Community Portfolios

This page highlights portfolios of objects that have been created by members of the community. In some cases, the portfolio creator may have attached a note about why they chose to group a particular set of objects. In all cases, these are the portfolios that they specifically chose to share with you. Browse and enjoy.

280 27 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes:		Apollon 8 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes:		Argelis' Favorites 25 record(s) Created by: ortiz Notes: These are my favorites and in no particular order...please don't judge, just have fun.		Argent 10 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes:		Aristotle 16 record(s) Created by: leddy Notes: Something special for my Aristotle students.
art 352 372 record(s) Created by: swanson Notes:		aztec 11 record(s) Created by: esquivel Notes: The focus of my portfolio is mainly on the Aztec art. I found every picture fascinating not only because of the history they transmit but also because of the aesthetic properties within them. I'll continue to add more selection to it as i come across them.		Bell-Roman Art 8 record(s) Created by: bell Notes:		CA 10.1/ Development of Western Political Thought 32 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, in Judaism, and Christianity to the development of Western political thought.		CA 10.10/Contemporary Nation-building 71 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze instances of nation-building in the cotemporary world.
CA 10.11/Integration of Countries into World Economy 23 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes:		CA 10.2/Revolutions in France, England, and US 79 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects worldwide on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty.		CA 10.3.7/From Classicism to Romanticism 23 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students describe the emergence of Romaniticism in art and literature (e.g., the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth), social criticism (e.g. the novels of Charles Dickens), and the move away from Classicism in Europe.		CA 10.3/Effects of the Industrial Revolution 53 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States and examine how scientific and technological changes and hew forms of energy brought about massive social, economic, and cultural change.		CA 10.4/New Imperialism 33 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in at least two of the following regions or countries:  Africa, Southeast Asia, China, India, Latin America, and the Philippines.
CA 10.5/Causes and Course of WW I 111 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.		CA 10.6/Effects of WW I 60 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze the effects of the First World War including the widespread disillusionment with prewar institutions, authorities, and values and the influence of World War I on literature, art, and intelliectual life in the West (e.g., Pablo Picasso, the "lost generation" of Gertrude Stein).		CA 10.7/Rise of totalitarian governments 35 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I including analysis of the rise, agression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascit and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union.		CA 10.8/Causes and Consequences of WW II 220 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.		CA 10.9/Developments in post-WWII World 91 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze the international developments in the post-World War II world.
CA 4.1 California: Physical & Human Geography 100 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Students demonstrate an understanding of the physical and human geographic features that define places and regions in California.		CA 4.1 Maps 21 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Explain coordinate grid system of latitude and longitude; locate the North and South Poles; equator; prime meridian; tropics; hemispheres. Use maps and charts to describe how communities in California vary.		CA 4.2.1 California Indians 84 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Discuss the major nations of California Indians, including their geographic distribution, economic activities, legends, and religious beliefs; and describe how they depended on, adapted to, and modified the physical environment by cultivation of land and use of sea resources.		CA 4.2.2 Exploration of the North Pacific 57 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Students identify the early land and sea routes to, and European settlements in, California with a focus on the exploration of the North Pacific.		CA 4.2.3-6 California Missions 150 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Describe the Spanish exploration and colonization of California. Understand how the mission system expanded the influence of Spain and Catholicism throughout New Spain and Latin America. Describe the daily lives of the people, native and nonnative, who occupied California. Discuss the role of the Franciscans in changing the economy of California.
CA 4.2.7-8 Mexican Rancho period 90 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Students describe the effects of the Mexican War for Independence on Alta California, including its effects on territorial boundaries of North America. Discuss the period of Mexican rule in California and its attributes, including land grants, secularization of the missions, and the rise of the rancho economy.		CA 4.3 Bear Flag Republic thru Statehood 1846-1850's 103 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Students explain the economic, social, and political life in California from the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic through the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and the granting of statehood.		CA 4.4 California development after 1850's 64 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Students explain how California became an agricultural and industrial power, tracing the transformation of the California economy and its political and cultural development since the 1850s.		CA 4.4.3-4 California Immigration & Migration 53 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Discuss immigration and migration to California, including the diverse composition of those who came, the countries of origin and their locations; and conflicts and accords among the diverse groups. Their impact on seettlement and growth of towns and cities.		CA 4.4.5 California development 1900s to present 77 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Discuss the effects of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and WWII on California. Describe the development of industries, water systems, and public education.
