Learning Profile

During the class discussion, we are introduced to the dominance factor to decipher our individual learning profile. We had to undergo a small test that will single us out to a variety of different profiles. These profiles determined our weaknesses and explain what is best for our learning. The test shows which part of our body we usually used, including the ear, eye, hands and leg. Eventually, we are all divided into either a gestalt or a logic profile. And as for me, I am a gestalt learner. These profiles we end up having, define us how we would pay attention in class better.

I learn best when:

My sheet that I received was of a profile k, it reveals that basically I’m a visual person that would rather insist on seeing the visual instructions instead of reading through the instructions. It listed me as a visual learner who, when on stress have trouble with listening, communicating and moving. During times when I’m relaxed or easy going, these are the times where I focus better so that I can hear and communicate instructions easily. Being a gestalt learner, I tend to not stay in one place for a period of time and to move around and fidget. Also I would prefer not to follow steps-by-steps instructions and just do it without the instructions, and then when I’m stuck, I would refer back to the instructions and work. Apparently, my biggest challenge was to piece the whole picture to get through the smaller picture. Also to piece information together in a ‘linear logical manner to communicate’.

I need to

· Sit in the front row on the left side n order to use the left eye, which is the dominance factor for my part.

· A balance of art, music, movement and interpersonal skills.

· Read out loud, writing and drawing with the non-dominant hand

· When losing focus and concentration, I think that I would need to stop working for a while to relax and restart/refresh my mind. Then only work back again with a fresh mind to work and concentrate.

· Concentrate on my completing my work and not to procrastinate.

The strategies that would help me in my learning

· Through movement and focusing on the whole picture

· Having a visual model that would help me work with the subjects of the day; this would be more effective than having to read through instructions in a timely manner.

· Reading out loud slowly to fully understand instructions, and if I don’t understand it, read through it once more until I get the whole thing.

· Using diagrams and photos to show similarities and differences in things.

What I want my teachers to know is that I am a procrastinator but I do my work in a good manner that will result, eventually with quality that would be filled with my best effort. I usually hand in things late because I am lazy, sometimes and do my work after a long period of time. Also I would like to inform my teachers that I do eventually complete my work to turn it in. Another thing that I want my teacher to know is to use more visual and photos to help me follow the day’s instructions. During class, I fidget and sometimes take forever for me to concentrate and work and focus. Just do the same thing and remind me, to focus on work and also I tend to shot out of focus, but sometimes I do focus but I let my mind process through the day’s work/instructions. That is all I want my teachers to understand.

How Does Art Mirrors Society?

The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533

How does art mirrors society?

The Ambassadors is a painting made in 1533 by Hans Holbein the Younger. This particular painting was painted using oil on canvas. The painting itself embodies all of the elements that defines the Renaissance. This element of change that was happening in the Renaissance was captured through the painting. This element reinforced the Renaissance in terms of art and secular knowledge such as of exploring the world. The art technique that was exploited in this painting uncovers the progress of art in the Renaissance. Perspective was a technique that was only formally introduced in the Renaissance. This was a technique to represent volume and spatial relationship to a flat surface. The use of foreground was important to the artist as it direct the viewer’s attention to the prominent part of the painting that the artist wants to show. In this case, the foreground was the two ambassadors as they were painted bigger in shape. Sfumato and Chiaroscuro were created by Renaissance artists to add gradation of tone, color, light and shade which creates a more realistic painting. This can be seen from the painting above by the curtains, clothes, etc. Holbein uses symbols to show the secular knowledge of exploration in the Renaissance. People of the Renaissance started to explore the world and therefore started to create and used scientific instruments to guide them. The scientific instruments that were used were shown in the painting. There are two globes and other instruments that contribute to the Renaissance’s progress towards exploring. The advancement of technology and the art of exploring were represented in the painting that greatly expressed how the Italian Renaissance evolved. Change filled the atmosphere of life during the Renaissance. Change not only in terms of art and exploration but other aspect such as trading and banking. This driving force flourished due to people taking an interest of exploring the outside world. Since people began exploring foreign lands, they started to inquire ideas and traded with people from the foreign lands. These ideas circulate and spread in Italy which leads to further advancement of Italy. Each aspects and elements within this art described the occasions of change in the Renaissance which we can recognize how this advancement of the Renaissance was further developed into what we know today.

