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Group Documentary
(Kayla and Paige)
Honouliuli Internment Camp
Solo Documentary (Jace)
Tricks in Skateboarding
KAYLA KAKESAKO
PAIGE KAWANA
JACE OKAMOTO
Kayla and Paige'sThesis Statement:
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s executive order 9066 in 1942 to allow soldiers to forcefully take ‘aliens’ from homes and put them into internment camps marked a negative socio-political turning point in American history that many Japanese Americans never fully recovered from. The Honouliuli internment camp would target 40% of the Hawaiian Japanese American population, as 1,330 people had to be taken into camps. Many children had little contact with their fathers, family homes were raided, and many businesses were put out of order. After all the camps closed down in March 1946, the Japanese Americans were paid a 9-14% lower income than they should have been. Japanese Americans continued to be racially discriminated against and suffered from an increased chance of cardiovascular disease.
Jace's Thesis Statement:
The invention of the ollie and trick skating is monumental in skating history. The ollie was invented by Alan (Ollie) Gelfand in 1978. The first real tricks invented were the Impossible, the kickflip, and the 360 flip or “Tre Flip.” The inventor of these tricks is Rodney Mullen, the “Godfather of Modern Freestyle Skating.” This was the biggest turning point in skate history because before this skating was all ramp skating or just cruising. These tricks are now the base of skating and without it we would still be doing vert skating (Big Ramps) or just cruising on the road.
Group Documentary
(Ava and Quincy)
Beethoven
Group Documentary (Elena and Angel)
Nicolaus Copernicus: Heliocentric Model
AVA BADIABLE
QUINCY HIGA
ELENA MUGUNBEY
ANGEL LI
Ava and Quincy's Thesis Statement:
In the 19th century, the romantic period marked a significant turning point in music history. From changes in emotion and mechanics, the romantic period marked numerous changes in how music was written and performed. Many composers, such as Beethoven, influenced many pieces of music written in the romantic period. In the classical period, music was written just to be written, with a focus on mechanics while paying no attention to emotion and no passion involved in it. Beethoven, one of the most genius composers of the romantic period, was one of the first composers to experiment with different writing techniques, which influenced the start of the romantic period.
Elena and Angel's Thesis Statement:
Nicolaus Copernicus’ discovery of the heliocentric model is the theory that the planets revolved around the sun, which was supposedly shown to be at the center of the universe. Though the Heliocentric model was officially published by Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543, it had already been visualized between 1508 and 1514. Even though it was rejected by many in the community, the theory was supported by other astronomers’ discoveries. Since this theory was acknowledged, scientists now view the world in a more accurate way. This theory helps scientists make more accurate assumptions about astronomy, and find out more about the universe. The heliocentric model is the most accurate way to view the position of the Earth and sun in the universe compared to other theories.
Group Documentary
(Avery, Lauren, and Zoe)
Women's Sanitary Products
AVERY MIYAMOTO
LAUREN LIESMAN
ZOE RANCHEZ
Avery, Lauren, and Zoe's Thesis Statement:
Modern day women’s sanitary products made a turning point in history. They changed the way the public looked at periods. Before, women had all eyes on them and if their period wasn’t fully hidden they were seen as unhygienic and abnormal. Now, it is more accepted todays culture and is seen as a part of normal life. The first brand name sanitary product was made by Johnson & Johnson in 1897, named Sanitary Napkins for Ladies or Lister Towels. Later the first sanitary pad was sold in 1920 by the brand Kotex, under Kimberly-Clark Co.
This was a huge step for the start of the evolution of sanitary products. Over time these products did improve. From the rags, cloth, sheep wool, and among other things that were the overall norm.
Marketing also played a huge role in their evolution. Women still felt ashamed about buying these products. To address this issue Johnson and Johnson created a stunning marketing campaign that was made to make women feel more confident. Quoting from the Johnson & Johnson website it says “unlike other campaigns of the era, the Modess ads let consumers supply their own unique reasons for buying the product, such as "because ... I don't want anything to stop me from going out to a party" or "because ... I want to look and feel glamorous."
Documentaries JUDGED IN 118
Solo Documentary (Shean)
Abraham Lincoln
Solo Documentary (Izzy)
Discovery of the Rosetta Stone
SHEAN KANAI
IZZY PRATT
Shean's Thesis Statement:
Abraham Lincoln was a significant, monumental person who became the 16th president of the United States and played a crucial role in the American Civil War. As commander in chief, Lincoln was responsible for how the war was conducted, and he transformed the President's role as commander in chief and as chief executive into a powerful new position. Abraham Lincoln’s role in the American civil war was a turning point because he issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves from the confederacy on January 1st, 1863, he established an indivisible nation and ended slavery, he built the republican party into a strong national organization, and he rallied most of the Northern Democrats to the Union cause. He set the nation on a course that would give all African Americans freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote.
Izzy's Thesis Statement:
In 1799, the discovery of the rosetta stone, a broken shard of time, by French military officer Pierre François Xavier Bouchard, was a huge mile-stone in language barriers and a turning point in history because it transformed the study of linguistics by allowing historians to translate the dead language of hieroglyphs for the first time. Before its discovery, there was no way to accurately translate the writing left on ancient Egyptian artifacts. Now, we have entire libraries and courses of study devoted to hieroglyphs alone.
Group Documentary (Dean, Jason, and Kolten)
King Kamehameha's Unification
DEAN ARAKI
JASON UNO
KOLTEN MURATA
Dean, Jason, and Kolten's Thesis Statement:
In 1810 king Kamehameha united the Hawaiian islands in the middle of the Pacific ocean. King Kamehameha the first uniting the eight major Hawaiian islands was a turning point in history because it changed Hawaii from a place of war to a place of peace. King Kamehameha united the islands by defeating the chiefs to get the gods by his side so he had enough strength to take on the other chiefs of the other Hawaiian islands. In the end this kept Hawaii together when countries tried to take over Hawaii.
Group Documentary (Aidan, Terrance, and Wilson)
Reconstruction Amendments
AIDAN MAO
TERRANCE LI
WILSON MA
Aidan, Terrance, and Wilson's Thesis Statement:
The Reconstruction Amendments were made between 1865 and 1870. The amendments are the 13th, 14th, and 15th, and were a turning point that ended slavery, gave citizenship to freed African Americans, and established the right to vote regardless of race. The 13th Amendment was made to support the Emancipation Proclamation because the Emancipation Proclamation only ended slavery in the confederacy, while the 13th Amendment abolished the entirety of the United States. The 14th Amendment was to ensure the Bill of Rights was in effect for all citizens regardless of race. The Fourteenth Amendment allowed the federal government to challenge state governments when they abridged the immunities and rights of citizens based on race. In the 15th Amendment, it gave the right to black men to vote. This secured voting rights for black men, making it illegal to refuse them the right to vote based on their race.
Solo Documentary (M)
Harlem Renaissance
M NISHIHARA
M's Thesis Statement:
At the time of the early 20th century, the Harlem Renaissance was born. During this timeframe, every art form changed proactively from before and during the Harlem Renaissance. A specific art form would be music. Before the Harlem Renaissance, music was called “ragtime”, which was piano playing with singing/whistling/laughing. The turning point from before the Harlem Renaissance and during was the art, specifically the music, was the style of music and the meaning behind the styles. The Harlem Renaissance set the stage for the modern flourishing of Black artists and thinkers and the fight for civil rights for Black Americans.
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