Thursday, November 4, 2010

Artifact 15 Reflection

Reflections:
 1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
Class Consciousness,because some of the event causes the classes to change, for example the California Gold Rush a lot of low or middle class civilians became really wealthy due to the California Gold Rush.Evolution and issues of Religion and Science, because it is a period of technology improving, and it help the scientist to discover theories, inventions, and species. For example Darwin's Theory Of Evolution angered the church, but at 2008 the Anglican church apologize for what they have done to Charles Darwin even though he has rest in piece.
2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?
I spend around 2 hours in total to research the 20 significance main events that happened in 19th century British.

4. Does this artifact reflect your best work and/or ideas? Why, or why not?

This artifact is not one of my best work, because I could have be more detailed about the events.
5. Rate this artifact on a scale of -5 to 5(0 is neutral) for the following 4 criterion:
    a) Impact on the quality of your Portfolio
    b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment
    c) Impact on your learning
    d) Level of creativity and originality . Any additional comments.

a)2 b)3 c)0 d)2

Artifact 14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIs4LhGmqYc


Reflections:
 1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
The Human Mind,because we can tell how different sides of the society react to a new concept of science.Invention, Ingenuity, and Entrepreneurship,because theory of evolution lead to a lot of new tech., inventions, and studies.  
 2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?
I spend around total of 3 hours researching, creating powerpoint, and making the video. The hardest parts are the creating video, because there are lots of weird NGs.
4. Does this artifact reflect your best work and/or ideas? Why, or why not?
I would say it is one of my most enjoyable artifacts out of all 17 of them, because it is hard to make a science concept into a interesting presentation, but I found that it is interesting, and quite enjoyable.
5. Rate this artifact on a scale of -5 to 5(0 is neutral) for the following 4 criterion:
    a) Impact on the quality of your Portfolio 
    b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment
    c) Impact on your learning
    d) Level of creativity and originality . Any additional comments
a:4   b:5   c:4   d:3

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Artifact 12

Artifact 16

http://prezi.com/7dakqxec2uy5/

Artifact 10

Artifact 10
Urbanization has been a major issue for the environment and government. It started at the industrial century. The industrial century is 19th century and the centuries that starts to imply technology into common civilian live. There has been arguments about whether if this century benefits us or causes more issues than the benefits. The technology of industrialization made life easier for the middle and high classes of people, it is more faster and precise than human work. The factories caused the people to leave their homes and farms, instead they were force to move to a city where it is closer to the factory and gathered together. The gathering brought some issues, like the Luddities, urbanization, and some major health issues.
The major cause that causes urbanization is factory. Factory has causes people to move into the city, and so the amount of urbanization increases. 1801 only 20% of the people lives in the city, but at 1851 the number risen over 50%. The factory not only caused urbanization issue, it also caused other health issue, and child labor. In 19th century there are child at the age from 9-19 working in factories. The children were trained to work at the factory in a polluted area, and feared to speak to anyone. Before the industrial evolution period children work in the farm help their father farming.
People might not understand the seriousness of urbanization air pollution. Urbanization air pollution has increases stablely, and 33% of urban dwellers inhale toxic air which is equivalent to 2 packs of ciggarettes a day. It also causes to darkened Earth's atmosphere and acid rain, due to the acid rain it causes the losses of large amount of crops.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Artifact 1

Origin
1.Who created it?
Robert Southey wrote this conversation mostly about a conversation between himself and a Manchester man.
2.Who is the author?
The author of the conversation is Robert Southey.
3.When was it created?
It was created in 1807 by Robert Southey.
4.When was it published?
It was lasted modified in April 13, 2010
5.Where was it published?

6.Who is publishing it?
G. Dearborn published this article.

Purpose
1.Why does this document exist?
This document exist, because he hope this letter could be published so people is able to learn more about child labour in cotton factories in 19th century.
2.Why did the author create this piece of work? What is the intent?
author wanted people to help people learn more about Child Labour in Cotton Factories.
3.Why did the author choose this particular format?

4.Who is the intended audience? Who was the author thinking would receive this?
The intended audience is citizens in England.
5.What does the document say?
The document is talking about how children had been treated in the factory and how burthen were them to their parents.
6.Can you tell more than its surface?

