Friday, 9 September
ENGLISH
fun = enjoyable
funny = ha! ha!
CURRENT EVENT
North Korean underground nuclear test
“PROCESSES OF CHANGE” PROJECT
Introduction of 1st phase of project
1.
Collect information
2.
Create a timeline
(See info post on Vklass)
At this point, everyone should have a topic. This topic is
connected to something today that you would like to see change. With this
assignment, you will learn how current issues are the result of various events
and developments of the past.
You will gain a greater understanding of the significance of
various events and developments of the past. You will also learn how different
sorts of developments (e.g., economic, political, technological, religious,
social, scientific . . .) have an impact on one another. So, for example,
issues that we might at first think fit primarily into a religious category may
have been highly influenced by economic factors.
I noted that for this first phase of the project, we will go
back and forth between class lectures and independent research time.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
We looked at the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and
Rome. And we spoke about the Macedonian Alexander the Great.
Book
As we go through these different eras of European history, I
would like for you to look at the various chapters. I don’t mean that you need
to read everything. But do look at what information is presented — by looking
at the various heading, images, tables & graphs. Knowing what you have in
the book will help you when you’re trying to put together your own narrative.
When talking about the Roman Republic, we introduced three words that you need to learn:
executive
legislative
judicial
When discussing governments, these words refer to different powers and roles within the government. Understanding that there are these different parts of political systems will make it possible for you to understand changes in political power throughout history.
legislative - refers to the part of the government that makes the laws. In Sweden this is the Riksdag, in Great Britain it's the Parliament, and in the United States it's the Congress.
judicial - refers to the court system, which has the function of interpreting the laws. The judges (and juries) have the role of trying to understand how specific cases brought before the courts should be decided using the laws of the land. Laws usually are not so specific that they describe every possible action or possible set of circumstances. The judicial system is there to make decsisions that are based in the law.
executive - refers to the all the organizations and institutions within society that are there to make sure laws are applied and enforced. The government (which at the top includes the prime minister (or president or other head honcho) and her/his ministers (or cabinet)). They oversee a variety of institutions (Skolverket, Skatteverket, Arbetsförmedling, the healthcare system, etc.) which are there to provide the services our laws say should be there. They also oversee the police, who are there to make sure that laws are followed properly.
(Note: In Sa2 there was a reference to the capitals in South Africa. I'll note that the words executive, legislative, and judicial are not a part of the names of these capitals. Rather, South Africa has chosen to place the people and institutions connected with these different powers/roles in different cities. So the presidend and the cabinet (executive or administrative branch) is located in Pretoria; the court system (judicial) is based in Bloemfontein; and the legislative body (Parliament) is based in Cape Town.
There are a number of other countries with more than one capital. Often this occurs when a country is formed out of what was previously multiple kingdoms/states, and it's hard to take power away from a particular place. So rather than strip that city of the status and money that comes from being a capital, a country will choose to have multiple capitals. This helps spread the money and power around. It can also waste a lot of money, since people have to spend more time traveling between the various cities to get work done.)
When talking about the Roman Republic, we introduced three words that you need to learn:
executive
legislative
judicial
When discussing governments, these words refer to different powers and roles within the government. Understanding that there are these different parts of political systems will make it possible for you to understand changes in political power throughout history.
legislative - refers to the part of the government that makes the laws. In Sweden this is the Riksdag, in Great Britain it's the Parliament, and in the United States it's the Congress.
judicial - refers to the court system, which has the function of interpreting the laws. The judges (and juries) have the role of trying to understand how specific cases brought before the courts should be decided using the laws of the land. Laws usually are not so specific that they describe every possible action or possible set of circumstances. The judicial system is there to make decsisions that are based in the law.
executive - refers to the all the organizations and institutions within society that are there to make sure laws are applied and enforced. The government (which at the top includes the prime minister (or president or other head honcho) and her/his ministers (or cabinet)). They oversee a variety of institutions (Skolverket, Skatteverket, Arbetsförmedling, the healthcare system, etc.) which are there to provide the services our laws say should be there. They also oversee the police, who are there to make sure that laws are followed properly.
(Note: In Sa2 there was a reference to the capitals in South Africa. I'll note that the words executive, legislative, and judicial are not a part of the names of these capitals. Rather, South Africa has chosen to place the people and institutions connected with these different powers/roles in different cities. So the presidend and the cabinet (executive or administrative branch) is located in Pretoria; the court system (judicial) is based in Bloemfontein; and the legislative body (Parliament) is based in Cape Town.
There are a number of other countries with more than one capital. Often this occurs when a country is formed out of what was previously multiple kingdoms/states, and it's hard to take power away from a particular place. So rather than strip that city of the status and money that comes from being a capital, a country will choose to have multiple capitals. This helps spread the money and power around. It can also waste a lot of money, since people have to spend more time traveling between the various cities to get work done.)
Fun Map!
This map-video showing the "Imperial History of the Middle East" is one I like a lot. It only takes 90 seconds and is rather impressive.
*****
Are you still working with your maps? Can you name the countries that match up with these capitals?
- Cairo
- Ottawa
- Kabul
- Bogotá
- New
Delhi
- Tehran
- Bern
- Ankara
- Buenos
Aires
- Riyadh
- Kuala
Lumpur
- Canberra
- Taipei
- Havana
- Pyongyang
Monday, 5 September
If you missed class Monday, you should contact me about your topic.
ENGLISH
ENGLISH
Many nouns are made from verbs, but when this happens, the
words are pronounced differently. For the verbs where the stress was on the
second syllable, such as suspect (as
in I susPECT that the murderer was
Colonel Mustard), the stress moves to the first syllable when it is a noun.
So we say The main SUSpects are Colonel
Mustard and Professor Plum.
This different stressing of words also helps us hear the
different between accepted nouns such as whiteboard (which we call a WHITEboard)
and something completely different but which uses the same words – say, a white
BOARD (a piece of wood that’s white).
As you pay attention to this, you’ll hear how these rules
are used in everyday English.
CURRENT EVENT
With Ek2, we discussed that there was news from India
regarding the rape of an 11-year-old girl. I noted, when we spoke about
processes of change, that the fact that this event is news is gaining attention
both in India as well as in the international community is a sign of changing
attitudes against this type of violence. So we can see this news as evidence of
a process of change regarding definitions of violence, the need to have laws
and to enforce them, expectations of behavior that is not accepted, etc.
I have momentarily forgotten what was discussed with Sa2.
(!)
COURSE PLAN
We looked at part of the course plan, noting that with this assignment, we will be focusing on
- learning
the chronology of major historical European periods and understanding the significance of what happened during these
periods
- understanding
processes of change, including long-term causes and consequences
- and
we’ll try to see these processes of change from different perspectives.
We spent the rest of the period selecting a specific topic to use as the focus for the assignment.
On Friday we'll discuss the first part of the assignment.
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