Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau

The filmmakers decided to name the documentary Hawaiian, The Legend of Eddie Aikua, because he was a symbol of what surfing was originally about the Hawaiian culture. The life of Eddie Aikua shows way of Hawaiian culture through surfing and being a champion and legend , being one with the Earth, and trying to make the statement clear that Hawaiian are worth more then what others think. ESPN's programming had focused the documentary on surfing with an underlining topic of Hawaiian culture. The filmmakers showed this through imagery of actual pictures and videos, one on ones with his family members and close friends, and moving reenactments of major points that had occur. If this documentary was to be created by another programming company such as PBS or the History channel it would be more about his life but maybe go more in depth of the Hawaiian culture because it was his calling/meaning in life, being Hawaiian made him who he was.

America Seizing the Philippines

If I were to make a documentary the main topic would be how American seized and colonized the Philippines. The focus would be the reasoning and the actions done towards the Philippines. I would go into depth on the struggles that President McKinley faced when it came to what he would do with the Philippines. I would also look into how many options he had and why he thought the one he had was the best and how did it become beneficial for the United States. The angle would be how  President McKinley's choice made a the people of the United Sates come to the idea of Imperialism, how it made people question their thoughts, knowledge, and ideas of what they thought America was about, and how the Philippines reacted towards what was happening to them and their country.

How do you analyze political political cartoons?

When it came to analyzing political cartoons I knew that in order to understand what is being illustrated I needed to know/understand prior or outside knowledge, reading what little words are in the cartoon itself and interpreting them,  and try to find aspects of irony in the illustration also. When I look up guides to analyzing political cartoons other that what I had already knew there were other aspects such as  symbolism, exaggeration, and analogies. Learning this new information I now that the guide I had searched (It's No Laughing Matter: Cartoon Analysis Guide) would be the best to use when analyzing because there are more specific "instructions" on what to do and explains why.When it comes to analyzing political cartoons I look for symbolism, irony and writing within the This guide had also used my methods so in my opinion I would use this when comes to analyzing these cartoons because it gives the steps that would help, the reasoning behind the steps, and some questions to ask when I am analyzing the cartoon.

1899 political cartoon by Mccay

Uncle Sam (United States) is being tied up by a rope by a mule that is the "Philippines". It symbolizes that the US is getting tied up in something that is bigger than them.

The Hawaiian Gazette

This cartoon illustrates Uncle Sam and two younger children who are presumably Cuban and Hawaiian. The texts says "Who'll get the wish-bone?". During this time (1897)  Hawaii and Cuba were still territories and were near the time of the becoming annexed. It seems as though Uncle Sam is bullying the little children, that he taunting them. The United Sates seemed to believe that they were better the territories because they were taking care of them.

President McKinley

This cartoon symbolizes the reluctance of McKinley deciding whether or not to give that Philippines back to Spain because he didn't want to be imperialist. He then decided to keep the Philippines to "help" them and educate them so that they can become independent. 

Phrenology

In our research we observed and took notes on a bust for its use, was it an artifact who created it. thus bust would be considered a secondary source since it is not the original. For research in general my group used prior knowledge on what we already knew on what this bust was, but we also used google to find scholarly information on everything about it. this type of bust was originally made or created by a German Physiologist Franz Gall in 1796. This bust was primarily used in the early 19th century for usage on phrenology and science of the brain, the bust was later recreated by LN Fowler. the importance of this bust later became outdated and incorrect when later science came in to perspective and prove the information given from the bust to be wrong. This research helped helped me fine tune my search on in making my search more specific.