Week 5, Class 2 Victorian values: Racism and Ethos

Today was a really funny but awful day! You'll see... read on!

1. As any other day, Mr. Rick teaches (Lectures) the class about the textbook. He lectured us yesterday's topic, and we were all confused, but no one reminded him until it was till the end if the lecture where there is a discussion on the Beach in Brighton, and everyone was very sure that it was discussed during last class, so we all said that it was last class' topic, and Mr. Rick was so embarrassed and he literally banged his head to the table *ouch* Then, we all felt bad for him, because he need to lecture today's topic in a lesser amount of time...

This is the picture when Mr. Rick is lecturing the class: 

2. He lectured us about the the industries back then. He told us that we have malls nowadays because back in those days, the English men are the first to make the biggest mall ever, it is made out of glass! It also looks so cool, it kinda look like Elsa's castle ya know... It is called the Crystal palace, and many stuff from the world goes to that place to be sold to the people. The customers there are usually the kings, queens, and first classes, there are rare chances of having a second-class in that mall, but sadly, it burned down in world war one. I think it is because of the German bomb? I dunno, but I think that's the cause...

This is what the crystal palace looks like back then...

3. After Mr. Rick lectured all of these stuff to the class, it is time to teach the team, today is Kimmy a.k.a. Kimberly needs to teach the team, but she is absent today, so Helen, who is the next teacher in the team, and she is gonna teach us! Yayyyyyyyy! 

This is Helen teaching the team:

After 10 minutes, someone shout: "TIME!" And everyone stops teaching and they listen to Mr. Rick. Mr. Rick said that we will be having a project for this semester, and it is to be dued on Next week, on class 2, On class 1, we will be working on it, well, at least continuing it. And, the next day is the time to submit it, and we also have to take a picture with our project and send it to Mr. Rick via Schoology. The project is to make a poster, 3D landscape (need to give a brief explanation too) or a powerpoint presentation. Everyone directly look at each other and directly agreed on making a poster, because it is the easiest thing to make. But then, Mr. Rick said that the poster will be getting 10% off from the grade and the highest mark will be from the 3D landscape, and then, everyone changed their minds, and agreed on making the 3D landscape. *LOL*! 

4. On what we can do bette next time is to develop a better skill in group activities.

Hope you enjoyed today's post and May God Bless You! :)

Week 5 Class 1 Was life getting better?

Today LDL 2 begins! Yayyyyy! Mr. Rick starts the class with a lecture, well, in every class, he starts the class with a lecture... So... never mind!
1. Today, Mr. Rick tells us who is going to be teaching for LDL, and the teacher for this team is Jennifer, but I don't know who will be teaching for the other teams, well, I knew who taught the other teams, but I forgot! *tee hee*.

This is Mr, Rick telling us who is gonna teach the team:

He even got hand gestures for telling us who is gonna teach the team? Seriously? He is a pro at teaching people, he might get 100% for LDL, if only he had those things...

2. Mr. Rick didn't lecture yesterday's topic or even any other topics that we miss, anyways, He lectured us the topic for today!

It is about the lives of the people in the industrial revolution, people are rich because back in those days, people's business were farming, carpenters, blacksmiths.

But now a days people work 10 times in order to survive from hunger, homeless or for living.
There were also some changes in the 18th Century.
People dont use cages in farms so that people can come in there and pick FREE veggies, look at animals. Some people had cattles, cows, sheeps. if the animals were gone they didn't feel worried because he or she will know that neighbours will took care of it.

but now days, people began to be private and aware of danger in their farms.

Many victorians wear Dresses for Girls, those dresses were really FANCY, expensive and for me it looks really heavy, i meant heavy because it has many layers of it.
For boys, they use Black suits, a bow tie or no ties at all, a white clothes, a stick to walk or have fun and last but not least a hat.

3. After he was done lecturing the class, he shouted: "Class..." And we have to respond:"Yes?" And then, he shouted: "Teach!" And then we shout:"Okay!" Then, one member in each team will stand ip, and teach the team. The time keeper starts the time! We have 10 minutes to teach the team, so it is okay.

This is what it looks like when Jennifer is teaching the team:

While she was teaching the team, Mr. Rick roams around the class, and grades the teachers!

This is what it looks like when Mr. Rick is grading the teachers:

Well... he was grading the teachers, but when he saw the camera flashing, he quickly did a pose, so yeah, it ended up like that...

4. On what we can do better next time is to do stuff more harmoniously! 

Hope you liked this post! Thanks for reading and May God Bless you! 

