Case Study 1:Britain and the Building of a Global Empire

Artifact 1

Origin

The creator and the author of this primary source was both made by Robert Southey. He was also the publisher. The published year and the created year were both in 1807, and the source was published in Britain. He was expelled from Westminster, because he protested against the idea that there were too much flogging in the school. He was also turned into a Unitarianism by his friends.

Purpose

The document exist, because this document shows the children in the 1800's working. Robert Southey wanted to show other people about the lives of children in the 1800's in Britain. The format of this source was a conversation between two people. Robert write like this to show directly about what that man said. He was writing this to a lot of people, since he expressed his feelings a lot in the last paragraph. The document's main point were presented in the passage.

Value

The passage probably took place in the 1800's, since we know that industrial was a major part of the 1800's. Britain was one of the first countries to start it. We know that Robert Southey is really mad about the child labor that was happening at that time. We know that Robert strongly disagree with the usage of the children. He keep trying to make the company owner to look bad, by asking about how child labor were use. This article happened during the industrial revolution, and the article made it a image about it. Lot so child labor were happening at that time, because farm works were not needed anymore.

Limitation

There were parts of the story that was hard to tell in this passage. The passage didn't talk about the wage that the children get. The passage didn't talk about the lives of the children outside of work. The passage only focused on the negative part about the children during this time. This article reflected the time period, because in the early 1800's there was the big Industrial Revolution happening. So, many of the children were face to long time working. The passage did show biased toward the factory owners.

Reflection
1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
I believe this source relates to the Building of the Modern Economy, since the economy today is mainly made up of factories.

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

Human Health

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

processing it?

I wrote in paragraph, because I want to make this artifact look nicer. This artifact took only 2 and half a hour.

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

I definitely learned that children back then were in serious pain for working such a long shift. I am blessed to have the ability to go to school.

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

This work definitely didn't reflect my best work, because it was all limited to the question I need to answer.

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

A 2 for the impact of this to my portfolio. A 1 for my happiness level. A 3 for my learning level. A 1 for the originality.

6. Any additional comments.

I really enjoy it, if we can just type out our own feelings about this.

Artifact 2 

Reflection
1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
The Balance of Powers: Empires Rise and Fall is the best way to describe this artifact, since the notes are mainly about Britain changing to industrial.

    b) Which other main topics does it also relate to?
 Building the Modern Economy.
2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or
processing it?
This page was one of the best notes I have ever taken in my life. It took me about 30 seconds.

3. What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?
I learned a lot while I was taking notes. I understand the steps leading up to the Industrial Revolution.   

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

I think it didn’t reflect the best for me, but I think it did a pretty good job. I like it more whenever we get more freedom.

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
I think a 2 should be the quality of the portfolio. A 2 should be the happiness level of my portfolio. A 3 should be the impact of the learning. A 0 should be the level of creativity and originality.

 6. Any additional comments.
It was kind of boring, but I did learn something.

Artifact 3

"The Great Step toward a Better Nation"

Good morning my dear friends of this lovely town. Today is a day we can all celebrate, because the great Luddites had fallen down. We may have suffered some casualties, but we scored a big notch this time toward them. We captured a big gang of Luddites. They are out of their minds. We hanged 17 people for the murder of Horsfall. They were hanged on the York Castle. We are glad that one of them finally came to their sense, by telling the truth about what happened. So, he walked away safely. Sixty of them will be sent to Australia where they will serve seven years in prison. This crisis beginning in 1812 had led Britain to send troops to different factories. Well, for those out there that believe in the old style way of making things, you are wrong. Our nation is going to be the greatest with these new factories. If you are thinking about smashing another machine, then you are just harming your self. Now, we need to all work together, and then we will have the best years of our life. Thou shall have peace. Thy factory shall have even more peace now. For those Luddites out there, this serves as a warning.

Be very Careful.

Questions

1. How was the Yorkshire textile industry organized in 1801?The textile industry was run by each family. People didn’t have to work long hour shifts.

2. How was the textile industry changing by 1812?The textile industry became all in the factories. People had to work long hour shifts, and the wages is not high either.

3. Who were the Luddites? What were their methods of protest?The Luddites were a group of people who went against the factory owners. They dislike working in a factory. They destroy many of the factory machines.

4. What did it mean to be "twisted in"? Why was this so dangerous?Whenever you are twisted in, it means that you were in something you don’t know about. It can also mean that someone was forced to do something he didn’t want to.

5. Who was General/Ned Ludd?They were the suppose people who started the Luddites.

6. Why were the Luddites prepared to risk their lives protesting? (lots of reasons for this one)Their lives were pretty much destroyed with the factories. They were running out of money, and to work in a factory is very harsh. Sometimes, you work really hard, but you can little wages. You might even be work to death.

7. Why were mill owners and the government so worried? How did they respond to the Luddites?

They were worried that the Luddites might actually have a revolution against the government; also the Luddites might destroy a lot of the machines of the factories causing money. They government sent out punishment for being a Luddite.
8. How were Luddites punished?

They were either hanged, or for less harsh ones are sent to Australia.

Reflection

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
This was a Class Consciousness, since before all of that factory the text tile were like a family business. Now it is all gone.

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

    Building the Modern Economy.
2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or
processing it?
I like it whenever I have a chance to write out a newspaper, and I have written a lot in my life. I spend about a hour finishing this artifact.

3. What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?
I learned about the language usage back in the 1800’s. It is really different from the way we are talking.

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

I think this can be considered one of my good artifacts, because I actually have the ability to create and think.
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
A 2 for the impact on my portfolio. A 3 on the level of happiness and enjoyment for me. A 1 for the impact of me learning. A 4 for the level of creativity.

