MONDAY 8/29
Lab Agenda:
- Complete Vocab List (Monday): "ANATHEMA" & "GAUCHE"
- Read the The Root article about The National Anthem and answer questions in your notes section of your notebook:
1. Who wrote the national anthem?
2. What recent events inspired the author to write the song?
3. What war was being fought at the time that the song was written?
4. How does the song writer feel about African Americans which were enslaved at the time? Provide text evidence from the song or article.
5. Why do you suppose the third verse was removed from the song and hard to find on Google?
4. How does the song writer feel about African Americans which were enslaved at the time? Provide text evidence from the song or article.
5. Why do you suppose the third verse was removed from the song and hard to find on Google?
6. What new revelation did you learn about The Star-Spangled Banner? Summarize the third verse that was removed from the song.
7. How has reading this article changed your attitudes about our national anthem? Has your opinion about Collin Kaepernick changed? Why or why not? Rewrite your warm-up paragraph arguing in favor or against the quarterbacks decision to sit down and not participate in the anthem now that you learned the history of the song.
7. How has reading this article changed your attitudes about our national anthem? Has your opinion about Collin Kaepernick changed? Why or why not? Rewrite your warm-up paragraph arguing in favor or against the quarterbacks decision to sit down and not participate in the anthem now that you learned the history of the song.
8. Watch The 14 minute documentary on the Star-Spangled Banner and complete a t-chart. Label one side of the T-chart "What I knew" and the right side: "What I Learned"
W-up: Complete vocab list #3 for words "“BANTER” and “HERESY.”
Lab Agenda
- Finish Gilgamesh Presentations. Students continue adding info to t-chart.
- Flood Myth Research: The story of a great flood has been found in the mythology and literature of almost all peoples world-wide, which has convinced many authors that it was a real event.
- Review Project Rubric
- You will be in groups reading and gathering info on your regional flood myth in your Rough Draft section of notebook.
- Complete a rough draft of project in Rough Draft section.
W-up: Complete vocab list #3 for words "“CASTIGATE” and “IGNOMINY.”
Lab Agenda
- Read the Greek flood myth (Noah vs Greek) and compare it to Noah's Arch flood myth
- Complete a Venn Diagram in notes section.
- Flood Myth Research/ Project Rubric: The story of a great flood has been found in the mythology and literature of almost all peoples world-wide, which has convinced many authors that it was a real event. Gather info on following:
- Basic info about the civilization (ie: religion, population, currency, language, etc)
- Setting of flood story
- Characters/names in flood story
- Complete Plot Diagram (top of shoe box)
- Sketch your 3-D scene you will have inside box
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