GKT 1 PRESENTATION

Catherine Weir

INTRODUCTION • My two US themes are Lake Michigan and JFK.• I chose Lake Michigan because it is a physical geographical feature that

helped develop communities through transportation on the lake.• I chose JFK because he initiated change in the US by helping bring an end

to racial discrimination. • My two world themes are UNSC and Albert Einstein.• I chose the UNSC because it is the most powerful body of the United

Nations and a powerful governing body with significant influences. • I chose Albert Einstein because Einstein’s Relativity Theory has had a

major impact on world science technology and the economic growth from the advancements in science.

Geography and the development/diffusion of human society

Lake Michigan- US Theme• Lake Michigan fits the theme because it explains how a large body of

water helped develop transportation and connect resources to other communities.

• “Lake Michigan has functioned as inexpensive medium of transportation and a integrated system of circulation for the communities within the lake Michigan basin (Theodore J. Karamanski)”.

• Lake Michigan's basin helped Chicago become a market and hub which transformed the coastal areas around the lake into specific zones of economic activity.

• Lake Michigan was able to help lumber schooners and sawmill towns connect their markets in 1860-1900.

• Also during 1860-1900 vessels linked ports on Lake Michigan together by transporting tourist and exporting fresh fruit.

Lake Michigan- US THEME CONT.• Lake Michigan also allowed natural resources such as fish to be imported

into the region from Norwegian, Irish and Native fisherman.• The southern end of Lake Michigan connected iron mines and stone

quarries from the north with coal fields of the south by using bulk freighters.

• Lake Michigan allowed Chicago to build their communities, their market, become a distribution center, and become a source of capital.

• Lake Michigan attracted people to Chicago because it gave them a resources that allowed them to build communities and a economy by importing and exporting of goods and travelers between local and foreign communities.

Steel Car Ferry Pere Marquette.Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

Individuals & Institutions as mechanisms of social/governmental change

JFK- US Theme• JFK fits the theme because he influenced make changes within the United

States through legislation and his administration. • JFK changed the US forever by helping initiate and influence the ending of

racial discrimination. • During JFK’s Inaugural address in 1961 he promised to end racial

discrimination.

JFK handwritten speech(Kennedy)

JFK handwritten speech(Kennedy)

JFK- US Theme Cont. • JFK began the process of ending racial discrimination by appointing forty

black into key federal positions. • Some of these positions included administrator of the housing and home

finance agency, as well as associate White House press secretary and five black federal judges.

• JFK banned racial discrimination in housing during 1962 by the executive order #11063 ("Oracle think quest," 2007).

• JFK helped the Civil Rights movement by supporting the freedom riders by supporting their cause.

• The influence and support from JFK helped pass the interstate commence commission that all interstate buses and terminal's be integrated in 1961.

• JFK also Helped Black students get into “white only” schools. He used the department of defense and the army to help the students enroll and protect them.

JFK-US Theme Cont.• In 1963 JFK helped proposed new civil Right Laws that included equality in

the right to vote, go to school, to get any job, and to be served in a public place without discrimination.

• JFK was assassinated before the Civil Rights act was passed but his influence helped get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 get passed in 1965 ("Oracle think quest," 2007).

• JFK was the 35th president and lived from 1917 to 1963.• He was the president from 1961-1963.

JFK Famous Quotehttp://amac.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kennedy-ask-not.jpg

Historical Systems of power, governance, and authority

United Nations Security Council- World Theme

• The UNSC fits the theme because it is a governing body that has power over the people and has united several nations together to enforce worldly peace.

• “The Security Council can authorize the deployment of troops from United nations member countries, mandate cease- fire during conflict, and can impose economic penalties on countries” (Rosenburg, 2012).

• The UNSC was established in 1946 and is still currently active.• The UNSC is one of the six parts that make up the United Nations and is in

charge of International peace and Security. • The UNSC is made up of 15 different countries that come together to

enforce and keep international peace. • Their combined power and authority keep the peace by enforcing the laws

and using military power to enforce them.

United Nations Security Council- World Theme Cont.

• The Security Council has passed more than 1700 Resolutions since the were founded in 1946.

• The major change is that there is now a international peacekeeping program that helps countries.

• UNSC helped Namibia win independence and helped El Salvador with political reform.

• UNSC has sustained control by inspiring people to ask more of their governments and the public perception that another country will help pay for the military bill.

Science Technology as Engines of Economic Growth

Albert Einstein- World example• This example fits the theme because Einstein’s theories on relativity paved

the way for how science currently views time, space, energy, and gravity (Archer).

• Einstein’s most know contribution to science is his theory of relativity.• Einstein was so advance that his studies and work set the standards for

astrophysics studies and how they study scientific energy and space exploration.

• In 1905 Einstein published a paper on relativity which presented mathematically that the speed of light is constant and not relative to the source or the viewer.

• The result of relativistic physics was Einstein’s famous relation, E=mc2.• The equation led to the building of the Atomic bomb. • The first Atomic bomb only had 0.6 grams of mass but scientist turned it into

enough energy to blow up a whole city (Archer).

Albert Einstein- World example cont.

• Albert Einstein wrote President Roosevelt in 1939 warning him that Germany could be building an Atomic bomb.

• He told the president to do nuclear research and to finish before the Germans did.

• The relativity theory helped develop the first nuclear weapons.• It also provided many decades of advancement through Astrophysics. • Scientist have used Einstein’s theories in other scientific advancements. • E=mc2 became the foundation stone in the development of Atomic

Energy.• Einstein brought science to the public and increased awareness and

appreciation for science.

Albert Einstein- World example cont.

• Researchers from NASA and Stanford University recently Einstein's relativity theory.

• They proved that space time is affected by the presence and the rotation of gravitational bodies such as planets and stars.

• “The mission results will have a long-term impact on the work of theoretical physicists for years to come” said senior astrophysicists Bill Danchi program scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington (Perrotto, 2011).

A3 SECTION

A3 SECTION • Geography and the development/diffusion of human society is an

important theme because it teaches us how natural resources can significantly help develop human society by providing valuable resources to use and on the flip side the lack of resources shows us how human society can diffuse.

• Individuals and institutions as mechanisms of social/governmental change is an important theme because it teaches us the power an individual or institution can have to spur change. It shows us how certain activities or people can trigger change beyond their lives as well.

• Historical systems of power, governance, and authority is important theme because it teaches us how people are able to change these structures.

• The interactions between the people who create legislative and ruling bodies of government are crucial to the understanding of social studies and historical concepts.

A3 SECTION cont.

• Science technology as engines of economic growth is an important theme because it teaches us that science and technology is an essential engine for economic growth and provides valuable information for advancement through scientific discoveries.

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