 6. Any additional comments.
We shouldn’t answer the Luddites questions.

Artifact 4 

Florence Nightingale

Lady with the Lamp

Florence was a great ideal nurse during the 19^th century, and she was considered a heroine back then. She saved a lot of soldiers during the Crimean War. Nightingale is one of the most famous women around that time. Florence is one the famous people that most of us today can easily recognize. She was a strong woman who believed heavily in the equality of people. She stood up for women and the minorities.  She was born on May 12, 1820. She was born to a noble family, so she had a great education in her childhood. She was a very spiritual person, because she believes that God had called her to become a nurse. Her family went against her with the idea that she was going to be a nurse. She kept on pursuing her father, and finally her dad agrees to it. The Crimean war started, whenever the Russia invaded Turkey. Britain was afraid that the Russian power may get so big, that it will be out of control for them. So, Britain decides to send some troops over there, but much of the troops died from sickness. Soon, Florence Nightingale volunteered to be a nurse in Turkeys. The sanitary was terrible there, the soldiers died from how dirty the place was. Florence and her nurses were first assigned to cleaning duty, since women at that time have little rights. It wasn’t until the wounded soldiers overwhelm the hospital, that the nurses were told to start helping out for the doctors. Then this is how Florence gotten her nickname which is “Lady with the Lamp”. The soldiers said that at night, Florence will always walk around the hospital to make sure that everyone of the soldiers are all right.  However, some historians believed that Florence was not that great of a nurse. People believe that after she got there, the death rate didn’t begin to fall down. In fact, the death rate increased. Soon, more historians believe that the hospital Florence was in charge of was one of the dirtiest in the East.

Later Life

            She was sick in the middle of 1855, but she continued to work her best in making sure that the patients are okay. Soon, she returned to England in the August of 1856. After, she returns from the war, she didn’t stop working. She published her thoughts about cleanness in the war camps in two books, Notes on Hospital (1859) and Notes on Nursing (1859). She was able to raise up some money, and she founded the Nightingale School & Home for Nurses at St. Thomas's Hospital. She was a big women’s right person at that time. She wrote books about how women need to be treated. Whenever other countries went through, they come to see the advice of Florence. She even offered to help out India in 1857. Even though she couldn’t go, she still wrote books about how the people should do there. Florence gave lots of advice to the Indians there. She became blind in 1895, and she died on August 13, 1910She received many awards such as Order of Merit, German order of the Cross of Merit, and a honor badge from the Norwegian Red Cross Society. . There might have been some bad sides to Florence, she is still considered as one of the most recognizable heroin.

Reflection

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
This main topic relates to the Gender Roles and the Liberation of Women, since Florence was very important women at that time.

    b) Which other main topics does it also relate to?
Human Health
2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or
processing it?
I chose this artifact, because I knew about Florence ever since I was two. I read books about her. I spend about two hours doing this project.

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

I definitely learned about Florence. This artifact gave me some very amazing facts about what happened whenever she was in Turkey.

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

Well, this artifact definitely showed my researching skills that I have.
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

A 2 for the impact to my portfolio. A 1 for the level of enjoyment. A 4 for the impact on my learning. A 3 for the impact of creativity.

 6. Any additional comments.

I want to be a nurse.

Artifact 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZNAnlDQSus

Sorry for the trouble, but may you please go to this website for the Google Earth Tour. The first minute is nothing, so you should start reading the information I putted up there. The Google Earth Tour goes in the same order as the following text. Please Read.

Trains

The train system first started big in the 1820’s in Britain. Steam was the engine that got the trains to power.Napoleonic Wars let the train station company became rich, because a lot of the transportation were made in trains. Trains became important for industrialization. Trains built up the city of London.

           Liverpool and Manchester Railway  is one of the oldest railways in England, and it is pretty famous too. Liverpool and Manchester Railway was one of the first modernized train railway. There was a timetable, stations, and even trains. There was a great competition about the kind of engine that they wanted to use, so it was decided that they were going to use the Rocket built by Robert Stephenson. The route was meant to help transport goods between cities. On September 15, 1830 this rail road was opened. It was a great success, since that over 440,000 passengers ride on this rail road for 1831. The rail is actually 31 miles long. It took him two years to complete the process.           

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway is a railway from 1846 to 1922. In 1922, the railway became part of Southern Railway of Britain. London, Brighton and South Coast Railway contains the city London, Sussex, and Surrey. London and Croydon Railway, London and Brighton Railway, and Brighton and Chichester Railway are the main railways that makes the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway up.

London Waterloo Station is one of the biggest and the busiest train station in UK. It was built in 1848. Liverpool street station built in 1874. London Bridge Station was built in 1836.

Modern Day London Bridge Station

Modern London Waterloo Station

 Liverpool Street Station Modern (Inside)

 Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Reflection

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
I believe that this artifact relates to Communication and Transportation, since trains are very important back then.

    b) Which other main topics does it also relate to?
Building the Modern Economy.
2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or
processing it?

I choose to do trains, because I loved trains ever since I was little. It took me about 73 hours to do this thing.

3. What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?
I learned a lot more about Google Earth. Also, I learned about some major train stations at that time.

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

No, because I can’t record my voice in the Google Earth. I love speaking more than Writing.
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
A 1 for the impact to my portfolio. A 0 for the level of enjoyment. A 3 for the impact on my learning. A 3 for the impact of creativity.

 6. Any additional comments.
Google Earth tour is not a very good thing to use.

Artifact 6

"The Mystery of the Disease"

Therlock stood there among the rest of the people walking in the street. I couldn’t tell him out of the crowding people, he was in pure incognito. I waited for his sign, as I felt a drop of sweat on shoulder. I grab on my revolver tight ready for any sudden movement of my dear friend. Just then, he charged toward a man who came out running of a store. In a matter of seconds, a perching scream came out of the store. Then, a smash could be heard inside the shop.

