ENGLISH:
incorrect: Me and Bob are going to the library
correct: Bob and I are going to the library.
One way to check whether you should use me or I is to take away the other person and say the sentence with just yourself You would never say "Me am going to the library." Thus, "Me and XX are . . . is also wrong." :-)
Main issues covered in the lesson:
- How
the change in worldviews from the
Middle Ages to the Renaissance is visible
in art (in the Middle Ages when spiritual matters were more important than
human achievements, we see that humans are portrayed in a very stylized manner
(odd proportions, odd positioning of the body, very simplified description of
the body. And in the Renaissance, where worldly matters are much more important,
we see that the human form is portrayed in a much more believable manner. There
is a greater sense that the figures represent beings of flesh and blood that
exist in a believable space (even if the work is 2-dimensional, as in a
painting). (Further discussion of the Renaissance and art: chap. 17, section 1, pp. 470–479)
- How
the printing press played a role in
allowing ideas (of all kinds) to spread. The invention is credited to Johannes
Gutenberg. (chap. 17, section 2, p. 484)
- How
the Protestant Reformation
contributed to new forms of Christianity + allowed some European leaders to
gain more political power (This last point is something I wrote down but didn’t
discuss). (chap. 17, section 4)
- How
the Scientific Revolution saw the use of rational thinking to solve questions
about the natural world. This is exemplified through the development of the
heliocentric theory in the 16th and 17th centuries. This
theory contradicted the geocentric theory that the Catholic Church supported.
But despite the Church’s objection’s, the evidence provided via scientific
methods helped new areas of scientific inquiry and study to expand. (chap 22, section 1)
- Also in the 15th and 16th
centuries we have Europeans setting out to explore the world. They are sailing
around Africa to get to Asia (so as to be able to trade directly with India and
other parts of Asia without having to go through so many middlemen.) They are
setting up trading centers throughout Africa and Asia. And from 1492 onward,
they are setting up industries (primarily agricultural) in the Americas (first
in South American and the Caribbean).
(chap. 19, section 1, pp. 527–535 + chap 20,
section 1)
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