Artifact 13: Gapminder Analysis~*

CO2 Emissions

        I chose this graph to look at the change in pollution through the industrial revolution. Pollution is an important topic, and I wanted to see what it was like in the 19^th century.  At the start of the 19^th century, The United Kingdom had the most CO2 emissions in the world.  It is also had the largest population and the highest income per person.  As we go through the 19^th century, CO2 emissions, population and income per person all go up.  What is interesting is that countries like The United States and Germany go up faster.  By the end of the 19^th century, The United States had more people than the United Kingdom.  By 1905 they would also have a higher income per person and more CO2 emissions.  In 100 years, The United Kingdom went from being the richest and most powerful country to having other countries become better than it. 

Life Expectancy

        I chose this graph because how long a person lives is an important part of a society.  At the start of the 19 century a person in The United Kingdom only lived for 40 years.  By the end of the 19^th century they would be living almost 50 years.  During the first half of the 19^th century the life expectancy did not go up much.  The second half is where most of the change happened.  I think this happened because in the second half there are more jobs and people were making more money, so they can live better lives.  The life expectancy went up steadily in the 19^th century, but around 1915, World War I it dropped a lot.  This happened because so many people died in the war.

Smaller Families, Longer Lives

I chose this graph because I thought it was interesting that the more children people had the shorter the life expectancy.  At the start of the 19^th century the average woman in The United Kingdom had about five kids.  By the end of the 19^th century the average woman had between 3 and 4 children.  As the income goes up the number of children goes down. With more women working in factories, and not from home, there was less time to have a family.  Also people moved to the cities where there wasn’t a lot of room to have big families.  

 

           

<<Reflection>>


1.
a) Which main topic does the artifact relate to? In what ways?

     A: This main topic relates to the changes in different parts of life in the 19th century. 

b) Which other main topics does it also relate to?
      A: It also relates to the other countries that changed during the 19th century.
2. Why did you choose this artifact, and how much time did you spend creating and/or processing it? 
      A: This artifact was the teacher's choice, and i spend about 2 hours on it.  

3. What insights and understanding have you gained from the creation and/or processing of this artifact?
      A: I learned that how many children you have and life expectancy are related.
4. Does this artifact reflect your best work and/or ideas? Why, or why not?

      A:Yes, it does.
5. Rate this artifact on a scale of -5 to 5(0 is neutral) for the following 4 criterion:
    a) Impact on the quality of your Portfolio
    b) Impact on your level of happiness/enjoyment
    c) Impact on your learning
    d) Level of creativity and originality

A: a) 3

    b) 2

    c) 4

          d) 0


6. Any additional comments.

A: No