I ran straight in to the shop without either bothering to look behind me. I took out my revolver, as I kicked the door open. I saw something that I shall never forget in my life. A man with sickness above all level laid there died with a stabbing straight through his heart. Also, the screaming lady laying dead with a chair smashed through her skull creating a river of blood. The lady’s mouth is still wide open. I sensed a man that is still around the store. I got my revolver ready, and I kicked open the door leading up stairs. There was four tiny bottles that were labeled Tu, D, C, Ty, and S. It seems odd to me, since in there it was nothing but full of a liquid substance.

“Hello there, thank God you are here. There was some terrible crimes done down there,” said a young man.

I pointed my revolver directly toward his forehead, and then I realized he look innocent as a disciple.

I said, “Sorry for the misbehavior, but I have only come here by the orders of the great Therlock Bolmes. Can you explain to me what had happened?”

The boy said, “I was cleaning the storage room, and all I could hear was a loud yell of pain from Master Danny and then a screaming sound from Mistress Allena. Then I saw the face of a man with a twisted face running away from the store. Then I stepped outside, and then I met you.”

“Do you what are these?” I said as I hold up the bottles.

His face turned to instant anxiety, and he begins to stumble on his words. Just then, Therlock Bolmes busted through the door with the most hideous man that I have ever seen. He came with eight officer policeman.

“Well, today was a fun day! We captured two of my most wanted criminals here,” said Therlock Bolmes.

“What did I do wrong?” the boy yelled.

 Just then, Therlock grab the pocket inside his jacket, and he was able to pull out 8 bottles with fluids in there. You could see the word typhus, small pox, and cholera around it.

“I believe I have just busted the great Blann Dachard, the chemist who kills people with disease that seems common to this world. Arrest them officers, now this is a case worthy of recording now in that little notebook of yours Datson.”

I said in amazement, “How do you do it Bolmes? You make it so simple, but I know it is hard.”

“It is all elementary my dear Datson, come I will tell you on the way home,” Bolmes said with a little smile.

Bolmes said, “It all started one day whenever I arrived to the house of Sir Busch Lock. He died of typhus which was a disease that usually comes from the passing of one person to anther. Well, this seems pretty nature to me, until I found out that he never left his house since the age of 24. He has a problem with his heart which serves as a blockade to the outside freedom world. Then I knew that this was a murder. I saw something that sparked my theory a whole new step. I saw a tiny bottle with the word Ty. I knew right then that this is the one and the only clue I needed for evidence. I connected all the connections of any friends of Sir Lock. I found a very special chemist name Blann Danchard. Then everything seems to fall right in place. Blann was a child who worked for many different owners. His brothers died of diseases that are very easy to get in the small and unsanitary place of the factory. His brothers were left for the dead whenever they found out, they had these disease. All he wants now is revenge. So he began collecting typhus cells from insects and rats, he got cholera cells from the contaminated waters in the sewage. He received diphtheria, tuberculosis, and small pox all from the crowded center of towns; he even got some from the hospital. He collected the salva of those people. He put them all in the food of his old masters. I got the list of the masters that controlled him before, but it was too late. All his masters were dead expect for the last one which is Danny Lighthead. He had poisoned him long ago, but he seems to be still surviving. His patience had left him, so he decided to come back to end his life. Luckily my Daker Street irregular boys were able to tract him down. So, we two had the ability of arriving to the spot of the incident. It went earlier than I thought. He was smart by sending a red herring to make us chase the wrong guy, but he didn’t know there was a Mistress in the house. He killed the mistress, and he didn’t have time for escaped. Now all the evidence I need is these bottles I have gotten from him. We will try them on our lab rats, and then we shall able to catch him. Now, lets go back home.”

 Reflection

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

I believe this artifact relates to Human Health, because this whole story is about the diseases of the 19th century.

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

Building the Modern Economy.

2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or
processing it?
I love short stories, and I am not good at drawing.. I spend around 2 hours doing this project.

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

I learned how hard it is to write a mystery novel, you need a lot of thoughts.
4. Does this artifact reflect your best work and/or ideas? Why, or why not?

Well, this artifact showed the creativity of me.
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

A 3 for the impact to my portfolio. A 3 for the level of enjoyment. A 1 for the impact on my learning. A 4 for the impact of creativity.

 6. Any additional comments.

Sherlock Holmes is a real person.

Artifact 7

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

He was born May 22, 1859. His childhood wasn’t the best at all. His father was faced with depressions and alcohol problems. He died whenever Conan was only nine. He became a doctor in 1885. He settled down in England after traveling to different places. He started to write about Sherlock Holmes at the near end of the 1880’s. He became a very spiritual person at that time. He believed in fairies and spiritualism. One of his most admired people in his life was Joe Bell, which he made Sherlock Holmes seemed like. He wrote much of the book around the time whenever he was in clinic. His patients aren’t a lot, so he had time to work on his writing. He became a spiritualist later in his life. He started to have strong feelings about fairies; he even posted a picture of fairies dancing. Later the picture was proven a fraud. He died in 1930, because of a heart disease.

Sherlock Holmes

Quick Passage                 

It was on a bitterly cold and frosty morning, towards the end of the winter of '97, that I was awakened by a tugging at my shoulder. It was Holmes. The candle in his hand shone upon his eager, stooping face, and told me at a glance that something was amiss.

"Come, Watson, come!" he cried. "The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!"--from "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange”

Influence

He is a very famous fictional character of all time. Items such as the curved pipe, the deerstalker hat, and the magnifying glass are all symbols today for mystery. The writing of the book pretty much started around 1886 and 1927. There is even a museum that is built for him at Baker Street 221 B. There are letters that address each year asking for advice. Around the world there are Sherlockians, they are people who have a special feeling for Sherlock. There is even a whole cartoon called Case Closed, in which the main character’s name is Conan.

