Friday, April 20, 2012

The 7.8/3 "Desperados:" It may be rainin', but there's a... well, let's hope!



The song "Desperado" is a personal favorite.  It speak to the idea of running wild, seeking independence and autonomy, but then recognizing that there is something larger than the individual and embracing that entity that had been deferred.  For many of our students, scholarship had been something where there was some level of reticence in accepting.  Some had been able to accept it sooner than others.  Yet, I think that some of our own "desperados" are coming home, returning back to that element from which they recognize that is might be good to return to "before it's too late."
To all of you desperados, I can only wish to you the very best in helping you "come to your senses and come down from your fences."
7.3 Students- It's the Civil War.  We start Chapter 14, and within it, the two best sections of the book about the outbreak of the Civil War.  Work towards your edmodo postings due by Sunday.
8.3 Students- Monday is collection day for your Milgram experiment questions.  (Makes you look at getting a question wrong in a different light, eh?)  Then, you will be exploring themes in Holocaust literature with an activity on Wednesday and Thursday that examines the thematic implication of Holocaust art.  (It sounds strange, but the Holocaust gave rise to some of the most poignant of art.)


Syllabus for 7.3 Social Studies
Week of 4.23 - 4.27
Mr. Kannan- Email: akannan@op97.org
Blog Address: http://op97-kannan783.blogspot.com/
Monday:  Finish  14-1, 14-2 and 14-3 reading in class.
HW:  Read 14- 1 and complete the Check Your Progress questions at the end of the section.
Tuesday:      Discuss Chapter 14, sections 2 and 3 and complete the Check Your Progress Questions.
HW:  Complete the Check Your Progress Questions on sections 2 and 3.
Wednesday:  Log into edmodo and start posting comments.
HW:  Edmodo posts need to be done by Sunday.  Finish reading 14-4 and complete the Check Your Progress Questions for 14-4.
Thursday:      Edmodo postings time. 
HW:   Edmodo posts need to be done by Sunday.
Friday:    No School- Institute Day.
HW:  Edmodo posts need to be done by Sunday.


Syllabus for 8.3 Social Studies
Week of 4.23- 4.27
Mr. Kannan- Email: akannan@op97.org
Blog Address: http://op97-kannan783.blogspot.com/
Monday:  Discuss the themes in Holocaust Literature and identify examples of themes.  Annotate the opening three poems for themes in Holocaust literature.
HW:    Annotate three opening poems.
Tuesday:   Discuss ethics in the Holocaust from both victims and aggressors.
HW:  From your reading in Night, identify five specific examples in the text and how they connect to themes in Holocaust literature. 
Wednesday:   Introduce Prewrite to watching art.  Examine Holocaust Art and analyze themes/ ethical treatment in art samples.
HW:  By end of Thursday’s class, make sure you have identified specific ethical treatments and/ or themes from Holocaust literature.
Thursday:     Continue analysis of Holocaust Art..
HW:   One completed paragraph of an art sample analysis is due on Monday.  Extra credit if you wished to continue to compose themes/ ethical treatment in Holocaust Literature on more than one.  Read one of the poems of Alienation/ Isolation.  Try to see if you can “get it.”
Friday:  No School- Institute Day.
HW:    One completed paragraph of an art sample analysis is due on Monday.  Extra credit if you wished to continue to compose themes/ ethical treatment in Holocaust Literature on more than one.  Read one of the poems of Alienation/ Isolation.  Try to see if you can “get it.”


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