We'll do a couple of different things today... We'll focus on economics tomorrow.
Powerpoint "Introduction": We're going to watch an overview PowerPoint presentation on Industrialization and Its Consequences. This is from the A World History for Us All curriculum that I have borrowed a number of things from. The idea is that you might watch this at the start of what they call, "Big Era 7: The Modern Revolution." I think some of it is really good (some kind of goofy), and it does a good job of linking the ideas we've been studying to industrialization while previewing some of what is to come.
Cartoons - Industrialization and Imperialism
Powerpoint "Introduction": We're going to watch an overview PowerPoint presentation on Industrialization and Its Consequences. This is from the A World History for Us All curriculum that I have borrowed a number of things from. The idea is that you might watch this at the start of what they call, "Big Era 7: The Modern Revolution." I think some of it is really good (some kind of goofy), and it does a good job of linking the ideas we've been studying to industrialization while previewing some of what is to come.
Cartoons - Industrialization and Imperialism
In this assignment, you will produce two cartoons
of your own in editorial/political cartoon style. One will be on
industrialization (or a closely related issue) and one will be on
imperialism (or a specific example). These will both be due on Friday, January 8th.
Here are the guidelines:
- My preference is for each cartoon to be in black/color ink on 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper.
- You may use multiple panels, but most cartoons of this style are usually a single panel.
- Text on the cartoon may be typed (cut and paste) or hand-written, but must be legible.
- Your ideas are more important than artistic excellence, but there should be evidence of appropriate effort.
- You will be evaluated on adherence to topic, effectiveness of "message", creativity and execution.
If you want some additional samples, you might check these sites out:
- Today's Best Cartoons - This is Daryl Cagle's "Pro Cartoonist Homepage." You can find loads of current examples here.
- Editorial Cartoons - These are from www.comics.com
Migration - 19th Century People on the Move
We'll do a couple of quick activities here on the movements of people around the world in the 19th century.
Remember
that you may have identified "push" and "pull" factors that affected migration
patterns last year. We'll use that idea again today. In addition, we'll
take a look at the different types of migration.
- internal
- external
- chain
- temporary
1889 Paris World Exposition - I probably shouldn't admit this, but the idea for this assignment came from The Magic Tree House book, The Night of the New Magicians. You're going to have to do a little time traveling with me for this one to work, but here's the premise.
We're
all at the 1889 Paris World Exposition. You each have a person and
topic on which to present. (Most of you will be working in pairs.)
We'll be focusing on the material from Chapter 26, Section 4,
"Nineteenth-Century Progress." Yes, I KNOW some of the things you'll be
presenting on were not even invented yet in 1889. That's the whole
time travel thing.
For each of the presentations, I'd like to see the following elements:
- something visual (Powerpoint or video clip or whatever)
- background on the development or invention
- consideration of both the economic and social consequences of the idea/invention
- mention of key developments/impacts since the original idea/invention
Here are the people and ideas/inventions from which you'll choose:
- Thomas Edison - phonograph and light bulb (others?)
- Alexander Graham Bell - telephone
- Guglielmo Marconi - radio
- Henry Ford - automobile
- Wright Brothers - human flight
- Louis Pasteur - germ theory of disease
- Joseph Lister - antiseptics
- Charles Darwin - evolution
- Gregor Mendel - genetics
- Dmitri Mendeleev - periodic table of the elements
- Marie and Pierre Curie - radioactivity
- Sigmund Freud - psychology
- Herbert Spencer - Social Darwinism
We'll hold our version of the 1889 Paris World Exposition on Thursday, December 17th. Here's information on the "real" 1889 World's Fair if you are curious.
HOMEWORK for tomorrow - Tuesday, December 15th
We'll be holding our 1889 Paris World Exposition (or "Fair") on Thursday, December 17th.
Your Cartoons: Industrialization and Imperialism assignment is going to be due on Friday, January 8th.
