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.

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 (do not quote)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.

Enlightenment Notes and Video Links

Notes from class

Galileo 

Locke

Newton (first 2 minutes only)

Bacon