MR.KINZER ARTIFACT

1. 

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

The artifact relates to Mr. Kinzer...since I had some photos of him in the presentation...don't worry, the video is unlisted on youtube

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

David Hung, Francois Ly, Kaohsiung

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

I chose it because to tell you the truth I at first wanted to boost my grade, but then I finished it for the fun of it.

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

Every second is precious in life, since I don't know what Mr Kinzer will say to him being in the artifact

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

Yes, since it shows the true Mr. Kinzer

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

-5

b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment

5

c) Impact on your learning

-5

d) Level of creativity and originality

0

6. Any additional comments.

Compiling and making the video took 7 hours of though and searching and making.

and credit goes to austin for is camera, and Mrs. Kinzer for her camera.

ARTIFACT 17

THIS SPEECH IS AGAINST
GLADSTONE's FAMOUS BUDGET SPEECH

1. 

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

The artifact relates to Nation, since Gladstone was considered by many a statesman and leader.

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

West to east, imperialism, nation, Urbanization.

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

I chose it because I am fascinated by politics, and it is not always that a politician who really thinks and enacts great policies come along.  And also because G.O.M. sounds funny.

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

Political life in Britain was in a sense very detached from the general British populace. The public followed whoever provided them with food and entertainment and their simple wishes.

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

Yes, Since I think I properly reflected parts of the speech used for that time.

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

5

b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment

5

c) Impact on your learning

5

d) Level of creativity and originality

5

6. Any additional comments.

G.O.M. is gladstone's nickname, Grand Old Man.




CREDIT
-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/gordon_brown/3797865.stm
I based my speech mannerisms on this format, so it would be most like in the 18th century.

ARTIFACT 16

PHOTO PREZI on Prezi

This is a better version of the youtube video I put on my prezi....
ENJOY =D

Compare my video with this video...what differences do you see?

do you really see that shining island in this commercial....

probably not!!!

1. 

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

The artifact relates the microscope/ telescope, not physically, but metaphorically speaking, since I am literally putting my pictures under the "microscope" when examining them, and also because the British Consulate became an observatory after the japanese took over.

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

West to east, imperialism, nation, Urbanization.

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

I chose it because I wanted to do something meaningful with all the photos I took (over 200), and also because I want to organize them, or at least some of them, in a meaningful and artistic way. I spent 5 hours examining/screaming with frustration/frowning/creating this work of non-artistic talent

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

Kaohsiung is in reality a place of poverty and of the working classes. It's not all flashy cars, nice people, and black tuxedos. 

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

No, because when I'm producing work under stress, the work comes out deformed.

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

-5

b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment

5

c) Impact on your learning

-5

d) Level of creativity and originality

0

6. Any additional comments.

Compiling and making the video took 7 hours of though and searching and making.




CREDIT
-I thank Austin Yang for lending me his camera when mine ran out of storage space.....

ARTIFACT 15

1800 - Act of Union with Ireland unites Parliaments of England and Ireland

1801 – The undertaking of the first British census.

1802 - Robert Peel introduces the first factory legislation.Peace with France is established. 

1803 - Parliament passes the General Enclosure Act, simplifying the process of enclosing common land, which is detrimental to small farmers.

1805 - Nelson destroys the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar, but is killed in the process. This battle secures British naval dominance for more than 100 years to come.

1809-10 - Economic boom in Britain

1811 - Luddite disturbances in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire.

1812 - Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated in the House of Commons by a disgruntled bankrupt.

1813 - The monopolies of the East India Company are abolished on order of the government

1815 - The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The Corn Laws are passed by Parliament to protect British agriculture from cheap imports.

1815-17 - Commercial boom in Britain

1817- Economic slump in Britain leads to the 'Blanketeers' March' and other disturbances

1818 - Mary Shelley's publishes her 'Frankenstein'

1819 - Troops intervene at a mass political reform meeting in Manchester, killing and wounding four hundred people at the 'Peterloo Massacre'

1820 - Death of the blind and deranged King George III. 

1821-23 - Famine in Ireland

1823 - The Royal Academy of Music is established in London. The British Museum is extended and extensively rebuilt to house an expanding collection

1824 - The National Gallery is established. Commercial boom in Britain

1825 - Nash reconstructs Buckingham Palace. The World's first railway service, the Stockton and Darlington Railway opens. Trade Unions are legalized. Commercial depression in Britain

1828 - The Duke of Wellington becomes British Prime Minister

1829 - The Metropolitan Police Force is set up by Robert Peel. Parliament passes the Catholic Relief Act, ending most restrictions on Catholic Civil Rights. They are allowed to own property and run for public office, including parliament

1830 - Death of King George IV at Windsor. He is succeeded by his brother, William IV. Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Rise of the Whigs, under Grey

1830-32 - First major cholera epidemic in Britain

1831 - 'Swing' Riots in rural areas against the mechanization of agricultural activities. The new London Bridge is opened over the River Thames

