Brueghel

How does this painting by Peter Brueghel reflect pre-modern life?

This painting reflects pre-modern life because of the community and group aspects represented. While none of the people in the painting seem particularly wealthy or happy, they are still enjoying themselves within the constraints of the party. Most importantly, they are celebrating as a jointed community, together as one group. One of the main themes of Brueghel's paintings is the community aspect of the people depicted, and this is shown in full force in the painting above. Lastly, it seems fairly clear that the musicians playing the bagpipes off to the side are volunteering at the party and aren't being paid for the services, another aspect of the pre-modern era. All of these ideas represent the communal aspects of pre-modern life, especially in the middle class depicted in the paintings.

Expectations

I've never been in a class with anywhere near the amount of technology being used than in this class, so this is going to be an entirely new experience for me. I think that this will be a unique experience that will hopefully work well and improve the class' learning experience.

My expectations for the class are to be able to learn history in a new way, and that the technology we will be using will enhance the class. I've never been a huge fan of history and I find much of the class boring and uninteresting, but the prospect of using technology to create new and exciting ways to learn sounds great.

Almost all of the history classes I've taken in the past have been very generic and dull. A lot of lectures, note-taking, essays, etc., and nothing new. I'm hoping that using the technology available to us will break up the monotony and make history a more interesting, satisfying experience.