Connections: "The Trigger Effect"
This is the first series of written questions and answers given by my to my 10yo daughter, Maria, about the first episode of Connections. Her answers are written in purple, and were transcribed by me.
It is part of these posts:
1) Take a look at the room you are in, and above all, at the man-made objects in that room that surround you - the Television set, the lights, the phone and so on - and ask yourself "What do these objects do to my life, just because they are there?"
List as many or as few as you want, and a bit about what they do to your life just by being there.
They help us. If we didn't have lights we wouldn't be able to see, we would have to use candles again. We couldn't watch what's going on around the world if we didn't have TV.
2) How important is electricity to this house? What would happen if we lost electricity and could never get it back?
We would have to do what we used to do back in the old days, and find ways of surviving. We don't have enough land to run because we can't put any of the necessary things like we see at the nature park - there they had a big wide spot. Outdoor bathroom, a place to make... the animals would all be fighting for space.
3) Why did the people in the subway just sit around waiting instead of trying to get out? What did they assume would happen (that, of course, didn't)?
Because they weren't thinking they were thinking that someone was going to come and help them - because lots of people are so used to being helped and not helping themselves - like a computer helps you write things for your homework - instead of using a pencil. [bad example]
4) How important is electricity to an entire city? What would happen if we lost electricity and could never get it back?
Then it wouldn't be a city anymore. Cities are full with traffic lights, electricity. Everybody will go crazy - and get supplies for only them - because the supplies would run out.
5) Briefly describe how you would try to survive without electricity, OR, what you would need to survive without electricity.
You would need light - with candles - to get food you take care of animals - you would need horses with horse drawn carriages to move around - you'd need to wash your own clothes.
6) Name a few reasons you think the ox/animal-driven plow is important.
You need a plow to live, and not just have a little food and be starving.
7) Why did the plow help civilizations to grow? (Note: Irrigation is the process by which we move water from one location to another to make dry land wet, and then are able to grow crops for food.)
Because it made more food, and the people thought "Hey we need this... hey we can do this..." "Where do we store the food, how do we cook it?"
8) Watch how the discovery of oil helped to rapidly transform the Middle East / Arabia. No question, just watch.
9) [45:40] "Never have so many people understood so little, about so much." Briefly write down what you think this means.
How we use so many things but understand so little about them.
10) Briefly write down what you found most interesting that James Burke, the narrator, taught you.
What started it all, the planting thing - the plow.
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