Homework
Homework: Check DAILY Work for your class!! Click on the link for your class to go to the homework.
South African Apartheid
African American Studies
South African Apartheid
Wednesday, May 15 - Thursday, May 16
Turn in WHITE PAPER - IT'S DONE!!!!!
Write reflection on white paper, process, suggestions
Share out about your paper
Enjoy "The Color of Friendship"
Honors: Blog due on Thursday by midnight!
Monday, May 13 - Tuesday, May 14
Read about the restorative justice versus retributive justice.
Long Night's Journey into Day - 2 cases
HOMEWORK: WHITE PAPER DUE NEXT CLASS!!!! HAVE IT PRINTED OFF WITH RUBRIC ATTACHED.
Wednesday, May 8 - Thursday, May 9
Read about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, it's purpose and stipulations.
Long Night's Journey into Day - 2 cases
HOMEWORK: WHITE PAPER DUE IN ONE WEEK!!!!!!
Monday, May 6 - Tuesday, May 7
Start Up: Forgiveness Quote from Maya Angelou
Small group discussion: How do you define the words forgiveness, justice and compassion?
Walk around quote discussion about forgiveness.
Homework: WHITE PAPER DUE IN A LITTLE OVER A WEEK. Must schedule one on one with me if you haven't.
Wednesday, May 1 - Thursday, May 2
One on one meetings with Jordan WITH ROUGH DRAFT. If you do not have your rough draft or are absent, YOU MUST SET UP A ONE ON ONE MEETING WITH JORDAN. She has 4th period plan, Tuesday tutoring and is in the Post Office all day in her classroom (212) or her office (237). This is YOUR responsibility and she will not be reminding you.
Wednesday, May 1 - Thursday, May 2
One on one meetings with Jordan WITH ROUGH DRAFT. If you do not have your rough draft or are absent, YOU MUST SET UP A ONE ON ONE MEETING WITH JORDAN. She has 4th period plan, Tuesday tutoring and is in the Post Office all day in her classroom (212) or her office (237). This is YOUR responsibility and she will not be reminding you.
Monday, April 29 - Tuesday, April 30
How does apartheid end? Hypothesizing the 3-5 steps in small groups.
Notes on the end of Apartheid (Ramifications of Apartheid PowerPoint)
Homework: One on Ones - NEED peer edited rough draft and peer edit sheet. Working on papers otherwise.
Week of Monday, April 22 - Thursday, April 25
Film Study: Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
Questions for film study - to be turned in Wednesday/Thursday at the end of class:
1. Music can be a powerful tool for change. How did African music during Apartheid showcase societal and racial tensions AND did they make a difference?
2. How (in your opinion) is the African music from Amandla! different than other protest music you have heard?
3. "Music was part of liberating ourselves" - Abdullah Ibrihim. Do you believe this is true?
Honors: BLOG DUE THURSDAY
Wednesday, April 17th/Thursday, April 19th
Finish up looking at UN Resolutions (if needed)
WORK PERIOD ON WHITE PAPER DRAFTS.
Monday, April 15th / Tuesday, April 16th
Start Up: Editorial cartoons / current events
Finish up State of Emergency - looking at article and discussing in small groups: what was the state of emergency? What were its outcomes? Was it justified?
UN Response: What is the UN/what is its purpse?
UN Resolution 1761 / UN Security Council Resolution 418: Read, mark, discuss. Do these resolutions have teeth to them? Hypothesize if they would do anything / the South African Response.
Wednesday, April 10/Thursday, April 11
Start Up: Sustained write debriefing Monday/Tuesday's unit on Soweto and Biko
Small group discussions about our reflections on Mon/Tue
Small group discussions about when to talk to children about these events - why haven't we learned about them until now?
Storytime! Nelson Mandela children's book - how does this tell the story of apartheid effectively? Is it okay to read to children?
