Monday: Group discussion for last part of Savages. Jigsaw time-lines to complete a sense of the longevity of the oil issue for Ecuador's indigenous peoples.
HW: Paper response for part 3 due Tuesday.
Observation 301 due 11/12**
Tuesday: Paper response for part 3 due. Bring Savages. Work on group-created guided reading questions for "Among the Cannibals".
HW: Read on-line article "Ecuador's Tribes Fight Big Oil" for a 2007 perspective. Do an internet engine search to see who are most likely to advocate on behalf of the indigenous peoples' and their issues. Consider the issue in Savages with The Nature Conservancy. Do these advocacy groups always act in the interests of the people and/or environment that they are trying to protect? Write a page response in your notebook.
Wednesday: NO SCHOOL; Veteran's Day
Thursday: Odd Day Block Schedule. Bring Observation 301. Small groups share observations. Savages guided reading questions for part 3.
Friday: Even Day Block Schedule.
Friday, November 6, 2009
H.ot.A. Week November 9 - 13
Monday: Check Haiti's post-colonial government time-line. Warm up: Is the Caudillo still present in Latin America? Review Frontline's documentary "The Hugo Chavez Show" & article "Latin American leaders move extend their rule."
HW due Friday 11/13: Informal response (HJP assignment)
Tuesday: Quiz over post-colonial governments. Read in class "US embargoes against Haiti." Discuss relevance to Haiti's post-colonial success and economic and political demise.
HW: Read History Alive! chapter 8 for Friday. Create a chapter outline, YOUR CHOICE, in your notebook.
Wednesday: NO SCHOOL; Veteran's Day
Thursday: Odd Day Block Schedule
Friday: Tutorial; 2, 4, 6: Informal papers due. (1) Discuss History Alive! chapter 8. (2) Writer's Workshop for essay exams. (3) Bring A People's History of the US. Begin reading chapter 7 OR 8; two groups will read and answer different questions for one of the assigned chapters. Due Monday, 11/ 16.
Questions for chapter 7, "As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs"
Questions for chapter 8, "We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God"
HW due Friday 11/13: Informal response (HJP assignment)
Tuesday: Quiz over post-colonial governments. Read in class "US embargoes against Haiti." Discuss relevance to Haiti's post-colonial success and economic and political demise.
HW: Read History Alive! chapter 8 for Friday. Create a chapter outline, YOUR CHOICE, in your notebook.
Wednesday: NO SCHOOL; Veteran's Day
Thursday: Odd Day Block Schedule
Friday: Tutorial; 2, 4, 6: Informal papers due. (1) Discuss History Alive! chapter 8. (2) Writer's Workshop for essay exams. (3) Bring A People's History of the US. Begin reading chapter 7 OR 8; two groups will read and answer different questions for one of the assigned chapters. Due Monday, 11/ 16.
Questions for chapter 7, "As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs"
Questions for chapter 8, "We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God"
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Anthropology, Week November 2 - 6
Monday: Groups will work on graphic organizer for ethnographic illustrations of both Savages and "Trinkets and Beads" (the 3 major themes: Social org., Belief systems, Change and Transformation).
HW: Observation Assignment (301); due November 12; Read background on Huaorani's mobilization to protect their land in "Road Construction Threatens Huaorani in Ecuador" c. 1988. Due Tuesday for discussion. Read & highlight. We will begin to build a timeline of events leading up to the Huaorani's fight with oil development in the Oriente.
Tuesday: Questions due for West; Discuss "Road Construction Threatens Huaorani in Ecuador".
Read "Huaorani of Ecuador calls for Ten Year Oil Moratorium" c. 2005
Wednesday/Thursday: Discuss West.
Friday: Observation 301 due 11/13; NO SCHOOL; End of grading quarter. NOTE: Observation 301 is Due 11/12
HW: Observation Assignment (301); due November 12; Read background on Huaorani's mobilization to protect their land in "Road Construction Threatens Huaorani in Ecuador" c. 1988. Due Tuesday for discussion. Read & highlight. We will begin to build a timeline of events leading up to the Huaorani's fight with oil development in the Oriente.
Tuesday: Questions due for West; Discuss "Road Construction Threatens Huaorani in Ecuador".
Read "Huaorani of Ecuador calls for Ten Year Oil Moratorium" c. 2005
Wednesday/Thursday: Discuss West.
Friday: Observation 301 due 11/13; NO SCHOOL; End of grading quarter. NOTE: Observation 301 is Due 11/12
H.o.t.A., Week November 2 - 6
Monday: Finish chapter 7 question-discussion from History Alive! Reading and independent work time in BBF, chapter 4. Questions due Tuesday.
Tuesday: Discuss Born in Blood and Fire, chapter 4 questions. No homework.
Wednesday/Thursday: Read excerpt on Haiti's government after independence. HJP due for in-class check. Hugo Chavez: A Present Day Caudillo?
HW: Read on-line article regarding the post-independence in Haiti: Haiti after independence
In your notebook, create a graphic organizer that includes examples of Haiti's nation-building: problems, leaders, successes, etc. Consider what categories would help you compare this newly independent nation to other nations in the Americas. Due Monday, November 9.
This article was included on a Haitian student website at the University of Florida. If you go to the HOME page, you will find samples of Haitian music as well as information about the Creole Club.
Friday: NO SCHOOL; End of grading quarter.
Tuesday: Discuss Born in Blood and Fire, chapter 4 questions. No homework.
Wednesday/Thursday: Read excerpt on Haiti's government after independence. HJP due for in-class check. Hugo Chavez: A Present Day Caudillo?
HW: Read on-line article regarding the post-independence in Haiti: Haiti after independence
In your notebook, create a graphic organizer that includes examples of Haiti's nation-building: problems, leaders, successes, etc. Consider what categories would help you compare this newly independent nation to other nations in the Americas. Due Monday, November 9.
This article was included on a Haitian student website at the University of Florida. If you go to the HOME page, you will find samples of Haitian music as well as information about the Creole Club.
Friday: NO SCHOOL; End of grading quarter.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
H.o.t.A., Week October 26 - 30
Monday: Naviance training in the Library for both classes.
HW: New unit - NATION-BUILDING, Read in History Alive! Chapters 6 & 7, DUE Friday, 10/30; Answer questions (History Alive! chapters 6 & 7) in your notebook.
Tuesday: Review Friday's O.P.V.L. graphic organizer on "The Declaration of Man and Citizen"
Wednesday: CONTACT, COLONIZATION & INDEPENDENCE Essay Exam
Friday:Bring materials for HJP (i.e. 3-ring notebook and required papers); Click here: HJP Required Components for Unit 1 Bring BBF to class. Read in class chapter 4. Finish for Monday.
HW: New unit - NATION-BUILDING, Read in History Alive! Chapters 6 & 7, DUE Friday, 10/30; Answer questions (History Alive! chapters 6 & 7) in your notebook.
Tuesday: Review Friday's O.P.V.L. graphic organizer on "The Declaration of Man and Citizen"
Wednesday: CONTACT, COLONIZATION & INDEPENDENCE Essay Exam
Friday:Bring materials for HJP (i.e. 3-ring notebook and required papers); Click here: HJP Required Components for Unit 1 Bring BBF to class. Read in class chapter 4. Finish for Monday.
Anthropology, Week October 26 - 30
Monday: Guided reading questions DUE. Discuss Observations 101 & 201. Assign 301 observation.
HW: Read Savages, part II. See reading schedule. Guided reading questions due 11/3
Tuesday: Discuss Savages; small groups.
Thursday: Film "Trinkets and Beads". Based on Kane's book & the 1990s oil issue on Huaorani lands.
Friday: Reading in class; Bring Savages
HW: Read Savages, part II. See reading schedule. Guided reading questions due 11/3
Tuesday: Discuss Savages; small groups.
Thursday: Film "Trinkets and Beads". Based on Kane's book & the 1990s oil issue on Huaorani lands.
Friday: Reading in class; Bring Savages
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