Learning Journal

Date 29/8/17
goals/questions brainstorming / assign the roles; what topic for each person
choose
notes
choose the topic ( The American revolution, Martin Luther and rationalism)
brainstorm about what short film look like
discuss about each topic
references
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EiSymRrKI4
reflection
Firstly, our group start to choose our own topic; I choose American
revolution, Martin Luther and rationalism. After that,we started to brain
storming about our project about how its going to be look like. Then, we have
an idea which is to make our short film like cash course video.

Date 30/8/17
goals/questions finding some background information of the American
revolution
notes
researching some facts and key point of the topics that I already chose
research background information about the American revolution
My role : What is it? When it happened? How it related to the world?
The American Revolutionary War or the U.S. War of Independence. This
conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britains
13 North American colonies and the colonial government.
how it related : It also started a process of removing European
colonialism from the Americas. It pushed Britain into the colonisation of
Asia. It set a precedent for the independence of the rest of America.
Colonists in America wanted independence from England.
For ten years before the war actually started, there was a lot of tension
between England and the colonies.
During that time the British treated colonies in a different ways, both
across different regions and within the same colonies over time.
The British governments presence increasingly more apparent the years
leading to the revolution.
references
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-
history
https://www.quora.com/How-does-the-American-Revolution-affect-the-world-
today-and-the-future
https://qz.com/462264/how-the-rest-of-the-world-learns-about-the-american-
revolution-in-school/
http://www.revolutionary-war.net/causes-of-the-american-revolution.html

reflection
Refer to the last class, our group decided to choose our own topics. I chose
the American revolution. I thought that it can related to every topics our group
choose so I just put it to be a main topic. After that, I researched about
American revolution; what is it about ,when it happened and how it connected
to our world today. In my opinion, I did well on searching ,for me to research
this topic made me known about USA deeper. Moreover, the last thing that I
did today was discussing about our product; I gave my opinion about the
short film which are what information should we put in and the draft
storyboard.

Date 5/9/17
goals/questions story board , continue searching on next topic (Martin
Luther)
notes
first draft of story board (How does it look like)
Background information about Martin Luther? Who is he? Why is he
famous? How his action affect to the world today?
Martin Luther was a German monk who began the Protestant Reformation
in the 16th century.
November 10, 1483 to February 18, 1546
He try to change Christianity when he began the Protestant Reformation
He had come to believe that Christians are saved through faith and not
through their own efforts which turned him against many of the major
teachings of the Catholic Church.
He questioning of Catholic dogma leads to the Protestant Reformation.
The reformation changed the world ; The acknowledged principles of
religious freedom, liberty of conscience, the rule of law, separation of
powers and constitutionally limited Republics were unthinkable before the
Reformation. The Reformers fought for the principles which Scripture alone
is our final authority, Christ alone is the head of the Church and justification
 is by Gods grace alone, on the basis of the finished work of Christ, received
by faith alone.

references
https://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-9389283
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Luther
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/06/martin-luther-one-man-who-changed-
the-world/
http://www.history.com/topics/reformation
http://www.reformationsa.org/index.php/reformation/87-
howthereformationchangedthewo

reflection
We start to draft a storyboard and try to connect the information together. The
first thing I have to do is planing the storys timeline but it is too hard to
connect and plan the storyboard. Hence, I gave an opinion to continue to our
group researching. I think if I know information deeper, it will help the group
for doing the storyboards timeline.

Date 7/9/17
goals/questions finish the draft of storyboard / continue on researching
(Martin Luther and rationalism)

notes
finish the draft of storyboard
assign the roles for making a video
continue searching about Martin Luther and rationalism
discussing in group about each topics (How all of these relate to each other)
Martin Luther can affected religion and culture. The most important thing is
Luther started the Protestant Reformation which is a movement that ended
the monolithic power.
Rationalism is a process of thinking which is created by Immanuel Kant
Rationalist philosophers believe that all knowledge can be understood
through a process of reasoning, without any external sources.
They dont believe that human beings can understand everything this way,
but that it is theoretically possible.
Rationalism emerged in late seventeenth-century for Europe, it is worth
nothing that for many intellectuals, and for Europeans in general, that time
saw significant amounts of social, cultural, and intellectual turmoil. On the
 other hand, they saw enormously destructive conflicts, many of which
related to religious disagreement. (The Protestant challenge to Catholicism)

references
http://www.iep.utm.edu/kantmeta/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant/
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09438b.htm

reflection
I think I did quite well; our group finalised our discussion about the storyboard
and also made understandings about our topic which we already search.
Then, we continue research the topic individually. For me I continued
searching on Martin luther and Rationalism ideas to the rest of the class.
However, I complete the goals only storyboard but not finishing on research
so I continue research for next class.

Date 10/9/17
goals/questions researching / discussing about the product / storyboard
notes
continue finding information about Rationalism
discussing about the topics and asking to group members about how all of
these information related to each others
start doing the real storyboard (discussing about topic and try to connect it
together)
Marin Mersenne and Ren Descartes, in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Baruch Spinoza, Gottfried Leibniz and Immanuel Kant.
Famous people opposed to this idea were David Hume and John Locke.
Rationalism also influenced natural law. To clarify, the natural law is a theory
that says there are laws given by nature, valid everywhere.

references
http://jstandring.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/4/6/38467349/kant-epistemology-
and-truth.pdf

reflection
At first, we stare to continue research for the last class and be prepare to
finish them. After we finish on researching we started discussing about the
product. We have an argument about how our product be look like and what
sources we have to use for making the video. Then, we move to make the
real storyboard; we try to put ideas together like the draft one.
Date 12/9/17
goals/questions connect the information / finish the storyboard /
brainstorming
notes
continue to do the storyboard
connect information to specific period
brainstorming and discuss about the product
assign the roles
searching more information
Colonisation is the forming of a settlement or colony by a group of people
who seek to take control of territories or countries.(established by people
from different place)
It happened for thousands of years. In ancient time, the Greeks and
Romans often established colonies in other territories.

references
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/
rebels_redcoats_01.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/
american_revolution_01.shtml
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/machiavelli.html
http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-14_u-415_t-1035_c-3982/what-is-colonisation-/
qld/what-is-colonisation-/first-australians-and-the-european-arrivals/
colonisation

reflection
Our group continue make the storyboard and also link information and put it
into our storyboard. When we stared connect and discuss about information,
we found the trouble which is some our information is not enough and some
is not relate to our all topic so we assign our roles and continue research the
topic more. Then, we plan for the next class is start to do the product.

Date 13/9/17
goals/questions Starting to do the product (animation cartoon)
notes
Our animation will provide about the informations of each topics.
we also discuss that we are going to use the animator to do the video
the video will describe on how each situation happen and what is the effect
from doing that.
 the video will explain information clearly and easy to understand

references
https://www.animaker.com/

reflection
For today task, I start do the video which provide the information that our
group already researched. However, during making the video our group also
has a discussion so we cannot finish the product in class. Hence, I cannot
achieve my goals today and will continue to do in next class.