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Revolutions Guidebook Video

Posted by August Polite in World History - Block - C on

For this unit on the study of revolutions I decided to try my hand at animating a rough presentation to go along with my voice over. The focus of the topic relied heavily on the impact of revolutions throughout history, from the French and Haitian to the more recent Arab spring. I have been pursuing  studying the effects of activism versus pacifism  since we completed a study of civil rights last year. That class garnered my interest in the rivaled works of MLK and Malcolm X. That interest permeates through my presentation and remains the backbone for my other research. 



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http://resistancestudies.org/?p=140

“The overthrow of the dictator Milosevic in Serbia represents a truly interesting case for students of revolution, in that it happened so genuinely peaceful and popular. In a sense it represents what today within revolution studies are called the “new revolutions” (started by the revolutions in Nicaragua and Iran but made clear for everyone during the 1989/1990 wave of revolutions in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union). The film “Bringing Down a Dictator” is a documentary that describes the whole process (more info about how to get it here). I think we all have something to learn from the Serbian experience.”


http://blackstudies.net/malcolm-x-vs-martin-luther-king-3/

“ If there was a Martin Luther King Jr., there had to be a Malcolm X. Martin Luther King, history remembers. Malcolm X, history tries to forget. But each man in his own way dominated the times in which he lived. . .”


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gadadhara-pandit-dasa/martin-luther-king-jr-and_3_b_4631610.html

“It was a marvelous thing to see the amazing results of a non-violent campaign. The aftermath of hatred and bitterness that usually follows a violent campaign was found nowhere in India...”


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/foreign-affairs-defense/egypt-in-crisis/timeline-whats-happened-since-egypts-revolution/

Protesters storm Tahrir square


http://www.academia.edu/4332788/The_EDSA_Revolution_in_the_Philippines_and_the_Prologue_to_the_Peaceful_Revolution_in_Taiwan


http://www.history.co.uk/shows/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-berlin-wall

http://www.history.com/topics/mahatma-gandhi


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/27/tunisian-prime-minister-ghannouchi-resigns

“Tunisia's revolution was sparked by the death of a young street vendor, Mohammed Bouazizi, in December. In an act of desperation which sparked unrest in several other Arab countries in the region, Bouazizi set fire to himself after officials stopped him selling vegetables without permission.”


http://thesquarefilm.com/about

history animation (Converted) from August Polite on Vimeo.

The Revolution Guidebook Project

Posted by Hikma Salhe in World History - Block - C on

This unit we have focused on revolutions throughout history and the modern day. We have had many discussions about how a revolution starts and why it is important in society.  There are many factors that go into a revolution, we have discussed the French revolution extensively. In fact, we had a trial about what people felt, how it affected them, and ways it could be improved.  

My project is about the Cuban and Egyptian revolution. I centered the project on the pro's and con's of revolutions. My question for the Cuban revolution is how a revolution can benefit the people and my question for the Egyptian revolution is how it can harm them. I found some very interesting and it was an overall controversial topic. I found that many people had different opinions as to how revolutions can harm and help people.

Cuban and Egyptian revolution from Hikma Salhe on Vimeo.

Revolution Guidebook Project

Posted by Lauren Thomas in World History - Block - C on

​In Mr. Block's tenth grade history class, we have been studying revolutions. We started the unit with an in depth research project about the French and Haitian Revolution where we role played people from the time era (people such as peasants, the king and queen, and the second estate). The class then watched some of the film The Square. The Square introduced us to the ideas of revolutions and how and why they form today. By reading passages from a book about the Arab Springs, we were able to get first-hand accounts from people native to Yemen, Libya, and Egypt. 


We were lucky that during our revolution unit there is a revolution occurring in Ukraine. I became interested in studying social media's impact on revolutions when I met a girl through tumblr, a social media platform. There was a post going around that mentioned the conditions in her country and a lot of people saw this post, spreading information about a topic that many people didn't know about - myself included. When we were given this project I decided on social media because I knew there was an impact. I looked further into this on tumblr and found many people who were sharing their feelings on the Ukrainian Revolution, Euro Maiden. Now I was certain there was an impact of social media on revolutions and the way ideas spread. 

Social Media from Lauren Thomas on Vimeo.

Revolution Guidebook Project

Posted by Myrna Yousuf in World History - Block - C on

In this unit of our World History class we learned about different Revolutions and how they worked. We discussed how a revolution begins and what makes them successful. There are many factors in a revolution and the democracy is what creates the big change. Revolutions happen when people want a change in the government or a change in the way they live. It is to better the situations in the place. People have many different options to start one like using social media and protests. 