1832 - The first or great Reform Act is passed. This climax of a period of political reform extends the vote to a further 500,000 people and redistributes Parliamentary seats on a more equitable basis

1833 - Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Empire. Parliament passes the Factory Act, prohibiting children aged less than nine from working in factories, and reducing the working hours of women and older children. Start of the Oxford Movement in the Anglican Church

1834 - Parliament passes the Poor Law Act, establishing workhouses for the poor. Robert Owen founds the Grand National Consolidated Trade Union. The government acts against 'illegal oaths' in such unionism, rsulting in the Tolpuddle Martyrs being transported to Australia. Fire destroys the Palace of Westminster

1835 - Parliament passes the Municipal Reform Act, requiring members of town councils to be elected by ratepayers and councils to publish their financial accounts

1835-36 - Commercial boom with 'little' railway mania across Britain

1837 - Death of King William IV at Windsor. He is succeeded by his niece, Victoria. Births, deaths and marriages must be registered by law. Charles Dickens publishes 'Oliver Twist,' drawing attention to Britain's poor. 

1838 - The Anti-Corn Law League is established. Publication of the People's Charter. The start of Chartism

1839 - Chartist Riots take place

1840 - Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The penny post is instituted

1841 - The first British Census recording the names of the populace is undertaken. The Tories come to power. Sir Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister

1844 - Parliament passes the Bank Charter Act. Foundation of the Rochdale Co-Operative Society and the Royal Commission on the Health of Towns

1844-45 - Railways mania explodes across Britain. Massive investment and speculation leads to the laying of 5,000 miles of track

1845-49 - Irish Potato Famine kills more than a million people.

1846 - Repeal of the Corn Laws, beginning of free trade.

1848 - Major Chartist demonstration in London. Revolutions in Europe. Parliament passes the Public Health Act

1851 - The Great Exhibition is staged in Hyde Park.

1852 - Death of the Duke of Wellington.

1853 - Vaccination against smallpox is made compulsory by the government. William Gladstone presents his first budget for Great Britain

1854 - Britain and France attempt to defend European interests in the Middle East against Russia, as The Crimean War begins.

1855 - End of Aberdeen's coalition government. Palmerston's first government comes to power

1856 - Crimean War comes to an end. The Victoria Cross award is instituted for military bravery

1857-58 - The Second Opium War opens China to European trade. The Indian Mutiny erupts against British Rule on the sub-continent

1858 - Derby establishes his second minority government. Parliament passes the India Act

1859 - End of Derby's second minority government. Palmerston brings his second Liberal government to power. Charles Darwin publishes his 'The Origin of the Species'

1860 - Gladstone's budget and the Anglo-French Cobden Treaty codifies and extends the principles of free trade

1861 - Death of Prince Albert, Prince Consort

1862 - Parliament passes the Limited Liability Act in order to provide vital stimulus to accumulation of capital in shares

1863 - Edward, Prince of Wales, marries Princess Alexandra of Denmark.

1865 - Death of Palmerston. Russell establishes his second Liberal government

1866 - Russell and Gladstone fail to have their moderate Reform Bill passed in parliament. Derby takes power in his third minority Conservative government

1867 - Derby and Disraeli's Second Reform Bill doubles the franchise to two million. Canada becomes the first independent dominion in the British Empire under the Dominion of Canada Act

1868 - Disraeli succeeds Derby as Prime Minister. Gladstone becomes Prime Minister for the first time

1869 - The Suez Canal is opened

1870 - Primary education becomes compulsory in Britain through the Forster-Ripon English Elementary Education Act. Parliament also passes the Women's Property Act, extending the rights of married women, and the Irish Land Act

1871 - Trade Unions are legalized

1872 - Secret voting is introduced for elections.

1873 - Gladstone's government resigns. Disraeli declines to take up office instead

1874 - Disraeli becomes Conservative Prime Minister for the second time

1875 - Disraeli purchases a controlling interest for Britain in the Suez Canal (40% of shares).

1876 - Queen Victoria becomes Empress of India.

1877 - Confederation of British and Boer states established in South Africa (aka Orange Free State, Transvaal.)

1878 - The Congress of Berlin is held.

1879 - A trade depression emerges in Britain. The Zulu War is fought in South Africa.

1879-80 - Gladstone's Midlothian campaign (first ever political campaign) denounces imperialism in South Africa and Afghanistan.

1880 - Gladstone establishes his second Liberal government.

1880-81 - The first Anglo-Boer War is fought.

1881 - Parliament passes the Irish Land and Coercion Acts.

1882 - Britain occupies Egypt. A triple alliance is established between Germany, Austria and Italy (known as the triple entente).

1884 - Parliament passes the third Reform Act.  (All men paying an annual rental of £10 or all those holding land valued at £10 now had the vote. Vote total now stood at 5.5 million voters.) .

1886 - The Royal Niger Company is chartered. Gold is discovered in the Transvaal.

1887 - Queen Victoria celebrates her Golden Jubilee. The Independent Labour Party is founded. The British East Africa Company is chartered.

