東京理科大学 Listening & Speaking 1a: 7/8 board notes・7月8日のボードノート

Hello!

How are you? Here are the board notes for our class on 7/8. 

If you would like to see a link for the final presentation assignment without searching for it, click here. 

Now here are some more board notes for all of you: 

I hope these can help you with your preparation for your final presentation. 

See you next week!

Images: Personal photographs. All rights reserved.

東京理科大学 Listening & Speaking・Writing & Composition 1a: Katsushika Hokusai・葛飾北斎

Hello!

How are you? Here's a supporting post for our final assignments in both the listening & speaking, and writing & composition classes! 

Let's look at ukiyoe, and let's focus on one ukiyoe artist - perhaps the greatest of all artists of this genre - Katsushika Hokusai. 

This is an activity that goes with the listening & speaking textbook unit on ukiyoe. Look at these examples of Hokusai's greatest works - his woodblock print series of various depictions of Mt. Fuji, Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. 

The picture above is his most famous print from this series - Under the Wave off Kanagawa, sometimes known as The Great Wave off Kanagawa. 

Activity/homework
Look at these pictures. What do you see in them? What is the relationship between people and nature? What role or status does Mt. Fuji play in these pictures? Which one of these pictures do you like the most? 

I would love to show you every one of these - but that would make for too big a post! So here are some examples of prints from this series. Let's start with what is another famous print from this series: 

South Wind, Clear Sky

Lightning Below the Summit

Cushion Pine at Aoyama

Ejiri in the Suruga Province

The Kazusa Province Sea Route

The Tea Plantation of Katakura in the Suruga Province

When you are finished, talk and write about your favorite print. Talk and write about the points I showed above - the relationship between people and nature, the role of Mt. Fuji, and so on - and what your reaction and feeling is with your favorite print. 

What do you like about it? The colors? The design? The symbolism? Talk and write freely about what you like and feel about it.

Once again - there are so many more pictures to show you, but time and space make it too difficult! I hope you enjoy these and hope they can help you with your understanding of Hokusai and ukiyoe. 

See you next time!

Images: Top - Great Wave - by Katsushika Hokusai - restored version of File:Great Wave off Kanagawa.jpg (rotated and cropped, dirt, stains, and smudges removed. Creases corrected. Histogram adjusted and color balanced.), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5576388/South Wind, Clear Sky - by Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.dynalias.com/cgi-bin/view?s=5&userid=1025493065&q=red%20fuji&u=2&k=0&l=en&n=1, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313228/Lightning below Summit - By Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.com/index.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313227/Cushion Pine - By Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.com/index.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313233/Ejiri - By Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.com/index.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313195/Kazusa Province - By Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.com/index.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313216/Tea Plantation - By Katsushika Hokusai - http://visipix.com/index.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=313243

東京理科大学 Listening & Speaking 1a: Spring final presentation assignment・前学期末プレゼンテーション

Hello!

How are you? Today I will show you about our final presentations for this class.  

Themes

Here are your choice of topics. You can choose one (1) of these: 

• Unique or interesting anthropological communities/cultures from the past (in Japan or elsewhere)
• Key points in Japanese history - especially with regard to science & technology
• Famous individual Japanese fine artists or craftspeople from the past or present 

Deadline (締め切り)

Your presentation day will be on July 22nd (7/22), so you have three (3) weeks to prepare them. 

NEW - Special note: 
If as a class you feel you cannot be ready to present on 7/22, we can move our presentation day to July 29th (7/29). But if we do the presentations on 7/22, I would be able to tell you what your final grades are, and we could have an easy day where we could leave early. 

Whichever day we present as a class - please be ready to present.

Guidelines 

1. Prepare a summary (要約) about the topic you want to present on. The summary will be due on July 15th (7/15). 

2. You have the option to fill in the topic preparation sheet that comes with this handout if you want. (If not, that's okay - you can use your own note paper.) One way or another - keep a working record of your preparation about your topic.

* As we did before with the mid-term presentations, you will evaluate your classmates' presentations in groups.

3. Be ready for me to review your progress on 7/15 and for you to practice your presentation in-class. You can practice with me and/or other groups of students.

* This is very important! You don't have to have the presentation 100% finished - but you have to have enough content so you can practice!

4. Finalize your presentation outside of class and be ready to present on July 22nd!

Now - here are the board notes for our class on 7/1:

Good luck! I look forward to our presentation day!

Image: By Official Photographic Company - Missouri History MuseumURL: http://images.mohistory.org/image/EC2888F4-26C5-258A-DF5F-9E6EBE7F704E/original.jpg Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/143534, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61717410/Board notes - personal photograph. All rights reserved. 

