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6/21/10 Agreed... looks great, thanks again Jamie & yes, BEST of luck w/the potty training task! __Once Upon a Potty__ by Alona Frankel is a cute book if you've never heard of it... there's a girl version & boy version :)

6/21/10 Jamie, It looks great. Thank you for putting it all together. Good luck with the potty training.

6/21/10 OK, I think I was able to incorporate everything! Check it out and let me know, I will be home all day (potty training my 2 year old-what a great first day of summer vacation:))) Jamie

Sounds good & thanks again for putting all of it together for us. I'll be sure to check-in tomorrow AM. - Megan

6/20/10 Hi Girls, I will put everything together and have it ready for you tomorrow morning! Take a look and I will edit anything by the end of the day! Thanks for the imput!

Hi girls! Which two were you thinking? -Jamie

Ok, well I went ahead and picked two that I was kind of familiar with and filled out the venn diagram. I emailed Chris because I'm not sure if we are to do our own or not! My venn diagram does not allow for you to add your comments so I may have attached it wrong. Let me know what you both think! -Jamie

Hi-you do not need multiple Venns, one final one is all. You may have to each open the file, re-save it, and then re-attach it as a new draft. That means you may have more than one attached, but when done, can remove the working ones and then attach the final one. You could also compare notes in the workspace and one person prepare an agreed upon final Venn. Hope this helps-Chris.

Thanks Chris! OK, so girls take a look at what I have done and add or delete anything you want on your own diagrams an then we will combine everything! Let's have everything ready to be combined by Sunday so we can put it together and agree for Monday! -Jamie

Jamie-I hope it is okay with you, but rather than typing and posting multiple versions of the Venn, I was just going to leave my input here. I hope you can add necessary pieces to the venn for our group. For "Where Both Platforms Agree", I like your point about the immigrant being portrayed as a monster; we might also include that he is portrayed as subhuman. I also did some research and found that "Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act two years later." I'm not sure where this fits on the diagram, just thought it to be an interesting detail. Also, in the "Welcome to All" rendering, did you notice the sky? The word war is looming overhead. Any significance there? Finally, I found this bit of info, "It shows a line of immigrants being greeted by Uncle Sam surrounded by signs stressing the freedoms of America. Keppler drew this to remind Americans that, although they have problems, they are a lot better off than people elsewhere." I really think that, overall, your venn hits all the major details.~Tara

Hey Ladies, I'm back! Venn looks great so far! I had wireless access one afternoon while I was gone so was able to do some research. Here's what I found... if you notice in the lower right corner of "Welcome to All" the author/cartoonist who created it is J. Keppler (Tara mentions this above) which I found out stands for Joseph Keppler who co-owned Puck magazine at the time both the cartoons we're comparing were published. The cartoonist directly responsible for "Where Both Platforms Agree" says J.A. Wales but if you look/zoom-in on the top left corner of "Where Both Platforms Agree" you'll see that it was published by "Keppler" & Schwarzmann. I thought (if you would like to add this) in the middle of our Venn we could include that both cartoons had the influence of Keppler. I also found out that Keppler was from Europe which makes his "Welcome to All" cartoon all the more interesting being that it depicts immigrants from Europe AND as Tara said Keppler drew this cartoon to remind Americans that they don't have it all that bad. We don't have to add this to our Venn but I was thinking if we want maybe we can incorporate it under the "Welcome to All" section as a possible "author bias" toward Europeans and against Americans. "Against Americans" is kind of harsh considering Keppler spent most of his life in the US... maybe word it differently if we want to use it. Also, I thought this quote about the magazine both cartoons were in kind of reinforced Jamie's observation that both cartoons had an influence on the presidential election at that time //“Puck// did not shy away from criticism of the administration and by influencing the perceptions of the voting public”. You'll see a Wikipedia link above under Resources... I normally try to shy away from Wikipedia but it gave me decent info to further investigate & the research/info you girls found I feel pretty much verifies it. Tara- I looked into the word War in the "Welcome to All" cartoon... I didn't find anything concrete just that it might have been the "feel" of Europe at the time. Same thing with the demons in the sky... probably added to depict how Europeans may have been feeling at the time. - Megan

I enjoyed reading over your final venn diagram and the collaboration among each group member. The Wiki is a way to communicate back and forth when working as a group for any project. This is a great tool for students to use as it lends to their tech skills and comfort levels, all while keeping them engaged. Your page shows evidence of teamwork, organization, and strong communication with a resultant high quality final project. Thanks for your efforts. Chris