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19th century G Britain RUBRIC ( DAHHHH!!!!!)

1. originality and individuality:
-no plagiarism
-voice
- attention grabbing
-interesting layout, design.
-be sure to give credit to ppl or webs u have used.
2.Creativity:
- new ideas.( post different or abnormal things)
-out of the box.
-showing your talents.
- Critical thinking
3. Organization:
- neat layout, easily accessed
- clear understanding, clear descriptions.
4. Understanding:
- analysis and good reflections
- to get a big picture.
-Accuracy, 
-valid
-main concepts
- connections, relations to one another.




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Artifact 14: Research and group Collaboration Project

This video is based on the abolishment of the slave trade and slavery in Britain during the 19th century. In this video, you'll see that , we used William Wilberforce, headstorng abolishtionist of slavery and the hero of them all, in an interview, to show how the dreads of the abolishment time went by, perspectives of the abolishtionists and the significance of this event.

Countless credits to all my group members who did a great job on this : Ingrid, Francois, Richard and William. XD

TED video

How did the 3 'planes' of power he described in his talk apply to the world in the 19th century, and Britain in particular?
He talked about the power developed in the 19th century, to be precise, in Britain. The power was the industrial revolution, which upraised the strength of power and esp. economy of  great Britian and the U.S, creating a decline that degraded and weaken East Asia, or perhaps China.
  How about 'hard' and 'soft' power - what methods of soft power existed during the 19th century?
The soft power was the industrial revolution, when economy is  elevated by increase production of goods, and more related to economy and the arts, which satisfied many people and entrepreneurs to continue their progress or are eager to create an innovation for a purpose. 


 How did Britain's rise to power during the 1800s and the collapse of the Chinese and Ottoman Empires, for examples, compare to the shifts in power that are taking place today?
It is like China and the U.S. Currently, China is increasing the size of its population and are also gradually improving, reforming their society, economy and arts; while many people say the u.S will be behind of them in the future because of the lack of change and also their stagnant progress. 

artifact 17

Artifact 15 :timeline

Timeline:

1801: The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom.

1805: The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas, a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century.

1807: Britain abolishes the slave trade

1815: Corn Laws are introduced to protect British agriculture.

1816: Year Without a Summer: Unusually cold conditions wreak havoc throughout the Northern Hemisphere, likely caused by the 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora.

1819: Eleven die at the Peterloo massacre in Manchester.

1825: World's first steam locomotive passenger service begins

1833: Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire.

1834: New Poor Law reforms Britain's social security system.

1839–60: After two Opium Wars, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty.

1845: Irish potato famine begins.
1851: The Great Exhibition in London was the world's first international Expo or World's Fair.

1858: Britain's first permanent symphony orchestra is founded

1859: The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin published.

1869: Suez Canal opens, linking the Mediterranean and the Red Sea

1876: Victoria is declared empress of India.

1880: Education becomes compulsory for children under ten

1881: Sir William Armstrong's home becomes the first to use electric light

1883: Married women obtain the right to acquire their own property

1897: Women's suffrage campaign gains momentum .   

1899; Second Boer War begins in South Africa.

--Credits to the BBC British history time line and the 19th century page of Wikipedia.


Reflections

1.          Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?

2.          Which other main topics does it also relate to?

3.          Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?

4.          What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?

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

6.          . 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

6. Any additional comments.

Artifact 13: gapminder analysis

The Gapminder Analysis
 

1. Life expectancy at birth (years) vs. income per person (GDP/capita, inflation- adjusted $)

During the 19^th century in Great Britain (from now on I’m going to call it GB), was quite low in both terms of life expectancy and income and with a small population, compared to our modern society. However, while being compared to other countries in Europe that are in the 19^th century, GB fortunately has a higher range of life expectancy and the income per person. This explanation from the graph makes sense to me. During the 19^th century, GB as in the process of industrialization revolution, with sub levels of the great urbanization, improvement in human health, human migration and expansion of entrepreneurs. Many entrepreneurs were flourished with wealth during that time and many people form other sides of the country migrate to the urban areas or cities such as London, the ‘magnet’ of the nation. While as people moved around the areas, people are able to get jobs and raise their family due to the economic upraises in urban areas. As more people are employed, and machines are used in factories, product were produced faster, therefore the price of the supplies decreases which causes keep up with growth of livestock of human beings.

2. CO2 emissions (tones per person) vs. income per person (GDP/ capita, inflation-adjusted$) 

from the 1820s

 GB had been ahead of most countries in the 19^th century for its income per person and co2 emissions produced. Since the 1820s, after, and before, the industrial revolution took place in GB. It is relevant, according the graph and history; GB had produced abundant CO2 emissions during the 19^th century. It was due to the urbanization in GB, many factories were built with lots of employees, which then cause pollutions, disrupting and changing the landscapes of the world.