Driving Forces of the Renaissance.

Raphael Santi, The School of Athens Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Vaticani, Rome

"Which one driving force do you think was the most crucial in creating the Renaissance's explosion of ideas? Why?"

I believe that the 'rediscovery of ancient knowledge' was the most crucial driving force in creating the Renaissance's explosion of ideas due to the fact that without the knowledge of the past, the Italians wouldn't be able to make progress. Since the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages collapsed, some knowledge that was left behind such as of the human body, architecture, astronomy, literature, birth and more was rediscovered, studied and improved. The Italians was able to make progress and therefore it advances Italy. They also gained better understanding of the world around them as a result of the rediscovery of ancient knowledge.

C'est La Vie

I’m thirteen. I am no different from any thirteen year old girl. I crave for what I don’t have and everything I say or act has a meaning that goes along with it. I often get lectured and scolded from my parents for being me. The ordinary things like sleeping too late, having a messy room, horrible marks and the list goes on because you just don’t make 3 mistakes. You make countless reckless ones just because you’re thirteen, in my case that is. As I lay on the edge of my bed, arms clasped and tears rolled down my cheeks, I curled up just like when I’m in my mom’s belly. My eyes glued so tight that everything would fail to open them. I closed my eyes so tight wishing I wouldn't have done what I did. But life just doesn’t work that way. My parents were upset and fed up with my attitude. They felt that I was acting like a snob to them. This stabbed me. And When you get stabbed, it will always remain in you and you will always remember. The stinging pain lingers in my body and I can’t get it out. That night stretched long and endless and I could still taste its bitter sweetness.

Parents have a lot of worries and one thing they worry is you because their love for you is stronger than the strongest person ever lived. They want you to succeed in everything you do and made sure you’re not going to make the biggest regret. They’re your safe harbor whenever you need help and protection. But that night lead me to a different perspective of them. That night made me realized how unfair they were and how they claimed they’re always right. How can they be my parents?

As the night faded slowly and painfully, so did my pain. After all the anger washed out of my body, I went back and peeked in what I had done in the past. I saw how I acted towards my parents and the guilt came creeping in. I regret what I denied to my parents and I craved to say my sorry. But my mouth wouldn’t let me. Instead I wrote it on my wall “I’m sorry, it’s hard to say it so I wrote it”. I believe that everything in life has a cost. Everyone has to pay the cost, in my case I had to handle the truth and accept what my parents see because you can’t see how you act but other people can. If a situation like this came again, I would manage it the right way and say “C’est La Vie”.

The Battle Of Hastings 1066

The Battle Of Hastings 1066

This is a game that is designed to be the reenactment of The Battle Of Hastings 1066 by BBC. It is a strategic game meaning there's "Important or essential in relation to a plan of action" (1). To begin playing this game, you have to choose between King Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex or Duke William of Normandy. The game would start on different point of view depending of whom you chose. Basically this game goes through a series of two questions and each one contains different strategy which means by choosing one or the other, would lead to a different set of questions. I like the fact that this game is based on strategies and since I did learned about this battle, it really helps on picking what strategies to pick which makes the game easier. I learned that having strategies helps a lot in the real Battle of Hastings that happened in 1066 and also in winning this game. The strategies that Harold used was that he placed his soldiers and army on a hill making it difficult for William and his army to attack since they had to charge uphill to get them. Another one of Harold's strategies was having a 'shield wall'. This shield wall was so powerful that even when William's archers fired lots of arrows at them, it didn't harm the shield wall and still stood strong. The last strategy was having housecarls, the best mens, to be at the front that leads the army. Duke William's strategies were having large number of knights, having series attacks and trick retreats. William had a good number of knights that would surely helped but then Harold and his army was uphill which makes it hard for William to attack. Even though Harold and his army had a strong 'shield wall', it eventually break off by William's series attacks and trick retreats. In the end William's strategies of having series attacks and trick retreats beat Harold's strategies. Therefore William had won the Battle of Hastings and would be King of England. This is a valuable learning experience because it is a learning based game about the history of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 which means not only you get to learn the strategies of a battle during the middle ages but also learning some parts of what happened in 1066, England.

