Chapter 17 Documents (p.862-877)

The Document that most interested me was the document on Art and Industrial Revolution. Me being someone who has a passion for art and loves art a little too much I took a huge liking to this section. The artists during this time used their art as a way of spreading awareness/messages of the Industrial Revolution. In particular the artists showed hoe the working life of the people inside the factories were as well as how they took their breaks. The first painting on page 874 showed the women relaxing, some even gossiping with their close friends. One thing I did not understand was that the women could be pictured not showing an angered emotion dour to the way they were treated during this time. In the next photo on page 875 the women and children were pictured again, but this time instead of relaxing they were working. These workers are pictured in a vegetable factory what looks to be like they are carving or peeling from a vegetable. I didn't like this picture too much to see the little kids working. I know this is what they were accustomed to at the time but I still find it to hard to imagine that people would ever find it okay to make little kids work when they should be living their childhoods.

Chapter 17 (p.827-861)

The topic of discussion in this section is the industrial revolution, which began in 1750 and ended in 1900. This revolution was developed from the global energy demands in fossil fuels. These fossil fuels include coal, oil, and gas. Originally humans used other sources that stored energy, these included, water, wind, and wood. But when the industrial revolution formed, they started burning the fossil fuels I mentioned above. When the industrial revolution had begun spreading to other countries like the united kingdom, people started changing the way they did things from what they were used to. The Brits ended up changing the way that they produced textiles and eventually other countries caught on as well. This revolution not only changed these things but also changed the way that foods were processed which effected agriculture. Machinery was used for this process and more chemicals and pesticides began to be used.

Foundresses Week Reflection

Due to my occupation, unfortunately I was unable to make it to the events of Foundresses week. I did have a chance to get the written reflections from our Dean and after reading them and picking the one I found most interesting this is what I came up with. In this reflection, the topic of discussion stems from Mathew Fox's talk. The questions that reveal themselves are on how humans perceive time. If we think time is infinite or finite. What happened before the big bang? Also if the universe we live is the only one. Another point brought up was if the galaxy we lived in was one of many that may reside outside of our galaxy. I found these questions to be very interesting because, I too had these questions when I took Astronomy class. I always wandered if God really just made one of everything or made more than one thing. I feel that we humans cant be the only special thing to be on this planet and that there is so much we still don't know about.

Chapter 16 (798-811) + Chapter 16 Documents (812-825)

Echoes

This section covered the topics of the Atlantic Revolution and the abolition of slavery. From the late 1700s to the late 1800s due to the informative enlightenment, the people during this time were growing to be more and more against slavery. With a turn down by the Quakers, the Haitians decided to make rise of the subject and get justice for slaves. This movement motivated others to stand up and rebel against the Brits as well. Followed by this was exactly what the Haitians wants to achieve, abolitionists decided to rise as well and brought governments to end the slavery in Britain around the 19th century. Due to the Brits being such a major place of residence, other places began to follow in their footsteps and end slavery as well. With the freedom of slaves, another movement also took place during this time. Feminists also shined and began making moves.

Documents

The documents in this chapter discuss letters made by antislave leaders, feminists in the French revolution, letters for the rights of people in the French revolution, as well as independence for countries.

SND Reading

After reading the article based on our school's foundresses, I got a big glimpse into more of what this school was built on, and represented. This school was founded by two women by the name of Julie Billiard and Francoise Blin de Bourbon. Julie had a condition called sclerosis. Francoise was upset with how bad things were around her at age 25. They both had played their separate parts in helping people before they had finally met in Amiens where the sister of Notre dame had been founded. These two women from completely separate lives but their thoughts together and decided to do what was right in the society. They decided to provide schooling for the poor and little girls. I also discovered that some of the buildings o campus are named after the places that our foundresses had been during the time they were living. I found that to be interesting. I didn't know too much about the school only that it was one of the first schools in California and that it used to be an all girls school but after reading this I now know much more.

Intro to Part 5 + Chapter 16

Part five

The topic of discussion in this section was based mainly on the rise of the Europeans as well as the mental processes of people in the long nineteenth century. In the beginning it gives us an intro to what the following chapter are going to discuss about how human beings began to slowly but surely move away from the negative events that were going on during this time. As far as slavery and women equality go, people were starting to become more accepting of it. The rise of the
Europeans discussed how they became on top of the other regions and what it took to get them there after others were in the forefront previous to them

Chapter 16

In the beginning of this section, discussed is the events that happened in Haiti that put them in debt to another country and their request for money after the big earthquake in 2010. The section that follows describes the Atlantic revolution ad where it took place. This revolution took place in many locations like, Latin America, France, North America, and Haiti. The revolution can be described as a global crisis due to the many locations it took place in. It talk about the French revolution and how the French were the first to get aid in the war by blacks n Haiti. I found this to be pretty interesting during the time since slavery had not ended yet and was still in full effect. I wonder how the leader was able to go to Haiti and get help at this time without an issue. Followed by this section comes the American Revolution and a deeper explanation of the French revolution. Both sections summarize what happened during both revolutions and ho they came about. Who helped and how they got through each. These revolutions were apart of the global crisis that was happening at this time.

Chapter 15 and Document 15.2

Chapter 15

In the section Science as Cultural Revolution, We get to know some of the scientist that played a part in the scientific revolution before Sir Isaac Newton coined the scientific revolution. Some of these scientist's are: Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo. Nicolas Copernicus was known for his theory on the sun being in the middle of the earth and the planets orbiting it. Galileo further explained this theory and begin study the spots on the Sun as well as Jupiter's moons. This also explained that the universe was bigger than we could imagine. When Newton came along, we were told what the laws of motion were, and he educated people on gravity. After his death, the human body became the topic of discussion and, the main focus was on where the heart was in our bodies, as well as its functions. Just like the earth which was discovered to be the "center" of the universe, Rene Descartes discovered that the heart was not the most important thing in our bodies and that it was just a machine. During and after the scientific revolution, women were shunned from participating in anything science. They were not allowed to be apart of anything the men were doing and could not get credit for any discoveries they had made. Instead, they had to go to convention's as their husbands assistants. I found this to be very unfair especially when a woman was the reason that an unknown comet was discovered ad instead her husband took credit for it. I'm glad women have come so far from this today.

Document 15.2

If i'm reading correctly, in the first section of the document Descartes is reviewing what is going on during this time. In the second section he explaining how things would be better for human kind if people didn't have to face a lot of the things they did, and that soon people would realize this. I'm not sure if this is correct but after reading it three times this is what I got from it.