3. Life expectancy at birth (years) vs. Children per woman (total fertility)

1800s-1900s

 Since the 1800s in GB, during the industrial revolution and after, the number of member s in each family reduces which then increases the number of longer lives. IN the early 1800s, there are more children in families in GB and as the process of the industrial revolution passes, families began to last longer. From the mid 1800s to the early 1900s, the number of family member reduces and the life expectancy began to rise. However, it is weird, the life expectancy suddenly drops from 1913 and lands to an end in 1918 and rises. This sudden drop of life expectancy was probably affected by a plague and the bloody wars, conflicts, and infections from the Great War.
REFLECTIONS

1.          Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?

2.          Which other main topics does it also relate to?

3.          Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?

4.          What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?

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

6.          . 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

6. Any additional comments.

Idea page

RELFECTIONS

1.          Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?

2.          Which other main topics does it also relate to?

3.          Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?

4.          What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?

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

6.          . 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

6. Any additional comments.

Artifact 10: Urbanization essay

                                              Urbanization

  According to Wikipedia, Urbanization or also called urban drift is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of global change. Urbanization is closely related to modernization and industrialization. And that brought us forth to recognize the great significance of the change during the urbanization stream of Great Britain in the 19^th century.

This great change of the urban movement took importantly or dominantly in the process of the Industrial Revolution in the Victorian Era. The Industrial Revolution was the great cause of this movement, for it developed many new and advanced technologies that altered yet established new ways of building economy, which had easily effected and changed the people’s lifestyles. Due to this, many began to move and emigrate from the countrysides to the cities or even to the other side of the globe, for new life, or better jobs. However, for some different situations, some were forced or fled to another environments for their own safety, or benefit. That was what had put a huge stone, either fill with happiness or excruciating sorrow, on people’s lives in Great Britain during the 19^th century; whether it was the invisible wave that pushed or pulled them into different worlds.

During the Industrial Revolution, many important and profound subjects have changed such as agricultural, manufacturing, the social culture and lifestyles, etc. With advanced technologies created, economy began to flourish with prosperous gains, incomes, but also distracted the lives of the poverty. For example, in England there are fabric industries, which were used for producing clothing once in the necessity of hiring loads of skilled labors are now replaced by unstoppable and powerful fabric machines and were beyond a mere match to the men. Therefore, as more machines are loaded and used in factories, fewer skilled labors are no longer needed and fewer workers are employed to operate the machines. The employers of the machines also receive low wages that were barely enough for survival, although the owners of the business are gained with loads of money due to fast production of products. So then people began to move to other environment that are well suited (if they are lucky enough) to them.

Back in the times, some people migrate to new places, away form their hometowns not only for in search of higher paid jobs but also for a new life, different societies or perhaps to experience new cultures. Urban areas was a big attraction that so appealing to many young men and women. Urban areas have not only better jobs but also a varied and appealing social life, and that was pull many youngsters who found life in a small community both oppressive and dull. For example, during19^th century, London was a prosperous and a “magnet” that allured many people form all over Britain. Some left to sail across the Atlantic, to North America, Australia, and New Zealand, seeking new opportunities. For the younger generations of females

In the 19^th century in Great Britain, many developed a distaste for "goin' to the field to farm" and those who farm were often looked down . So then most females traveled to a more populated area to search for respectable positions in middle class families or to engage into a more fashionable lifestyle.

  A whole century—the 19^th century- has passed, Great Britain has been flourished with the magnet city, London, that lead and gather thousands of people from different sides of the country of perhaps the globe to one big union. Building urbanization was creating cities; places people come for new hopes. Since the urbanization in Britain, many other places on the globe began to urbanize itself. In cities, people can create new things that are acceptable to many other beings, or innovations that can bring peace and happiness. Innovations such as great technologies, such as electricity, which made lives easy for humans around the world. Yet, a more flourishing economy, and have an ability to create international relation ships with other cities in the other countries. However, after cities were formed, many environmental issues popped up, such the world known global warming problem. Global warming was caused by pollution emitted from the overuse of electricity and technologies that can pollute the air and slowly crack the ozone layer. And then , with terrible environmental quality, it can affect health problems on humans. Even if the modern world, we are still in the process of urbanization, yet the goods and bads result from cities continue to grow, will urbanization ever stop?

Relfections:

1.          Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?

2.          Which other main topics does it also relate to?

3.          Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?

4.          What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?

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

6.          . 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

6. Any additional comments.

Artifact 11. Primary source.

A Law for the Rich and another for the Poor

A contemporary comment on the legal system

Notice the JP's ass's ears - "the law is an ass".

Origin:
This political cartoon was created by an anonymous author, but according the www.historyhome.co.uk, the author was present in the  period  1760-1830, which the age of George III reign.

Purpose:
This political cartoon was drawn to show the author's perspective of the law system used in the late 18th century  and early 19th century Great Britain. The author wanted to express his criticism to the unfairness of  the law, by showing two sides, a rich man on the left and the poor on the right, and also, most important and sardonic symbol were the donkey, or you can say " ass", attached the lawyer's head, which seem as if the ears were born with it.

