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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Thursday, May 12, 2016
CLARKLISTO KICKOFF THURSDAY 5/12?16
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YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR READING LOGS THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT--DON'T FORGET TO LOG YOUR SS READING TIME!
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Wednesday 5/11
Today we played around with Kidblog and figured out how to get in and how a blog is organized and answered questions based on the last two day's discussion.
HW: 1. Finish up your comment and reply to at least one other comment on the blog
2. Read/log/post it
HW: 1. Finish up your comment and reply to at least one other comment on the blog
2. Read/log/post it
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Tuesday 5/10
Now try the same activity with this photo which comes from an effort to combat another instance of what many see as an unjust law. In 2011, the Wisconsin legislature considered (and ultimately passed) a law that stripped state employees of their right to collective bargaining. In other words, the law limited employees’ rights. The right to bargain collectively was officially endorsed by the federal government in 1935, with passage of the Wagner Act, so the Wisconsin legislation led to large-scale protests in the state capital. You can read about the protests here.
- How do you describe the person in the photo?
- Why do you think he is holding a skull?
- What is covering his mouth? Why do you think his mouth is covered that way?
- Does the photograph make you feel sympathetic to the person and his cause? Why or why not?
Now try the cropping activity:
How would cropping the photo in different ways change your feelings about the man and the injustice he is protesting? Since this photo is just of one person, imagine that this person is among the people in a group shot, similar to the Prop 8 photo. How would his placement in such a photo affect you as a viewer? Would it show the protests in a more positive light? A more negative light? Neither? Why do you think so?
HW: REDA/LOG/POST IT
Monday, May 9, 2016
Monday 5/9
I collected logs for the week of 5/2-5/9 and students started a new one for the week of 5/9-5/16.
We looked again at the picture from Friday and considered the questions below it.
We looked again at the picture from Friday and considered the questions below it.
- Which poster caught your eye first? Why?
- What do you notice about the people in the photo? Do you notice any patterns regarding age, sex and race?
- When you look at the photograph as a whole, do you think it supports Proposition 8, opposes Proposition 8 or neither? How did you come to this conclusion?
NOW crop the picture, that is to say, redefine the borders of the photo by using paper to "cut out" parts. How does this change the answers to the questions above?
HW: READ?LOG?POST IT
Friday, May 6, 2016
Friday 5/6
We began the period reading for ten minutes then we read the following paragraph and determined the definition of "unjust laws"
Equality is one of the ideals on which the United States is based. Unfortunately, the country—and its laws—has not always lived up to that ideal. The tension was evident in the Constitution itself, when Northern and Southern states agreed to do nothing about slavery and to count each African American slave as 3/5 of a person for purposes of representation and taxation. Such injustices are seen by many as unjust laws. Over the course of U.S. history, Americans have protested against such legal injustices in an effort to move the country toward fully embodying the ideals on which it was based.
We then discussed how people might protest unjust laws and examined several photos of protests. We discussed the intentionality of frames within photographs.
HW: Reading log
Equality is one of the ideals on which the United States is based. Unfortunately, the country—and its laws—has not always lived up to that ideal. The tension was evident in the Constitution itself, when Northern and Southern states agreed to do nothing about slavery and to count each African American slave as 3/5 of a person for purposes of representation and taxation. Such injustices are seen by many as unjust laws. Over the course of U.S. history, Americans have protested against such legal injustices in an effort to move the country toward fully embodying the ideals on which it was based.
We then discussed how people might protest unjust laws and examined several photos of protests. We discussed the intentionality of frames within photographs.
HW: Reading log
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 5/3-5/5
We are finishing up book talks and focusing on strengths in reader's notebooks.
HW: read/log/post it logs due Monday 5/9
HW: read/log/post it logs due Monday 5/9
Monday, May 2, 2016
Monday 5/2
I was out for Jury duty today and was rejected and am thrilled to report that I'll be in tomorrow so we will be able to do our presentations!
If you like me, were out today--we read IR books in class and did a longwrite in the last 10 minutes for a grade--see me and we'll work out a period for you to do this. Logs were also collected and new ones begun for May 2-May 9.
HW: Be ready to present tomorrow in class.
If you like me, were out today--we read IR books in class and did a longwrite in the last 10 minutes for a grade--see me and we'll work out a period for you to do this. Logs were also collected and new ones begun for May 2-May 9.
HW: Be ready to present tomorrow in class.
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