Chinese American history

Producing a History: A Case Study of the Alexander the Great Wikipedia Article Trouillot believes in analyzing the narrative, or history being told, to see how it works and under what conditions it was created, to understand the powers at play and what narratives are being silenced. In the Alexander the Great Wikipedia page, a narrative is being told, and according to Trouillot, rather than define what the history is by coming at it directly (which will only yield frustrating results), we…

most viewpoints and opinions on particular topics are easy to look at. It's not always easy to read between the lines of what someone could be specifying or addressign. By initiating this task, I have learned more than I ever have about the Spanish American War. I have learned how hard it is to go through reading "in between the lines" when analyzing and reading the different documents. By taking this route, I have learned how powerful it is to do this…

For my essay I met with Peter Alter, a historian and the archivist at the Chicago History Museum (CHM) since 2010. Peter was exceptionally helpful and patient in answering all of my questions. The archives at the CHM house many important collections relating to life in the Chicago region that go back as far as 1683. Having used their research center, I have always been impressed at how user-friendly their searchable database is, and how quickly they are able to locate the folders requested…

Movie Essay The purpose of the movie was to learn about how life was back then with gods and kings. Who ruled places or how they did. We also learned about how people had wars back then in 500 B.C. And how many wives a god or king could have . This movie was about Christian's , Muslim's and a little bit of Koreans . The only problem I had with the film was that people really don't know all of what these people did back in the day. They just base it off statistics . They didn't live…

Looking back on history, there have been a surplus of events where a multitude of people have been affected. A few examples of these events being the Holocaust, the 9/11 attacks, etc. When these events do indeed occur, it is very common for the people who endured these tragedies refuse to recount their experiences due to the traumatization it caused them. However, there are times where one person will recount their experiences of these events, and in turn will give others the confidence they…

“a picture is worth a thousand words”, but can one really gain as much knowledge of an experience through an image rather than pages of textual descriptions of every detail? Generally, students are disengaged in the content displayed through a history book, primarily because they believe that they have no similarities between those living in the Gilded Age and find it hard to sympathize let alone understand any individual from that time period. When viewing historical events through a graphic…

Juan Navarro Professor Powell English 5B 12 October 2015 Imperfections of History Over the years, the United States has always had controversies arise as time progresses. With technology advancing at a rapid rate, the amounts of historical inaccuracies that appear are tremendous. One of the most famous historical inaccuracies to appear, especially in United States history, is when George Washington crossed the Delaware River. Many historians have speculated the accuracy of the famous painting,…

Some history events are essential evidences that illustrate ideas of how the event begins and ends. Some historians take a time to write books and articles about important events to demonstrate deep details that readers may not know about. Many historians have constructed an event to their own ideological beliefs to infiltrate those beliefs to the readers. Moreover, a Presidential history or a biography topic can be constructed with a lot of interpretations that results in arguments and…

In the article, "Henry Rodriguez: Preserving the Luiseño Tradition," Rodriguez talks about how oral tradition keep stories "alive and changing over time." Just for example, Rodriguez mentions a story about a "powerful song given" to him by an old man, and it was later on collected as "sets," as more elderly men are willing to share their songs. As a result, it created a bigger content of songs, having a far more interpretation of a subject. Just like in oral tradition, stories accumulate, it…

Jacoby displays a handful of historical methods and sources to help explain and defend his historical argument. The book is organized is organized chronologically even though during the book there are some moments where some case studies seem to overlap each other. The book is set up in the chronological order because it is the arrangement of things following one after another time. Jacoby wanted the viewers to understand the time era impacted the decision making of creating these parks. If…