Transportation And Grand Canals

Today as we entered the class room we were assigned to sit in groups at colored tables. We were first briefly discussing some of the key parts of the immersion that would later be in connection of what we needed to do for tonights homework (discussion). Later when Mr. Armstrong opened up a slide show, we talked about random inventions such as the Erie Canal, Cumberland Road, and steamboat, this directly went into play when we started to talk about how transportation and trading was an important part in American economy. This was where a couple of classmates and I were used to demonstrate of how things worked in terms of business and transportation. We showed how one area (ville) could have something so valuable (chocolate), that it attracted other areas of people to buy some as well. This meant that an increase in production would take place, and thus it would influence them to create their own. After the demonstration was over we started to talk about how S. Korea was planning on building their own canal from Seoul all the way to Busan, and how this was in relation to what America did with their invention of the Erie Canal. This was when we were given several handouts such as two news reports and a chart to distinguish the propositions and the oppositions of the construction of one of Korea's largest projects. When we were done listing, we had a water fountain discussion with our table groups to discuss some of the propositions and oppositions we found from both reports. This was where Soyon and Jamie backed our group up with most of the things we were suppose to find. After the discussion we were referenced again with a video from the wiki. The video was helpful because it simply outlined the situation as well as giving interviews to random people who lived around the area of where the canal was going to be built. Towards the end of class we were asked to give our opinions and arguments of which side we were on in another open discussion with our table group. This was where Mr. Armstrong and Soyon had a mini debate as an example.

Ryan H. 8B