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 * Class 28: Oct 27th 2011**

Author: Tokugawa lmitsu. This person was Place and Time: Where and when was the source produced? How might this affect the meaning of the source Prior Knowledge: Beyond information about the author and the context of its creation, what do you know that would help you further understand the primary source Audience: For whom was the source created and how might this affect the reliability of the source? Reason: Why was this source produced at the time it was produced? The Main Idea: What point is the source trying to convey? Significance: Why is this source important? What inferences can you draw from this document? Ask yourself, “So what?” in relation to the question asked.

1) Who was "the Bald Rat"? The "Bald Rat" is Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

2) Where did Japan hope to build its empire?

3) What stopped it from building its empire as planned? They stopped at Korea by getting defeated by Korea.

4) Why didn't they try again?


 * Class 15: Sep 20th 2011**

1. I see a naked man trying to have a finger contact with god. 2. I think that this painting means that god has always been helping the humans from the beginning of everything. 3. I wonder if the man had really did touch the god. Maybe the man had a contact with the god, we night had more powers than we have right now. Maybe superpowers.


 * Class 12: Sep. 6th 2011**

1. China's golden Age As we could see there is a huge difference of ships between the two countries. The size of the Santa Maria 150 ft long and 20 ft mere wide while the size of China's ship was 480 ft long and 180 ft wide. This shows that China had more better technique than Spain. I think the title fits the picture very well because this picture shows how great China was at that time.

2. Europe in 1400s The Europe had many countries and kingdoms at that times. Today some of the countries and kingdoms are gone but some still present these days. And comparing the map of Europe today and in 1600 this shows that many of the kingdoms got united together or lost the war and got their land eaten up by other kingdoms.

3. Territory of Dynasties This is the map of China's territory expanding as time passes. China at this time was it's Golden Age.

4. Silk Routes China had a trade route with lots of country. The Silk Route is the path for ships from china and other countries to trade. The country that traded with china was Syria, Iraq,Turkey, Persia,Greece, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tibet, India, Pakistan.Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan. These are the main trade countries.

5. European Urban Population in 1400 and 1600 There was a huge difference between London and China. The first difference was the population and then the land area. When Zhu Di wanted to build Forbidden City really big. So he chose a land that could be a good example and scale for his land. And he chose London for his scale. And he decided to build a Forbidden City which was 1500 times larger than the area of London.

6. Beijing City Wall This is a structure of Beijing at old days. It is almost like a map that shows the Forbidden City and Imperial City. The two maps shows how things changed as time passed. There is not much a difference except the part where the bottom picture has more paths and lakes drawn into it. And China has developed a lot as time passed.

7. I was really impressed how long the Great Wall of China is. China is a big country and it takes days for Chinese people to transport to city or places. Many people died building the Great Wall of China. They didn't have time to make graves for dead people so they buried the dead people with the Great Wall of China. I would end up with Kazakhstan if I started off from Yalu River.

8. Zhu Di wanted Beijing to be 0 degree. He wanted Beijing to be the prime meridian. Zhu Di wanted Beijing to be the beginning of every measurement of latitude coordinates. It felt like Zhu Di wanted his country to be great and make other countries feel how important is Beijing.

9. From every part of Beijing at this time it was strong and powerful compared to other countries. Europe and other Asian countries could not be compared to China. Restating number 1 at the very top of this whole assignment. Europe's ship and China's ship was no match. Until now China is a country which has huge military, huge land, and great technology. I admire China.

__**THE SPREAD OF ISLAM**__ Starting from the Middle East the Muslim Spread to the Southern part of the Europe and to the Western Part of the Africa. The Muslim interacted with the Europeans and they started to spread Islam.

Alissa, "Muslim" is an adjective (or a noun meaning one Muslim person). I think you meant "Muslims" or "the Muslim empire".

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__FAMILY HISTORY__ Recount of the Event: On 1996 November 9 I was born in Seong Nam Hospital at 8:09 AM. My family members were all happy that I awake. My father cried behind the hospital entrance door because he was so happy. This is most happy event for me because it was the day I was born. Without this event I wouldn't be here on earth.

__UNWRITTEN SOURCE (PRIMARY)__ __DEFINITION__: This was the picture I was born. The picture is small but you could see my self sleeping on the blanket and a card that proves the day I was born.

__Significance:__ I think this proves that I was born in 1996 November 9 because right next to my picture there is a picture of me inside my mom's belly before I was born. This source is reliable.

__WRITTEN SOURCE (SECONDARY SOURCE)__

__DEFINITION__: This was my birth certificate card. It shows my mom's name and my dad. It shows the year, date, and time I was born and the name of the doctor helped my mom give birth to me.

