Hans Rosling - Proving We Know Less Than We Thought

May 17th, 2017 Hans Rosling knows a lot about the world - and he likes to show that perhaps you do not! He has demonstrated in many of his viral videos that humans often have preconceived notions (ideas that they believe to be true with little to no actual "proof") that may be incredibly inaccurate. 

Today we will start by learning a little more about Hans Rosling and his research and tomorrow we will watch one of his videos.


May 18th, 2017 Yesterday we spent time learning and discussing Hans Rosling and his research about the world around us; specially how we may think we are correct in our thinking on a variety of world issues when in reality our perceptions may be incredibly inaccurate.

Today we will continue by watching one of Rosling's videos and have a class discussion.

After watching the video and answering the questions on the handout, how do you think media influences your understanding of the world? What is the message that Hans and Ola are trying to get others to understand? What are the ways we skew information? How can we make improve our ability to make sense of the world?