Reflective Learning Journal

Introduction to Week 3 There wasn't much new stuff that I learned from week 2 to week 3, It was more of a continuation week where I applied the stuff that I learned into a discussion post and a reflection assignment. The discussion post was really fun as I learned a lot more about art and its symbolism. Discussion Post This was the first discussion post that we had had done, so I was extremely excited to write something especially interesting to try and intrigue my peers. The art piece that I had ended up choosing was the Blombos Cave painting from 75,000 years ago. It was really interesting learning about symbolism behind the rock, as without a closer look, it would look just like some random rock sitting around on the floor. The rock features some geometric patterns that challenge common beliefs back then. It was extremely abstract and unimaginative. According to Britannica Kids, before the Blombos discovery, historians thought that imaginative thinking in humans happened later, ...

 Introduction to Week 2 This week we dove head first into topics about the prehistory of humans and how collective learning has accelerated human progress over time. I learned more about we evolved from hunter-gatherer societies into more robust agricultural settlements. The main focus of this week was understanding the Neolithic revolution. Content The video "The Agricultural Revolution" shows how humans used to live nomadically, moving from place to place and following their prey which was their only source of food. However, after 10,000 years, Neolithic revolution allowed for the domestication for foods and plants. This allowed people to create long term settlements where they didn't have to worry about food. The influx of more food caused by the Neolithic Revolution led to and increase in population and the original blueprint for modern day society. It was really to learn how the first unequal gender role practices began in this era, and still haven't been complet...

Introduction to Week 1     This was the first week of the course, and I was extremely excited to learn more about the instructor and my peers. I have no prior experience to the Humanities so it's a completely new subject to me and I hope to learn as much as possible from this course.  Content      This week, I learned about all the different types of art and what role they play in society. Two of the main things that art can do in society was give positive feelings of both happiness and love, but also negative feelings of sadness and loneliness. I was never a good artist, and I didn't really care much about art, so this week's lesson was much of an eye opener for me. I learned just how much i was holding myself back from experiencing all these new and amazing emotions.  From the video “What Is Art” I learned all about the different mediums in which art is expressed and it really broadened my scope to how someone could even find enjoyment to paint some ...