Day 1 - Resources and the Division of Time
Wednesday, August 30th, 2017
Today in WHAP, we discussed resources for studying and started talking about periodization.
Today, we started class off by addressing some of the resources we have at our disposal, first in our textbook and then other sources such as the Princeton Review and my personal favorite; Google. What I realized about the textbook today was that it's packed full of helpful resources such as important questions outside the margins, which are then answered in the text, and chapter overviews along with AP questions to help prepare for the big test later in the year. After seeing the all that the AP exam entails, I'm a little anxious for that in the Spring; however I'm sure we'll all be ready for it when the time comes.
Moving on from just the textbook, we also have resources in the study guide like videos to help understand the chapters and very detailed chapter outlines so that we can get a general knowledge of the material before reading it.
After we finished up with the resources presentation, we moved onto periodization, a way in which time can be organized. A general summary of what we covered about periodization today was that it's very difficult to be able to pinpoint the exact time when a period ends. The example Mr. Profit used was that an animal living in one period doesn't all of a sudden know that it moved into a different period because ruling on when a period ends or begins is very difficult in the moment.
One thing I personally found very interesting was the Anthropocene era, which may or may not exist,but either way is very intriguing to me. Mr. Profit mentioned how a historian looking at this period a long time from now would be very surprised at how fast humanity changed the world through the ecological problems we've caused. And after he said this, he mentioned how many historians predict that the immense population increase we've had due to our success, along with the ecological impact we've made may lead to the downfall of humanity. I found that kind of ironic because even through all the success that we've had on this planet, we may not be smart enough to save ourselves in the end, if we keep up the pace we're running at.
With that, the bell rang and we were dismissed. Until tomorrow!
Jack Corrales
Today in WHAP, we discussed resources for studying and started talking about periodization.
Today, we started class off by addressing some of the resources we have at our disposal, first in our textbook and then other sources such as the Princeton Review and my personal favorite; Google. What I realized about the textbook today was that it's packed full of helpful resources such as important questions outside the margins, which are then answered in the text, and chapter overviews along with AP questions to help prepare for the big test later in the year. After seeing the all that the AP exam entails, I'm a little anxious for that in the Spring; however I'm sure we'll all be ready for it when the time comes.
Moving on from just the textbook, we also have resources in the study guide like videos to help understand the chapters and very detailed chapter outlines so that we can get a general knowledge of the material before reading it.
After we finished up with the resources presentation, we moved onto periodization, a way in which time can be organized. A general summary of what we covered about periodization today was that it's very difficult to be able to pinpoint the exact time when a period ends. The example Mr. Profit used was that an animal living in one period doesn't all of a sudden know that it moved into a different period because ruling on when a period ends or begins is very difficult in the moment.
One thing I personally found very interesting was the Anthropocene era, which may or may not exist,but either way is very intriguing to me. Mr. Profit mentioned how a historian looking at this period a long time from now would be very surprised at how fast humanity changed the world through the ecological problems we've caused. And after he said this, he mentioned how many historians predict that the immense population increase we've had due to our success, along with the ecological impact we've made may lead to the downfall of humanity. I found that kind of ironic because even through all the success that we've had on this planet, we may not be smart enough to save ourselves in the end, if we keep up the pace we're running at.
With that, the bell rang and we were dismissed. Until tomorrow!
Jack Corrales
Let Bosco post so I can verify the plot of "Dog with a Blog", as I am quite dubious of the fact a dog could type so well, and Bosco could help prove the dog's credibility.
ReplyDeleteHi Jack! Thanks for taking up the blog challenge. I appreciate how you focused your writing on what you learned and not just what we did. Keep that it up. That type of blogging will pay off the most. As for the comments above from Will, et. al. not sure what is happening there. You want to have people following your blog (e.g. other students, friends, parents, family, etc.), but you might encourage them to make comments that are appropriate and thoughtful and germane to this blog.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure that you find the Anthropocene Era very interesting?
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