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1980's Topics 7th Period 1980's Topics 8th Period Personal Computers, Apple II and Microsoft Drew Sarno INSERT MULTIMEDIA OF YOUR TOPIC--BOTH ASSOCIATION AND INDIVIDUAL Imbed Photos (click FILE), Video (click Widget); Make a Glog (Instructions for Glog);

media type="youtube" key="1lEmzAY5xIo" width="425" height="350" Task One--DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC ---Due Monday, March 12th Each topic includes an association (movement) and an individual. **PROMPT: Explain the achievements associated with both parts of your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1980s. Explain the relationship between the individual and the association or movement.** Please write **__two__extended** power paragraphs to address the above question. **Each paragraph** should meet the following expectations: Microsoft is one of the leading brands in tecnology today. With its advanced products it shows high class in the tech world. The acomplishments of Microsoft in the 1980's were very significant. "One of Gates's most significant opportunities arrived in 1980, when IBM approached him to help with their personal computer project, code name Project Chess" (Mussing). Much of the 80's were consumed by building up a new program for microsoft. It would help it become one of the most advance computers that are out there. They had to create something that would get everyones attention. This connects with Apple and the making of the personal computer.

Apple had created many products and became very popular for its macintosh in 1984. People wanted more so the Apple II was created as a personal computer. It was hard to maintain a low price for builing this product and financial issues became a struggle at some points. "Building such a machine was going to be fiscally burdensome. Jobs started looking for cash, but Wayne was somewhat gun shy due to a failed venture four years earlier, and eventually dropped out of the company" (Pollson). This is what made Apple one of the best known company names of all time. Ever since they have been creating technology beyond anyones beilef. They are coming out with products that people didnt even know existed. This is what made Apple such a big company. The personal computer was thought about by a commitee including Steve Jobs. The design and software was new but rather modern. The Apple III was a relatively conservative design for computers of the era" (Gibson). They have a commercial like the one showed abopve that shows how everyone should be able to have their own computer. All this would not have happened if it wasnt for all the technology they created in the 1980's.

**Task One Rubric **
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from a minimum of  3  credible sources,
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px;">Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Insert the Works Cited listing the three sources after the Third Task.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Post the paragraphs to the wiki March 12th. Timely posts of complete assign = 10 points. Task One = 50 points

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">__Task Two--EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE--Due March 15th__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of 3 sources: two new ones and any of the three sources used in Task One. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">** PROMPT: Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1980s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First Century. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs to address this prompt. There are many influences on personal computers in the 1980's. One was the software updates. This influenced both Apple and microsoft to work on their computers and have the "best" product. This was costly so they had to earn money. "Jobs started looking for cash, but Wayne was somewhat gun shy due to a failed venture four years earlier, and eventually dropped out of the company" (Pollson). This advanced everyones technology not only at home but at places like the school or library. The society that was most influenced was basically everyone. Probably mainly the middle classes. Witht this being a new technology it was relitively still expensive. When a new product come out today it is very expensive and the price goes down as less people want it and more time goes by. The main audience that Apple and Microsoft were aiming for was average people. They wanted it to become where everyone would have a personal computer. To do this they needed everyone to want a personal computer. They needed people to invest and build up their community. On December 12, 1980, Apple launched the initial public offering of its stock to the investing public" (Primack). They needed investors and software companys to help to do this. "On the first day of exhibition, Jobs introduced Apple II to a Japanese chemist named Toshio Mizushima who became the first authorized Apple dealer in Japan" (Ridder). This is where the advertisment and features come in. Like the video above they need to show people that this is a good investmant and that everyone should get one because they are a usful product.

The advance in technolgy changed many things. "The products have become "bigger" and "better" than ever before" (Hormby). More and more companys started to become intrested in this buisness and more companys were now competition. It was now whoever had the best product. It also made companys seek better technology to beat out its competiters and have again the "best" technology. "However, by the mid - 1980s, the Apple II was now competing with the IBM PC and its clones, and a new energy was focused upon marketing the Macintosh" (Preimesberger). This led to many things to help advertise it. When the superbowl commercial for the new Apple computer came out in 1986 people went crazy. It made people guess what was coming next. It built up the suspense and allowed more and more people to want to be part of Apple's society. "Two days after the 1984 ad aired, the Macintosh went on sale. It came bundled with two applications designed to show off its interface: Macwrite and Macprint" (Dvorak). The impact that this topic had on the twenty-first century was now most every house hold had at least one computer and this didnt just advance knowledge it advanced many other things like comminications and socializing. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">**Task Two Rubric** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Task One. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced. If you credited the source in Task One, you do not need to reestablish credibility, only an internal citation is required.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 5 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #9008b6; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Task Three--JUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATIO --Due Mar. 19th <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic and know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, identify the driving forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the **Great Man Continuum** to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each one citing a minimum of 3 credible sources. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Encyclopedic sources are not acceptable for this task. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">**PROMPT: Explain the forces that produced or created your topic. Use the four criteria of the Great Man Continuum to analyze the topic's long-run significance in American society. Specifically, (1) describe the significance of the accomplishment, (2) the endurance of the legacy, (3) extent of the topics influence, and** **(4) impact on daily life of people then and now.** There were many significant things to the accomplishment of personal computers in both Apple and Microsoft. Once there was a base for a computer Apple decided that they would have to expand this. They would have to create something that would shock everyone. This was the Apple II. When the construction started they didnt have much money to work with because unlike microst who was known as the "big company" Apple had not yet become the number one yet. They had enough money to creat a prototype because of there previous product the Apple 1. "Many of the design features of the I were due to the limited amount of money they had to construct the prototype, but with the income from the sales he was able to start construction of a greatly improved machine, the Apple II" (Young). Now there had become this competition. Both Microsoft and Apple would compete to be the number one computer company. The personal computer had become a huge accomplishment for both companys. The endurance from the companys came from both competition and money. There jobs were to come out with the best product to sell and to make the most money. They started to team up with software companys all over the world to help their products. Like said in task 1 Microsoft came up with a great software. "One of Gates's most significant opportunities arrived in 1980, when IBM approached him to help with their personal computer project, code name Project Chess" (Mussing). Both companys started to become greedy for more and more to help make their computers the "best". "With both cash,and a new case design in hand thanks to designer Jerry Manock, the Apple II was released in 1977 and became the computer generally credited with creating the home computer market" (Cellini).