Week 4, Class 2 Changing needs for transport

Today, Mr. Rick come to school! Yayyyyy! :) Well, anyways, he came back to school, and it was a great thing that he come back, because we would have those textbook teachings! XD

1. We all taught that Mr. Rick is going to lecture us something from the textbook, but he didn't, instead, he introduced us to the new stuff called mentoring. We all taught that Mr. Rick is kidding that we need to teach someone, but he totally isn't kidding, he is super serious! Then he told us that we need to mentor one of the grade 7 students, and they are called the proteges. We will be mentoring them for the whole year, and we aren't only gonna mentor them History, but we will also teach them other subjects. And all of this teaching is for our extra-dextra grade.

This is what it looks like when he told us that we are gonna be mentors for the grade 7 students:

He was looking to the whole class, but you know, he loves his swirling chair, so he did that!

Then, he checked how many people haven't done LDL 1, and there are about 1/3 of the students that join History course doesn't submit the LDL schoology form, and they will be getting a "0" in their grades. :( 

2. Today, Mr. Rick told us on how to properly mentor the grade 7 students, and it is also for us to know how to do stuff properly, like how to make a good powerpoint and stuff like that. 

This is a screenshot of what the document looks like:

Mr. Rick told us stuff like: we have to do LDL score cards after LDL. LDL is a teaching kind of stuff, we have to teach according to bloom's pyramid, last year, we have bloom's pyramid level 1, and now, we have bloom's pyramid level 2. 

This is what a bloom's pyramid level 1 looks like:

Then, it gets harder, and this is what a bloom's pyramid level 2 looks like:

3. After all of this lecture, we had 2 teachers to teach the team, even though the 1st teacher teaching here already taught the team last class, but she needs to teach the team again, and it was quite awful for here to do it again, because her teaching during last class is better than the one she did today, I think it is because she is more prepared yesterday, because Mr, Rick just told the teachers form last class to teach today, and he didn't told us yesterday... 

So, he did his routine by shouting: "CLASSSSSS... Teach!" Then we have to shout: "OKAY!" Then we started to teach, but this time, the time limit is only 5 minutes, so we have to be quick!

This is the picture of Helen teaching the team:

After 5 minutes, someone shouts:"Time!" And then, all of the teachers stop teaching, and the next teacher teaches the team... see how efficient and quick we are...

This is the picture of Gaby teaching the team:

While they are teaching the team, we took down notes, and after they are done with their teachings, we shoot them with our BHQs, and they have to be able to answer them. While they are teaching the team, Mr. Rick roam around the class to grade the teachers.

This is what it looks like:

4. On what we can do better next time is to take down more notes when the teacher is lecturing us.

Hope you like this post! Blessings! :)

Week 4 Class 1 Agriculture and Resources

Today Mr. Rick didn't come to school, so, we have a substitute teacher, we aren't like Nate (in Big Nate book) that he loves substitute teachers! He was happy that there is a substitute teacher because they have no idea of what assignment must be given to the students. Anyways... let's move on!

1. Today, we have no lecture by Mr. Rick, and it was super dooper hard to cope with the teacher's teaching. But, it wasn't as hard as it seems to be, because we did our homework on Section 3 of our coursework file. We took notes on the topic for next class, which is what the teacher is presenting, so it was just like Mr. Rick lecturing to us, but the book lecturing the topic to us. But I have to admit, that Mr. Rick's teaching is deeper than the textbook, even though he said that he will just lecture the things in the textbook.

He is absent because he needs something to do with his poor thumb. :( Get well soon!

This is the picture of the "Epic Chair" without Mr. Rick on it:

2. The substitute of Mr. Rick is Mr. Hadi, he is the secondary coordinator. He told us what to do for History class, and he wrote it on the board, and this is what it looks like when he did it:

Mr. Hadi told us that we need to do the LDL teaching stuff and then, we need to give them a team reflection on what we all think about Helen teaching the team.

This is what the Team assessment for looks like:

3. Mr. Rick didn't lecture us anything, so we basically got no knowledge for today, except from Helen's teaching! 

This is what it looks like when Helen teaches the team:

Her teaching was excellent! We totally understood what she said, we were so shocked that she could do that. Anyways, she taught us that Farmers earn money by farming, and having farm animals like cattle, pigs and stuff like that.