Source 1- www.dictionary.com

Source of Game Link.

'Catherine Called Birdy' by Karen Cushman.

One historical fiction novel, ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ by Karen Cushman, explores a knight’s daughter who battled through gender equality, powerlessness, ambitions and family restrictions, problems that is set in Medieval Times. Catherine or also called Little Bird, endured problems like gender equality that is mostly one of the main struggles in medieval time. “Instead I thought to make a list of all the things girls are not allowed to do: Go on crusades, be horse trainers, be monks, laugh very loud, wear breeches, drink in ale houses, cut their hair, piss in the fire to make it hiss, wear nothing, be alone..” -pg 66, this quote shows that Catherine wrote about having no justice and equality as a girl. This was written in many parts of the book, to emphasize the lack of gender equality during medieval times. “I have noticed lately how many male saints were bishops, popes, missionaries, great scholars and teachers while female saints get to be saints mostly by being someone’s mother...” –pg 144, This quote reveals the fact that even in religion there was a lack of gender equality. Catherine must also abide the fact that since there’s gender equality, then there must be the powerlessness for just being a woman. In medieval times there was also a caste system, which is a system of where people belong in different levels in society and where Catherine’s family is at the middle of the caste. One main problems of being a woman, in the middle caste system, is that the father arranges who the woman should marry with. “I must make a plan for I will not, of course, wed the pig…”-98, this quote shows that Catherine would always avoid being paired up with no choices or so. “I am left with a beastly father, a life of chores, no hope, no friends; no escape…is there justice in the world.” -pg 22, this quote explains how Catherine is complaining about the lack of freedom and power to do what she wants. Ambitions and Family Restrictions were also a problem that was faced by Catherine during medieval times. “Why must I learnt to walk with a lady’s…” and “…travel with them and have and experience. Mayhap…never return to old spinning and sewing manor.” These quotes represent Catherine’s family restrictions that she has to spin and sew and be a proper lady. “How I would rather go crusading like Uncle George or live with...” -pg 13 and “My mother gave me a gentle but stern lecture about behaving like a lady.”-pg 54, these quotes explains of Catherine’s ambition to go crusading rather than having to sew and spin, the second quote explains of how she always have to be taught how to be a well-mannered lady. Long ago, life in medieval time was extremely frustrating especially for a knight’s daughter that battled these challenges like gender equality, powerlessness, ambitions and family restrictions. The facts that Catherine is human and since humans grow and learn from their past mistakes, made her open her eyes and accepts her environment.

Answers to the Webquest.

1. Which country did Germany invaded first?
Germany invaded Poland in September 1, 1939.

2. Why did Hitler and Stalin able to share the Poland at first?

They were able to share Poland at first because of the non

aggression pact.

3. When was the exact day when World War 2 was started?
The exact day when World War 2 started was September 1, 1939.

4. Was Hitler successful invading France?
Hitler was indeed successful invading plans with his smart leadership and plans.

5. How did Hitler led Germany to become the strongest country?
Hitler led Germany by rebuilding the German military and going against the treaty of Versailles. He built a new airforce, tanks, submarines and ships. Basically, Hitler try to regain Germany back into power and scheming his way to greater power that led the Germany to become the strongest country during World War 2.

6. Was Switzerland able to survive in World War 2?
Since Switzerland did not participate in World War 2, it did survive.

7. Did Soviet hated the Jews?
The Soviets did not hate the Jews although it allied with Germany.

8. Is the former Germany the same size of the modern Germany?
Germany invaded and conquered other countries in Europe and so the size of it must have changed. But the Soviets fought back and so did other countries, this resulted that the size of Germany changed again.

9. Why did Hitler told the Germans that Arians are the most superior race?
I couldn’t find this answer.

10. Give two reasons that Hitler hated the Soviets..
I couldn’t find this answer too.