you in a "special" school or what?

I hate poetry...I can't think of one easy to write about that is easy enough that I can ace it

 

[Berethond]

Just find something that someone has already written a poem about (Like the Lincoln assassination [My Captain!])
So you know that it's possible.

 

[RebelRising]

How about Dresden? Planes raining fire down upon a civilian city? People catching on fire and jumping into fountains only to be boiled alive? A raging inferno lasting for days after the attack?

That's poetry stuff, right there!

 

[SmilingKitsune]

Poetry's not my forte but maybe world war 1? Often regarded as the most tragic war in recent history, it had a big hand in shaping the world as it is today.

 

[Combined]

Try Napoleon's retreat from Russia or the battle of Borodino. It should be semi-easy to write about those.

 

[Yoshi_egg80]

Do one about 9/11 worked for Darryl Worley, oh I am so bad

 

[Mr_spamamam]

The moon landings, civil rights, the first useage of the atomic bomb. There have been hundreds of significant historical events

 

[Random Argument Man]

Why is it always bad things?

You can have an electoral president who saved a country for a while. The end of the WW2, etc, etc.

 

[Cortheya]

How about Dresden? Planes raining fire down upon a civilian city? People catching on fire and jumping into fountains only to be boiled alive? A raging inferno lasting for days after the attack?

That's poetry stuff, right there!

Oh yeah, I like that one. A very "uncomortable" subject. Use the term "Holocaust by bombs" and you're likely to have a fiery discussion for the rest of the lesson (if you're supposed to read it out loud).

That's a good idea I'm gonna go with that thanks

 

[RebelRising]

How about Dresden? Planes raining fire down upon a civilian city? People catching on fire and jumping into fountains only to be boiled alive? A raging inferno lasting for days after the attack?

That's poetry stuff, right there!

Oh yeah, I like that one. A very "uncomortable" subject. Use the term "Holocaust by bombs" and you're likely to have a fiery discussion for the rest of the lesson (if you're supposed to read it out loud).

That's a good idea I'm gonna go with that thanks

Hey, that's cool, man. Good luck with it. Tell us how it goes.