Homework - Read the article "Black Rage, White Fist" (under documents) about the 1980s State of Emergency in South Africa. BLOG ABOUT THIS ARTICLE ON DISCUSSION PAGE. SEE RUBRIC! Honors Paper due Thursday, April 11th for seminar!
Monday, April 8/Tuesday, April 9
Start Up: Hypothesize about South African education system under Apartheid
Notes on Black Consciousness, SOWETO, Steve Biko
Look at photos from the actual event
Clips from film "Cry, Freedom"
Homework - WORK ON ROUGH DRAFTS! Do in TWO WEEKS. Honors Paper due Thursday, April 11th for seminar!
Wednesday, March 20/Thursday, March 21st
Film: Under African Skies. The controversy behind Paul Simon's Graceland and South African Apartheid.
One on Ones with Jordan re: annotated bib grade, midterm grade, thesis statement
Homework - WORK ON ROUGH DRAFTS OVER SPRING BREAK! Redo parts of annotated bib (if desired). Honors Paper due Thursday after break - April 11th.
Monday, March 18/Tuesday, March 19th
Start Up: Summative Annotated Bibliography due - reflection and all class discussion
Partners - read and share on two articles: "Banned Peoples of South Africa" and "The Manifesto of Umkonto we Sizwe".
Academic speed dating - circles and speed questioning conversations
Homework - Rough thesis draft, redo artist statement (if desired), honors blog due Thursday.
Thursday, March 7/Monday, March 11th
Summative Projects due - display and share out with class.
Pass Laws - simulation and notes.
Witness on Sharpeville.
Homework - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAHY DUE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, March 5/Wednesday, March 6th
Annotated Bibliography workshop and work time.
Homework - Summative project due NEXT CLASS. Annotated Bibliography in a week and a half.
Thursday, February 28/Monday, March 4th
Start Up: Editorial cartoons on sequestor. See, think, wonder.
South Africa land policies - Native Land Act of 1913, Group Areas Act of 1950. Looking at maps...how was land divided and why?
Virtual google earth tour of South Africa comparing areas previously designated for white, black, coloured and Asain/Indian peoples.
Homework - Summative due in ONE WEEK! Start annoted bibliography now that your topic has been checked/suggestions to your topic made.
Tuesday, February 26/Wednesday, February 27
Start Up: Read article on gun violence in South Africa. How is their approach to gun violence and gun control similar and different to that in America?
Recap: Who founded, how do we get to Apartheid starting as an official government policy in 1948?
Film Clip from BBC "Eyewitness on Apartheid"
Read aloud Freedom Charter as a class - then decide which ones you think are most significant, interesting, important.
Summative assessment presented: marketing race, ethnicity and nationality in South Africa and artists response. See assignment description and rubric under documents.
Homework - Begin work on summative.
Thursday, February 21/Monday, February 25
Start Up: How have race, ethnicity and nationality been used throughout history to bring people/countries together? How have they torn people apart?
Share out race, ethnicity, nationality formative essays in small groups - what did you struggle with? What were your revelations?
Racial Classifications of South Africa Powerpoint Notes (under docs)
Film examples of racial classification - how did they determine each person's race?
Homework - Due 2/25 and 2/26 Text Marking article "The Policies of Ethnic Identity" (under documents). White paper proposal due
Thursday, February 14/Wednesday, February 20
Start Up: Why do countries invade other countries? Why did the Dutch choose South Africa - hypothesize!
Current Event: South African Olympian accused of murder
Where is South Africa???? What does it look like - basic notes.
History of South Africa Powerpoint Notes (under docs) - From the earliest hunter-gatherers to the formation of the union.
Creating common definitions - race, ethnicity and nationality.
Homework - 1 to 2 page essay examining your own racial, ethnic, national identity. See documents tab for assignment and rubric. DUE THURSDAY (for Tu/Thur) and MONDAY 2/25 (for M/W)
Tuesday, February 12/Wednesday, February 13
Start Up: What is a human right? Define. Who deserves human rights? Who doesn't?
Current Event: President Obama's State of the Union address
Walk around - are certain things rights or not?
