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This week, students must keep up with the reading in Howard Zinn and their annotations. These annotations will become a critical piece of the Zinn assessment. Students can see me during lunch if they are confused or come in before school to receive guidance. I will be meeting with students individually during class to "spot check" their annotations and help to provide guidance. In the end, though, students will have to use in class time and out of class time to keep up with the pace of the demands placed on their shoulders. My hope is that students can step up to this task. With the end of the trimester, different extra credit assignments present themselves and I hope that if students wish to take any of these, they do so with honor, dignity, and the best effort put forth to assist them. I hope that students take advantage of the extra credit opportunities made available for them. It should be noted that as a general policy, I don't bump up grades at the trimester. With the extra credit opportunities and revisions made available during the course of the trimester, that could be the bump in its own right.
For the week of 10.11- IF YOU MISSED THE COMMON CORE ASSESSMENT ON THE JUNGLE, YOU HAVE TO MEET ME WEDNESDAY DURING LUNCH OR THURSDAY MORNING. THESE ARE THE ONLY OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THIS UP.
Monday: Read parts I, II, and III in “Robber Barons and Rebels.” Annotate for required elements: Five Main Ideas, Three GHTs, At least five vocab words, Three Important People or Groups of People, and for answers to required questions. This is due on Tuesday. Find your 15 minutes. You might need it after this activity. Extra Credit: One of the “mottos” of the United States is “e pluribus unum.” In one paragraph, identify the meaning of this quote. Explain its purpose and what it strives to convey about America. Identify why it was adopted and when it was adopted. In another paragraph, explain how American History during Industrialization and Progressivism has represented this quote and how it has gone against it. Clearly identify historical examples of each. In your last paragraph, explain three themes from Industrialization that go against or support this motto and then explain three themes from Progressivism that go against or support this motto. End your last paragraph with your own belief about the truth of this motto in terms of life at Julian. (Be honest in this reflective mode.) Art people: Draw how American History has gone against and/ or supported this motto. All Extra Credit is due Friday, and you can click here for a rubric.
Tuesday: Read parts IV to VIII in “Robber Barons and Rebels.” Annotate for required elements: Five Main Ideas, Three GHTs, At least five vocab words, Three Important People or Groups of People, and for answers to required questions. This is due on Thursday.. Find your 15 minutes. You might need it after this activity. Extra Credit: Given what is happening with the Miami Dolphins and the fragmented locker room, click here to read an article about the issue. Summarize the article in one paragraph. In another paragraph, identify three themes of Progressivism/ Industrialization and explain how they apply to the situation. Finally, explain if you believe that Martin did the right thing by walking away from Incognito’s bullying behavior. Art People: After reading this article, draw what you think Martin the locker room must have been like for Martin. All Extra Credit is due Friday, and you can click here for a rubric.
Wednesday: Read parts IV to VIII in “Robber Barons and Rebels.” Annotate for required elements: Five Main Ideas, Three GHTs, At least five vocab words, Three Important People or Groups of People, and for answers to required questions. This is due on Thursday. Find your 15 minutes. You might need it after this activity. Extra Credit: Read the Following Article here. In one paragraph, identify why this embrace was so meaningful. Discuss in this paragraph what your reaction to the person who was embraced is. Then, in a second paragraph, explain three themes of Progressivism that is present in the embrace, the article, and the Pope’s actions. Extra, extra credit if you can reference two Tweets from the Pope in this analysis. Art people: Identify three tweets from the Pope. Draw what they would look like with the Tweet as your caption.All Extra Credit is due Friday, and you can click here for a rubric.
Thursday: Read parts IX to XIII in “Robber Barons and Rebels.” Annotate for required elements: Five Main Ideas, Three GHTs, At least five vocab words, Three Important People or Groups of People, and for answers to required questions. This is due on Monday.. Find your 15 minutes. You might need it after this activity. Extra Credit: Conduct research on Pope Francis. In one paragraph, include at least five biographical details and Identify three of his fundamental beliefs, including why he believes them. In another paragraph, explain how Pope Francis is similar to Francis of Assisi and then connect some of his beliefs and actions to Saints like Mother Teresa. Finally, examine three themes of Progressivism to Pope Francis using either words or actions. In closing, make a case for what Pope Francis would say about what we do at Julian and where more is needed. (Be honest in this part.) Art People: Compare pictures of Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and the Pope’s embrace. Render an artwork that captures the selflessness and willingness to “be more” that these three “honorable passengers” reveal. This should be very compelling as the pictures of each would be very compelling. All Extra Credit is due Friday, and you can click here for a rubric. PLEASE NOTE: The use of the Pope is more as a historical figure in terms of showing the transcendence of themes from the Progressivist Era and not in any other means of religious advocacy. Yet, having said that, I don’t think it’s a bad idea for students to examine moments of pure and true action and selflessness in the real world, connecting them to historical themes, and forging connection to our own world here at 416 South Ridgeland. This cannot be a bad thing.
Friday: Read parts IX to XIII in “Robber Barons and Rebels.” Annotate for required elements: Five Main Ideas, Three GHTs, At least five vocab words, Three Important People or Groups of People, and for answers to required questions. This is due on Monday.. Find your 15 minutes. You might need it after this activity. All extra credit is due today. Trimester One is over at 3:30.. Let’s get working with Howard Zinn and get moving towards Trimester Two. One down, two to go.
Indeed, one down, two to go, but what a two are left!
All best.
Mr. Kannan
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