1888 - The County Councils' Act establishes representative county based authorities.

1889 - London Dockers' Strike. The British South Africa Company is chartered.

1892 - Gladstone forms his fourth Liberal government.

1893 - Second Irish Home Rule Bill fails to pass the House of Lords.

1894 - Rosebery takes power with his minority Liberal government.

1896 - The British start a conquest of sudan

1897 - Queen Victoria celebrates her Diamond Jubilee (A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 60th anniversary in the case of a person)

1898 - British rule over Sudan fully established. German Naval expansion begins, and Britain responds in kind, sparking an arms race.

1899-1902 - Boer War in South Africa.

1. 
a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
The artifact relates to Comms and transportation, since When britain controlled most of the comms and transportation (seas), she was powerful.
b) Which other main topics does it also relate to?
West to east, imperialism, nation.
2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?
I chose it because I wanted to gather and organize dates and dated information, and I spent 2 hours creating and processing it.
3. What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?
That politics and bureaucracy brought down the mighty British empire
4. Does this artifact reflect your best work and/or ideas? Why, or why not?
No, because it was a jumble of half formed dates, guided by a really lazy person.
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
1

b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment
-5

c) Impact on your learning
5

d) Level of creativity and originality
-5

6. Any additional comments.
It took me a whole weekend of compilation of these events...
don't judge too harshly!!!




CREDIT
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800
I took some extra events from here, such as the mad King George III's death

ARTIFACT 14

http://www.mediafire.com/?l224q3x71m6ka5p
1. 

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

The artifact relates to Science and evolution, since eugenics is connected to Darwin in many ways.

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

West to east, imperialism, nation, Urbanization, microscope/telescope.

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

I chose it because we were in a group...and we still have not finished it...since I don't have any time over the weekends, and we have no time after school.....but PART 1 is UP =D

I had to put this on media fire since I had trouble accessing youtube.

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

The 19th century was a time of radical ideas, and some of those ideas, like eugenics, were influential during the 20th century.

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

Yes, Since our introduction is very funny, but we still have not finished it!!!

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

2

b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment

10 (I know, overkill)

c) Impact on your learning

5

d) Level of creativity and originality

5

6. Any additional comments.

Our intro is very entertaining and very funny, but our body is missing....don't worry, it will be up by Sunday. And my subtitles seem to have taken on a life of their own...no insults intended...
neither to Nathan or Tracy.

ARTIFACT 13

This is an interesting analysis of 

Health, Money & Sex in Sweden

analysis of urbanization of the world.......nothing about the 19th century, but

still interesting.

http://www.gapminder.org/world/#;example=75

Looking at Gapminder, it seems to me that Great Britain was a country, and one with massive growth of positive things, including life expectancy, GDP, and Less children per women. Looking at these three factors, we can see that during Pax Britannica, Great Britain itself gained. However, only the GDP in such places as Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa rose, with life expectancy and many other factors either rising at a very slow rate or remaining constant. The worst areas of the British Empire were in Northern Africa and in India, where there was a standstill on any progress. Why? Because there is a difference between colonialism, which was what happened in New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, and Imperialism, which was the rule in places like India. The terms are used interchangeably by many people, including teachers. However, the two are fundamentally different, as Colonialism is more "hands on" than imperialism. Imperialism is rule from afar, while colonialism is much more hands on, with lots of people moving to the colonized region. This is why caucasians are a majority group in both new zealand and Australia, where colonialism took place, but a minority group in india, where imperialism took place.
The Irish Potato Famine is probably a big culprit in the 1845 to  1852 dip in everything I looked at on gapminder. Besides the potato Famine, Britain itself was a place of positive growth of GDP, lifespan, and less children.
WAIT......
I see a cholera epidemic...several cholera epidemics, upon further research. There were cholera outbreaks in 1836, 1829-1851, and other dates at various times in history. However, there was no lasting effect on british lifespan, and the minor dips in lifespan present in those years are of the same magnitude as random dips in peaceful and healthy years. Cholera had very little to do with british lifespan in the 1800s.

You can start to see that by the late 1800s, Some parts of The British empire were actually better off than Britain itself. For example, by 1890, the average lifespan in Australia topped Britain. the same thing happened in New Zealand. This was probably due to air pollution which was prevalent in Britain, but not in rural New Zealand and Australia.

1. 
a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
The artifact relates to Race, since we looked at the statistics of different countries containing different races.
b) Which other main topics does it also relate to?
West to east, imperialism.
2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it?
I chose it because I wanted to do something other than nothing, and I spent 3 hours processing it
3. What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?
That you need massive outbreaks of diseases to really lower life expectancy.
4. Does this artifact reflect your best work and/or ideas? Why, or why not?
No, because it was a jumble of half formed ideas, guided by a person who shouldn't really be writing reports.
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
3
b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment
5
c) Impact on your learning
5
d) Level of creativity and originality
-5
6. Any additional comments.
HAHAHAHA