| | Unit 1: Folk Knowledge | Unit 2: Oral Knowledge | Unit 3: Written Knowledge | Unit 4: Print Knowledge | |
| Self-directed learning | Looking up topics Bibliography Coming up with our final Finding something to teach/be taught | Chinese Folk Medicine Valentine’s Day Learning how to change a tire Playground folk knowledge | Samaria stories Samaritan synagogues Lost languages | Runes Changes brought by written knowledge Ancient paper Islam calligraphy | Bibliography/paper Reform movements brought by print |
| Others' blogging | Commenting | Etiquette (Emily) Societal trends (Madi) Parenting (Erin) Shooting (Emily) Superstition (Madi) Cooking (Erin) | Language adoption (Madi) Power of Orality (Erin) Myths (Emily) Origin Myths (Erin) Cultures | Education (Madi) Clay writing (Emily) Cartography (Madi) Roman Numerals (Madi) Calligraphy (Emily) School (Emily) | Essays and Bibliographies Censorship (Erin) Religion (Emily) Book Burning (Emily) |
| Collaborative learning | Comments Group tests | Interview exam Learning/teaching a skill | King Benjamin | Rosetta project | Final project Helping each other with essays |
| Projects / Activities | | Video post | King Benjamin | King James exhibit Rosetta thing | |
| Limits | | Very local | Culturally transmitted | Takes a looooong time (monks/Bibles) Heavily controlled by a small group (individualized) Expensive(animal skin) “Recursive cognitive factor” (If it’s written it can be reviewed… snapping fingers) | No pictures in essays Not available where needed (medical journal in India) |
| Advantages | | Highly personal; not controlled | Drama (epic stories) Sound+sense Conference? Passed on by the people, not authority | Consistency Standardization | Easily spread (Martin Luther) Easily read |
Themes/Ideas:
Oral knowledge is the best because it has the most advantages, while written is the worst because of its many disadvantages.
The success of a form of knowledge is based on how authority reacts to it.
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