https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok APUSH en-us 2018-02-20 20:24:50 UTC 2018-02-22 20:22:55 UTC hello@padlet.com s2319 https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/233504357 Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Hermosa, Illinois. Walt Disney was one of five children, four boys and a girl.Disney lived most of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri, where he began drawing, painting and selling pictures to neighbors and family friends. In 1911, his family moved to Kansas City, where Disney developed a love for trains. His uncle, Mike Martin, was a train engineer who worked the route between Fort Madison, Iowa and Marceline. Later, Disney would work a summer job with the railroad, selling snacks and newspapers to travelers.]]> 2018-02-20 20:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/233504357 s2319 https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/233506665 2018-02-20 20:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/233506665 s2319 https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/233511759 When Disney was just a teenager, he joined the Red Cross in 1918 and was sent to France for a year to drive an ambulance to help with the war effort. In 1919, Disney moved to Kansas City to pursue a career as a newspaper artist. His brother Roy got him a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio, where he met cartoonist Ubbe Eert Iwwerks, better known as Ub Iwerks. From there, Disney worked at the Kansas City Film Ad Company, where he made commercials based on cutout animation. Around this time, Disney began experimenting with a camera, doing hand-drawn cel animation, and decided to open his own animation business. From the ad company, he recruited Fred Harman as his first employee.


]]> 2018-02-20 20:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/233511759 s2319 https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234459697 The birth of Mickey Mouse occurred on a cross-country train ride in early 1928. Walt was returning from a business meeting along with his wife. At the age of 26, and with an active cartoon studio in Hollywood, Walt had set out to arrange for a new contract for his creation, Oswald the Rabbit, but the backers turned him down. As they owned the copyright, they took control, leaving Walt with nothing. He was preparing to announce the unpleasant news to workers back home but instead, Walt gave birth to a mouse, called Mickey.

]]> 2018-02-22 19:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234459697 s2319 https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234462566 In 1928, Walt Disney began work on his third Mickey Mouse cartoon, this time a talkie, entitled, "Steamboat Willie." To add sound to the film, Walt had to take the animated portion to New York since West Coast studios did not have the equipment. Mickey Mouse, originally a theater animation, appeared on the big screen for the first time on November 18, 1928,]]> 2018-02-22 20:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234462566 s2319 https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234465398 2018-02-22 20:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234465398 s2319 https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234466148 Disney's $17 million Disneyland theme park opened on July 17, 1955, in Anaheim, California, with actor (and future U.S. president) Ronald Reagan presiding over the activities on what was once an orange grove. After a tumultuous opening day involving several mishaps (including the distribution of thousands of counterfeit invitations), the site became known as a place where children and their families could explore, enjoy rides and meet the Disney characters. Disney will always be remembered ]]> 2018-02-22 20:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234466148 s2319 https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234466352 Disney was also among the first to use television as an entertainment medium. The Zorro and Davy Crockett series were extremely popular with children, as was The Mickey Mouse Club, a variety show featuring a cast of teenagers known as the Mouseketeers. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color was a popular Sunday night show, which Disney used to begin promoting his new theme park. Disney's last major success that he produced himself was the motion picture Mary Poppins (1964), which mixed live action and animation.]]> 2018-02-22 20:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234466352 s2319 https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234470853 2018-02-22 20:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234470853 s2319 https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234472649 2018-02-22 20:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s2319/vakiptpb7gok/wish/234472649