Monday, November 24, 2008

The Wall of Thoughts

The wall of thoughts is a chart that my class made. (I was absent, I didn't make it!) It is a chart that compares what people have in modern day KL to the things Early Man would have used instead. When you compare the two, it is pretty obvious that modern things are much more sophisticated than the things from the past.
Below is the chart:

Kuala Lumpur

Early Man

Food

  • Cold Storage
  • Fruit from backyard
  • Buy ingredients/make food
  • Berries and leaves
  • Hunt
  • Raw meat

Water

  • Bottled water
  • Filtered water
  • Bought water
  • Rivers
  • Lakes
  • Dig holes in ground

Nature/Environment

  • We ruin it-global warming
  • Trees
  • Use fruits and edible plants
  • Edible plants
  • Oxygen

Resources

  • tools
  • fire
  • rocks
  • pot for cooking
  • bones
  • fire, rocks, wood

Shelters/buildings

  • apartment, house
  • caves, huts, simple huts

Technology

  • computers
  • protection equipment
  • tools
  • factories
  • electricity
  • rocks, spears
  • hand axes
  • fire
  • hammer
  • bones, stones

Education

  • schools, tutors, jobs, parents, others,
  • “Does a learning environment have to be in a school?”
  • learning from elders
  • taught each other
  • learned from experience

Communication

  • languages, road signs
  • hand movements, gestures
  • talking
  • writing, reading
  • internet
  • cave paintings
  • hand gestures
  • sign language
  • grunts noises

Transportation

  • bicycles, trucks, cars, etc.
  • bikes, horse, carriage
  • walking, jogging, trains
  • feet
  • walking, running

Economy

  • stock markets
  • government
  • community/cooperation
  • tourism/traveling
  • money, currencies
  • bartering
  • trading

Government/Politics

  • court, jury
  • people in charge
  • minister, president, king
  • mayor
  • placed ruler vs. elected ruler
  • chief
  • no designed ruler

Belief System

  • Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, religions
  • Believing in yourself, not giving up
  • Consequences
  • Ceremonies
  • They did not have religions

Entertainment/Art

  • Games, tv, internet, movies, clothing, amusement parks, cinemas,
  • Dancing
  • Hunting ceremonies
  • Making necklaces, drawing on walls
  • Jewelry

Culture

  • way of cooking, eating, dancing
  • dances, ceremonies
  • way of life
  • anthem
  • accessories
  • dancing, cooking, hunt animals
  • celebrate for dead people



Although the things in modern KL are much more sophisticated than in the time of Early Man, in every section everything is used for the same purpose. For example, with the things under food you eat, with the tools you cook and build things, and with communication you try and get your ideas across to someone else. Even though the early humans weren't as high tech as we are today, they were still capable of adapting to their environment to survive.

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