In those days, pigs are so fat, and those particular pigs are called surrey pigs. One of the member of the cosmos team shot out a BHQ which is very different from the others, Mr. Rick said that we are allowed to ask any BHQs to the teacher, so she did exactly that, and when she asked that BHQ to that teacher, and she was so shocked that one of the member really asked that question to her and the whole team laughed, It was quite funny because, the BHQ: "Are Pigs (Surrey pigs) so fat in those days or are they fat the whole time?" It sounds like an insulting or silly question right? But it really isn't! Seriously! It isn't! Come on people, I mean like, we could do a research on what food they eat, how many times are they fed, when do they sleep, what is in the food they eat, do they produce excessive sweat and many more, see, from that small and silly question, it can lead to lots of epic questions, which is epic, and this is how a HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) kind of student think, they make a small topic into a bigger topic. Like, how we use a pen, when it is described can be: How long will the pen last? What is it used on? Where do we need to keep it? Where is the best place to store the pen, to keep it working properly, how does the oen work? what type of line does the pen make? Is the pen a fountain pen? And much more, you could end up for about 9999999999999 questions, jut for How a pen works. Well, you guys get the point right? A small thing could be dug deeper, until we could get the answer.

This is what a surrey pig looks like:

This is what a normal pig looks like:

4. On what we can do better next time is to listen to the teacher better, because they are making points for us. It is their own research combined into 1 whole presentation, and it is presented to us, and we should appreciate it. :)

Week 3, Class 2 Children in the mills

Today's class is more relaxing compared to the last class, because we only talk about 1 topic, like what we are supposed to do, but since there was a "Lebaran" Holiday, we have to get back on track, and speed up a little bit!

1. At the start of every single class, Mr. Rick checked who would be the teacher for today, and it was the first 2 teachers, and in our group, it is the first teacher, Jennifer (optional, because she did well last time (according to Mr. Rick)) and the second teacher, Kimberly!

Then, the lecture begins... Mr. Rick lectured us about the Children in the mills (page 16-19). Poor children... they need to work very hard for long days, and might get hurt, their job is also very hard and super tiring. I mean like seriously, for kids like us, they shouldn't be working their muscles out, they should be relaxing and studying to get more of those cool stuff into their brains! Anyways, it is quite harsh for them to work like that. I feel so bad for them. We get all the advantage to have pencils, pens, rulers, computers, home, parents who care about us, and lots more, but all they got is work, the hard and tiring work. Isn't that supposed to be unfair?

This is Mr. Rick showing us the presentation! It was epic! We understand every single bit of what he lectured!

While Mr. Rick was lecturing the class, the class took down notes! (Such an active classroom isn't it?)

They write notes in section 1 of their coursework file.

2. During the lecture, he lectured us about this:

The cruelness of the mill owners... 

They employ children to help them with the mill, it was horrible working there, because they might get hurt and very tired, because their job was to crank up the wheels, so that the factory would run, and if there is something broken, like a thread or something, they will ask the children to get it, and fix it, since they are smaller than adults and can fit in the hole. 

This is what it looks like:

Children are also used in Domestic systems (Wanna know what a domestic system is? Visit last class' update!) Why are people so unfair to these kids! I feel like crying now... *sniff*  *sniff* 

Children are ranked in different classes, like the apprentices, they are free of charge, so they work hard and don't get money, overseers are the ones who work hard and get paid a little, and much more, but I can't mention them here, it would be too full, so I decided just to stop here to let your mind relax a bit.

Children at the mills are often orphans, they are also given clothing and food by the mill owner! They live in an apprentice house near the mills. Other workers were sons and daughters of adults.

David Dale, one of the employer sent out ads to the highland areas of Scotland, where there was poverty and unemployment. He invited full families to come and work for him, many people come, even though some have problems like only being able to speak Gaelic. He provides houses only if the family have more than 3 children in it. 

Thanks to David Dale, in 1793, one thousand, one hundred and fifty seven (1157) people work and New Lanark. 795 of the people who worked for him are children. Children cost cheaper than adults.

3. Now, it's the time to teach! Yay! 

So, as it was mentioned before, the first teacher to teach in the Cosmos team is optional, because she did it quite good, so there is no need of doing another LDL, but she just do it anyways, just to make sure that she got it right!

This is what it looks like when Jennifer teaches the team:

Then, after 5 minutes of teaching the team, Mr. Rick says: "TIME!", and we all stopped teaching and try to catch our breath! oh my goodness... it was so quick! Well, anyways, the next teacher teaches the team, and it's Kimberly!

This is what it looks like when she teaches the team:

While she was teaching the team, the team members take down notes, and this is what it looks like:

Also, Mr. Rick moves around the class and grade the teachers who are teaching, and this is what it looks like when he wonders around...