In my project I discuss how violent and nonviolent revolutions work and how they were both effective in what they wanted to do. No revolution is guaranteed, the whole point is to fight for the change and the new beginning. Most revolutions that I know about is overthrowing the current leader who is not doing their job right and the people have to pay the price for their irresponsibility. Revolutions overall make a huge impact for people and the history of the world.

Revolution Guidebook Project from myousuf on Vimeo.

Revolution Guidebook

Posted by Cameron Hinton in World History - Block - C on

In our History class,we compared and looked at historic and modern revolutions through the years. Some revolutions that we looked at were, The French/Haitian revolution,the  Egyptian revolution, and many others.
In my project , I am looking at violent revolutions verses Nonviolent ones, and looking at how successful and effective each are.Depending on how and what kind of revolution it is, depends in the impact to the people. I choose this topic because I wanted to point out the flaws in both options

History from Cameron Hinton on Vimeo.

Revolution Guidebook Project

Posted by Dylan McKeon in World History - Block - C on

In this unit we learned about revolutions from various time periods. We started out learning about the French Revolution. Before going on to learn about more recent revolutions like the Arab Spring. We also looked at the situation in Ukraine and discussed the developments going on in there revolution. For our Benchmark (our final project that ties up the unit) we looked at three different revolution and came up with a question about revolutions in general. Then we made a digital story that looks at the revolutions and answers the question.
For my benchmark I choose to look at the leaders of the revolution. I learned that with more knowledge and ideas placed on the internet for almost everyone to see, the requirements for being a leader seem to have been lowered. While back to the time of the french revolution a leader needs to study and plan for the best ways to rally the people. However now with all the information that is out for the world to see, all a leader needs to be today, is to be someone to act on this knowledge and rally people together. 

Digital Story from Dylan McKeon on Vimeo.

Revolution Guidebook Project

Posted by Andrew Roberts in World History - Block - C on

​Recently, my World History class finished a unit on revolutions.  We studied several revolutions, past and present, in an attempt to answer the question:  What is a revolution? We were then asked to make a video answering a question about revolutions in general.  The question I asked was: How does a revolution start?  Revolutions are not a simple event to start, it takes a lot for one to be successful.  
We studies several aspects of revolutions, with a focus on the French Revolution and more recently the Arab Spring.  We examined what type of actions made people want change, compared non-violent and violent revolutions, and looked at other parts such as the resolution and the result.  I focused on how they started, and compared the sparks that light the fire of change.  Enjoy!


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Revolution Project from Andrew Roberts on Vimeo.

Revolution Guidebook Project

Posted by Zack Hersh in World History - Block - C on

​ In  this unit, we studied revolutions  in depth. We looked at how they are started; through social media and pamphlets, or just through word. We looked at what fuels and drives them, and what their goals are, ranging from new government entirely or just more basic rights. We looked at the impacts they have and the effects they leave, and analyzed their significance, like why they are started and how they are finished and have power. To do this, we explored the French and Haitian revolution through an engaging roleplay, we learned about the recent Arab spring throughout the Middle East by delving into firsthand accounts, and we watched sections of "The Square", a powerful Netflix documentary about Egyptian Revolution. But ultimately, there are so many things to be looked at an analyzed about revolutions, so we did this Digital Story Guidebook to revolutions, and through it explored a specific question or angle about revolutions that are much more specific, unique, and sometimes unanswered. Questions ranged from "How has social media affected revolutions" to "What is the role of the individual in a revolution?". What I wanted to explore and show people was how revolutions change History, not just the present, so my digital story (below) processed the question "How have revolutions changed history?". 
From all of this, I have learned a lot on the topic and seen a variety of different angles and lenses. I learned that having a clear goal in mind is key, because if you don't things can fizzle after the government is changed. I understand now that a key part of success in revolution is masses and numbers; the more people, the more strength and more likely it is to be successful. Below, in my story, you will learn all I have learned about of how revolutions change history and what effects they leave behind. To summarize everything learned in this unit in one simple, compact sentence: The greatest impact revolutions have is leaving people empowered and inspired and with more courage than before. Revolutions are essential for keeping the world in check.

Revolution Digital Story from Zachary Hersh on Vimeo.

Revolution Guidebook Project

Posted by Tomy Fleurine in World History - Block - C on

​Throughout this quarter, we've been learning about the French revolution and the Haitian revolutions. We had a role play going on in the class in which different students had different important characters from both revolutions as their person. Each student had to write paragraphs from their character's point of view explaining their lives and expressing how they feel about certain aspects of the revolutions. 

