Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Sept 27-Oct 1


Sept 27-Oct 1

World History
Sept 27 (Monday)
-Read Scott McCloud Making Comics pp 8-14
-Video Clip
-George Orwell Homage to Catalonia 3-10

Sept 28 (Tu)
-Turn in work sheet
-McCloud 15-22
-Orwell 11-16
-Orwell worksheet

Sept 30 (Th)
-McCloud 22-29
-Orwell 17-22
-Review for Orwell Quiz Chapters 1 and 2

Oct 1 (Fri)
-Orwell Quiz
-McCloud 29-36
-Translation of story into comic worksheet

Economics
Sept 27 (Monday)
-Film “The Take”

Sept 28 (Tu)
-Film “The Take”

Sept 30 (Th)
Visual Analysis Paper on the film
-Free write and clustering
-Peer Review
-Draft

Oct 1 (Fri)
Visual Analysis Paper on the film
-Free write and clustering
-Peer Review
-Draft

Anthropology
Sept 27 (Monday)
-Discuss Roma Law article
-What is Ethnicity?
-Group work

Sept 28 (Tu)
-Film “Class Divided”
-Race and Ethnicity
-Reading Homework “Ethnicity” 309-321

Sept 30 (Th)
-Class Divided worksheet
-“Ethnicity” worksheet

Oct 1 (Fri)
-Interviewing

Geography
Sept 27 (Monday)
-Chapter 8
-Review vocabulary

Sept 28 (Tu)
-Chapter 8
-Review vocabulary

Sept 30 (Th)
-Chapter 8 quiz
-Chapter 8 vocabulary and questions due

Oct 1 (Fri)
-Chapter 9



Sunday, September 19, 2010

Sept 20-24

World History Sept 20-24
Sept 20 (Monday)
-Read Scott McCloud "Understanding Comics" 1-20
-Introduction to George Orwell
-The Spectrum of Socialism during the Spanish Civil War (Continuation of the discussion from Rick and Peter's classes)
-Due Sept 20-Spanish Civil War Letters
     -Must Include
         -Freewrite or Cluster
         -Four peer reviews
         -Draft
         -Final Draft

Sept 21(Tues)
-Orwell Bio continued
-Short Film (George Orwell-A Life In Pictures)
-McCloud 20-40

Sept 22 (Th)
-Hand out translation worksheet
-Scott McCloud Questions Due (Monday Sept 27)

Sept 23 (Friday)
-Begin Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
-McCloud film (Understanding Comics)
-Draft of letters in visual form worksheet (due Monday)

Economics Sept 20-24
Sept 20 (Monday)
-Turn in Trash Journals
-Film (Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Trash)
-Film worksheet

Sept 21 (Tues)
-Breaking down Trash Journals (work with Mandy's math class to calculate results)

Sept 23 (Th)
-Start the Big Dig
-Reading Participatory Economics 1-10

Sept 24 (Friday)
-Return Survey
-Finalize Survey and prepare to carry out next week
-Vocabulary Quiz
-Participatory Economics 10-15 (Due Monday)

Anthropology Sept 20-24
Sept 20 (Monday)
-The art of Interviewing
-New York Times article and worksheet (Due Sept 21)

     Roma, on Move, Test Europe’s ‘Open Borders

Sept 21 (Tues)

-Short Film BBC Life on the Edge: Darkness on the Edge of Town
-Short Film Opre Roma: Gypsies in Canada
-Worksheet on films (Due Th)

Sept 23 (Th)
-Article: Cross-Culture Law: The Case of the Gypsy Offender by Anne Sutherland
-Questions related to article due Friday Sept 24

Sept 24 (Friday)
-ABCD group work from Cultural Anthropology article
-Review Sutherland article
-Homework finish Doing Cultural Anthropology article pp 59-69

World Geography Sept 20-24
Sept 20 (Monday)
-Geography Quiz over vocabulary words from chapter 7
-Turn in Chapter 7 questions and vocabulary list
-Continue on chapter 8 (Vocabulary Quiz for chapter 8 on Sept 23)

Sept 21 (Tues)
-Continue on chapter 8
-Review vocabulary words

Sept 23 (Th)
-Vocabulary Quiz chapter 8
-Turn in chapter 8 questions and vocabulary list

Sept 24 (Friday)
-Film (TBA)
-Start chapter 9