11/07/09 -Session 1b - Dube - 19th century China

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  • November 15, 2009 at 8:05 am #31491
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    I, too, enjoyed Saturday's session. I thought the debate regarding whether Marco Polo visited China or not was interesting. It might be a worthwhile assignment to have my students research and discuss their thoughts about this explorer, as well as other explorers we read about in our history books.

    November 15, 2009 at 1:44 pm #31492
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    Thanks for sharing this article. It is so interesting and shows that we cannot just support recycling in our own country. We need to influence the rest of the world, and not contribute to the pollution that they produce. The size of China and the amount of recycling and pollution that results from that recycling will affect all of us. It is amazing to me that our biggest import to China is our trash!
    Beth

    November 16, 2009 at 1:29 pm #31493
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    In feudal China, women's status was very low. Confucius and his followers belived that "male are noble and women are humble".

    Traditionally, a girls' beauty was associated with being fragile, pale, weak, and dependent to men. I still remember that my grandma was very concerned that my elder sister was too tall and has big feet (I buy Size 8.5 shoes for her here), and that she would not be able to marry to an ideal husband. Actually my grandma received western education in Shanghai, and worked as a sub teacher before 1949. That part of the culture is changing, but a lot of men in China nowadays still don't feel comfortable to marry women that receive higher degrees, or of higher social status. That's why in Beijing and Shanghai, at least, a lot of beautiful, independent and well educated women remain single even though they do want to get married. On Nov. 11, single men and women's day in China, there was a lot of media coverage in China about the social phenomena and reasons.

    Hope the next generation will change for the better as they grow up in a global environment.

    The following link is President Obama's town hall meeting yesterday in Shanghai with college students. http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/china-town-halls

    November 17, 2009 at 2:21 am #31494
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    I agree that it was so relevant to begin with geography, as it determines demographic tendencies and economic realities.
    It makes me think of natural resources and how they are becoming depleted, and how this relates to where people live and how it determines their economy.
    I am wondering if the physical size of China itself contributes to the prosperity of its economy?

    March 8, 2010 at 12:13 pm #31495
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    Just got through the age of new imperialism in my honors class. I was able to incorporate a lot of what I learned from the seminar (re: Opium War, isolationism, economic imperialism, etc.) into my lectures and I think the kids got a lot from it.

    March 8, 2010 at 12:20 pm #31496
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    On a side note: I think (at least for us history teachers) that using powerpoint slides with as little verbiage as possible can really go a long way with students. I've started to use the whiteboard and overhead to relay general concepts and important events (any / all of which they can write down, though it's not mandatory)--and then provide them with a pre-formatted lecture outline (of which they can take supplemental notes). What I've noticed: more frequent student participation, heightened engagement and more freedom for me to go off on my little tangents. I noticed Clay formats his slides in much the same way.

    March 8, 2010 at 12:27 pm #31497
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    To go along with that last thought, one other thing...from reading their past lecture/video notes, I've noticed that many students take far too many "unnecessary" notes. I realize that it is a skill that they will have to develop at some stage, but at this point, I'm of the opinion that it is far more valuable that they are able to digest/interpret the information without the worry that comes with frantic note-taking. Just my two cents.

    March 8, 2010 at 12:41 pm #31498
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    Lectures. Blah...

    1. Student comes to class having done the reading;
    2. Student is provided with: (A) Hard-copy detailed, fact-heavy outline (they take a few minutes to read over it prior to the start of lecture); (b) White Board main idea, concept building outline (serves both as a supplemental to them and as a "guide" for me so that I don't get off-topic); (c) PowerPoint Slides (image-only); (d) Lecture (Stopping for discussion of material/concepts/slides); (e) concept-checking; and, (f) some kind of mini-assessment strategy.

    Anybody have any good techniques?[Edit by="cwilson on Mar 8, 8:43:13 PM"][/Edit]

    March 8, 2010 at 12:51 pm #31499
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    *Get out of my post smiley!*

    The kids really got a kick out of the Opium Den images and really enjoyed the correlation between the parliamentary debates (over the medicinal benefits of the drug) in 19th C England and current marijuana legalization campaign in the U.S. (I have no idea why, though).[Edit by="cwilson on Mar 8, 8:52:20 PM"][/Edit]

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