Assessment - Catcher Intro

Today's Agenda:

• DOAS essay assessment
• Done:  
• Quickwrite:  What pressure do adolescents encounter today?  How do these pressures make you feel?  (journal or Today's Meet)
• Read "The Myth of Frankenstudent"
• Pre-Reading Discussion
• Catcher in the Rye introduction
• "Teens in Distress"
• Faulty Reasoning Notes
• Faulty Reasoning Chart

HW:  Read Catcher in the Rye by Monday, May 5.   Continue to post comments to this post throughout the week to ask questions and build upon one another's ideas.  If you want to create a new post, please feel free to do so.

Concluding thoughts on tragedy - What should we learn?

Today's Agenda:

• Quiz on end of DOAS
• Discussion
• Perception
• Success
• Symbols in play
• characterization
• Miller's belief's - connection to his initial essay
• Essay tomorrow
• one page of quotes/ideas based on major ideas discussed today
• 35-40 minute timed essay

Bringing the words to life

Today's Agenda:

• Characterization Chart 
• Discuss Bernard from yesterday's worksheet
• What do these characters show us about Willy?
• Watch pages 50-74; 74-91
• Thoughts?  Observations?
• Questions for 76-91; 98-116 - Watch movie

HW: Finish the play

The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-2 in favor of upholding Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in the college admissions process at state schools. The decision is discussed in this article from the Wall Street Journal. Also included is the ABC World News video clip (2min.) from last night discussing the decision, Justice Sotomayor's fiery dissent, and the local impact on a college applicant.

Do you agree with the court's decision?
Should individual states be allowed to determine for themselves whether or not to racially profile college applicants?
How will this decision affect affirmative action in other states?

I meant to post this on the Race, Class, and Gender blog, but if you would like to comment here feel free. Well constructed comments that specifically reference either the Wall Street Journal article or the ABC World News video will receive 40 points. If you do not want to respond to this, we will exempt you so it will not help or hurt you.

Death of a Salesman/The 1950s

Today's Agenda:

Review last night's reading (pages 74-98)

The Century: America's Time. Happy Days (1953-1960)

The American Pageant chapters for this unit are 37 and some of 38. You should read both for Friday.

Death of a Salesman/The 1950s

Today's Agenda:

• Act I Test
• Lecture/Discussion: President Eisenhower and Foreign Policy
• New York Times Article: Looking back at Eisenhower/Iran/Guatemala
• Bowling For Columbine video clip
• Contemporary Foreign Policy: Drone Strikes this past weekend 

HW:  Read pages 74-98 in DOAS.  Complete worksheet


If you want more information about drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen New America Foundation has the numbers and some interesting graphs

Good luck to Principal Collyer and the other runners today in the Boston Marathon! You can follow her progress here

"Boston Strong"

Characterization and Conflict

Today's Agenda:

• share your descriptive writing
• Characterization Activity/Reflection
• pg 15-28 discussion
• father/son relationships
• characterization of Willy
• p28-34 on tape

Jackie Robinson!

Every year, Major League Baseball sets aside one day in April to honor Jackie Robinson, the first Black baseball player to break the color barrier in 1949. He was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement, and I recently found this article on 538.com about how more modern statistical analysis proves that Robinson was one of the greatest second basemen of all time. I also have a man crush on the founder of 538.com, Nate Silver, who uses statistical analysis to predict political trends, elections, and he loves baseball!

Jackie Robinson
1950

Death of a Salesman/The 1950s

Today's Agenda:

• The Cold war: the Korean "war"
• Blog Comments - What conclusions can we make about the "typical" night in an American home with teens?
• Death of a Salesman p 2-15; 12-26 
• Set Photos
• Characterization
• Symbols
• Questions
• Descriptive writing
• Death of a Salesman 15-30; 27-39

HW: Continue reading the play 27-39

Optional: Video by ABC news about Korean veterans (6 minutes long)

Death of a Salesman/The 1950s

Today's Agenda:

Setting Discussion
Beginning of Act I
Lecture/Discussion: An overview of the 1950s

The Donna Reed Show
1958

HW:

Read 12-26 in DOAS

Commenting on the blog:

Include a strong discussion on this blog post.  If you can build off another person's ideas, please do so!

What is going on in your house?  What does an evening look like at your house?  What "messes" are there?  Provide specifics.  

Death of a Salesman/Post-War America

Today's Agenda:

Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe
1956

Lit. Brick Quiz
Drama background
Intro Arthur Miller
Setting Discussion

Homework:

• Setting handout - questions on back
• Try to read 2-15 or 12-26, (pages depend on the text you have)

NH gets some love

Just saw this article on the Atlantic website about NH Governor Maggie Hassan.

Tragedy

Today's Agenda:

• "Tragedy and the Common Man"
• Pre-reading Questions
• Prom assembly

HW:  Lit Brick 2261-2266 and Modern American Drama handout

WWII Assessment

Today's Agenda:

• World War II history assessment
• Tragedy Brainstorm/Discussion
• Read "Tragedy and the Common Man" by Arthur Miller

HW: 

•  "Tragedy and the Common Man" due Friday - Quiz on Friday prior to assembly
• Lit Brick pages 2261-2266 due on Monday

World War II Assessment

Today's Agenda:

• In-class essay (30-40 min.)
• Review group projects/American Pageant chapters 35-36/Answer any last questions

The Conclusion of World War II

Today's Agenda:

Last two presentations:

• Nuremberg Trials
• Allied leadership

Lit reading on Hiroshima

Unit Exam will be divided into 2 parts:

Wednesday: in class writing assignment
Thursday: traditional exam with a variety of types of questions

World War II

Today's Agenda:

The Atomic Bomb

Last 2 presentations:

Nagasaki 1945

• Post-War Trials
• Post-War Leadership

Lit reading: Hiroshima

Unit ends tomorrow, WWII exam on Wednesday

Optional: From 60 minutes last night, Nazi stolen artwork discovered.

World War II Infographics

Spencer
Taylor
Colton
Fernanda
Jess
Matt
James
Elena
Patrick
Kerri
John
Mercedez
Maleeha
Emily M
Olivia M
Emma
Emilyann
Dominic
Mikey
Mikayla
Brad
Olivia R
Steph
Kaleigh
Logan
Isabella
Ben
Janny

Infographics - What are they? What is their purpose? How are they created?

Teaching with Infographics 


Text Heavy

How long does a person want to analyze?

Simple Statistics

Simple Graph

Interactive Graph

Infographics

Today's Agenda:

• Presentation
• Infograms
• Assignment - Due Monday

World War II

Today's Agenda:

2 more presentations today:

D-Day June 6th 1944

• D-day
• Battle of the Bulge

Lit readings due:

Maus and All Rivers...

Firebombing of Japan during WWII

Here is the link to the infographic I mentioned in class today. Check it out. It is interactive as well.

Pacific Theater Questions and Review

Link to Google Form

World War II

Today's Agenda:

Last night on ABC's World News..."Rosies" were honored.

3 presentations:

• The Russian Front (Brad and Ben)
• Allied Strategy in N. Africa and Europe (Kerri and Isabella)
• Allied Strategy in the Pacific (Matt and Logan)

HW: Tomorrow, Maus and All Rivers Run to the Sea are due.

"Iwo Jima Memorial" in DC

World War II

Today's Agenda:

Lit. review:

German POW's at Stalingrad

Brokaw's The Greatest Generation

2 more presentations:

• Concentration and internment camps (Steph and Emily M)
• Russian Front (Brad and Ben)

Lit due:

All Rivers Run to the Sea and Maus are due on Thursday.