 Reflection

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

I believe that this artifact shows the Human Expression through Arts, because writing is par of art.

    b) Which other main topics does it also relate to?
Human Expression through Arts

2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or
processing it?
I love Sherlock Holmes, so I wanted to do a report on the author. I spend around 2 hours doing this project.

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

I understand the problems that were faced to the author whenever he was little. Also, I knew where the characters of the book came from.

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

Well, this artifact definitely showed my researching skills that I have.
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

A 2 for the impact to my portfolio. A -2 for the level of enjoyment. A 3 for the impact on my learning. A 0 for the impact of creativity.

 6. Any additional comments.

Sherlock Holmes is a real person.

Artifact 8

Dear Mr. Bagger,

            Hi, my name is Daniel. This is the first time I send a message back in time. I just hope that you receive this. You were born on the day after Christmas right? You see, I am like the number one fan of you. My parents are like the exact same as yours. They put education in front of everything else. I haven been sent to many top schools too in my life. I love you so much for creating the calculator in 1835, you are awesome. Well today, there are graphing, scientific, and more complex than you can ever think of. You didn’t even stop there. You continued on to build this second big old engine that calculates. We honored by building a replica engine on your 200^th birthday. I hope one day I can go to Cambridge, the university where you taught at. What most amazes me is that, you build all of this not even with electronics. It was pure mechanical, you rock man (my friend say that you don't know what rock mean, but I think you do). Your calculator help me so much. Once, there was only 18 seconds left on the clock, and your calculator helped me. I needed to solve 802432 times 8552085. I thought I was about to die, but then I plug it in to the calculator. The answer came in one second. There are even games now on the the calculator. You can even graph a equations too on the graph. People have said that calculators make you stupid, that is wrong. Math is about reasoning not about computing. You are the best.

                                                                                                        Your Fan,

                                                                                                         Daniel Liu

Reflection

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
The best way to describe this artifact is Invention, Ingenuity, and Entrepreneurs, because it talked about a new invention.

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

2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or
processing it?
Writing a letter is something I love. It took me about one hour to write it.

3. What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?
I finally knew who started this whole computer thing, and I learned about the calculator process.

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

This artifact definitely gave me a lot of freedom. I chose what I wanted to do. I love writing a letter.

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
A 3 for the impact to my portfolio. A 3 for the level of enjoyment. A 4 for the impact on my learning. A 4 for the impact of creativity.

 6. Any additional comments.

I hope I can actually do this one day.

Artifact 9

Charles Darwin

Reflection

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
I believe this artifact relates Evolution, because that the picture is actually Charles Darwin.

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

The Universe through Microscope

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

processing it?

II chose to draw a picture, because I believe a picture can represent a lot of things. Plus, I haven't draw a picture in a long time.

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

I learned about his life and his appearances in his whole entire life. I also learned some important facts in drawing a portrait.
4. Does this artifact reflect your best work and/or ideas? Why, or why not?

I use to take a lot of art classes back in my elementary schools. I still sucked at drawing even though I took those classes.

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

I believe a 2 for the quality of my portfolio. A 1 should be for my happiness and enjoyment. A 0 would be a good score for my learning. A 3 should be for my creativity and originality.

6. Any additional comments.

Charles Darwin is cool.

Artifact 10
Rough Draft
                  Urbanization was a great factor in the Industrial Revolution of the 19^th century. There were great causes to the Urbanization, and there will definitely be consequences coming with the causes. The inventions of new machines led to a bigger, crowded, and heavily dense cites. The health of the cities became a problem, because there is a lot of muck going around the city. The sanitary of the city begin to fall down. Finally, the great factories lured hundreds of people into the city. This harsh and painful revolution caused many pain to many people at that time, but this revolution got us the economy we have today.      

The machines that were built in the factories were the cause of many people living their hometowns. Spinning mechanization were a great cause that put the weaving of the textile industry. Spinning cause the clothing to become cheaper, and with supply and demand it made spinning a more profitable business. During this time, the handloom weavers were actually worth something. The factories owners in fact hired a lot of them, and they all got a pretty good pay. In the year 1824, things begin to change. The handloom weavers were less needed, as more and more machines were built. So, the needs of the weavers were unnecessary any more. Both the factories and the handloom weavers can strive, but whenever the recession came the handloom weaver drop dramatically. Since there were many machines that were created, a lot of the Luddites begin to smash up machines. The machine changing was the cause of why many of the major factory cities are moving inland. The factories don’t need to be near the streams anymore. The machine changed into newer steam power. So, the factories don’t need to rely heavily on the streams flowing, but the steam can cause circular motions for the mills to work. Thus, the factories don’t need to be separated. Much of the factories can all be gather up really tight. Power sources are a large role for the building of any factories. The creation of cities such as Yorkshire and Lancashire are caused by this new invention.

            There were some great other causes that made the people both “pull” and “push” into the cities that are full of factories, and with the result of many people coming into the cites that means the health problems are increasing. A simple cause and effect is the sanitary of Britain in the crowded cities. More wastes are coming out of the city than ever. Then the healths of the overall people are beginning weakened. Diphtheria, tuberculosis, and small pox are diseases that can easily be infected to a person just by talking to other people. Typhus is a disease that can be found of rats and insects. The cities can’t control the level of those infectious animals running wild among the cities. Cholera which is a disease that is spread through contaminated water are also one of the big problems.  The way the leaders acted caused a lot more deaths than needed. The community leaders focused more on the building of the cities and more ways to make the cities looks better. One of reason that a lot of people are moving into the city is that much of the people believe in the city it will have better living conditions. They thought that the cities will have a better than life than living in the rural area. The people that move to the urban areas by freedom are usually young guns. In a city there will be more social life for the young guns. They get to have more fun, but their wages is pretty darn low. Later, more people move out of England into North America, New Zealand, and Australia.

