Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Excellent first assignment!

Thank you to those of you have have completed both parts of the assignment.  I am VERY VERY impressed with your abilities to link major ideas in history with the concepts of revolution in Animal Farm.  I have to say WOW at the variety of choices of speeches.  WAY TO GO!

Here are the people who are missing one, or both parts of the assignment.  Please let me know when you have posted them, so that I may mark them.  I will be basing the letters of concern on missing assignments to this point.

Taylor B: response
Cassie: response
Tess: response
Jesse: response
Randy: response
Katelyn: response
Dustin: response
Lauren: response
Jessica: both parts
Emily: both parts (but I know you got the assignments late!)

Please let me know if I can help in any way.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Textbooks

Lauren: 2007-03
Jessica : 02 - 5
Katelyn: 2007-05
CC: book 16
Raven: 03 - 09
Kalsey: 2006-C
Amy: 2004-D-1
Tess: 2002/10
Emily: 02-10
Jesse: 03-10
Danny: 2002/09
Brandyn: Book 19
Randy: 2007-01
Dustin: 2004-B-B
Tia: 02-7
Taylor B: Book 18

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Martin Luther

What faith is according to Luther?
- God's work in us
- Trust in God's grace
- A way of life
- Something you have faith in (enough) to be willing to die


What faith is NOT according to Luther:
- Not what some people think it is (a delusion)
- Just stating I believe but not doing anything with it
- Not doing only good deeds
- A human dream, but rather something created by God

1.  What is meant by "justification by faith"?
- Because of Christ's death, all sins can be forgiven
- Only need to BELIEVE in God to be saved, therefore do not have to pay for salvation

2.  Who can be a priest according to Luther?  According to the Catholic Church of the time?
- Everyone who believes can be a priest
- Cannot be: women, children, the poor, the undesirables

3.  What is the role of the Bible for Luther?  For the Church?
- For all to use for study
- A way to get to know God
- A true source of information regarding God
- CHURCH: a way to control people
- a way to justify their actions

4.  Main differences?
See above

Presentation 
You tube Video (part 1)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Week 2: Animal Farm Completed

Thank you for your great discussion in class today.
Here are the links to the national anthems you have chosen for your project.
Please remember that by start of class on Monday, you should have posted your responses to the speech assignment on the wiki.

Here is a copy of the national anthem assignment handed out in class today.  A reminder that we have agreed as a class that it is due on Friday.

I have changed a few national anthems below, as I can't find them all!  Please let me know if I can help in any way.

Lauren: New Zealand
Katelyn: China
Jessica: Israel
CC: Canada
Raven: Italy
Kalsey: Iran 1st
Tia: Germany
Amy: Slovenia
Tess: U.A.E.
Taylor B: U.S.
Taylor S: Brazil
Jesse: England
Danny: Poland
Brandyn:Lebanon
Randy: Peru
Dustin: France

Friday, February 5, 2010

Week 1: Well done everyone!

Thank you for the great discussion about the characters in Animal Farm. Your homework for this weekend is in three parts:

1) Read the three articles given in class and create a chart that identifies the 5 w's of each article.

2) Read to the end of Chapter 6 in Animal Farm. Continue to add to chart.

3) Check ouu the home pages of CNN, BBC, CBC, Al-Jezeera, and the ABC.  Try and do this daily.

Here is a link to an example of the speech assignment.  Thank you Cara!

Enjoy your weekend!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Today's Videos

In case you want a refresher on what we watched, here are the videos! Enjoy ... and remember that revolution does not always involve violence.

Thriller

Only You

Do You Hear the People Sing

Hammer to Fall

September

Susan Boyle


The Beatles - Revolution

Welcome ... and the A-Z of Revolutions

Welcome all!  By the end of today, I want to you all to be following this blog.  Thanks!

Here are the notes from today ...

Revolution A-Z

A- American, Anarchy, Abraham Lincoln, Angry Ancients
B- Bacon, Barbaric, Beatles, Bolshevik, Bentham
C- Change, Colonialism, Communism, Caesar, Conflict
D- Destruction, Democracy, D-Day, Determination
E- Enemies, Experience, Equality
F- French, Freedom, Fidel Castro
G- Germany, Greed, Gaius Marius, General Lee, Gandhi
H- Haiti, Hellish, Holocaust, Hitler
I- Imperialism, Industrial Revolution, Iraq
J- July 4th, John Locke, Jail, Justice
K- Knowledge, Killing
L- Loyalists, Lies, Lama Dalai, lack of freedom
M- Money, Monarch, Martin Luther (King), Mother Theresa, Marat
N- Napoleon, Newton
O- October, Oppression, Oprah, Obama, Obedience
P- Portugal, Political Science, Power, Pain, Peaceful Protests
Q- Queen Elizabeth
R- Russian, Rebellion, Religion, Revolt, Reason, Recession
S- Slavery, Santa?, Spanish, Shakespeare, Seventeen Eighty-Nine, Sherlock Holmes
T- Tyranny, Tyrant, Technology, Tragedy, Tsunami, Traitors, Time
U- Ulysses S. Grant, Utilitarianism
V- Violence, Victims, Vengeance, Vendetta, Voting
W- War, Witches, World, Women’s Rights, Workers Rights
X- ?
Y- Young Soldiers,
Z- Zoos