Universal Declaration of Human Rihgts - what is the document and why was it created?
Summarize documents of articles per table considering: 1) is the article specific? general? obtainable? 2) How do we in the US violate this law? Tacoma? Your own life experience? 3) Why do we keep this document around?
Thursday, February 7/Monday, February 11
Start Up: Editorial cartoons - see, think, wonder on two of the three.
Current Events: Drone attacks
What is the white paper and why are doing it? Hand out assignment and explain timeline, expectations, requirements, etc.
Initial research and conversation.
HOMEWORK: Get syllabus and honors contract signed by Wednesday/Thursday
Tuesday, February 5/Wednesday, February 6
Start Up: 10 minutes write: What has been the most impactful/significant/meaningful news event of your life and how did it affect you? It could be local, national or global news.
Basic class description. Small group T-chart: what do we know about South Africa and what do we want to know? Write and then share out.
A country of contradictions: 26 facts about South Africa. Read and discuss for intregue, confusion, humor, surprise, etc.
African American Studies
Thursday, May 16th
Malcolm X - who was he? The four stages of his life and why students aren't taught about him in school.
Homework: Study for quiz on Monday!!
Honors Blog due by midnight
Wednesday, May 15th
Black Power and Black Panthers - use graphic organizer to organize information regarding leaders, major events, beliefs, associated groups.
Watch pieces of "The Black Power Mixed Tape"
Homework: Complete graphic organizer and study for quiz next Wednesday
Tuesday, May 14th
School Integration in 3 important cases with notes, film, reading, discussion
1) Brown v Board of Education (1954)
2) Little Rock Nine (1957)
3) Ruby Bridges (1960)
Monday, May 13th Quiz over rotation
Thursday, May 9th
Current Race issues in America - language we use, issues we still have, how to solve this (if possible)
Article study on current race issues
Homework: QUIZ ON MONDAY
Wednesday, May 8th
Loving v Virginia - the case for interracial marriage
Homework: Study for quiz on Monday!
Tuesday, May 7th
Malcolm X - who was he? The four stages of his life and why students aren't taught about him in school.
Homework: Study for quiz on Monday!!
Monday, May 6th
Black Power and Black Panthers - use graphic organizer to organize information regarding leaders, major events, beliefs, associated groups.
Watch pieces of "The Black Power Mixed Tape"
Homework: Complete graphic organizer and study for quiz next Monday
Thursday, May 2nd
School Integration in 3 important cases with notes, film, reading, discussion
1) Brown v Board of Education (1954)
2) Little Rock Nine (1957)
3) Ruby Bridges (1960)
HOMEWORK: CBA Final due on Monday, May 6th
Wednesday, May 1st
Work on CBA - Peer Edits
HOMEWORK: CBA Final due on Monday, May 6th
Tuesday, April 30th
Work on CBA
HOMEWORK: Bring TYPED, PRINTED 1st Draft to class (COMPLETE!) for peer edits
Monday, April 29th
Discussion of 42 and its relation to class curriculum
Work on CBA
HOMEWORK: WORK ON YOUR CBA's!
Thursday, April 25th
FIELD TRIP! Meet in Gavin's room with $7 for Grand Cinema field trip to see "42"
HOMEWORK: 42 Blog due by MONDAY, Honors: BLOG DUE TODAY
Week of Monday, April 22 - Wednesday, April 24
CBA writing - What Does it Mean to be An American?
Thursday, April 18th
Summative seminar over Harlem Renaissance. Evidence collection sheet due.
Wednesday, April 17th
Harlem Renaissance Art Gallery - looking at various pieces to deduce social, political, cultural impact
Homework: Seminar evidence collection sheet DUE.
Tuesday, April 16th
Current Events: Boston Marathon bombings
Harlem Renaissance Dance: Savoy Ballroom, Lindy Hop
Homework: GET PERMISSION SLIP SIGNED. Seminar evidence collection sheet due THURSDAY.
