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American Studies Friday, 2 December 2011

American Studies Friday, 2 December 2011. Time will pass; will you? 13 school days remain in the fall semester. A Quote to Remember:

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American Studies Friday, 2 December 2011

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  1. American Studies Friday, 2 December 2011 • Time will pass; will you? 13 school days remain in the fall semester. • A Quote to Remember: • “Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race—the individual’s distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor’s eye.” • Mark Twain

  2. Housekeeping and Recognition • Check the assignment calendar-begin preparing for portfolio archiving on 11 • CGCC will be here Dec. 6/7 for registration • Let’s Travel! Registrations: 8 • Are you keeping your vocabulary logs current with the readings? • Movie, Glory, is Friday, 12/9, after school (2:30) in the library. Optional credit for full attendance.

  3. Coming Due—do not squander time; that’s the stuff life’s made of… • Monday: • Vocabulary Log #4 • Pageant, Chapter 22, pages 523- 535b—GQ due—tii • Tuesday: • Pageant, Chapter 23, pages 536-545 • Wednesday: • Pageant, Chapter 23, pages 545-564b—GQ due—tii • Monday, 12/12 • Grammar Lesson #5 • Aristotelian Outlines

  4. Today’s Class • Collect remaining HF questions, and TW scores/reflections • DOK questions – Before lunch • Expert Chairs: Posing and expanding on the question • Anyone in class may be in the first group of experts. • Experts pose 1 of their questions to class for up to 3 minute discussion, then expert has last word (not reading answer but clarifying or expanding on any point.

  5. Expert Chairs cont. • Once an expert has posed at least 1 of their questions, anyone in the class can tap them out to come into the expert chair group. • No more than 1 member of a study group can be in the expert chair group at any given time. • Experts may ask for volunteers or call on students for responses to their questions. • All students should be jotting down notes on the expert group discussion.

  6. The New View of Reconstruction – after lunch • The Big Question and how to think about it. • The 4 major positions • Good Ole Rebel • Varying Viewpoints – Look at Page 534 in text • Peeling the onion in more depth – Foner article – highlight as we read – we will pause and discuss by segment (you will eventually annotate so if you can multi-task go for it).

  7. What do the 0’s mean in STI? • 0 = assignment was not turned in, is now overdue, and will remain a zero • 00 = you had an excused absence, and need to make up this assignment within the available time frame (see HHS handbook, page 6). • 000 = assignment was not uploaded to tii, and is now late (-25%); for credit, bring in a tii receipt along with the related assignment.

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