https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop Elinor Grochowski en-us 2018-04-19 21:32:03 UTC 2025-11-18 07:41:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253642672 2018-04-19 21:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253642672 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253643041 2018-04-19 21:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253643041 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253643364 Winston Churchill was born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire in the UK. His parents were Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Churchill. (maiden name: Jerome) He grew up in an aristocratic family.]]> 2018-04-19 21:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253643364 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253643712 Churchill passed away from a stroke and was buried in St. Martin's Church in Bladon. He was given a Pauper's funeral, a funeral payed by the state. This has special significance as Pauper's funerals are reserved for the monarchs. Rarely, though, they are given, with the approval of the monarch and Parliament, to figures of great importance in the UK. The last exception was, indeed, Sir Winston Churchill.]]> 2018-04-19 21:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253643712 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253643887 In 1908, Churchill married Clementine Hozier. Together they had five children: Randolph, Mary, Marigold, Diana, and Sarah. ]]> 2018-04-19 21:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253643887 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253644367 Churchill went to Harrow School as a child and Royal Military College in Sandhurst for his later education.]]> 2018-04-19 21:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253644367 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253644633 Churchill served in the British Army between 1895 and 1900. He served in the Territorial Army between 1900 and 1924.]]> 2018-04-19 21:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253644633 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253644913 While Churchill served, he fought in the Mahdist War, the Second Boer War, and the World War I. He commanded the Sixth Battalion and the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He traveled to places like India (under British control).]]> 2018-04-19 21:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253644913 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253645450 Winston Chruchill wrote books about his campaigning efforts.]]> 2018-04-19 21:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253645450 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253645718 Churchill started as a Conservative and switched to being a Liberal in 1904.]]> 2018-04-19 21:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253645718 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253646045 During the time of World War I, Churchill oversaw the Gallipoli Campaign. When it flopped, he resigned from his position in Parliament and started his service in the Royal Scots Fusiliers. ]]> 2018-04-19 21:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253646045 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253646645 Churchill fought for worker social security and reform in prisons.]]> 2018-04-19 22:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253646645 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253646968 Churchill was first elected as a member of Parliament in 1900.]]> 2018-04-19 22:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253646968 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253647262 After two years of being out of Parliament, Churchill became the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (head of the queens treasury)]]> 2018-04-19 22:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253647262 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253647545 In 1930, Nazi Germany began to become a larger threat, and when World War II began, he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. (head of the Royal Navy) He was first appointed in 1911 and served until 1915. This was his second time.]]> 2018-04-19 22:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253647545 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253654542 When the previous prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, resigned in 1940, Churchill was elected Prime Minister. He was in office over the years of World War II, on the Allies side. In 1945, Allied Forces won. He met with Franklin D. Roosevelt on multiple occasions, and once the two and Stalin met close to the end of the war.]]> 2018-04-19 23:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253654542 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253655201 During World War II, the Bengal famine of 1943 occurred. In a population of 60.3 million, an estimated 2.1 to 3 million people died. This was from a variety of things, from starvation, to malaria, and population displacement. Churchill's response and effect on this event have been debated by historians.]]> 2018-04-19 23:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253655201 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253655608 In 1945, The British Royal Airforce bombed the city of Dresen in the German state of Saxony. This was also during World War II, and once again this action has been debated by historians weather it was morally correct.]]> 2018-04-19 23:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253655608 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253655834 In 1945, Churchill's party lost the election. So, Churchill stepped down from office and became the "Leader of the Opposition"]]> 2018-04-19 23:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253655834 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253655994 Now were beginning the Cold War, since wars seem to happen without a break, and Churchill warns the public that there is an "iron curtain" developing with the Soviet Union. They are taking over. This was his campaign,unity, and he won the election in 1951 for Prime Minister.]]> 2018-04-19 23:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253655994 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253656413 During his second term, Churchill dealt with the Korean War and the Syrian crisis, among other foreign affairs. ]]> 2018-04-19 23:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253656413 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253656559 Churchill's health declined, growing older, and he resigned from his position as Prime Minister in 1955. He remained a member of Parliament until 1964.]]> 2018-04-19 23:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253656559 grochowskiea_2022 https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253657201 2018-04-19 23:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/grochowskiea_2022/higwtietbtop/wish/253657201