Overall, I've been thinking about just how revolutions function and how they affect the world. Furthermore, I was  interested in finding out how non violent revolutions differ from violent revolutions in terms of effectiveness. We each had to choose a topic and create a digital story based around it and use specific quotes to back up our points as the final project on the unit. My video is right below. Enjoy!

History Benchmark from Tomy Fleurine on Vimeo.

Pipeline monologe project

Posted by Saul Salas in World History - Block - C on

Introduction​ 
The project from this unit, the keystone pipeline XL, I have learn a lot. Because the keystone pipeline is a big pipe that extracts canadian tar sands (dirty oil) so we can provide many benefits to our needs. However, this can also cause us our planet to being worse than it was before. Since the pipe is going to be extra long, there is a risk in the pipe to leek since it’s huge. And if it does, chances are it will contaminate other people’s drinking water from other countries, and we sorta don’t want that to happen. But there are super benefits from taking this oil like more jobs, better economic, and more money from our country so it’s a big trade off in exchange for C02 in the air.

Ugly truth fact:
  • Sea levels rise (greatly)
  • Destroying Forest's
  • Environmental problems
  • Helps the enemies in Iraq
  • We're using tar sand (dirty oil!)
Good facts:
  • More jobs
  • $585 million estimated worth of barrels
  • They say it's safe (no leeks = reliable)
  • 9% of the US is unemployed
  • XL pipes = no fracking
Source(s) used for all paragraphs:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/five-things/the-keystone-xl-pipeline/12200/


Badluck Gus

(Badluck Gus turns on the television on NBC news 7. Madam enters the room.) WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT!? NOT ONLY THEY’RE GONNA WIPEOUT OTHER COUNTRIES RESOURCES, BUT THEY ARE ALSO GONNA DAMAGE OUR DRINKING SUPPLY  AND RUIN OUR ATMOSPHERE. THIS REMINDS ME OF WORLD WAR 2, EXCEPT, WE’RE DUMPING A CHEMICAL BOMB INTO OUR CITY ALL OVER AGAIN. WHEN WILL THESE PEOPLE START REALIZING, ‘WAKE UP’ TO THIS PROBLEM. WHEN WILL THESE FAT, LAZY, UNCARING COUNTRY REALIZE THE SITUATION!? PERHAPS WHEN THE END OF TIMES COMES? (Talking to his maid.) IN A NUTSHELL, “OH, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLD IS DYING BUT, WE JUST DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT.” SINCE WHEN HAS THE WORLD HAS A PRICE TAG ON IT!? WTF BRO!? THE PRESIDENT IS A FRICKIN’ SLAVE, WHAT A MORON.  MADAM, WOULD YOU BE A KIND AND GO GET ME SOME DRINKING WATER? JUST SPIT ON ME! GREEDY PEOPLE, THEY'RE MILKING OTHER COUNTRIES, AND CANADA IS NEXT IN THE SHOPPING LIST! “ERROR-ERROR010101”

(Madam places new batteries on the KEY-borg 8000.) *Deep breath* I NEED MY ASTHMA PUMP! *GASP* I CAN NOT BREATH EASY! *GASP* I CAN NOT THANK YOU ANY BETTER THAN THIS, THANK YOU.  I HATE THIS WORLD, WE’RE NOT CYBORGS, WE’RE HUMAN, ANIMALS LIKE THEM. WE CAN NOT KEEP THINKING ABOUT OURSELVES. NEXT THING YOU KNOW IT, WE’LL BE DRINKING OUT OF THE OCEAN. OUR FUTURE FOR THE BETTER OF ALL ARE DEPENDENT ON US FOR OUR ACTIONS, ACTIONS THAT SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. WHAT’S THE POINT? THE WORLD WE SOON TO KNOW IT WON’T MATTER ANYMORE SINCE HOPE AS WE KNOW IT WILL BE FADING INTO OBLIVION, DUST WILL BE THE ONLY REMAINS ONCE YOU KNOW IT. C02 RISES ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE AND EARTH WATER LEVELS WILL RISE, WITH A CHANGE OF pH AND THE EARTH WILL BURN UP INTO A CRISP! MAYBE... (TV turns off, they exit.)