東京理科大学 Listening & Speaking・Writing & Composition 1a: Discoveries & inventions of the Industrial Revolution・産業革命の発見・発明

Hello!

How are you? Today we'll look at some important discoveries and inventions of the Industrial Revolution (産業革命の発見、発明) . 

The picture above is of the Crystal Palace. This was a famous exhibition in London in the 19th century to show the accomplishments of the Industrial Revolution. Most of the exterior of the building was made of glass reinforced by steel. This exhibition was a great success that showed the British people what industry could do. 

First, here are the board notes for our classes today on 6/24. Here is Listening & Speaking 1a:

Here are the notes for Writing & Composition 1a:

Writing & Composition/Listening & Speaking 1a activity/homework

Look at these pictures below. Which of these discoveries or inventions happened during the Industrial Revolution? Take a guess! Have fun with these!

Cotton

The lathe

Cement

The light bulb

Gasoline

Steelmaking 

How many do you think you got right? We'll check in class!

Listening & Speaking 1a
Now here is our literary circle discussion about the Industrial Revolution. 

As before, if there are only three (3) members in your group, the leader should also be the vocabulary master. The summarizer or details master should ask the leader questions about vocabulary from the lecture or reading.

Activity

Leader questions

For the summarizer

Are you ready to summarize the reading/CD talk? (Can you give us your summary of the reading/CD talk?)

For the detail/vocabulary master

1. When did the Industrial Revolution begin?

2. How were things made before the Industrial Revolution? 

3. What particular industry was quickly developed?

4. How was agriculture improved?

(Leaders - think of two (2) more questions of your own from the lecture or reading to ask the details master!)

For the vocabulary master

1. What is agriculture? 

2. What are textiles? 

3. What does population mean? 

4. What does income mean? 

(Leaders - think of two (2) more words of your own from the lecture or reading to ask the vocabulary master!)

I hope this helps you with your understanding about this topic.

See you next time!

Images: Top - by Paul Furst - Scan aus einem Buch; Original: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3707973/Cotton - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=689304/Lathe - by Zephyris - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27664029/Cement - by Famartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33470830/Light bulb - by KMJ, alpha masking by Edokter - de.wikipedia, original upload 26. Jun 2004 by, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2954889/Gasoline can - by MJCdetroit - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4267666/Steel 

production - by Payton Chung from DC, USA - Fiery Finkl Forging, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1224200

東京理科大学 Listening & Speaking 1a: Totem poles・トーテムポール

Hello!

How are you? Look at the picture above. It's of a totem pole. What's a totem pole? 

Totem poles are unique to the Pacific coast native Americans and Canadian First Nations people in the U.S., in northern California, Oregon, Washington state, and southeast Alaska, and in Canada, in British Columbia. The totem poles tell stories, in picture carvings, about nature, events that happened, life, and other things important in the culture of the Pacific Coast people. 

Here are some more pictures and details of totem poles:

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In the circle in pink on the map, here are the parts of the U.S. and Canada where the Pacific Coast indigenous people (先民族) are from: 

Discussion circles 
Here are the discussion circles questions and vocabulary about totem poles. 

Please remember that if there are only three (3) members in your group, the leader should also be the vocabulary master. The details master or summarizer should then ask the leader about vocabulary. 

Leader questions

For the summarizer

Are you ready to summarize the reading/CD talk? (Can you give us your summary of the reading/CD talk?) 

For the details master

1. What are totem poles?

2. Who made them, and where? 

3. What do totem poles show? 

4. What kind of characteristics are associated with bears? 

(Leaders - think of two (2) more questions of your own from the lecture or reading to ask the details master!)

For the vocabulary master

Who are First Nations people? 

What is a cedar? 

What does sneaky mean? 

What does determination mean? 

(Leaders - think of two (2) more words of your own from the lecture or reading to ask the vocabulary master!)

I hope this helps you with your understanding about this topic. 

Here are the board notes for our class today on 6/17:

See you next time!

Images: Top - by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:H - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Totem_Park_pole_1.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2405610/2. By Jerzy Strzelecki - http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3112590/3. By Mark Byzewski - 005 (2)a, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54628069/4. By User: Husky22 at wikivoyage shared, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23224106/Map - screenshot taken of photograph courtesy of the Harper College website.
I do not own the rights to the Harper College website image. All rights reserved to the original creator(s). Uploaded for classroom purposes only.

東京理科大学 Listening & Speaking 1a: 5/27 & 6/3 board notes・5月27日・6月3日のボードノート

Hello!

How are you? Here are the board notes for our class on 5/27. I'm very sorry to upload these so late! 

NEW! Here are the board notes for our class on 6/3:

I hope all these help you with your presentation preparation. 

See you next week with your great presentations!

Images: Personal photographs. All rights reserved.