Youtube Exercise » English Grammar Homework

Login

Students
Teachers
Exercises
- Reading Exercises
Games
Placement Test
Harry’s Tools

Youtube Exercise

C1

An Art Movement Built on Ancestral Wisdom | Jackie Lebo | TED

An Art Movement Built on Ancestral Wisdom | Jackie Lebo | TED

TED

15K views 4 months ago

Warm-up Questions

What do you think “ancestral wisdom” means in art?
How can an art movement help a community today?
What kinds of traditional knowledge might influence modern artists?

Up Next

The weird stuff space does to the human body CBC News: The National
Endangered Studio: Joel Sartore at TEDxDeExtinction TEDx Talks
Why being bilingual is good for your brain | BBC Ideas BBC Ideas
Wedding & Marriage English Vocabulary and Phrases | Episode 4 English Phrases Hub
British Comedy Legends — 30 Funniest One-Liners Ever Written Zurogato

Start With: Word Definition

Order: Alphabetical Random

…

An Art Movement Built on Ancestral Wisdom | Jackie Lebo | TED

Greeting, identity, and why Turkana matters (00:00 – 04:32)

Transcript will load here…

1. Why did the speaker go to Turkana in 2014?

To make a film
To move there permanently
To work as a tour guide around Lake Turkana
To start an oil company

2. What had post-independence policies mostly focused resources on?

The northernmost part of Kenya
Only the capital city
The agriculturally rich south
European countries

3. What did the greeting questions (children, cattle, rain) represent to the speaker?

A recent trend from social media
Essential elements of life for generations
A set of jokes to entertain visitors
A way to test whether someone is wealthy

An Art Movement Built on Ancestral Wisdom | Jackie Lebo | TED

Collaboration, art projects, and building a platform (04:32 – 06:54)

Transcript will load here…

1. What is the main lesson the speaker states about collaboration?

Collaboration is slower than working alone
Collaboration only works when everyone agrees
Collaboration is mainly useful for marketing
Collaboration helps people align with higher values

2. Why did they build their own platform (the Nomadic Arts Festival)?

They needed a place to sell oil-related products
Agents refused to sell work made by all of them together
They wanted to stop making documentaries
They were required by the government to create a festival

3. What is “Elo” described as?

A rule about crocodiles
A young woman’s plea not to be married off to a man she doesn’t love
The name of the lake
A celebration of the home region

An Art Movement Built on Ancestral Wisdom | Jackie Lebo | TED

Songs and performance (06:54 – 13:28)

Transcript will load here…

1. What happens immediately after the speaker says thank you?

A new speaker introduces a different topic
A question-and-answer session begins
A long silence with no audience reaction
Applause begins

2. Which best describes most of the remainder of the video?

A silent slideshow
Music and singing
Detailed explanation of oil policies
A debate between artists

An Art Movement Built on Ancestral Wisdom | Jackie Lebo | TED

Transcript will load here…

1. What is the speaker’s broader point about sharing models in Turkana?

They should be based on local culture and custodianship
They should focus only on private ownership
They should copy-paste models from other economies
They should avoid any collaboration between areas

2. How does the speaker connect ancient human history to the present journey?

By focusing only on modern city life
By comparing their route to the path human ancestors took to populate the earth
By saying the area was never inhabited in the past
By claiming fossils are not real

3. What does the speaker suggest true connectedness contributes to?

More competition and conflict
Happiness and self-worth
Lower responsibility for the planet
Less participation in community

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

An Art Movement Built on Ancestral Wisdom | Jackie Lebo | TED

In your culture, what questions do people ask when they greet each other, and why?
Do you agree that sharing resources can work better through “custodianship” than “ownership”? Why or why not?
How can collaboration create work that “exceeded our individual capabilities” in school or at work?
What responsibilities should communities and governments consider when valuable resources (like oil) are discovered?

About

About Harry

Information

Privacy policy
Terms of service

Support

Support Ticket

Contact Us

harry@english-grammar-homework.com

English Classes WordPress Theme By WP Radiant | Proudly powered by WordPress

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn