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Katrina Krady: 9th- 12th Learning Support Special Education
Ancient History, World History, and Civics/Econ/Global Perspectives
Manheim Township High School, Lancaster, PA
The abstract above gives a nice summary of the text. I feel I do not need to elaborate on the summary of the text or the author. I struggled to get through this text. I understood the purpose of showing a contrast of past use and love of shadows and the western influence of today’s use of excessive lighting/electricity. The author’s voice was a rant moving from one area to the next in his needed to show the importance/need of the past use of shadow and the irresponsibility of electricity use of today.
Teaching in the special education field I would be able to use this information as background knowledge for me to help explain the differences of the Japanese use of light to create the shadows so admired by many of the past. I would also use this to create a visual collection of the use of shadow in the past and the increase of light in the present. I could see using the information about Japan being second to the USA in the use of electricity to take a look at the possibilities of using less electricity on our society.