CA 4.4.9 California's Impact on 20th c. Art & Culture 25 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Analyze the impact of 20th c. California's impact on the nation's artistic and cultural development, including the rise of the entertainment industry.		CA 4.5 Government: local, state, and federal 44 record(s) Created by: maduell Notes: Students understand the structures, functions, and powers of the local, state, and federal governments as described in the U.S. Constitution.		CA 5.1 60 record(s) Created by: mcmullen Notes: Students describe the major pre-Columbian settlements, including the cliff dwellers and pueblo people of the desert Southwest, the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, the nomadic nations of the Great Plains, and the woodland peoples east of the Mississippi River.		CA 5.2 19 record(s) Created by: mcmullen Notes: Students trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early explorations of the Americas.		CA 5.3 13 record(s) Created by: mcmullen Notes: Students describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among the American Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers.
CA 6.1/Early human development 83 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Describe what is known through archaeological studies of the early physical and cultural development of humankind from Paleolithic era to the agricultural revolution.		CA 6.2.1 & 2/Dev. of permanent settlements - Mesopotamia, Egypt, Kush 16 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious & social structures of early civilizations - especially the developments of early agricultural that permitted the production of economic surplus and the emergence of cities as centers of culture and power.		CA 6.2.3 & 4/Mesopotamia and Egypt 21 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Understand the relationship between religion and the social and political order in Mesopotamia and Egypt.  Know the siginifcance of Hammurabi's Code.		CA 6.2.5, 6 & 7/Early civilization of Egypt 25 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Discuss the main features of Egyptian art and architecture; describe the role of Egyptian trade in the eastern Mediterranean and Nile valley; understand the significance of Queen Hatshepsut and Ramses the Great.		CA 6.2.8/Kush civilization 6 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Identify the location of the Kush civilization and describe its polical, commercial, and cultural relations with Egypt.
CA 6.2.9/Evolution of Writing 16 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Trace the evolution of language and its written forms.		CA 6.3/Ancient Hebrews 24 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze the geogrpahic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Ancient Hebrews.  Explain the sigificance of Abraham, Moses, Naomi, Ruth, David, and Yohanan ben Zaccai in the development of the Jewish religion. Discuss the settlements and movements of the Hebrew people including the Exodus.		CA 6.4/Ancient Greek Civilization, Sparta 32 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.  Discuss the connections between geography and the development of city-states. Explain the significance of Greek mythology to the everyday life of the people.  Compare and contrast Athens and Sparta.  Trace the rise of Alexander the Great.  Describe the contributions of the Greeks to arts and sciences (e.g., Plato, Euclid, Socrates).		CA 6.5/Early India 35 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of India.  Explain the major beliefs and practices of Brahmanism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Know the life and moral teachings of Buddha.  Describe the growth of the Maura empire and the policial and moreal achivements of the emperor Asoka.		CA 6.6/Early China, Shang, Quin, Han Dynasty & silk road 40 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of China including the Shang Dynasty, the life of Confucius, teachings of Confucianism and Taoism, the Qin Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty.  Cite the importance of the trans-Eurasian "silk roads."