__Significance:__ On the very left there is my gender (female) circled and my weight when I was born (2.89kg). And below the birth number there is my mom and dad's name which shows that they are my parents. Below that there are numbers clearly shows my birthday and the time when I was born.

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THE MANY HATS OF A HISTORIAN

Vocabulary heretical- a person who is practicing religious beliefs. faggot- A bundle of sticks to be used as a fuel. Eucharist- The Cristian ceremony which (commemorate) shows respect to the Last Supper. abstain- formally declining to vote for going against a motion penance- punishment beseeching- to address an earnest or urgent request to implore source- a place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained

1. In section 1, Heretical Beliefs, the historian gives his account of a historical event. What is happening to Hogsflesh? What is the historian's “story” or main point of the article? __Hogflesh went up an platform to tell people what the Church has written for him. The statement says that he's being punished for heretical beliefs. The historian's main point is that those who went against the Church and abstain the church would be severely punished.__

Not the main point of the article.

2. What are the roles of a historian defined by John Arnold? Do you agree or disagree with his assumptions? Can you think of any other roles? __The roles of a historian defined by John Arnold is detective, interpreter, analyst, judge, philosopher, storyteller. They can also fill in the empty space of the history. I agree with his assumptions, cause for the future people there should be history of old days written down somewhere by the historians so people in the future could read and know what has happened in the history.__

Good! You've noticed several of the roles that Arnold identifies. "Cause" is a noun, and cannot be used instead of "because". A "history of the old days"? So we just need one big book?

3. What is meant by “treat(ing) their sources with fidelity?” Remember to put your response in your own words. Why is it important to remember this when reading historical references? __Fidelity means to be faithful. “treating their sources with fidelity” means to treat the sources carefully and not ignoring them. They were truthful to write exactly what had happened in the history. The reason why we should think of “treating their sources with fidelity” while reading historical references is that we have to trust the writers of the history because the reason why the writers of the history have written this book is because that they have interest in history and they want to be clear about what they have written.__

Good answer.

4. How can a single event be interpreted in more than one way? Can you think of an event in your life that historians could interpret with differing points of view? __The single event can be interpreted in more than one way by the personality of the interpreter. Hmmm.. a event in my life that historians could interpret with differing points of view is that I am Korean. If I was born in Korea and I was good at speaking Chinese the historians would think that I was born in China or one of my parents were Chinese.__

Well, that would be an error, wouldn't it, not just a different point of view?

5. Talk to a family member or friend about something that happened to you both a long time ago. Examine how you both remember the incident and write about it. With that in mind, when attaching meaning to history, is it possible for a historian to be completely objective? Use examples from the incident you just discussed to reinforce your response. __One time I was having troubles with my friend about stealing stuffs. She stole my ID card case and she acted as if it was hers. I have my name written on it and that girl, she just erased it with alcohol or something else and leave the erased mark and she acted as if she was proud that she did that she thought that it was so smart of her doing that. Okay I got out of the point but in my mind attaching meaning to history it is not possible for all of the historian to be completely objective because they might have different opinions or excuses. I not saying this is real but maybe it was my mistake that she stole my ID card or maybe she bought the same ID card as mine and wrote her name and erased it. There could be many different events.__

Hmm... your example is maybe not the best, since you can only imagine what her point of view was, rather than asking, as you were instructed.

6. What problems may arise when historians practice subjective history? In what ways may subjective history be beneficial to the study of history? Think back to the incident you just discussed with your family member or friend. Why did it make sense for you to remember the event the way you did and for the other person to remember it the way he or she did? What does this tell us about history? __While historians practice subjective history, it may be a problem due to their two different perspectives. Subjective history can be beneficial to the study of history, because we can see the way how human minds work. If I repeated what__ me and my friend __had a conversation over we would have different opinions because our point of view change over time. This tells that not everything on the textbook or history book is always right. It depends on the writer of the textbook/ book.__

"My friend and I", not "me and my friend". Good answer though!

7. Why is every historian "a storyteller?" If all historians are storytellers and there are myriad versions of every story, can we trust historians? Why or why not? __Every historian is a storyteller because they have different point of views. If the storytellers were myriad versions of every story we can’t trust the historians because they are writing history which is fake. They are writing history that they want so it is just bias.__

?? "If the storytellers were myriad versions of every story" makes no sense, and makes me wonder if you understand the question. "We can't trust historians because they are writing history which is fake"?!! You have jumped to the wrong conclusion!!

8. How did your view of history and historians change based on this reading? How will you approach history now that you have explored these views? __My point of view of the history and historians became more clear. The way I will approach history is by trying my best to find the primary source of the history and also find the exact direct trustworthy sources of the history.__

Okay, that's a worthwhile goal.

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