Monday, April 15th
Harlem Renaissance Art: PBS's Against the Odds documentary
Thursday, April 11th
Harlem Renaissance music: Bessie Smith and Duke Ellington
Wednesday, April 10th
Harlem Renaissance music: Louis Armstrong
Homework: Read and text mark: Harlem en Vogue.
Tuesday, April 9th
Start Up: What is a community? How are community perceptions correct/assumed/not correct
Introduction to summative assessment / seminar evidence collection sheet (under documents)
Where is Harlem and what was the Renaissance all about?
Jazz and Blues in Harlem
In depth study: Louis Armstrong - learn, listen, feel Louis
Homework: Harlem En Vogue - read, text mark, come up with two seminar questions.
Tuesday, April 9th
Start Up: African Americans in WW1 - to fight or not to fight?
Harlem Hellfighters/WWI
Poem analysis - The Return
Red Summer of 1919/Will Brown
Poem analysis - If We Must Die by Claude McKay
Homework: None
Monday, April 8th
Welcome back! Rotation two.
Hand back papers from 1st rotation. Rewrites due on Monday, March 11th with original graded copy!
Recap - why did African Americans want to move to the North?
Great Migration to the North - map analysis
Homework: "North to Detroit" - identify assumptions the men had, barriers they came across, and create one seminar question.
Thursday, March 21st
Start Up: Write questions on board for seminar.
Harlem Renaissance seminar prep sheet due for summative seminar.
Seminar reflection
Homework: Honors seminar paper due TODAY after school at seminar.
Wednesday, March 20th
Finish Harlem Renaissance art: Look at seven pieces of art (photos, paintings, drawings, scultures, magazine covers, etc.) and answer three questions: 1) What was the artist's intent? 2) Does it have a political or social message? 3) What draws you to the image?
Work time for seminar prep sheet.
Homework: Seminar prep sheet due Thursday. Honors seminar paper due THURSDAY for seminar.
Tuesday, March 19th
Harlem Renaissance dance: Lindy Hop notes and video. And we danced...and had a really, really good time.
Start Harlem Renaissance art: Film "Against the Odds: Artists of the Harlem Renaissance" and exit slip.
Homework: Seminar prep sheet due Thursday. Honors seminar paper due THURSDAY for seminar.
Monday, March 18th
Start Up: Write and contemplate - quotes about the artist
Continue / finish Harlem Renaissance music: Duke Ellington and Bessie Smith
Homework: Seminar prep sheet due Thursday. Honors seminar paper due THURSDAY for seminar.
Thursday, March 7th
African Americans in WW1 - Harlem Hellfighters.
Red Summer of 1919 - story of Will Brown
Analysis of "The Return" and "If We Must Die"
Homework: Rewrites due Monday. Honors blog due in ONE WEEK.
Wednesday, March 6th
Welcome back! Rotation two.
Hand back papers from 1st rotation. Rewrites due on Monday, March 11th with original graded copy!
Recap - why did African Americans want to move to the North?
Great Migration to the North - map analysis
"North to Detroit" - in small groups, identify assumptions the men had, barriers they came across, and create one seminar question.
Homework: Work on rewrites
Tuesday, March 5th
Court Case
Homework: Summative paper (Legal Brief - under documents) due on Monday, March 11th. Read and text mark "How it Feels to be Colored Me" for Gavin's class.
Monday, March 4th
Continue creation of court case argument
Thursday, February 28th
Start Up: Supreme Court mini quiz (not graded)
Basic facts of Plessy/Ferguson Supreme Court Case.
Research time for court case - must be prepared for BOTH sides. Evidence (Louisiana Jim Crow Laws/Black Codes) are under documents along with Powerpoint on 13/14/15 Amendments and facts of case.
Homework: Continue court case research.
Wednesday, February 27th
Start Up: Editorial Cartoons - see, think, wonder
Share out Black Codes with a person who has a different state. What is significant to you? Confusing?
Jim Crow South - what are the differences between Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws? How were these laws enforced?