            The great urbanization that we can see happening to Britain in the 19^th century were mainly caused by the Industrial Revolution. Some of the urbanization was not happy thoughts for some of the older generation. They were forced to move into the cities, and they were forced to work for the factories. Their lands were all closed down by the factories, because the original way of making anything can’t compete with the factories. Since the farms of people living in the rural area are all taken away, they now are all forced to move to the factories. They have to work low wages. Then this was the cause of the child labors that we can see happening during that time. Young children were gone to the factories at an early age. The family doesn’t have enough income to support all the children. Sometimes the parents are kind of hoping that the children may be sent of to work. Home business would soon become devour by the factories; some of the trades are textile, potters, furniture makers, brewers, millers and other trades. This revolution caused the beginning of the Luddites. Luddites are a group of people who attack the factories for stealing away their life.

            There were great causes and effects in the 19^th century of Great Britain. The urbanization of the 19th century were mainly caused by the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The health of the populated dense cities are now very dirty, and the sanitize of the cities are beginning to drop. Finally, with the inventions of many new machines the cities that we see today are beginning to take shape.The Industrial Revolution may have caused greatly to the people during that time, but there is a reward of the revolution. The economy in the 21th century is mainly made up of electronics, automobiles, and books are all made in factories. All the great technology that humans have today are the result of the changing of humans in the 19th century. Every move a person make, there will always be consequences behind it.
Final Draft
        Urbanization was a great factor in the Industrial Revolution of the 19^th century. There were great causes to the Urbanization, and there will definitely be consequences coming with the causes. The inventions of new machines led to a bigger, crowded, and heavily dense cites. The health of the cities became a problem, because there is a lot of waste going around the city. The sanitary of the city begin to fall down. Finally, the great factories lured hundreds of people into the city. This harsh and painful revolution caused many pain to many people at that time, but this revolution got us the economy we have today.

The machines that were built in the factories were the cause of the bigger and crowded cities today. A new machine was built for the textile industry which is spinning.  Spinning mechanization were a great problem to the weaving of the textile industry. Spinning made the clothing to become cheaper, and with supply and demand it made spinning a more profitable business. In the early time of spinning mechanization, the handloom weavers were actually worth something. The factories owners in fact hired a lot of them, and they all got a pretty good pay. In the year 1824, things begin to change. The handloom weavers were less needed, as more and more machines were built. So, the needs of the weavers were unnecessary any more. Both the factories and the handloom weavers can strive, but whenever the recession came the handloom weaver drop dramatically. Since there were many machines that were created, a lot of the Luddites begin to smash up machines. The machine changing was the cause of why many of the major factory cities are moving inland. The factories don’t need to be near the streams anymore for the water power. The machine changed into better steam power. So, the factories don’t need to rely heavily on the streams flowing, but the steam can cause circular motions for the mills to work. Thus, the factories don’t need to be separated. Much of the factories can all be gather up really tight. Power sources are a large role for the building of any factories. The creation of cities such as Yorkshire and Lancashire are caused by this new invention. New inventions cause a crowded, and changed cities.

            There were some great other causes that made the people both “pull” and “push” into the cities that are full of factories, and with the result of many people coming into the cites that means the health problems are increasing. A simple cause and effect is the sanitary of Britain in the crowded cities. More wastes are coming out of the city than ever, because there are a lot of people coming into the cities. Then the healths of the overall people are beginning weakened. Diphtheria, tuberculosis, and small pox are diseases that can easily be infected to a person just by talking to other people. Typhus is a disease that can be found of rats and insects. The cities can’t control the level of those infectious animals running wild among the cities. Cholera which is a disease that is spread through contaminated water is also one of the big problems.  The way the leaders acted caused a lot more deaths than needed. The community leaders focused more on the building of the cities and more ways to make the cities looks better, they didn’t seem to mind about the health of the people until the extreme. One of reason that a lot of people are moving into the city is that much of the people believe in the city it will have better living conditions. They thought that the cities will have a better than life than living in the rural area. The people that move to the urban areas by freedom are usually young guns. In a city there will be more social life for the young guns. They get to have more fun, but their wages is pretty darn low. Later, more people move out of England into North America, New Zealand, and Australia.
            The great urbanization that we can see happening to Britain in the 19^th century was mainly caused by the Industrial Revolution. Some of the urbanization was not happy thoughts for some of the older generation. They were forced to move into the cities, and they were forced to work for the factories. The older generation people’s lands were all taken away by the force of shut down. They are running out of money because the original way of making of almost anything can’t compete with the factories. So, the people coming to their last choice, they began to leave for the cities. They have to work for low wages. Thus, the children of the household were beginning to be send to factories for work. The family needed more money to support the family. Children were gone to the factories at an early age. Sometimes the parents are even hoping that the children may be sent of to work. Thus, this created the child labor issues in the 19^th century. Then in the later 1800’s home business would soon become devour by the factories such as the trades of textile, potters, furniture makers, brewers, millers and other trades. This revolution caused the beginning of the Luddites. Luddites are a group of people who attack the factories for stealing away their life. The Luddites started to destroy machines, and sometimes even worse like killing factory owners. Urbanization was caused by the revolution of industry.
            There were great causes and effects in the 19^th century of Great Britain. The urbanization of the 19th century was mainly caused by the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The healths of the populated dense cities are now very dirty, and the sanitizations of the cities are beginning to drop. Finally, with the inventions of many new machines the cities that we see today are beginning to take shape. The Industrial Revolution may have caused greatly to the people during that time, but there is a reward of the revolution. The economy of the 21^st century is mainly made up of electronics, automobiles, and housings. They are all made in factories. All the great technology that humans have today is the result of the changing of humans in the 19th century. Every move a person make, there will always be consequences behind it.
Reflection

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
I believe this artifact relates to Urbanization, because this essay talks about the movement of humans into the urban areas.