Value:
Obviously, in this political cartoon, the author is showing distaste over the way the the poor and the rich were treated differently. As you can see, we are looking at a courtroom where people are dressed in black suites with black top hats and the furniture designed the way to suit the room, I can tell that this scene took place in the 18th century and the 19th century in Great Britain.It is clear that this piece was showing full an atmosphere of stupidity, ignorance and chaff,  due to the author use of donkey ear on the lawyer's head as a symbol. Back in the old days , in Great Britain, donkey were called "ass" and they were stubborn , stupid, dumb and ignorant. So the author used the donkey ears to show that "the law is an ass", meaning that the law was used in ignorance and the lawyers are just too stubborn and coo coo to deal with the rich and the poor. The author basically thinks that they are treating them not the right way.

Limitation:
The piece doesn't tell us the results of the many court issues and also the statistics of the amount of  the poor or the rich imprisoned or executed. To examine the time period in this piece, it inaccurately reflects that it was during the time of industrial revolution .This political cartoon is not addressed to the those not involved in politics, the government, economy and people Outside Britain ,such as Asians.

Reflections:

1.          Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?

2.          Which other main topics does it also relate to?

3.          Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?

4.          What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?

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

6.          . 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

6. Any additional comments.

Artifact 6 : the creation of an art piece.

Title: The Neighborhood

lower half of the piece

upper half of the piece

This is my art work for artifact 6. The name of this work is called The Neighborhood. In this work, I pretended that I had seen this scene of the poor and homeless boy sitting at the side of the dirty side walk, while the riches  in black jacket walk past them, kind of ignoring them, which to me, is sad, heart-breaking and cruel.

Reflections:

1.      a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?

This artifact relates to Urbanization but mostly, the modern economy and also Class Consciousness lousiness, it shows how and what becomes of when a urban city is formulated.  The poor boy sitting on the side of sidewalk , looking deserted with filthy clothes and rich men on the road

depicts Class Consciousness.

2.       b) Which other main topics does it also relate to?

this artifact also relates to the Human health. As you can see, there are dung piles, trash scattered on the side walks and roads, and a rat creeping out of the hole  means of worse sanity in cities. this have infected many people to suffer from numerous diseases and fatal problems in health. 

3.      2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?

i drew for this artifact because, i usually like to express things in pictures then in words. I spent alot of time drawing this, especially creating great details and symbols in the picture.

4.      3. What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artif

act?

I understood more about how people lived in the cities and also develop many feeling and ideas regarding to this situation.

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

Um i think this artifact was a O.K effort to me, though i enjoyed most of my time drawing this.

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

4

    b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment

5

    c) Impact on your learning

4

    d) Level of creativity and originality

3

6. Any additional comments.

Artifact 2: Idea page XD

lower half of the page

My idea Page( whole)

Reflections:

1.          Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?

it relates the Invention, Ingenuity, and Entrepreneurship topic.  in my idea page,  I jotted down information about the cotton factory game , hat based on how business entrepreneur earned and conducted their factories during the Industrial Revolution.

2.          Which other main topics does it also relate to?

This also relates to Building of the Modern Economy.

3.          Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?

i choose this artifact, because it had a lot of great meaningful details with colorful pictures. I used a bit of time processing this

4.          What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?

Not alot. well i learned about externalized  cost and  cost- benefit analysis.

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

not my best work, because i quite lacked a brain powers to think of new ideas out this piece. 

6.          . 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

2

b)      Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment

1

c)       Impact on your learning

3

d)      Level of creativity and originality

2

6. Any additional comments.

Artifacts5: Google Earth tour

OW!, the problem is .....i dun't know or im having a problem uploading Google earth tour on blogger.

I will post my Google earth tour information before posting the video, pls check it out below:

The top 10 London Museums:


1. The British Museum
it was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000. The British Museum contains a huge amount of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story if human culture from its beginnings to the present.




2.  The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. This fantastic palace was named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, to honour them and it was created in 1852.




3. The Tate Modern
Tate Modern is located in London. It is Britain's  national museum of international modern arts, for it consist of large amounts of modern art and contemporary art from all around the world. It is related to Tate Britain, which is one i will later talk about.






4. The National  Gallery
The national gallery consists of a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating back from the time in the mid-13th century to 1900. IT settles in the Trafalgar square and was founded in 1824. It is unique and known for its special exhibits of  royal and princely art collection.






6. The  National Portrait gallery

The national Portrait Gallery is an Art gallery consisting of collections of historically, important and famous British people.






7. Tate Britain

Tate Britain is an art gallery situated on Millbank in London, and part of the Tate gallery network in Britain, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is the oldest gallery in the network, opening in 1897. It houses a substantial collection of the works of J.M.W. Turner.-- Wikipedia










Reflections:

1.          Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?

2.          Which other main topics does it also relate to?

3.          Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?

4.          What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?

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

6.          . 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

6. Any additional comments.