Paving A Way To Nippon

In the Junior Humanities class, A Nation's Argument. We learned what was required to make and effective argument. We learned about the different parts of argument like the premises which is evidence that will lead up to the final conclusion that an argument is based on. We went over the Declaration of independence, and how the people living under the rule King George, assembled arguments against him to gain independence. For this Action project we had to write our own

independent study. I choose to write about Japanese culture because just like the people living under the rule of King George, I will declare Independence by becoming independent .

I believe that the everyone should be prepared for their future, which is the purpose of school. I believe that learning about the history of different cultures is a necessity for growth in many of people's minds. People are afraid of what they don't know. Learning about the different ways people are raised or taught to believe in different things or religions. Learning about the history of what the people of the past have seen and been through is like opening a diary where people that have lived in the past have all sat down and told you there life story.

Mariamichelle. (2016) Fushimi inari - Taisha Shrine. Web: pixabay

I am doing a independent study called "The Rebirth Of Cultures". In this study I will be learning about Japanese culture starting with the language. Another, thing I will be learning about is history. thirdly, I will learn about the cuisine of Japanese people. In addition, I learn about the government and the different religions of the Japanese, Lastly,will Learn how to apply this to the real world. I know this study will better prepare me for the social world we live in by learning about cultures.

Guiding question: How will learning about Japanese Culture help to better understand people of different cultures? This can help by learning about one culture. Culture is a large topic and to learn about all of the cultures in the world would take a long time.There is a such a vast pool of things to learn about culture.

As a result of this study I will be able to travel to Japan and be prepared to live with a host family. I will know how to act when entering the houses of others

Course Details:
-This course will be a full term (Elective) any age can do this independent study

- Deliverables would be a moderate meaning one or two chapters of reading kanji and learning how to write the Japanese language and learning the history of Japan. I can also learn by watching anime about the history of Japan. I will also have activities were I would visit neighborhoods that were in the past a very large community of Japanese people and eat some of the food there and learn about the cuisine.

-I would go on a field trip every other week. Regarding the topic of what is being learned

-For this class I would need Japanese language books and history books, writing materials, TV, classroom, myself ,Contacts for FE’s and Patience.

P1: There are so many cultures people don’t know about

P2: People will be able to connect to others, by learning about culture. Starting with Japanese culture.

P3: Japanese culture is a vast topic and learning it will help you understand or have an idea of the differences of others.

C: Japanese culture is a valuable thing to learn for people to understand difference between people and can be used to teach children a valuable lesson that everyone is different and shouldn't be judged for it

I have always been interested in Japan in general, I have always wanted to visit and see what it was like. My goal is to live there during college. There so many people that have used culture to make there life better. For example, Sakamoto Ryoma wouldn't have been able to remove Tokugawa Shogunate from power without learning to speak japanese he wouldn’t have been able to make peace. Another example is the artist Kanō Sanraku, he uses native Japanese techniques, which are painting animals, landscape and figures. Lastly there is Chef is Fumiko Kono. She is uses a mixture of traditional Japanese cuisine and french cuisine. This class uses the five pillars accountability, autonomy, purpose, gratitude and achievement of GCE .To Learn new things about people connects with autonomy, having freedom and or independence. In the end the syllogism is explaining that learning about Japanese culture is a valuable thing for people to learn and can be applied to many things.

Discovering A New Point Of View

In the Junior STEAM course Light, Sound & Time. In our first unit "Light",We learned about the different facets of light from how light works, where it comes from, the speed of light, white light, prisms, the color spectrum, reflection, refraction, mirrors and more. Another thing we learned about was cameras and the human eye, how the human eye is similar to cameras. For this action project we made a pinhole camera: an object with a small hole in one side covered with a lid and absolutely light proof. It works by light passing through the aperture and projects an image onto photosensitive paper We made our cameras using either shoe boxes or Quaker Oats cardboard containers. We painted them black on the inside to absorb the light. If you make it white it will reflect light and ruin the picture. We made a hole in the aluminum foil lens using the point of the tack in the front of the container. We used pieces of a Sprite can. During this class we visited the Latin School to see the dark room and use it to take and develop our pictures - some turned out bad but others didn’t. After the shutter is opened and light enters the camera, It’s very important that you don't open the shutter for too long because the time it’s open affects the picture.

ACL(2017)Pinhole Camera.

My camera illustrates the eye. The light passes through the pinhole and projects an upside-down image on the back of the box. In the human eye, light passes through the lens and projects an upside-down image on the retina. My camera uses neither refraction or reflection. Refraction is light slowing down and changing angle. Reflection is bouncing back of light after hitting any surface. My lens was open for 1 minute and 33 seconds. If I could change anything I would have my shutter open for a smaller time because the ones that were open for less time came out better. I made a triangle diagram to see what the outcome would be if made similar triangle with them. The diagram is the calculations I made using the width and the distance from pinhole to the bottom of the container and the pinhole to the back of the camera.

AL(2017)Picture.

ACL(2017) Similar Triangles