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

Human Migration

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

processing it?

I chose to write in this style, because I believe it is the best way to present an idea. I chose to do cause and effects for paragraph 2 and 3. Then for the 4^th paragraph I wrote one big cause and effect.

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

This was my first time writing a cause and effect paper. I learned a lot about the logical process of writing a cause and effect paper.

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

I believe this artifact reflect a good deal about my thinking style and creativity.

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

A 2 for the impact of this to my portfolio. A 1 for my happiness level. A 4 for my learning level. A 3 for the originality.

6. Any additional comments.

Urbanization rocks.

Artifact 11
The Link
http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=chadwyck_ep/uvaGenText/tei/chep_3.2142.xml&query=man
The Man's Lament Poem Link

Origin
The primary source is a book called The Black Man's Lament; or How to Make Sugar.
The book was published in London, and it was both created and published in the year 1826. The book was actually a poem, which was created by Amelia Opie. Harvey and Darton were the co-publishers.
 Purpose
The document exist, because it was one of the few books that were for children about slavery. The author wrote this poem was meant to rise the awareness of slavery. She started with the children, since she knew that they will be the leaders of the next generation. The author wrote in a poem, because it will be funny to read for the little children. The illustrations also gives the children a good clear image of what is going on. The audience of the book was pretty much the children. This source tells of a good description of an African-American. There are definitely  more deep meanings inside the poem, since their are a lot of figurative language.
Value
 The author is an abolitionist.  The time period can be easily recognized as the time whenever slavery was still around. Opie had already created some works about slavery, so this wasn't Opie's first time creating a slavery poem. A great controversy presented inside the book was with the slaves. Opie was on the side where people went against them. Opie was an abolitionist. In history, people at that time are trying to abolish slavery. 
Limitation
We can only see how cruel the owners of the slaves are treating to the slaves themselves. We can't see the benefits of working for owners. The owners might be mad at the slaves for not working hard enough, because they give them the best food, bed, and housing. This primary source is very accurate. Slavery did happen to Britain. The author included a lot of a slave's life, but she didn't include what a owner would say. Maybe, not all of the owners are like the one describe in the book.

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
I believe this artifact relates to Race Relations, since the primary source is about a poem written about slavery.

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

Human Health

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

processing it?

This artifact is very similar to Artifact 1. Except this artifact’s primary source is given a choice for us. We can choose what we want to do.  

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

I learned there were a lot of abolitionists back in that time. People were promoting the awareness of slavery treatment to the young children.

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

I learned how to make this types of artifact more creative now. I was able to make it better, and it seem more fun to make it at the same 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

    b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment

    c) Impact on your learning

    d) Level of creativity and originality

I believe a 2 for the quality of my portfolio. A -1 for my happiness and enjoyment. A -2 for my learning. A 1 for my creativity and originality.

6. Any additional comments.

Slavery is bad.

Artifact 12

Reflection

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
I believe this artifact relates to The Notion of the Frontier, because the notes talk about humans moving because of work. .

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

Urbanization

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

processing it?

This page of my notes is the best ideal page that I have written so far.  

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

I learned a lot more in depth about the industrial revolution, and the effects of going through that revolution.

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

This artifact definitely reflects my works, because these notes are the foundations for much of the artifacts.

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

A 2 for the impact of this to my portfolio. A 1 for my happiness level. A 3 for my learning level. A 1 for the originality.

6. Any additional comments.

I really enjoy it, because I like this way of taking notes.

Artifact 13

There were three graphs that showed a lot about Britain during the 19^th century. Human movements caused many economic changes. At the same time there were many causes of the human movements. Industrialization was a great cause of much of the human movements in the 19^th century. At that time there were many colonies of Britain that become present day countries. The colonies were India, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Even though United States gain their independence from Britain, but much of the immigration of Britain was going to United States.

1
The first graph was life expectancy versus income per person. From the Gapminder we can tell that Britain focused heavily on the colonies such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, because their economy grew a lot during this time. New Zealand and Australia had very similar movements of the economic growth, they both had their up and downs at about the same time. I believe that it is because of the great geographical area of the two colonies, they were really close. India didn’t seem to have much life expectancy growth or economic growth. We can see economic growth to those areas. The life expectancy rate remained about the same for the first 70 years of the century. Britain had much up and downs for the first 70 years. A lot of the life expectancy growth came in the 1870’s were the inventions of vaccines, preventing disease spreading, new drugs, low cost to medical service, and the schools began to teach about staying clean.

What does this relate to Human Migration?

Well, we can see that people are moving around and out of Britain in this century with this graph. The GDP went up high in the late century for colonies, United States, and Britain, but some of colonies and country beat Britain in economic growth. These colonies and countries are Australia, New Zealand, and United States. This means movement of Britain. Workers are moving into new colonies and countries.

2
The second graph is the comparison of the fertility rate and the CO2 emission rate. The fertility rate for the colonies, Britain, and United States all dropped in the beginning of the 19^th century. The dropping of fertility rate is caused by the Industrial Revolution. I believe that the revolution caused many mental depressions upon families at that time. Thus, the fertility rate began to drop. I chose to use CO2, because the emission of Carbon Dioxide is similar to the factories with chimney smoke releases. A measure of the CO2 emission shows the industrial growth of the countries. Only Britain and United States broke the 10 tones per person mark before the end of 19^th century.

Why does this relate to Human Migration?

The CO2 emissions include coal. So, we can conclude that the factories of United States are increasing. Britain also had a great strive in the tones produced each year increase in the 1860’s, but it began to decrease soon after a couple of years. At the same time United States’ emissions are increasing. Near the end of the 19^th century, you could see United States emissions began to increase it seemed like it was going to have a great increase of the emissions. The fertility rate dropping means the economic hardships that people have. The fertility rate droppings can be found for the colonies, Britain, and United States.