Tuesday, February 26th
Start Up: Theoretical versus actual freedoms = create a t-chart for your own life.
Current Events: Looming sequester
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth Amendments - summarize
Black Codes - purpose and reasoning.
HOMEWORK: Take a copy of a state's Black Code based on your reading level. Blog (under discussion) about what you read.
Monday, February 25th
Start Up: 10 minutes write - What has been the most impactful/significant/meaningful news event of your life and how did it affect you? It could be local, national or global news.
The dawn of time through Slavery in three slides - take notes!
Looking at the Emancipation Proclamation in small groups of three. Come up with: 3 main ideas, 2 points of confusion, 1 seminar question based on the document. Group share out and discussion.
PBS's "Slavery by Another Name" clip
Thursday, February 21th
Court is in session
Homework: Plessy Ferguson paper due Thursday 2/28 to Gavin. USE SOURCES, CITE, assignment sheet and rubric under documents.
Monday, February 20th
Court case research project
Homework: Continue court case research.
Thursday, February 14th
Start Up: Supreme Court mini quiz (not graded)
Current events - South African olympian accused of murder
Basic facts of Plessy/Ferguson Supreme Court Case.
Research time for court case - must be prepared for BOTH sides. Evidence (Louisiana Jim Crow Laws/Black Codes) are under documents along with Powerpoint on 13/14/15 Amendments and facts of case.
Homework: Continue court case research.
Wednesday, February 13th
Start Up: Editorial Cartoons - see, think, wonder
Current events - President Obama's State of the Union address
Share out Black Codes with a person who has a different state. What is significant to you? Confusing?
Jim Crow South - what are the differences between Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws? How were these laws enforced?
Tuesday, February 12th
Start Up: Theoretical versus actual freedoms = create a t-chart for your own life.
Current events - North Korea nuclear missile tests
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth Amendments - summarize
Black Codes - purpose and reasoning.
HOMEWORK: Take a copy of a state's Black Code based on your reading level. Blog (under discussion) about what you read.
Monday, February 11th
Start Up: 10 minutes write - What has been the most impactful/significant/meaningful news event of your life and how did it affect you? It could be local, national or global news.
Current events - Pope Benedict retiring
The dawn of time through Slavery in three slides - take notes!
Looking at the Emancipation Proclamation in small groups of three. Come up with: 3 main ideas, 2 points of confusion, 1 seminar question based on the document. Group share out and discussion.
PBS's "Slavery by Another Name" clip
HOMEWORK: Syllabus and Honors Contract are due Thursday. Get them in NOW!
Thursday, February 7th
What is honors humanities? Should I be a part of it? See Honors contract under documents.
Meet in class groups - blue and green - and discuss homework for the weekend.
Reading/writing a paper using Emmitt Till as a case study.
HOMEWORK: Read Abraham Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation" and text mark for significance, confusion and interest. Reading found under documents if lost.
Wednesday, February 6th
Syllabus and course expectations.
Goals: Meaningful interaction with text and persuasive writing.
Text mark (for significance, confusion and interest) the poems "I, Too" and "America"
Mini fishbowl seminar over poems
Tuesday, February 5th
Quote and pair share on African American quotes
Introduction with African American mentor or hero
Write a letter to Jordan and Gavin with 1) Why did you come to SOTA? Where you came from last year/last semester? 2) what are your strengths and weaknesses in history/English? Where do you need support? 3) Please tell us (if applicable) about your IEP/504 plan and/or if you have a Time class 4) What is your internet access/printing ability at home?
Homework: Quote
- Choose one of the ten quotes from the handout (also available on the docs page of this site, if you need another copy)
- Type the quote and its speaker into a word doc exactly as written
- Type in your 200-300 word reponse to the quote. Proofread it.
- Copy and paste it into this blog to share your ideas and complete your first homework assignment for Humanities this semester!
This blog homework will be on time if it is posted by 9:50am on Wednesday, February 5th, 2012.