Thursday, December 10, 2015
1st semeter
Even though I didn't participate as much throughout this semester, I've learned a lot about the US History. One of the things I enjoyed the most was in the beginning of the year, the 9/11 conspiracy theories. Many things were believable and made a lot of sense but some were just hilarious and funny to think about. Another thing I really enjoyed was the simulations, it gave me a sense of how it things would be. The first simulation, I was an entrepreneur and had to deal with many people trying scam me so they can get a big profit. The second simulation, I was a witness and had to be an expert on Irreducible complexity. It was interesting and I learned many things because of other people being experts on other things.
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Totally agree with you Gerardo! The 9/11 stuff was very entertaining but at the same time I also learned a lot about misinformation, and how conspiracy theorists made sure to avoid questions and give you very general facts to try and persuade people into thinking that their theory is correct.
ReplyDeleteI agree that doing the in-class simulations was a very entertaining and hands-on way of learning US history. Don't forget to mention the nations simulation. This one was important because we learned hands-on what the struggles of maintaining peace were for the European nations before World War 1. Reasons included distrust of other nations, a need to increase arms to make sure your nation was caught up with the global arms race, and secret alliances. I remember from my experience in the simulation that I thought Group 1 was getting too powerful and thus I made a treaty with every other group to try to make a coalition more powerful than them, but our attempt to get security only end up making us declare war which ended the peace.
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ReplyDeleteI agree! I also really liked the country simulation! There was so much rivalry going on it was very funny to see the class fight against each theory and create groups! I am so glad to be in 4th period history with everyone!
ReplyDeleteI also agree that the 9/11 conspiracy theories were very entertaining to learn. It showed me a new perspective on the event, and it was very entertaining compared to traditional history. It also covered conspiracy theorists, and how they seem to only answer questions with more questions.
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