Value
1.What can we tell about the author from the piece?
Robert Southey lives in England for a while. He seems to have contact with the children at the factory a lot. He has analyze the people at the factory including the schedule of the children. Robert Southey wrote this conversation in a 3rd perspective form.
2.What can we tell about the time period from the piece?
In this period everyone seems to focus on their work including the children. Life was a real difference for the families since the factories were build, and machine replaced man. It is also a period of unhealthiness, because of the machine pollution.
3.Under what circumstances was the piece created and how does the piece reflect those
circumstances?
The circumstances was created in a free circumstance. The author Robert Southey has nothing to do with the factory “business”, so he does not have any pressure from any “side”, but he has not reveal a lot of information about the environment of the factory. The revealed parts made people suspicious of the reason why it wasn't revealed. The piece doesn't include any reason of why some parts are unrevealed.
4.What can we tell about any controversies from the piece?

5.Does the author represent a particular ‘side’ of a controversy or event?
The author seems to represent from the citizen's “side”, because Robert Southey only mention the disadvantage sides of the childrens' life.
6.What can we tell about the author’s perspectives from the piece?
He is mostly writing this piece in a 3rd person's perspective, however there are some parts he wrote and analyze the behavior in 1st person's perspective(citizens)
7.What was going on in history at the time the piece was created and how does this piece
accurately reflect it?
It was a dangerous year for British, because of the frequent warfare the occurs to Britian. Especially in July 7th ~ 9th during this period Russia, France, and Prussia signed a treaty(Treaty Of Tilsit) that allies against the British empire.
Limitation
1.What part of the story can we NOT tell from this document?
The part readers does not know about is the environment, population, and the chain effect.
2.How could we verify the content of the piece?
Most facts are true, because later studies verified the content of this piece by technology of industrial equipments. For example: the steam engine caused pollution, and which cost the healthiness of the people.
3.Does this piece inaccurately reflect anything about the time period?
No, but it misses a lot of facts that should be mention.
4.What does the author leave out and why does he/she leave it out (if you know)?
The author left out some important national event like warfare.
5.What is purposely not addressed?

Artifact 3

9/30/10
-puch cart=19th century computer
-steam is extremely dangerous
-dusts and fuel poisoned workers
-If any worker is late= fired
-pollution created by factories
-power shifted to first industrialized countries
-India, China, and etc. countries began to catch up
-first industrialized countries also created unnecessary wars
-externalities= environmental cost, invisible costs

Artifact 7

                              Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is an novel written by Charles Dickens published by Richard Bentley. Charles Dickens is born in 7 February 1812. Charles Dickens is well known for his realism and ironic about the characters.

Charles Dickens is one of the most famous novelist during the Victorian Era. Charles Dickens' early childhood life is quite normal, went to a private school. Later in his late childhood life his whole family except himself were sent to jail. This was the turning point of his life. In the rest of his childhood, later on his lived by working in varies of different jobs. A lot of his inspiration comes from his childhood.

At 1833, there was another turning point in his life, Charles Dickens's first novel was published “A Dinner at Poplar Walk”. After then jobs began to look for Charles Dickens. Novels began to published, most of them were related to his childhood.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Artifact 6

A Soldier in war(realism)
All we do is fight
“Behold the power of England” is all they say
Ceasing fire is all I hope
Diminishing the enemy is all they want
Everything seems hopeless to me
Fear I can't return to my family
Giant gun fell on my head
Hoping reaper is not heading toward me
I see lights surrounding me 

 

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale is born in a wealthy British family. Later on Nightingale graduated from St Thomas' Hospital, London. The Nightingale Pledge was took by new nurses was named after Nightingale's honor. 1854 October 21, Nightingale was send (under the authorization of Sidney Herbert) to Turkey among other 38 women volunteer nurses which were trained by Nightingale and her aunt Mai Smith. After a couple of months the death rate did not fall, instead it increases. The death rate increases is not Nightingale's fault, it is because of th e supplies. In Turkey there was a serious lack of medical supplies, equipments, and food. Most of the soldiers died of hunger or disease instead of battle wounds. In the battlefield Nightingale gained the named of “The Lady with the Lamp”.

