Day 18: Field Trip and ... wait for it .... ESSAY!

Field trip will leave at 10:45 am, and return at 3:15pm.

For the 40 minutes we have in class I will outline the major essay of the course.

Essay Outline
Rubric Evaluation
Annotated Bibliography
Processfolio Step 1
Conference #1
Conference #2

Day 17:Presentations

King Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth I
Erasmus
Thomas More

Day 16: Presentations

Thomas More - Utopia
Thomas More - Presentation
Da Vinci
Machiavelli
Martin Luther

Day 15: The Reformation: A Revolution in Religion

1.  Reform: define, discuss.
2.  Video: An Introduction to WHY there was a reformation of the Catholic Church. (first 5 minutes)
3.  Presentation
4.  Notes during presentation
5.  Timeline

Day 13: Work Period and IMPORTANT DATES #2

In the Library!

Revolution Friday Presentations:

October 1: Dallas, Emma
October 15: Eric, Alex and Megan
October 28 (THURSDAY): Shaelyne, Courtney and Caitlyn
Nov. 12: Nicole and Sarah, Jonathan
Nov. 19: Sarah, Kelsey
Nov. 26: Matt and Mitchelle
Dec. 10: Kara, Luke and Kevin

Day 12: Work Period and IMPORTANT DATES

In the Library!

Here are the presentation dates for Famous Faces of the Renaissance:

Monday:
Shaelyne and Emma
Sarah and Kelsey
Megan and Courtney

Tuesday:
Eric
Caitlyn and Alex
Nicole and Sarah
Jonathan and Dallas

Wednesday:
Mitchell and Matt
Luke and Kevin
Kara

Day 11: Work Period

Work period today in the library lab.  Please ensure that you see me regarding your Revolution Friday project to let  me know your topic.
Presentations for Famous Faces of the Renaissance will begin on Monday.

Day 10: The Renaisance

1.  What do you think of when you hear the word Renaissance?
2.  Intro video
3.  Comments?
4.  Presentation Notes
5.  Project

Day 9: End of Animal Farm

1. Finish watching the movie.
2.  Chart
3.  Music Fridays: Songs of Revolution Project
4.  Evaluation
5.  Woman in the Wall
5.  Love the way you lie (clean)
6.  Presentation

 Schedule presentations

Day 8: Animal Farm

Watch the movie!

Day 6 and 7: Animal Farm

Thank you for reading during class time yesterday.  I look forward to discussing the idea of revolution in class tomorrow.

Today, as a result of the Terry Fox assembly, class will be cut short.  I encourage you to read to the end of chapter 10 for tomorrow.  We will them watch the movie and complete the chart.

Day 5: Revolution and Animal Farm

This course will be based around the idea of revolution; be they cultural, political or economic.

1.  Video: We Didn't Start the Fire
2.  Why is there revolution?  What are the characteristics of a revolutionist?
3.  Vocab: Utopia, Revolution, Capitalism, Anarchism
4.  Animal Farm Chart
5.  Read and takes notes on characters.

Homework:
1.  Please read to the end of chapter 5.

Day 4: How video enhances culture

1. 9/11
2.  JFK
3.  Princess Diana
4.  Obama
5.  MMVA
6.  Snow White
7.  Halo
8.  Columbine
9.  Charla Nash

Day 3: How dance imitates life

As we looked at yesterday, art is an essential way to record, revamp and invent history.  Today we will look at dance.

1.  Video
2.  What do you see in it?  Discussion.
3.  Dress-up
4.  Let's Dance!
5.  Field trip ideas
6.  In the News

Day 2: Introductions and Inventiveness

Order of the Day:
1. Look at yesterday's order of the day! Explain the blog.
2. Contact sheet.
3.  In the news.
4.  What does art tell us about history?
5.  Video
6.  Perception vs. Reality

Homework:
1.  Become a follower of the blog.

Day 1: WELCOME BACK!

It is lovely to see you in my class, and I look forward to your ideas and discussions this year.

Here is the order of the day:
1. Bigbeard's Hook
2. In the News
3. Contact Sheet
4. Course outline
5.  Agenda

Homework:
1.  Create a GMAIL account (free), using your real name (please no whitebunny@gmail.com)
2.  Become a follower of the blog.