Learning Log ~ February 20, 2012

Learning Log ~ February 20, 2012

What We Did

Today we had our Humanities class in the library. It was a relaxed day where you worked at your own pace.

First, we all got some reminders about homework that was due (which I’ll list closer to the end of the post). After that we got an outline for what our newest project was going to be about. It was a role-playing/research project. In order to do the role-playing part you have to have the research done and that’s exactly what we did today.

Before we hit the books and ogled at computer screens we had to learn how to make an bibliography. On a bibliography (for a book) you had to have the title, the author(s) and/or editor(s), publishing company, most recent copyright date, and publishing city. To choose the publishing city you choose Canadian and U.S. cities over international cities, and the closest city to Vancouver. For a website you needed to have the title (page), author(s), and date accessed. A useful tip is to look for a link on the site that says “How to Cite This Page”.

After all that was finished we got to pick our roles out of a tin Ritz cracker box and we all had fun gasping and laughing at peoples’ reactions as they looked at their slip of paper! I got to be the son of a lord, but there were other jobs like blacksmiths, stonemasons, bailiffs, and priests.

After all the commotion we all settled down and got to work. Lots of people worked on the computers and some people looked at books. We all needed to have at least one physical book to source some of our information. A little while of this research time and then it was time to go to our fourth block classes.

Why We Did It/Connections and Reflections (mushed together)

The whole point of this project was to learn more about a specific type of person (peasant, nobility, religious, etc.) at a specific time period (the Middle Ages). We also got to learn about the bibliography which we will need for a long time yet! In university we’ll need to know this and before that we have another 4 years before we all graduate and disperse into the big, big world.

We also only have 2 blocks to get as much research done as we can. This means that we have to work really fast to get our tasks done. If we don’t finish our research then we can’t get placed in a group to do our skits!

I liked the role that I picked out of the box because I always thought that it would be nice to know what it was like to be a rich noble in the Middle Ages. And have the perks of being a boy that had more rights than a rich noble girl in the Middle Ages.

I think the project is going to turn out really great. We get a lot of freedom to use our creativity in this project and that’s something I really enjoy doing! I’m pretty enthusiastic about the skit part of the project but I’m not such a great actress. As long as I’m willing to make a fool out of myself and not care about it, then I’ll be okay.

Homework

Today we got reminded of our Chapter 9 There Will Be Wolves questions (they’re due on Wednesday). On Wednesday we also have a Chapter 1-8 quiz (There Will Be Wolves, what else?!). One more thing that we all have to do is POST!!! We need to have at least 10 Learning Log posts each! This is very, very urgent so do this as soon as possible.

Tips

Everybody should review Chapters 1-8 of There Will Be Wolves for the quiz on Wednesday. Tomorrow Humanities is in the library again!