CA 6.7.6 & 7/Origins of Chistianity 13 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Note the origins of Chistianity, the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, contribution of St. Paul the Apostle to the spread of Christian beliefs.  Describe the circumstances that led to the spread of Christianity in Europe and other Roman territories.		CA 6.7/Development of Rome 27 record(s) Created by: hernas Notes: Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures during the development of Rome.  Describe the rise of the Roman Republic including mythical and historical figures such as Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, Julis Caesar.  Describe the government of Rome and the reasons for the growth of the Roman territories and expansion of the Empire.  Discuss influence of Julius Caesar and Augustus.		CA 7.01 Rise and Fall of Roman Empire (= CA 7.1) 39 record(s) Created by: odza Notes: Study Roman Empire at its height, the reign of Augustus, invasion of Germanic tribes, and other threats to the territories. Study growth of corruption and slavery and lack of education amongst the citizenship. Study the contributions of Roman civilization, especially in law, language, technology, and transmission of Christian religion to the West. Study influence of Roman civic duties as taught by Roman Stoic philosophers  with American idea of civil duties today.  Study establishment by Constantine of the new capital in Constantinople and development of the Byzantine Empire, with splitting into Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic and influence of church on state.		CA 7.02 Islam in the Middle Ages 28 record(s) Created by: odza Notes: Study rise of Islam as a religion, trade routes between Asia and Europe. Life and teachings of Mohammed and influence on Islamic way of life... Contributions of Islamic scholars, and preservation of Greek learning. Centers of Muslim learning at Baghdad and Cordoba. Study Jewish civilization in Cordoba. Rise of religious mysticism in Islam, including flourishing of poetry and literature. Spread of Islam to Turkey, rise of Ottoman Empire and expansion into Christian Europe. Look at social structure of Ottoman Empire, including role of women. Study geographic conditions that facilitated the expansion of Islam through the Middle East, as far as Spain, sub-Saharan Africa, Persia, India and Indonesia.		CA 7.03 China in the Middle Ages (=CA 7.3) 24 record(s) Created by: odza Notes: Study Chinese culture and society during the Middle Ages. Learn about the sea voyages, technological achievements, economic changes during the T'ang Dynasty and Song, tracing rise of "modern" form of Chinese society. Study how Yangtze Valley was converted into rice paddies with irrigation and canals.  Study Mongol Ascendancy (1264-1368), with sea trade to India and Southeast Asia. Study special distinction given to merchants like Marco Polo at court. Study maritime expeditions of the Ming Dynasty until 1433. Study Confucian thought, position of merchant class and scholarly class. Look at the Chinese inventions, gunpowder, compass and printing, and effect on China and the West.
CA 7.05 Medieval Japan (=CA 7.5) 23 record(s) Created by: odza Notes: Study era of Prince Shotoku's regency (592-632) in Japan; learn how Japan borrowed from China's civilization (ideas, institutions and technology); at the same time, Japan's geographic isolation fostered political independence and allowed it to develop a unique culture. After year 607, study how elements of Chinese culture were brought to Japan, including Buddhism. Study how Buddhism blended with Japan's native Shinto religion. Compare Chinese poetry and painting with Japanese style from 9th century on. Study Noh drama, and the golden age of Japanese literature, starting with 9th - 11th centuries. Study Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu and works of other notable women authors.		CA 7.06 Medieval Europe - structures of civilizations (=CA 7.6) 28 record(s) Created by: odza Notes: Study geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe. Study topography, waterways, vegetation, and climate and relation to ways of life in Europe. Describe spread of Christianity north of the Alps; discuss roles played by early church and by monasteries in diffusion of Christianity after fall of western half of the Roman Empire. Understand feudalism and its role in the political order, as well as role in the economy. Study the interrelationship between geography and role of the manor and the growth of towns. Study conflict and cooperation between the papacy and the European monarchs (especially Charlemagne, Gregory IV, Emperor Henry IV). Learn about medieval English legal and constitutional practices and relationship to the rise of modern democratic thought -- especially Magna Carta, parliament, habeas corpus, and an independent judiciary in England. Study effects of the religious Crusades and effect of contact with Muslims from the Eastern Mediterranean. Study importance of the bubonic plague and how it spread from Central Asia, to China, the Middle East, and to Europe, and its impact on global population. Study importance of Catholic church in society and especially founding of universities, political and spiritual roles of the clergy, creation of monastic and mendicant religious orders, preservation of the Latin language and religious texts, St. Thomas Aquinas's synthesis of classical philosophy with Christian theology; study concept of "natural law." Learn about the history of the decline of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula, and the rise of the Spanish and Portuguese kingdoms.		CA 7.07 Meso-American and Andean Civilizations (=CA 7.7) 55 record(s) Created by: odza Notes: Study geography of Mexico, Central America, and South America and relationship to Mayan, Axtec, and Incan economies and development of urban societies. Study society, including class structures, family life, warfare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery. Explain circumstances of the rise and fall of each civilization and destruction of Aztec and Incan empires by Spanish. Describe artistic and oral traditions as well as architecture of the three civilizations. Describe achievements in astronomy and mathematics in Meso-America, and how their development and knowledge about the calendar and the seasons related to their systems of agriculture.		CA 7.08 Renaissance Europe (=CA 7.8) 28 record(s) Created by: odza Notes: Study the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance. Study the revival in classical learning and how humanism as a movement arose from that revival. Study  Florence and its role in the start of the Renaissance. Learn about the role of independent city-states  and families connected with them such as the Doge in Venice (other examples:  Pope in Rome, the Medici family in Florence, the Sforza family in Milan, the Este family in Ferrara)  in spreading the ideas of the Renaissance. What were the effects of the reopening of the "Silk Road" between Europe and China and the influence of Marco Polo's travels? Study the inventions of printing and paper manufacturing, and the translation of the Bible into the vernacular, and how these affected the spread of knowledge. Study advances in literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, astronomy and human anatomy that were all made during this era. Learn about Dante Alighieri, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo di Buonarroti, Botticelli, Titian, Durer, Johann Gutenberg, Cervantes, and Shakespeare.		CA 7.11 16th-18th centuries: Age of Exploration, Enlightenment, Reason 28 record(s) Created by: odza Notes: Students will study the Age of Exploration, starting with Spanish and Portuguese explorations in the New World. Learn about the routes taken by the explorers by looking at maps then and now.  Study the Spanish conquest and the terrible effects on the great civilizations they found in the Americas. Study conflict between England and Spain, the rise of the Northern European seaports, the role the Jews played in commerce and trade as they were welcomed back into Holland and England in the 1600s. Learn about the origins of modern capitalism and the development of a market economy in 17th c Europe. Study the Enlightenment, impact on future of Western political thought, in Europe and the U.S. Trace Greek thought through Rome, the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution and to the ideas in the Declaration of Independence, discovering ideas of John Locke, Montesquieu and the American founders. Study priniciples of Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, and the American Declaration of Independence.
