Wednesday, September 8, 2010

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.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Final Exam

Part 1:  ISMS
Match the definition with the ism.
If no definition is given, write a definition and then match it.

/10 matching
/8 definitions

Part B: 40 marks
Document justification:
I give you the criteria we wrote in class (radical, conservative, liberal) and you decide what KIND of document it is.  EXACTLY like the document test, with exact same marking.
CHOICE of 2 documents.

Part C: 12 marks
Choose 3 of 10.  Provide a definition and discuss the historical significance of it/him/her/the event.


Part D: 10 marks
Choose 2 of 3.  For each document excerpt outline the key
 concept/event/ideology involved and assess the historical significance.
MAXIMUM 1/2 page per response.

Part E: 18 marks
Read the document.  There is no choice.  Fill in the chart.
Part 1 of chart: Personal interpretation of the author's main idea. /3
Part 2 of chart: Write 3 questions the author is asking of you, the reader. (do not quote)
Part 3 of chart: Answers given to posed questions (in own words).
Part 4 of chart: Links to other major events/ideas/people ... sentence form, precise examples.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Today and LINK TO SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Here is the Seminar Schedule

Today you:
1) Finished the Famous Faces documents for presentations tomorrow
2) worked with me to prepare Machiavelli for next week's seminars

Tomorrow:
You will:
1) Present your Famous Faces documents
2) Prep Machiavelli

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Machiavelli

Today you were introduced to Machiavelli.  Here is the video we watched in class.

Please complete the facts about each of the seven Famous Faces, and attempt the ideas of significance for tomorrow.
We will look at the Machiavelli seminar tomorrow in class.

Enjoy the day!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Good Monday Morning!

Thanks for your patience and questions in class today.  I hope nobody is scared off by the document package!  I am certain that it will be learning that will help you in uni!
Here are the notes from Thesis Writing 101.  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.