KWAME NKRUMAH

The biography of the winner of the 2013 May Madness:

https://docs.google.com/a/bps121.org/document/d/10kTmQ5X9ULPyw2jhwcIFXpW1q4m6xsHz2vByPjhAJ3E/edit

Explain Everything: Kwame Nkrumah

The audio is a bit faint, but is clear, and can be heard on a high volume.

plan b:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Eg1YYWMduE&feature=youtu.be

Kwame Nkrumah on African Unity

His call for unity reflects the tensions of decolonization because imperial powers left Africa, but they had never made an effort do build infrastructure in Africa. Because of this, there was no means of transport or communication across Africa, which made it very difficult to unify. Some African states were also decolonizing at different rates, so some states were still under violent civil wars, thus decreasing the unity. The tensions of the Cold War were also reflected as the African states with no infrastructure could possibly ally with the 2 superpowers, and the 2 superpowers would initiate proxy wars in Africa, leading to more violence and less unity.

Changes during WWII

Causes:
Germany's aggression over Austria
Japan's attack on China
Japan's attack on Hawaii
Italy's attack on Ethiopia

Outcomes:
Germany was split up, and supervised by the Allied powers
Japan was occupied by the US, and its colonies were taken away
Italy didn't matter anyways.

Change Over Time: WWI

Changes: Peoples previously lumped under one empire were split up, because of the Treaty of Versailles
Evidence:
Treaty of Versailles
Ottoman Empire
Former Austria-Hungary

Continuities: World Powers were kept intact, because they won the war
France
US
Great Britain
Continuites: colonization persisted
Germany colonies were passed on to Great Britain and Japan
Other colonies remained colonies (India, etc)

Excuse the extremely large picture, circles represent changes

Ottomans, Mughals, Safavids

The book puts these empires together mainly because of their similar religion. By doing so, the book suggests that it maybe more relevant to group societies by their religions and thus belief structures later in the future as well, more so than their geographic location. Also, by grouping all of the empires in one chapter, the book implies that they are not important enough to have a chapter of their own.

Fabian Fucan

The religious attack is one by supporting Confucianism and Buddhism. The cultural aspect shows that he thinks that Christians are inferior when he refers to them as barbarians. When he explains that the Christians took over the Philippines and Mexico, it was a historical aspect to his attack. His political aspect is that he believes that they Weill try to take over every country. He also sees the Christians as people who will risk their lives for their religion.

#QianLongStyle

The point of view in this document is one of arrogance. As the king has been isolated in the forbidden city for his entire lifetime, he believes that he is superior to everyone else. Also, being the emperor of China, he is therefore the "son of heaven", and thereby superior to others. Finally, Chinese history is one of dominance, and therefore be has no reason to be polite, and he can be arrogant if he wants to.

History's Predictive Value

Based on our group's predictions for China's Ming and Qing dynasties, history can be a relatively accurate way to predict the future of a region. Matt's prediction about population was right on the mark, and my prediction of the gender structure and religion of China was correct. When given the background information of knowing the continued patterns of the region, the future can be accurately predicted. Even when given a sudden change, like China's isolation movement, predictions like Amit's on economics were still correct.

Religious and Gender-based change in China

Religious:
As Confucianism or some variant has been present throughout much of China's history, I expect it to continue through the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Gender-based:
Patriarchy has been present throughout China's history as well, so I expect it to continue.

Both of these predictions were correct, with gender structure becoming even more extreme, and neo-Confucianism was continued.

Jeopardy Game

https://jeopardylabs.com/play/apwh-chapters-21-26 (Work in Progress)

Slavery Charts

Chart 1 is one showing the overall population growth of Africa from 1500 to 1800. Chart 2 shows the increasing amounts of slave export from Africa from the 16th to the 18th century. This shows the increasing dependence on African slave labor for the rest of the world. Chart 3 shows the location of slave exports, with most going into the area where sugar is grown. Charts 2 and 3 support information already provided by the book, where the Western world became almost addicted to using slaves for sugar plantations. However, Chart 1 was contradictory to my previous assumptions, as I thought that because of the lack of able men in African society, the overall population was not increasing much. The chart, however, shows consistent growth regardless of increased slave exports. 

Social Hierarchy in the new world

There were colors, but the inbuilt save to camera roll function didn't get it...

Voicethread review

So overall, the app was decent. It did its job, allowing me to post pictures in a slide show, and then comment on them with text, audio, and video, while also allowing doodling on the pictures. However, the execution of the app is very poor, as you are only allowed to comment a certain amount of voicethreads before you cannot comment on anymore. This is not discussed anywhere, and you are not warned. One of the major glitches was that the app did not keep the order of the pictures I entered in. I didn't not notice until I was halfway through my audio recording, making me restart. Another major glitch is the privacy settings of the voicethread a created on an iPad. Occasionally, a voicethread will be set to private, with no way of changing it from the iPad. This is fixable, but still a nuisance. The app also crashes with out warning quite frequently.

Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo

Ibn and Marco are not typical of the people of their time period, because they traveled. A lot. Together they have covered many of the important cities and locations of the time period, something I would think is very rare. Although many people traveled for trade, this would be over one region or between the same two regions repeatedly. Not many other people could have said that they had traveled as much as they did. During those times, however, there is almost no use for anyone to travel to such an extent. Government officials would only need to travel to nations near to their own as would merchants. There were simply too many things to worry about to travel to faraway lands, and it took too much time. Nowadays, people like Marco and Ibn exist, where they can travel around the world for fun, not just for practical purposes. The time for traveling has decreased, as has the cost. Specialization allows for people that want to travel to do so, as they don't have to manage for their own subsistence.

Oceania Map

Crusades Project: Day 4

It's done:

Plan B:
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/14089439/crusades-project

Plan C:
http://youtu.be/XWy3U1414ac

Plan D: go through a browser, search app, or the YouTube app, and look up 'hd3d1'
Bibliography:

Alchin, L. K. "The First Crusade." The First Crusade. N.p., 16 Nov. 2012. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. <http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-first-crusade.htm>.

Alchin, L. K. "The Third Crusade." The Third Crusade. N.p., 16 Nov. 2012. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. <http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-third-crusade.htm>.
Alchin, L. K. "The Fourth Crusade." The Fourth Crusade. N.p., 16 Nov. 2012. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. <http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-fourth-crusade.htm>.
"Internet History Sourcebooks." Internet History Sourcebooks. Fordham University, 1996. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.asp>.
Halsall, Paul. "Medieval Sourcebook: Soloman Bar Samson: The Crusaders in Mainz, May 27, 1096." Internet History Sourcebooks Project. Fordham University, Oct. 1997. Web. 11 Jan. 2013. <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1096jews-mainz.asp>.
Halsall, Paul. "Fulcher of Chartres: History of the Expedition to Jerusalem." Internet History Sourcebooks Project. Fordham University, Dec. 1997. Web. 11 Jan. 2013. <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/fulcher-cde.asp>.
"Fourth Crusade." History Net Where History Comes Alive World US History Online Fourth Crusade Comments. Weider History Group, 31 July 2006. Web. 10 Jan. 2013.



Comments:

Dear Johnathan,
Not meaning to be critical, but your bibliography need to be in MLA format! See if you can try to fix this before the start of class!

Lynn,

Great connection of subjects, with you using Alice to demonstrate your understanding of a history concept. It shows real-world applications of the things you're learning in Computer Science, as well as giving you a unique idea for your history project.

Crusades Project: Day 3

Today, I finalized the three crusades I plan on focusing on, the first, third, and fourth. I found two sources for the last two using bing.com (http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-third-crusade.htm and http://www.historynet.com/fourth-crusade.htm). I also finalized my presentation format, using Xtranormal.com. Tomorrow is for the actual publishing of the video.

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Comments

Dear Allie,

I found a website that has some cool primary sources regarding the First Crusade. (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/fulcher-cde.asp) I thought that this was a trustworthy source, and I think that it could be helpful to you also. If you look around their website, I'm sure that they have information about the other crusades as well.

Dear Sharleen,

I found some primary sources about the First Crusade showing its bloody, gory nature that would probably be useful for you.(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/fulcher-cde.asp). Check it out, I'm planning on using it myself.

The Crusades Project: Day 2

So today, more research was done, I decided to use the first crusade as one of the three for my project, and did research about it using Bing.com. I found a couple really good sources concerning multiple topics about the First Crusade, like this, this, and this. I also planned out my presentation, looking to use Xtranormal.com to make a video, the only thing is that I have to plan to manage the free trial that is given because I don't want to pay for points.

Crusades Project: Day 1

Today we looked at the various crusades that occurred between the given time period. I also looked at some possible presentation ideas, like making a video of me drawing pictures while narrating the views of Muslims. Later on, I turned away from this idea because it was too labor intensive. I have to think of another creative way to show my understanding of the Crusades.

Map of Africa + differences between our map and the textbook's

I would think that the textbook did not include the details that we did on our map mainly because of time and money concerns. Black ink is cheaper than colored ink, so if the textbook company decided to include maps that were as detailed as ours, it would end up costing them much more. Also it took several people much more time to create the map, and the textbook company may not have the time for that. Maps like the one's we made are difficult to understand for those that did not create it.

The understanding of the map changes greatly because of the lack of detail. Much more is open to interpretation, and African societies look much weaker and much more isolated. It shows that they only import and do not export.

My life's story

If I am lucky enough to do something of enough significance to get a mention in a history course or just to get some place in history, I would like my life's story to be told as a song rather than facts in a text book. I would not want my life's story to be something students are forced to swallow and regurgitate. Rather I want my life's story to be told in a way that maybe other people can relate to, whereas in a textbook, most people have nothing in common. Also in a textbook, my life would be summed up in at max a paragraph. I am maybe a little biased, but I would like to think that my life is a little more complex than to be able to be written in one paragraph. Maybe some facts are lost along the way, and maybe that people put their own bias into the song, but I would want to be more than a name and a birth date in a textbook. The other issues do not concern me, and because songs are more entertaining, whereas textbooks are forced onto students, I would choose songs.