The influence on Both companys came from the endurance. They would try to crete the best product to have for the people. This become harder and harder with companys poping up and people stealing each others ideas. “If you just wait for consumers to tell you what to do, you’ll never be an Apple” (Vidal). Apple and Microsofts both influences were mainly from the people. They wanted to crete something that the people would go crazy for and that could spark people to buy their products. As time went on the products became better and better. Influences helped the companys know that they need to get the peoples attention by advertisment. A example of this is the famous Apple commercial during the Super Bowl. "It was directed by Ridley Scott, aired during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984, and is now considered a "watershed event" and a "masterpiece" (Leopold). This got peoples attention and influenced the company to even work harder. The impact on daily life of people then and now changed drastically. Like said in task two the products are changing everything. "The products have become "bigger" and "better" than ever before" (Hormby). Our whole society has changed because of these eye opening electronics. Now life had revolved around these products which made more and more people buy them.


 * Great Man Criteria || ** 5=long-run ** || ** 4=wide-spread ** || ** 3=moderate ** || ** 2=short run ** || ** 1=little effect ** || ** 0=not at all ** ||
 * ** SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ** ||  || X ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** ENDURANCE OF LEGACY ** ||  ||   || X ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** EXTENT OF INFLUENCE ** ||  || X ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE ** || X ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Great Man Continuum

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Great -X-Event Making --Eventful --Social

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Men -Hero ---Hero ---Determinism

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Task Three Rubric **
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new expert opinion sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Tasks One or Two. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * ** Complete Great Man Continuum and Table and justify your placement using the evidence of the 4 criteria **
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 7 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** WORKS CITED: **


 * TASK ONE**

Polsson, Ken. [|__"Chronology of Apple Computer Personal Computers"__]. Retrieved 2007-11-18.

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Fi-Gi/Gates-Bill.html#b

Gibson, Brad (September 1, 2004). [|__"Apple Expo - Apple Exec: No G5 Laptop "Anytime Soon""__]. macobserver.com. Retrieved May 4, 2006.


 * TASK TWO**

Polsson, Ken. [|__"Chronology of Apple Computer Personal Computers"__]. Retrieved 2007-11-18.

Primack, Doug. [|__"Fallen Apple: Steve Jobs resigns"__]. //CNN//. Retrieved August 24, 2011.

__[|"Apple unveils new marketing strategy. | Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service (November, 1997)"]__. Retrieved August 15, 2008

Hormby, Thomas (2006-10-02). [|__"Apple's Worst Business Decisions"__]. OS News. Retrieved 2007-12-24.

Preimesberger, Chris (2011-02-25). [|__"How Apple Dodged a Sun Buyout: Former CEOs McNealy, Zander Tell All"__]. eWeek. Retrieved February 27, 2011.

Dvorak, John (2006-11-26). [|__"Whatever Happened to Lotus Jazz?"__]. Dvorak Uncensored. Retrieved 2007-01-21.


 * TASK THREE**

Young, Jeffrey; William L. Simon (2005). //iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business//. [|__Hoboken__], [|__New Jersey__] : [|__John Wiley & Sons__]. p. 35. [|__ISBN__] [|__978-0471720836__].

Cellini, Adelia (January 2004). [|__"The Story Behind Apple's '1984' TV commercial: Big Brother at 20"__]. [|__//MacWorld//__] //21.1, page 18//. Archived from [|__the original__] on 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-05-09.

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Fi-Gi/Gates-Bill.html#b

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Leopold, Todd (February 3, 2006). [|__"Why 2006 isn't like '1984'"__]. CNN. Retrieved 2008-05-10.

Hormby, Thomas (2006-10-02). [|__"Apple's Worst Business Decisions"__]. OS News. Retrieved 2007-12-24.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**Holistic Rubric for all 3 Tasks**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**A quality topic post for the 1980s assignment will**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Arrange Media to enhance and extend the significance of the topic to the 1980s decade.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from 3 different sources.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only signed sources from the LC databases.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Credit sources with internal citations, ( Author's Last Name).
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">List all 7 sources alphabetically in the Works Cited. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Format in MLA style.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Great Man Continuum and Table.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Justify the placement of your topic on the continuum using the evidence from the 7 sources to support your analysis of the 4 criteria.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Answer the prompts for all 3 tasks and the research question thoughtfully and thoroughly. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">well done

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Need Help Applying the Great Man Theory? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">When deciding where a person may fit on the continuum, think about what society was like at the time he/she was famous. Did the person change history because of their personal characteristics, or would history have gone on in a similar way without this person? Civil Society Defined Great Man Continuum
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Refer to these handouts for additional information: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** eed Help Using the Great Man Criteria Table? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">**Use a scale of 0-to 5 to evaluate the individual’s accomplishments, legacy, influence, and impact.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** 0=not at all, 1=little effect, 2=short run, 3=moderate, 4=wide-spread, 5=long run **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Individuals with high totals, mostly 5’s, should be placed close to Great Men; those with low scores near social determinism.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Need Help placing individuals on the Great Man Continuum? **