chiaroscuro 38 record(s) Created by: angeja Notes:		Concert 23 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes: Music, musicians, concert and social life.		cSTILL 1 record(s) Created by: devera Notes: I liked looking at Color-field painters' artworks...and Clfford still is one of them.  I l think it is very interesting how these artists can use color to get their message across to the viewer.		Death 46 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes:		Early Christian Art 32 record(s) Created by: rostankowski Notes: Humanities 119B, see lectures 2/12 & 2/17.
fashion 59 record(s) Created by: hulsey Notes: Here is a collection of fashions though the ages for the elite and a few others,  Nancy Reagan's boring clothes are here, but where are Cassini's designs for Jackie Kennedy?		Flags 19 record(s) Created by: guenter_s Notes: for students of vexillology		fun stuff 8 record(s) Created by: shaddox Notes: hello. i found these things interesting.		Greco 9 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes:		Hindu Art 16 record(s) Created by: forsyth Notes: I chose Eastern Asian art because of the rich history behind the many religions that took place in that area. Hindu religion especially was hidden because of its sexual acts depicted in its art. The Muslim and Christain religions took over  and destroyed information about the origions of exotic hindu art.
Implied Motion 4 record(s) Created by: wright Notes:		Kathleen Ryan 3 record(s) Created by: ryan Notes: We will be viewing these pieces of art when we visit  Rome and Vatican City.		La guerre 16 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes:		Line Drawings 72 record(s) Created by: antokal Notes:		Mythologie générale 17 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes: Mythological characters. Application: Renaissance poetry and general culture.
Near East 33 record(s) Created by: doonan Notes: Hittite artifacts		Nehal 8 record(s) Created by: french210 Notes: Symbolist		Orphisme, futurisme et cubisme 16 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes:		other art 11 record(s) Created by: esquivel Notes: This is just a portfolio for pictures that are of interest to me.		Persians, Turks & Europeans (16th-19th) 11 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes: Fren 140B: Montesquieu, Lettres persanes.
Personnages XV-XVIe 93 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes: Portraits of historical characters.		Rebecca 15 record(s) Created by: rodda Notes: I chose images of nature and animals.  I just scrolled through hundreds of images, and chose the ones that appealed to me!		Savage, who me? 25 record(s) Created by: ortiz Notes: These pictures I picked to show that the word "Savage" is a doubled-edged sword; it always depands on the beholder.		singers 31 record(s) Created by: archibeque Notes: incomplete collection 9/23/03		survey study 0 record(s) Created by: student Notes:
The essence of flowers 10 record(s) Created by: cooper Notes: Kendra Wimberly		Vénus 54 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes: Representations of the Love goddess from Antiquity to XXth centiry.		What La Borderie did not see in Hagia Sofia 6 record(s) Created by: trudeau Notes: Bertrand de La Borderie, who travelled to Constantinople in 1537-1538 and described Hagia Sofia, commented on the plastering of the Christian mosaics by the Turks after they conquered the city and turned the basilica into a mosk.  See our website: Autour du Voyage de Constantinoble http://www.sjsu.edu/foreignlanguage/Constant.constant.html