3
Why does this relate to Human Migration? 

The third graph is just a measure of the population from the 1800’s. India was already high in population in the beginning of the 19^th century. There was still growth added to India through out the century. The Industrial Revolution seemed to be a major caused of the population growth that we can see happening to United States. A lot of British people lost their jobs to the factories decided to travel to other countries. It was easy for them just to travel to a country that had been or are currently under British control. So, there was a little bit of population growth for Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. United States had a great population growth after 1850’s. United States passed Britain before the end of the century. This is another good reason where Human Migration can be seen. The population of United States in the beginning of the century is lower than Britain, but later United States topped Britain. United States seemed to be a better chance than the other colonies for migration of humans.

Reflection

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
I believe this artifact relates to Human Movement and Migration, because that the graph shows the people moving around the world in the 19^th century .

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

Human Health

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

processing it?

I always like studying population. Ever since, I was little I will try to memorize the population of certain cities. I spend about 3 hours doing this artifact.

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

I learned about the population growth of the 1800’s. The 19^th century was a great century that changed the population of different countries.

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

I don’t this artifact reflect my work a lot. I am not really good at analyzing graphs, I believe eventually I will get better at 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

    b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment

    c) Impact on your learning

    d) Level of creativity and originality

A 1 for the impact of this to my portfolio. A -2 for my happiness level. A 3 for my learning level. A 1 for the originality.

6. Any additional comments.

This is one of the hardest artifacts.

Artifact 14
Part 1
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=116972175032608#!/video/video.php?v=116954021701090Part 2
 http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=116972175032608
Reflection

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
I believe this artifact relates to the universe under microscope, because it is about the study of animals and plants. 

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

Evolution

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

processing it?

We spend about a whole day to present this artifact. Our group believed that the theory of Charles Darwin is very interesting, so that is why we decided to put to make a video presentation about it.

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

I learned a lot about the process in which Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution. Also, we get to experience what it is like to be Charles Darwin.

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

This artifact definitely represents my best work. The whole entire script was written by the group. I put a lot of ideas into 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

    b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment

    c) Impact on your learning

    d) Level of creativity and originality

I believe a 2 for the quality of my portfolio. A 5 should be for my happiness and enjoyment. A 4 should be for the impact of my learning. A  5 for my creativity and originality.

6. Any additional comments.

I really enjoy it; it was as very fun experience for us to film the whole entire video.

Artifact 15

Green=These are the key dates of the British Imperialism.

Purple=These are the important dates of the scientist John Couch Adams.

• January 1, 1801- An act of union created the United Kingdom.  
• Early of 1807- The trading of slavery is stopped in Great Britain.
• 1811 to 1812- The Luddites mad many attacks to the factories of Britain. The Luddites were a group of people who went against the Industrial Revolution.
• March, 1815- The corn laws, which were laws that protected the home agriculture of Britain.
• June, 1815- The Napoleonic war finally ended in Waterloo.
• June, 1819-John Couch Adam was born in a small town next to Cornwall, Britain.
• September, 1825- The first ever world wide locomotive was given passengers a ride.
• 1832- The First Reform Bill passed, this allow the population of voting in Britain increase to 1 million.
• 1833- The government of Britain passed a law that stopped slavery in Britain.
• 1839 to 1842- The opium war of China and Britain broke out. It lasted about three years.
• 1839 to 1843-John was know with his talents with math at a very young age. He went to the St. John College. He received a bachelor degrees there. He started his investigations about the irregular movements of the planet Uranus.
• 1840- The percentage of workers in industry had risen 15 percent since 1770's.
• September, 1845-The Irish potatoes famine begins in Ireland.
• September, 1845- After start studying in Cambridge, he published his first solution of the irregular movements to Professor Challis, the director of the Cambridge Observatory. He came to this solution by using the idea of gravity by Newton. Some how, his research was ignored in the observatory. 
• October, 1845- This time John went to the Greenwich Observatory. He presented his ideas again to George Biddell Airy. A bad communication caused the paper to be observe again in the observatory. 
• November, 1845- Urbain Le Verrier over in France also started presenting his ideas to the people there.
• Late 1846- People in Cambridge began to start looking for the planet that John predicted. At the same time in September 23 of 1846, Verrier send his report to the Berlin Observatory.  Dr. Galle observed Neptune at that day. Immediately, Britain responded to that idea stating that John Couch Adams was also the founder of Neptune. Further investigations showed, that John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier thought of this idea individually. So, they were both awarded with the discovery of this new planet called Neptune.
• 1847-John was given the chance to be knighted, but he was too humble to accept it.
• 1848- John won the Copley Medal
• 1851 to1853- He was elected in as the President of the Royal Astronomical Society.
• 1853- He made a better theory for the Moon's motion than the original theory by Laplace. 
• 1854- The Crimean War began with Britain and France versus Russia.
• 1859-John Couch Adams became the teacher for Geometry and  Astronomy in Cambridge University.
• 1861- Couch Adams became the leader of the Cambridge Observatory.
• 1866-Adams correctly predicted the Leonid meteor shower. He received a Golden Award of the Royal Astronomical Society for lunar perigee and acceleration.
• 1863-John was married to Elizabeth Bruce.  
• 1867-The second reform act is issued. This act allowed more of the middle-class people to vote.
• August, 1870- Women in Britain to receive certain rights to them.
• 1872- The voting problem has take a new step. People begin start using what called as Secret Ballot.
• 1874 to1876-John was elected again as the President of the Nation Astronomical Society.
• May, 1876- Queen of England was assigned as the role of Empress of Ireland

• August, 1880-Education became more and more required for more children.
• December, 1880- The First Boer War began in Africa. This war only lasted a couple of months.
• 1883-Women gain more in this year. A married woman have the right to own their own property.
• 1884- The Third Reform Act passed, it made the voting population into the rural areas of England.
• 1886- The "Home Rule" idea by William Gladstone was written. The "Home Rule" was later denied and not passed.
• 1889-The downfall of John's life began. He gotten serious stomach haemorrhage. 
• January, 1892-John Couch Adams died at the age of 72.
• 1896-The Scientific Papers of John Couch Adams volume I is published, and it was edited by William Grylls Adams and Ralph Allen Sampson.
•  1899-The Second Boer War begins in Southern Africa, and the war lasted three years.
• 1900-The Scientific Papers of John Couch Adams volume II is published, and it was edited by William Grylls Adams and Ralph Allen Sampson.  
 

