Kassy's Lesson

I received an general view on Denmark from Kassy's lesson. The predominant objective I took from the lesson is that many factors determine a model society. Kassy took us through a journey that explores nearly every aspect of Denmark.
I was most surprised by the unemployment rate of Denmark. 2% is just incredible. In addition, its GDP per capita is one of the highest in the world. The only thing I don't like is the racism. Overall, I was impressed by Kassy's lesson. It was very enjoyable.

Person of High Character:
I tried my best to grasp the concepts that Kassy introduced. I concentrated on the lesson.

Community Contributor:
I shared my ideas with the class. I participated in the discussions.

Problem Solver and Critical Thinker:
I thought hard about how Denmark is qualified for being a model society from all the aspects Kassy discussed.

Kevin Liao Lesson

The objective the I took from the lesson is that a history of a nation can affect its future foundations. Austria has a history of being invaded and invade. It was occupied by many foreign forces, including the Romans, French and German. It also had empires of its own. Due to these facts, it has confusions about its identity. It does not know which culture it belongs to.
Austrians are afraid of foreigners right now since they feel as if they were too open to external forces in the past. They want to protect themselves from making the mistakes again. Another reason why Austrians might have xenophobia was their Nazi education during World War II. As we all know, the Nazis were racist. Therefore, the Austrians were educated with prejudiced ideas. Unfortunately, Austria did not reeducate its people and Nazi ideas still exist in Austrian minds. Hence, I believe that Austria's history did indeed influence present day Austria.


Students outcomes

Active Learner:
I have to pay attention to Kevin's lesson in order to participate in the activities. By paying close attention to the details and facts, I was being an active learners. Furthermore, I took notes of his presentation. That demonstrated my desire to learn.

Effective communicator:
Think-pair share. Doing this activity enable us to share our ideas in front of the entire class. In addition, Max, and. We improve as effective communicator during these processes.

Critical thinker and problem solver:
In order to come up with good reasons to support our prompt, I had to think a lot. I had to think of good examples to justify my statement.

The Greek Economy

Like many other civilizations, the ancient Greek economy was based on agriculture. Grapes, cereals and olives were the main crops. In addition, they domesticated animals like sheep and goats. Husbandry was not successful developed due to the bad soil. Bee were kept to produce honey, which was the primary source for sugar. Mining was significant since they had developed metal. Silver was abundant. Bronze and iron weapons were used commonly. Many Greeks were sailors around the Mediterranean sea. Some of them were traders. Some of them were fishermen who sold fish in markets. Some of them were mercenaries who fought for other nations for money. Coins were used in ancient Greece in several ways. They were used as a way to exchange objects. They were a source of revenue. I think the economy of ancient Greece is similar to our modern economy, just not as complicated.

Baraka

I believe that the film "Baraka" is about our environment. At first, the film presents beautiful and magnificent scenes of mountains and glaciers. However, the film goes into various human cultures. For instance, the scene where a African Indigenous group were dancing around was fascinating. This relates to the topic we discussed before: the disappearing Indegenous cultures. Monkeys swimming in hot springs also amazed me. I didn't know monkeys like hot springs. The different aspects of our world are beautifully presented in the film. To me, this movie is absolutely environmental. It's telling me that we should stop destroying. Our world is unique. There will never be a second one. I am grateful that I live on this lovely planet.