Old man Jenkins

These are the new words the people should say when the operation does happen. (Picks up a sprinkler) MONEY MONEY MONEY. IT’S NOT SO FUNNY! They’re all idiots! Seeking only trouble around happy living people and animals. Back in my days, all we had for power, was friction! Don’t think of me as some old coot that lost his mind! Old man Jenkins HAD a farm, till those last pipes leaked into MY river! Used to know the socks right off the youngsters next door when they found out about what happened to all their drinking water. They’re all dirty animals! ALL OF EM! Savages, I feel like we’re all refugees, hiding in a concentration camp during the holocaust. Except, i’m in texas... Thats all what matters.

MONEY MONEY MONEY. IT’S NOT SO FUNNY! (Starts spraying his crops.)

This... Doesn't look like water! (Turns off water.) What in tarnation is this piece o’ crap. (Groups of men approached) Who are you folks?... What's this? No no no!

Don’t greed what's not ours and don’t grief what's theirs. NO! WAIT... PLEASE!! *sob* PLEASE... I WILL NOT LET YOU BUILD THIS ON MY FARM NEXT TO MY RIVER! If you build this pipe under my farm, destruction will happen ‘er! Pipes will leek! Gets in drinking our water, kills a city filled with fishes, C02 WILL fill in the airs atmosphere, harsher weathers, than once you know it, my FARM will smell like a pile of dong! Is that what you want to happen? You’re all fools, ALL of you! I will not tolerate literacy!

(Holds him still) you’ll regret this, you all will! Dirty animals. If I can’t keep what’s mine, then none of you’s will! Johnny! JOHNNY!! Call earl and tell him I’m going to be home a little late. And I left a message on the fridge with instructions.

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(Kanit Beens takes a stroll down River Bank China mall near Still creak while talking and texting on her phone.) Life as we know it is fading away. This place is all we have to take for granted, all thanks to that god forbidden pipeline... IKR!?!? Jenny? Still there? Sorry you were just breaking up. YEAH... *Snaps fingers x2* Mmm, if the american government wants to make money then why don’t they hire people from america instead of us people in china to get off their fat, lazy american B-HINDS off their couch and fix our country! I mean... Their country. Soon, water level will rise, the atmosphere will grow more thicken, planet earth as everyone know will be a complete wasteland disaster. What's this I hear? riverbank mall? Whaaaaat? Jenny, you’d best be lying to me girl!... A soon to be new build place for a factory, here? But why would these americans take our resource so far out of their region? I refuse to let them inhabit our land in china! Why don’t they build places on their land? Because of that sweet green paper we see it as money and power!?

(Kanit enters Still creek.) Yeah?... I know right!? OMG you remember that time too!? Yeah, I remember feeding my favorite animal back in the northern parts around Still creek. When I was a little girl, I found these cute race of little turtles minding their own business, I remember feeding them, playing with them, and my mom would tell me they were snapping turtles! But we paid no mind lol. Then I found one turtle around here and called him lord tortoise, those species extinct. Now, I see him no more, no more them, their families, kids, and others, all because of the end of times, climate change. Oh right! I have to hurry back to work and tell these folks about the weather and how the pipeline effects the world we live in today! Thx :) # PICE 2!

(Kanit makes it on work on time.) Thanks for the script, what time will we be live? K... Thanks. Hello this is Kanit reporting from channel 82 LIVE from China and todays weather is not going to be so great; it’s going to rain for the next 3 days and then it’s going to be really really hot! How much time do we have before the this is over?... Can I say something else before we go off? Thanks. Hello again people I have a very important message to give to all you lovely people about the Keystone pipeline XL project. If these pipelines proceeds with their operation with canada we’re finished! Gas prices will go up, C02 will be filled in the atmosphere, animal population will decrease! And what happens if a unsturdy long pipe spreads a leek? Our waters will no longer be drinkable! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT OBAMA!? This project is a fraud. Well take my opinion in this but I ain't going to criticize on their american government but... All the government really wants is to make money just like everyone else that sits in their house and watches nothing but pointless advertisements! Here’s the circle of life. Go to work, make money, go shopping, sleep, and forget about everything else and everyone else cause your life is so important than anyone else’s and everything else. Go to work, make money, go shopping and forget about the world. Eventually, we’ll run out of everything and every resources. And speaking of the devil, what about terrorist? Yep. The project will help the enemy because america has to pay their country to dig underneath their land! (A huge amount of people at home and even at her work were shocked!) So what's your choice? Will you choose to greed more on what you have and take what's really not ours? Or will you help stop this project? So what are you waiting for? Stop the keystone pipeline XL project and take care of what's first on our planet! After all, since when did the world had a price tag on it? My name is Kanit Beens and thanks for watching the weather at channel 82.

Pipeline from Saul Salas on Vimeo.

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