(Well... he was grading us, and then... when he saw the camera flashing, he posed like that. XD)

4. On what we can do better next time is not to be afraid to get pictures for the blog, because it is like what we do in history class... Don't ever do something like in picture 5, it looks bad in the blog, but if you're shy... then we can't do anything, but to try!

Hope you guys like this update, and May the Lord your God Bless you!

Week 3, Class 1 Britain 1750-1900: what changed?, Why did business grow?, The Darbys of Coalbrookdale and What made Richard Arkwright successful?

Today is the first day of teaching (LDL). We teach the group based on our BHQs. We have to have 2 BHQs, and it was a total blast!

1. Today, we start to go back to our normal schedules, no more horse-playing or stuff, just back to business! So, Mr. Rick starts the class by lecturing the class on today's topic from page 2-15 (Britain 1750-1900: what changed?, Why did business grow?, The Darbys of Coalbrookdale and What made Richard Arkwright successful?) Wow! There are lots of topics, and Mr. Rick has to lecture all those things in 20 minutes, you know why? Because if he lectures for more than 20 minutes, he must pay to the treasurer Rp.5000, because he broke the rules (essentials), which is called an infraction. You guys might be wondering... "Why does he get to pay to the treasurer for just breaking the rule?". It is because we made an agreement to pay the treasurer Rp. 2000 for students and Rp. 5000 for the facilitator/mentor/teacher. Then, the money that is collected will be used for the pizza party! Yay! I hope you guys get it! Anyways, let's get back to the topic, so where were we... oh right! Mr.Rick managed to get his lecture done in less than 20 minutes, because he didn't read the text in the powerpoint at all, he just gave us the main points, and he said it from his guts! Wow! That made things a lot easier! Does it? Well, that's how we're suppossed to teach the members in our team, but just in 10 minutes, not covering the topics from the textbook, but from our BHQs! It's way easier and more fun that way, and yet... we get more knowledge. The textbook is just like a funnel, and the knowledge out there is like an ocean. Then, when we just read the textbook, we only get little drops of knowledge, but if we try to explore the world around us and get curious, we will get more knowledge! Yippee!

2. The topics for this whole semester will be super boring (Mr. Rick told us that), so we have to cooperate, and learn it well, there is no other choice anyways! This unit, we are talking about the Industrial Revolution!

This is what it looks like when Mr. Rick told us that it is super boring! He got hand gestures all over the class, I mean... seriously!

He talked about the changes in 1750-1900, they are the change in population, work, health and medicine, transport, culture and politics. As time goes by, it increases and gets better and better!

While Mr. Rick is lecturing the class, we listen to him, and pay very close attention! Some even write notes!

One member of the team write notes in section 1 of her coursework file!

Britain 1750: The population was only 21000000. It is so little, because there is a low birth rate and a high death rate. Many babies died before their first birthday. People are totally clueless about Germs and bacteria, and had no healing aid for it. The most important industry was farming, because things aren't automatic yet, they use steam engines, so factories and stuff like that are powered by the steam engine. Getting around the country was a slow process. People usually walk to go to places.

 People in those days use the domestic system, so if you want to build a wagon, you need to ask one family to make the wheels, another make the seat, the other make the planks, etc. then, after they make all those stuff, they give it to the person that orders it, and pays for it. Then, they assemble it, and the wagon is done! Wow! A great thing to do, it's what we call "Lé Domestic system" Nah! Just kidding, it's just the domestic system!

Britain 1825: The population doubled! Some babies die before their first birthday, but families are huge. Some germs are already discovered, so there are some medicines produced at that time!  This time, the domestic system is getting better, you ask someone to make something for you and ask the demand, and if it is higher than your supply, the price of the thing that you are making later on will be more expensive too, but if it's lower than your supply, than, the price can be lowered, to make it cheaper!

Britain 1900: The population doubled again, many people now go to school, and many disease and germs are discovered, and their medicines are discovered too! There are turnpike trusts, they are made to speed up the process of traveling around the country, but they toll you for using it! Wow! Britain got better so incredibly quick! This is unbelievable!

3. Then, Mr. Rick did his usual thing! He bangs the table, and said:"Teach!" Then, we need to respond:"Okay!"

We started to teach, and this is what it looks like:

After 10 minutes of teaching the team, Mr. Rick said: "TIME!" And we all stopped teaching each other! Then, we listened to Mr. Rick! Mr. Rick told us that most of the teachers that thought for today had bad results, and he is making us do it again for next class. He said that he doesn't want us to get zeros on our very first teaching, and this kind of thing is very rare, so we've got to do our best!

4. On what we can do better next time is to try and listen Mr. Rick's lecture, and take notes.

Hope you liked this update! God Bless you all!