[Camie Fleet]

I found the articles on Islam in China very interesting. I think the impact of Religion on politics and economics is very interesting, especailly considering how it plays out differently throughout history. 

We currently teach the Holocaust in our 10th grade cirriculum. This year we started the conversation by talking about Genocide in general. I had a student request to talk about the Genocide currently happening in China towards the muslim population. 

When reading I thought that these articles would be a good way to introduce how conflicts around religion have occured throughout history and throughout the world. The question in the 3rd article that stood out to me was. "Seeking to understand the logic of religious violence, he asks how seemingly good people can commit terrorist acts against others “in the name of religion.” Jessica Stern (2003). I think this would be a very good introduction question to get students to start thinking about how ethnic and religionus difference influence political and economic motivations in both postive and negative ways. 

[Camie Fleet]

As reading Dr. Lampton book summary I thought the comparision to the silk road and china's new high speed infratstructure was an interesting comparison. This is a very interesting concept. It is amazing that they were able to decrese commute times by 3 hours. This is a huge accomplisment and would open many opprotunties for the Chinese people; Work commute, work-life- commute balance, housing affordablity, access to goods and resources to more rural areas. 

As far as using this idea in the classroom I would have students consider this comparision and how these ideas play out not only in china but around the world and throughout history.

I think it would be very interesting to strech student learning on this topic by having them consider the following quesrtions: 

1.  How do historical ideas and concepts reoccur and influence out society. 

2. What are the benefits and pitfalls of new infrastruture and technology.

     a. Does the speed in which the tech is implimented into society matter? 

     b. Who should have a say in the placement and creation of the new infrastrutcure.  

 

[Camie Fleet]

My Father broke the law, due to mt Mohist beliefs I must turn him in to benefit the society as I love all people equally in our society. My family is not more important than the safety of our society. 

[Camie Fleet]

I do not think schools of thought develop in a Vaccum. as Shown through these 4 schools of thought they have parts that have develped out of the others. For example concepts within Daoism around nature and being insync with the Dao have been incorporated in to Confucious practice. As well as similarilly Mohism took ideas from Confucian thought and tried to prove them wrong, suggesting that the focus on the family first could be detereminatal to the society. 

As I was reading through these schools of thought I kept coming back to how closely related these concepts are to other schools of thought throughtout and how these concepts have continued to be present and reborn in other philoshies. For example in Legalism the concept that human nature is to be selfish and therefore needs to be manipulated to meet the needs of the society, can be found in many European Enlightenment theolgoies including Adam Smith, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. So to connect and further answer the question; No Schools of Thought do not develop in a vaccum but are inspired by people's actions within society and previous schools of thought. 

 

[Camie Fleet]

As I was reading on the decling populations in Rural Japan and South Korea many connections to the US came to mind. I think it is a very interesting concept to consider how sociatal pressures and career options play a huge role in the migration of generations throughout given areas. Throughout history we have seen the movement to cities and suburban areas fluctuate, but to see villages be "forgetten" is sad. 

In the reading about South Korea one part in particular stood out to me "Demographic problems are not just a rural school issue. Urban areas face them as well despite strong rural to urban migration. The younger generation is under great economic pressure when they move to the cities, where the cost of living is so much higher." 

As part of the milinnel generation, and currently in the process of selling my house and buying another one in hopes to be closer to work and the city, this seemed familiar.  Over and over again this is the same situation that many of my friends find ourselves, inclduing holding off on having children. In my own expereince of this and my understanding of how this is happening around the world, I did not think of the negative impacts that the movement towards cities had small communities and villages; so it was interesting to see that perspective and gain an overall better understanding of this issue. 

One consideration I had while reading was, what impact do our culutral norms around the career and familiy dynamics as well as unrealistic social media influences have on this movement to cities and the proitization of career first. As this is causing societal issues and the distruction of communties and villages how do we as a sociey make changes so that those areas become more desirable, and are not forgetten. 

As I teach world history, I am excited to now how resources from other countires and cultures to be able to deepen the conversation around the connection between social-economic status, migration based on economic needs and desires and the impacts this has on our society and communities. 

[Camie Fleet]

I found the analysis of the populaiton number and the connection of those number to culture very interesting. 

I think it would be very interesting to have students look at the population of the world and consider, why is 20-25% of the world population located in South East Asia and how that then impacts different cultures around the world. Then considering with them futher the question that was posed in the video as to the consequences that come with having such a large population in a small geographical region. 

When looking at the household expenditure charts I was interested in the differences between China and S Korea. I would love to have a better understanding as to what factors allow for the differences in spending around housing in these charts.

As far as using these in my classroom, I think it would be very interesting to have students compare thier own families household expenditure to that of the general US one as well as to then compare them further to those of China and S. Korea. (I think this could be especailly interesting as my students live in an area that is currently in a bit of a houing bubble- with some of the most expensive house prices in the region/USA). 

 

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