Reflections

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
I believe this artifact is relate to universe under the telescope, because that John Couch Adams discovered Neptune. Also, the artifacts contain dates important to Britain.

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

Globalization and Imperialism

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

processing it?

I decided to do the timeline on a certain person, because this is a better way to present a biography of a famous person.

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

The life of John Couch Adams seems to be all under my belt now. I learned a lot about the life of him.

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

This artifact reflects a lot of my best work and ideas, because this artifact showed a lot about me having the ability of researching.

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

A 3 for the impact of this to my portfolio. A 1 for my happiness level. A 5 for my learning level. A 2 for the originality.

6. Any additional comments.

A scientist life is no different from mine.

Artifact 16

My Photo Story

Kaohsiung on Prezi

http://prezi.com/wjq-x9mzxtv-/kaohsiung/

Reflection

1. a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?
I believe this artifact relates to the globalization under imperialism, because it is a British Consulate in Taiwan.

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

Human Migration

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

processing it?

I chose the pictures are all defined in the prezi. The reason that I chose to do the story on the stray dogs of Taiwan are because of the amount of stray dogs in Taiwan.

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

I learned a lot about the different techniques of taking pictures. I learned to tell the difference of a good picture and a bad picture.

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

This works reflect a lot on my artistic abilities. I was able to make the prezi look really nice. 

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

A 4 for the impact of this to my portfolio. A 4 for my happiness level. A -2 for my learning level. A 3 for the originality.

6. Any additional comments.

I love taking photos.

Artifact 17 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJbMGDnhK5o
My Speech
 *Please Read Along. I know I stuttered a lot, so some part of this speech may not be understandable.

Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen of this house. In the past two of our greatest politicians stand before us in this house. These two politicians are the Conservatism Benjamin Disraeli and the Liberalist William Gladstone. We know that these two never agreed with each other, and we know that hatred can be seen around these two people. William Gladstone’s characteristics are definitely different from Benjamin Disraeli. Benjamin Disraeli has more of flattery personalities, and William Gladstone has a bad personality, which caused him a lot of problems, because he didn’t have much friends. Well, today I will show you the rights and the wrongs of these two people

First, I will talk about the “Home Rule”. The home rule was an idea thought up by William Gladstone. The “Home Rule” basically states that Britain will give a whole parliamentary. A parliamentary again, I state again is a term for government dears sirs a government. Well, they stated that they wanted to give a government to Ireland, because of the famine that is going on the potatoes famine actually. Because that right now, their country or our country is in a great despair, but that clause stated by William Gladstone is not stating that we are giving full power to Ireland. We still have the power to control defense issues, foreign relationship, and trading issues of Ireland. We still have that power to do so people listen and listen people listen about this, Ireland are part of us too. We are the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland people. We are great, that is what makes us great. We need to help them. Whenever they are in trouble we need help them. Now, I definitely disagree and very hatred who repealed this great act by William Gladstone.

Secondly, I will talk about the 1867 Reformation Act that was stated by both of those people Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. This is the first time they actually agreed on something; well this is one of the few times they actually agreed on something. This act just stated that more of the middle class people will have the chance of voting in this issue for our world, for this nation, this is a great nation of United Kingdom, this is a great nation people. . So, we need people to vote out there. This reformation act nearly doubled the size before. This act serves as a great transformation of Britain that we can see right now. So that is why, I agree and strongly support those people for doing so.

Thirdly, I will move on to the “Corn Law”. A basic history about of “Corn Law”, in 1815 whenever the Napoleon War ended, there was a great famine going around Britain or actually the whole Europe. The “Corn Law” was produced to protect the agriculture of Britain the farmers of Britain, and listen to this 1846 Robert Peel, right then the prime minister of England, at that time he wanted to repeal against this idea. Well, that is a good idea. Guess What? Disraeli went against that idea. So I definitely disgust him for doing so, that is not a good idea by him people! Our country, Britain, is not a farming country any more. We are not the agriculture country, people. We are moving into industry. Factories are producing everyday. If we stay in agriculture we will remain in this despair and this lonely country behind the other Europe countries. That is why the “Corn Law” should be repealed people, and it did and I thank you for that thank you every single one of you here for that

            Finally, I have a final statement to make I have concluded that Disraeli was a better politician. First off, he did a better job than Gladstone, because personally I believe in nationalism. I like his idea of nationalism and I agree that United Kingdom will survive better and that is what makes the British Empire we have today, and even though Disraeli have some disagreements with me and I don’t agree with Disraeli for every part. But I agree with Disraeli supporting the nationalism.

Reflection

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

I believe this artifact relates Nationalism and Liberalism, because this is the starting point of United Kingdom. Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone were debating a lot about the decision that need to be made for the British Empire.

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

Building of the Modern Economy

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

processing it?

I decided to write in a very simple format of letter, because it is a good way to represent ideas.

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

I definitely learned more about the Irish potatoes famine. I also learned the ways of how politicians act during the 19^th century.

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

This is one of my best works, because I love to debate. So, a position paper is very similar to a debate.

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

A -1 for the impact of this to my portfolio. A 0 for my happiness level. A 3 for my learning level. A 2 for the originality.

6. Any additional comments.

I love debate.