Tuesday, May 1, 2012

April 30 to May 4, 2012

Geography
Mon. 4/30 -- Watching the movie "Gandhi"  Discussion of non-violent civil disobeience.  Link to US history and Martin Luther King Jr.
Tue. 5/1 -- Watching the movie "Gandhi"  Discussion of the partition of India and the assassination of Gandhi.
Wed. 5/2 -- Library day #3 for the Global Issues paper.  Either an outline ofr 1st parargraph are due today.  Brief lesson on creating a "Works Cited" page. 
Thur. 5/3 --  Library day #4 for the Global Issues paper.  Last day in class.
Fri. 5/4 -- Review South Asia, powerpoint and map preparation.  Take map quiz of South Asia.
Monday 5/7 -- Global Issues Paper DUE

Ancient Medieval
Mon.  4/30 -- Notes on Charlemange.  If absent get the Charlemagne diagram and copy notes from a classmate.  Vocabualry words for quiz on Tuesday.
Tue. 5/1 -- Quiz on Germanic tribes.  Introduction to vikings,  Draw a viking longship.  Copy notes from the video. 
Wed. 5/2 -- Group project on Vikings.  Teams will prepare a presentation on different aspects of Viking history/culture and teach the class.  If absent: Look up one of these topics: Runes, Viking longships, Viking exploration (Iceland, Greenland). and write a 12 sentence summary on the topic.
Thur. 5/3 -- Feudalism p. 360-363.  Diagram a medieval manor. Make a simple diagram/map showing a manor p 362.  Include all 8 parts.  Add 6 bullets about life on a Medieval Manor.
Fri. 5/4 -- Lecture notes on Castles and Chivalry.  Reading "The Art of Courtly Love," re-writing the rules of love.  Keep 2 rules, re-write 2 rules and replace 2 rules.

Anthropology
Mon. 4/30 -- Begin reading on the Mbuti.  Reading as a group and completing Mbuti I notes including the "Crime of Cephu."
Tue. 5/1 -- Movie: "The Gods must be Crazy."
Wed. 5/2 -- Movie: "The Gods must be Crazy."
Thur. 5/3 -- Mbuti field note II Reading "The Molimo" and "The Good Death."
Fri. 5/4 -- Folklore and Enculturation.  We are going to the library to select an example of folklore.  Students will read the story and describe the moral.  How are stories used to teach.  There is a copy of the directions in the folders int he room.

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