Video — Indiana Jones Rocks Petra with this Arabian Classical Remix! - The Piano Guys (Wonder of the World 4 of 7)

Indiana Jones Rocks Petra with this Arabian Classical Remix!
(The Piano Guys Wonders of the World Series)

This is the fourth in the series where The Piano Guys go to one of the 7 Wonders of the World.  In this video, they go to Petra a city built into the rock in Jordan. The name Petra means rock.

Because Petra was a location in the 3rd Indian Jones movie, they use music from the soundtrack in this tune.

Enjoy the video again.


 





You can read more about the New 7 Wonders of the World in simple English here:
New 7 Wonders of the World 

Lesson 11 – Dan Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation

Video
 

If you want to watch the video with subtitles, you can visit the website for TED:
Dan Pink – The Puzzle of Motivation


Pink mentions the Candle Problem (Dunker, 1945). Read more about it here:
The Candle Problem


Homework
Watch the video again , multiple times if necessary. Download the PDF and answer the questions. We will discuss those questions in class. Don't worry if you cannot complete the answers perfectly. I will be explaining the video further in sections. But, please do your best!

AL Homework – Dan Pink Homework (PDF)

If you have any questions, leave them in the comment section for this post.

Video — What Makes You Beautiful (The Piano Guys Cover of One Direction)

What Makes You Beautiful 
(The Piano Guys Cover of One Direction)

I wonder how much practice they must have done to make this video. Enjoy it again!

Lesson 10 – Brain Rules 4, 5, 6

We watched the videos for Brain Rules #4 and #5-6. We also talked about the questions on the handout. You can watch them again below.


Brain Rules #4 Attention





Brain Rules #5-6 Memory




Here is the handout if you need to download it:
Brain Rules #4 and #5-6 Handout


Homework
Watch the videos again and finish answering the questions for next week's lesson.

• Make a new Google Doc and share it with me.
• The title should be your full name + AL + L10 (ex. Reiko Suzuki AL L10).
• Type your answers for question 9 for Brain Rule #4 and question #5 for Brain Rule #5-6.
• Due 6/25 23:59.

Spend some time on Quizlet.

Video — The Jungle Book / Sarabande (Mayan Style) - The Piano Guys (Wonder of the World 3 of 7)

 The Jungle Book / Sarabande (Mayan Style)
(The Piano Guys Wonders of the World Series)

This is the third in the series where The Piano Guys go to one of the 7 Wonders of the World.  In this video, they go to Chichén Itzá on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The most famous view is of El Castillo, a big Mayan pyramid.

The music is a medley of tunes from the soundtrack to Disney's The Jungle Book. Did you see the bear and the panther in the video? They are two main characters from the movie

Enjoy the video again.


 



You can read more about the New 7 Wonders of the World in simple English here:
New 7 Wonders of the World 

Lesson 9 – Brain Rules #2 and #3

We watched the videos for Brain Rules #2 and #3. We also talked about the questions on the handout. You can watch them again below.


Brain Rules #2 Survival

Brain Rules #3 Wiring

Here is the handout if you need to download it:
Brain Rules #2 and #3 Handout
Homework
Watch the videos again and finish answering the questions for next week's lesson.

• Make a new Google Doc and share it with me.
• The title should be your full name + AL + L09 (ex. Reiko Suzuki AL L09).
• Type your answers for question 5 for Brain Rule #2 and question #9 for Brain Rule #3.
• Due 6/18 23:59.

Spend some time on Quizlet.

Video — Bohemian Rhapsody – Pentatonix

My wife and I went to see Pentatonix at the Tokyo Forum on Wednesday (5/31). It was a fun show. In this video, they cover Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. The original version is like rock opera. You can read the lyrics at the bottom of the page. Enjoy watching it again.


 



In the Pentatonix video above, they pay tribute to Queen by imitating part of the original video. You can watch that below:

 



There is also a famous and fun scene from the comedy movie Wayne's World. You can check it out.

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooh, I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very fright'ning me
(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo figaro magnifico
(I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me)
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
(Let him go) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let him go) Bismillah! We will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Let me go) Will not let you go
(Let me go) Ah, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh mamma mia, mamma mia) Mama mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby!
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here!

Nothing really matters, anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me
Any way the wind blows

Lesson 8 – Csikszentmihalyi (cont)

In this lesson, we finished going through the Csikszentmihalyi TED Talk. We spent time talking about the 7 conditions present when people experience flow.


7 Conditions Found in Flow
Here is the list. I may update it, so please check back again:

Engagement

Completely involved in what we are doing – focused, concentrated.

Ecstasy

Having a feeling of being outside everyday reality.

Inner Clarity

Knowing what needs to be done, and how well we are doing.

Competency

Knowing that an activity is doable – that our skills are adequate to the task.

Serenity 

We have no worries about oneself, and a feeling of growing beyond the boundaries of the ego.

Timelessness 

Thoroughly focused on the present, hours seem to pass by in minutes.

Intrinsic Motivation

Whatever produces flow becomes its own reward.

Homework

• Make a new Google Doc and share it with me.
• The title should be your full name + AL + L08 (ex. Reiko Suzuki AL L08).
• Type your answers for questions 29-33 on the Csikszentmihalyi TED Talk Handout.
• Due 6/11 23:59.