What follows is a list of ideas, themes, and topics discussed during the last unit.
The list is a combination of two different periods, and each one took a slightly different direction. Any of these topics are fair game to write about - but we aware, many require tweaking to become very useful (i.e. they are too broad, too narrow, or may require information that students do not entirely possess).
How a place you have never been can have importance
Expectations vs. reality
Are your expectations realistic?
What is the point of life?
What is reality?
How people can manipulate the way you think
Who manipulates you (and why?)
Why do people join cults
How people see things differently
Long term vs. short term memory
How the different parts of the brain work with memory
teaching and learning styles - hands-on vs. verbal/listening
How to think independently
How to analyze things thoroughly
People's memories work differently
Fallacies (false arguments)
Birther arguments - why/purpose?
Was Osama assassination a conspiracy?
Was 9/11 a conspiracy?
You can give meaning to something that isn't intended
Difference between knowledge and skill
Osama Bin Laden news - critical thinking
How to become an expert/professional
Extracting knowledge - what is personally useful? Connecting the dots
Different interpretations on literature
Is there a "right" way to interpret a story?
Taking the wrong meaning from literature
Somatic Triangle - hearing to judgment
How the human brain makes meaning of words
How we dissect a poem to find meaning that might not be there
Do people blindly follow orders?Statements need to be correct or incorrect, based on what they are and who says it.
Role of Authority - does authority = correctness?
How teachers teach vs. how students learn
How do students perform based on the environment?
Teaching methods - what works for you?
Who has authority in learning?
What gives someone authority to teach?
Views that students have what they think is important.
How something is authentic? What makes something authentic?
How we are catered to by advertisement.
Do fallacies work? Why do fallacies work? Why do we listen to fallacies?
How things/places lose their "genuineness" because of expectations
Grand Canyon, Grand Tetons, Disneyland
Creating classes based on abilities and interests
Judgment of credibility of an author
Problem solving?
What defines "something"?
Who decides what students need to know?
Long term vs short term memory
How people perceive things - perconceived images
Deception and fallacies in advertisement
Deception and fallacies in life - what other aspects of life are misinterpreted or are genuine?
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