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Homework from 10-13-10 2 Symbols of Nationalism:

1) Tourist Attractions Exs: Big Ben in England, The Eiffel Tower in France, The Great Wall of China, The Statue of Liberty in the U.S Tourist attractions show how a country can greatly contribute to art, culture, etc and they draw millions of people to that country just to claim they saw it, touched it, when in/on it etc. The people of the country take great pride in these tourist attractions for these reasons and are proud of their country for making sure great contributions to the world.

2) National Anthems Every country has one, that one song: music with or without lyrics. You hear them on national holidays, important events for that country, Olympics and even World Cup/international soccer matches. They are that one tune that brings everyone together. When played, you see people become serious, hands over hearts, singing along with passion and possibly shedding a tear or two. The ability to bring a nation together like this with just a simple song shows why national anthems are true symbols of nationalism.

Homework 10-28-10 How did the Industrial Revolution affect my life, life in the 1800's and comparison of what we know and what Dickens knew.

It affects my life because today the scene of Coketown is still the same, filthy buildings, contaminated water and smoke filling the air. Even with electric power vs smoke, the enviornment is still negatively affected. In the 1800's, people were worse off because all of this pollution and new style of work and life was new and a shock to them. We are now used to the smoke and polluted air but back in the 1800's, people got sick from it more often and lived in horrible conditions when urbanization started. Dickens, as well as everyone today knows how industry can create a product faster, more efficiently, and in larger quantities than people but it puts workers out of a job or at least cuts pay because the work is easier, but the machines are dangerous to people and the enviornment.

Electric Power Script

Electric Power by Chris, Harout, Tayrn and Sarah

Before electricity, the machines used in the Industrial Revolution were powered by water, coal and steam, which creates smoke that pollutes the air and depletes natural resources. People sought a better way to power machines and even make them better. You may have been lead to believe the Ben Franklin is responsible for finding electricity with his key and kite, and it's true, but for many, many years people new it existed but didn't know how to harness it until an Englishman by the name of Michael Faraday found the connection between magnetism and electricity. By moving a magnet through a coil of copper wire Faraday had created the dynamo, the first electric generator. Another Englishman named Joesph Swan developed a primitive electric lightbulb, but it failed. That's when, 40 years later, the American Thomas Edison who we all should know of, created the first non failure lightbulb. It took long hours of trial and error to create something seen as so simple, but yet so revolutionary. Many aspiring inventors worked with him in the lab to create the lightbulb. Edison is also credited with the first city electrical utility system. It was a power plant in New York City that lighted several city blocks. Electricity had several positive affects on industry. Factories no longer had to use steam or water power which preserves natural resources and prevents smoke from polluting the air and now factories could stay open late at night, which might have been bad for the workers and may have helped create unions and labor regulations. Electricity also improved daily life. No more candles and oil lamps, electric lamps started providing better light in buildings thus improving their living conditions, which at this time, were greatly needed to be improved. And of course, without the inventions of Faraday, Swan and Edison, we wouldn't have TV's, ipods, cell or landline phones, computers and many, many, many more countless electric devices we so severally depend on today!

11-2-10 Homework: Definitions of Communism, Socialism and Capitalism and comparisons.

Communism: A system of government in which goods are shared equally, no one owns anything and everyone owns everything! Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communism

Socialism: An economic system that says the state should own capital and industry. Source: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=socialism

Capitalism: An economic system that says people should own capital and be able to exchange it for goods and services. Source: http://www.genderandhealth.ca/en/modules/globalization/globalization_glossary.jsp

Communism and Socialism are very similar, they are about the government owning all property for everyone to use. Capitalism is very different, we have it today, so obviously communism/socialism doesn't work very well for the US even though Capitalism itself isn't perfect, we believe in personal property.