Dec. 18th,19th,20th
a) ? |
Planning for essay
Planning for essay |
Dec. 11th, 12th,13th,14th,15th
a) Presentations |
T.O.K. presentation form |
Dec. 6th,7th,8th
a) Presentations |
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Dec. 5th
a) Black day essays due
b) Work on presentations
c) Film |
None |
Dec. 1st/4th
a) Orange day essays due
b) Work on presentations
c) Music/film |
H.W.- work on presentations |
Nov. 29th/30th
a) Work on presentations
b) Music |
H.W.-work on presentations |
Nov. 27th/28th
a) Conferences
b) Work on presentations |
H.W.-Work on presentations |
Nov. 17th
a) Conferences
b) Gehry, Gaudi |
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Nov. 15th/16th
a) Work on presentations |
H.W.-work on presentations |
Nov. 13th/14th
a) Work on presentations |
H.W.-work on presentations |
Nov. 9th/10th
a) Conferences
b) Complete documentary |
H.W.-work on essay |
Nov. 7th/8th
a) Conferences
b) Cont. documentary |
H.W.- work on essay |
Nov. 3rd/6th
a) Work on essays
b) Frank Lloyd Wright documentary |
H.W.- Work on essays |
Nov. 1st/2nd
a) Peer edit in class with students who have different prescribed titles
b) Documents
c) Presentation assignment
d) Online resources
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H.W. Have draft ready for conference next week |
Oct. 30th/31st
a) Bring in edits and work on revised paper in class
b) Romanticism |
H.W.-Work on T.O.K. essay |
Oct. 26th/27th
a) Work on T.O.K. essays in small groups with same prescribed
title. Peer edits.
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Cont. working on essay |
Oct. 24th/25th
a) Work on essay
b) Art activities |
H.W.-Work on essay
bring in rough draft
for small group revisions next class |
Oct. 20th/23rd
a) Work on essay
b) Art activities |
Work on essay |
Oct. 18th/19th
a) Finish movie |
Work on T.O.K. essays |
Oct. 16th/17th
a) Handout on T.O.K.essays
b) T.O.K.resources also in text book pages 423-424
c) Discuss Abstract Expressionism- Rothko, De Kooning,Motherwell, Kline, Styll,
Pollock
d) Began to watch "Who the #$& is Jackson Pollock?" |
H.W.-bring T.O,K. essay materials for next class. |
Oct. 11th/12th
a) Personal experience in art
b) Art as Truth and Beauty
c) Read article on Bosch
d) Look at Bosch paintings
e) Ted Talk by J.R.
f) Art assignment (due 19th or 20th)
g) Banksy's Walled Off Hotel
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H.W. Bring materials so you can work on T.O.K. essay. Make sure that you have selected a prescribed title. |
Oct. 9th/10th
a) Complete film
b Questions for discussion:
What "things" are art?
How do we define art?
What is the role of culture
in the appreciation of/study of the
arts?
Do the arts have value?
How can we quantify that value? |
No H.W. |
Oct. 5th/6th
a) Background on personal reactions
b) ?'s/comments?
c) Watch "Ghosts of Rwanda" |
No H.W. |
Oct. 3rd/4th
a) Opening questions
b) Readings
c) In class writing assignment-share
d) ?
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No H.W. |
Sept. 29th/Oct. 2nd
a) Reading from text-discuss
b) Tuchman article-read and discuss
c) Steven Pinker- " The Surprising Decline in Violence"- Ted Talk
d) Time permitting- 15 minute free write
" How has the history you have been taught (K-12) reflected a certain view of your country (or part of the world) and your culture? Please include specific
examples to support your claim and develop your discussion/argument. " |
None, if you finish free write in class |
Sept. 27th/28th
a) Turn in assignments
b) Current events/T.O.K. moments?
c) Cultural anthropology
d) The year 2518
e) Ted Talk by Phil;lip Zimbardo
f) Questions/comments?
g) If time, read "Is History a Guide to the Future?" |
No. H.W. |
Sept. 25th/26th
a) Papers?
b) Current event-the knee
c) Definition for Cultural Anthropology
d) In class activity pg. 306-307
e) Report back
f) If time, Zimbrano Ted Talk |
H.W. For next time, answer the following question:
It is the year 2518. What are historians writing/saying about us? |
Sept.20/21
a) Complete film
b) Discussion
c) Chimpanzees |
"Gattaca" questions due 25th/26th |
Sept. 15th/18th/19th
a) Remaining presentations on article
b) Discussion on Natural Science
c) Notes on Nature vs. Nurture
d) Begin Gattaca
d) Questions on Gattaca
e) Collect papers |
Essay due 18th/19th
Read Nature vs. Nature article
Gattaca questions due on 22nd or 25th |
Sept. 13th/14th
a) Article activity presentations |
Work on essay due 18th/19th |
Sept. 11th/12th
a) Finish with Math- Ted Talks
b) Hand out two homework assignments - Natural Science Article assignment and Natural Science questions
c) Article assignment due next class- do the writing piece in class. You just need to bring the article with you to class. The other assignment is due on the 19th/20th
d) Discussion on T.O.K. moments/current events
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H.W.- Bring article on Natural Sciences |
Sept. 7th/8th
a) Math talk by Mr. Fernald
b) Received prescribed titles for T.O.K. essay |
None |
Sept. 6th
a) Watched "Pi" |
None |
Sept. 5th
a) Math reading
b) Group activity |
None |
Aug. 31st/Sept. 1st
a) Substitute
b) Group discussion on Religious Knowledge Systems |
None |
Aug. 29th/30th
a) Religious Knowledge Systems
b) What do we know or want to know about Buddhism
c) Documentary on the Buddah |
None |
Aug. 25th/28th
a) Discuss Ethics
b) Ted talk on animal morality |
1 page response due |
Aug. 23rd/24th
a) Discussion about Ethical issues
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None |
Aug. 21st/22nd
a) Introduction to Ethics
b) In class reading
c) Socrates documentary
d) Assigned response paper on Ethics |
1 page response paper due 25th/28th |
August 18th
a) T.O.K. issues
b) Where we are headed this semester
c) Class expectations
d) Summer stuff
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None |
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