Nightingale is well known for her kindness toward other patients. In the late midnight Nightingale will send pills, pain killers, and comfort to wounded soldiers. However she does her chores roughly. She would stuff the thermometer roughly into a wounded soldier, pump hardy on the cuff that the patient would thought that their arms would fall off, and threw their arms back to the back not caring were it would land.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Artifact 2

Justice defeats the Luddities
(Photo could be the luddities member)
Yesterday a rebellion group known as the Luddities caused some serious trouble in Middleton. April 20th, 1812 the Luddities attack Burton's Power Loom Mill yesterday night. At yesterday around 7 p.m. the luddities attacked Burtons's Mill, Burton's mill was well known for unequal treatment for employees. At the beginning of the attack people tried to stop them,but they either got themselves injured or killed. After finishing the raid which took around 30 minutes. The police and the certain employees came out to defend the factory, but a violence fight begun. Around 15 Luddities member were caught, 30 are wounded, 6 were killed. The caught ones will be hanged to death at April 25th .

Thursday, October 7, 2010

First Artifact Of Britian

Origin
1.Who created it?
Robert Southey wrote this conversation mostly about a conversation between himself and a Manchester man.
2.Who is the author?
The author of the conversation is Robert Southey.
3.When was it created?
It was created in 1807 by Robert Southey.
4.When was it published?
It was lasted modified in April 13, 2010
5.Where was it published?

6.Who is publishing it?
G. Dearborn published this article.

Purpose
1.Why does this document exist?
This document exist, because he hope this letter could be published so people is able to learn more about child labour in cotton factories in 19th century.
2.Why did the author create this piece of work? What is the intent?
author wanted people to help people learn more about Child Labour in Cotton Factories.
3.Why did the author choose this particular format?

4.Who is the intended audience? Who was the author thinking would receive this?
The intended audience is citizens in England.
5.What does the document say?
The document is talking about how children had been treated in the factory and how burthen were them to their parents.
6.Can you tell more than its surface?

Value
1.What can we tell about the author from the piece?
Robert Southey lives in England for a while. He seems to have contact with the children at the factory a lot. He has analyze the people at the factory including the schedule of the children. Robert Southey wrote this conversation in a 3rd perspective form.
2.What can we tell about the time period from the piece?
In this period everyone seems to focus on their work including the children. Life was a real difference for the families since the factories were build, and machine replaced man. It is also a period of unhealthiness, because of the machine pollution.
3.Under what circumstances was the piece created and how does the piece reflect those
circumstances?
The circumstances was created in a free circumstance. The author Robert Southey has nothing to do with the factory “business”, so he does not have any pressure from any “side”, but he has not reveal a lot of information about the environment of the factory. The revealed parts made people suspicious of the reason why it wasn't revealed. The piece doesn't include any reason of why some parts are unrevealed.
4.What can we tell about any controversies from the piece?

5.Does the author represent a particular ‘side’ of a controversy or event?
The author seems to represent from the citizen's “side”, because Robert Southey only mention the disadvantage sides of the childrens' life.
6.What can we tell about the author’s perspectives from the piece?
He is mostly writing this piece in a 3rd person's perspective, however there are some parts he wrote and analyze the behavior in 1st person's perspective(citizens)
7.What was going on in history at the time the piece was created and how does this piece
accurately reflect it?
It was a dangerous year for British, because of the frequent warfare the occurs to Britian. Especially in July 7th ~ 9th during this period Russia, France, and Prussia signed a treaty(Treaty Of Tilsit) that allies against the British empire.
Limitation
1.What part of the story can we NOT tell from this document?
The part readers does not know about is the environment, population, and the chain effect.
2.How could we verify the content of the piece?
Most facts are true, because later studies verified the content of this piece by technology of industrial equipments. For example: the steam engine caused pollution, and which cost the healthiness of the people.
3.Does this piece inaccurately reflect anything about the time period?
No, but it misses a lot of facts that should be mention.
4.What does the author leave out and why does he/she leave it out (if you know)?
The author left out some important national event like warfare.
5.What is purposely not addressed?