Humanities Weekly Archives
Week 1: September 7-11, 2011
September 7: Introduction to the course, interdisciplinary format, rules of the game
Open Microphone: Introduction to Humanities Focus: "How Do We Know?" Claims/Counter Claims, Logic, and Evidence
September 8: Preview of Coming Attractions: The Expository Essay
Your Brain on Humanities
Searching for Dali
September 9: Summer Reading Essay
Introduction to the Great Books
Great Books Prep--Identify 3 main sub-topics to be debated in your presentation.
Week 2: September 12-16, 2011
September 12: Perceiving Perception
Great Books Prep--turn in 3 subtopics, 4 knowledge issues and setting by period's end
September 13: Complete the Art of Asking Questions
Introduction to the TOK 10
Homework: Prep for Great Books PresentationsSeptember 14: Book Pick up at Library
Great Books Prep
Plato's Cave: No Brain, No Pain
Platonic Forms Theory of Eternal Forms
St Anselm College: Theory of Forms
How Best Do You Know?
Does a doctor who has had a broken leg know more about broken legs than one who has not? Which of the two doctors would you go to if your leg was broken?
Select examples of one specific thing you have learned in science, history, and mathematics
Turn each piece of knowledge into a statement that can be tested by the three tests for a justified, true belief
The Three Tests for Knowing--Courtesy of Plato
1. You Must Believe the Statement (if you have trouble with this, substitute conviction for belief)
2. Your Belief Has to be True (a. Public, b. Independent of Anyone's Belief, c. Eternal)
3. Your True Belief Must Be Justified (Logic, Empirical Evidence, Memory, and Authority)
Subject your statements to the three tests
On the evidence of your tests, examine the validity of the concept of justified, true belief.
How do you distinguish what is true and what is false?
September 15: Plato's Cave (Repeated)
Homework: l Prep for Great Books PresentationsRead Persons and Their World: 213-217
September 16: Final Great Books Prep
Theater Games
Week 3: September 19-23
September 19: Introduction to the extended essay
Return of the Flies
Final Great Books Prep
September 20: Critical Thinking/Bias
Intuition/Theories in Sciences
September 21: Knowledge Discovery/Ethics and Math
Understanding of individuals and societies
Homework: Extended Essay Subject and Thesis Due
September 22: The Skeptic Tank: How Do You Best Know?
September 23: The Skeptic Tank: How Do You Best Know?
Socratic Seminar
Week 4: September 26-31, 2011
September 26: Extended Essay Subjects and Inquiry Questions Due
What's Truth Got to Do With It?
Validating and Defining Truth
Homework: Read Persons and Their World: 213-217Flies Rewrite Due
September 27: Values Line Up
Introduction to the Election
Homework: Read Philosophy: 25-35
September 28: Rabsolutely Certain
How do We Best Know? mini-essay
September 29: Fall Recess
September 30: How to Win an Election
Language and War Paint
TOK reflection
Week 5: October 3 - 7, 2011
October 3: Textbook pickup in library
Party Prep
Meet with counselors in library
October 4: Line It Up: Knowledge is Good
Values lines up and ways of knowing
October 5: Late Start Day
Line It Up: Knowledge is Good
Values lines up and ways of knowing
Party Prep
Homework: Complete Certitude Draft
October 6: Certitude Draft Due--Certitude Peer Response
October 7: Party Prep
Introducing the Candidates
Homework: Certitude Essay Due Next Tuesday
Week 6: October 10 - 14, 2011
October 10: Voices Carry: Language and Politics
Homework: Certitude Essay due Tuesday
October 11: Certitude Essay Due
Sartre's Feeling Ill, yo!
October 12: Deck the Halls With Propaganda
Final Party Prep
Vice Presidential Debates
October 13: Minimum Day
Metamorphosis Test
Mastering the Debate
Commercial Models
October 14:
Truth and Perception Film Special:The Purple Rose of Cairo
Week 7: October 17 - 21, 2011
October 17: The Truthiness of Math
Homework: Read Person's and Their World
October 18: Inducing DeductionOctober 19:
McCultureA visit from William James
October 20: Political Conventions and 3rd party infomercials
October 21:
Presidential DebatesPolitical Party Commercials
Week 8: October 24 - 28, 2011
October 24: The Proofiness of Math Continued
October 25: The Proofiness of Math Continued
Guest Speaker. Mr. Bob Booth--Liberatarian
October 26:
Guest Speaker: Ms. Trish Kelley--Republican
Guest Speaker: Ms. Cathy Schlicht--Tea Party
October 27: Guest Speaker: Ms. Jane Rands--Green Party
Arab-Israeli Conflict
October 28: Guest Speaker: Mr. Tim Steed--Democratic Party
Issues Debate
Week 8: October 31 - November 4, 2011
October 31: James Baldwin Socratic Seminar on Language
Homework: Watch the Steven Pinker Video on Language, take notes, and then transfer your notes to create a Worldle. Print it out and bring the Wordle to class tomorrow.
November 1: Emotion Skits
Groups of 5: Develop a setting where 5 people are in line together and one person makes a political comment that sets all group members into an emotional argument. The person in charge of the line will act as the keeper of logic and maintain order as the final arbiter of truth. More details to follow.
November 2: Civics Test
The Science of Bias
November 3: The Science of Bias
November 4: Non-IB: In class essay
Senior Panoramic Picture
Week 10: November 7-11, 2011
November 7: Jame Baldwin Socratic Seminar
November 8/9: Voting and Political Commercials
She Blinded Me with Science!
What is Science and How Does It Work?
Extra Credit: Buy or check out a copy of Bad Science: Hacks, Quacks, and Pharmecutical Flacks by Ben Goldacre. You will be assigned a short essay to write responding to the work.
Homework: Prepare 1st five pages of Extended Essay for next week
November 10: Communication Games
Homework: Prepare 1st five pages of Extended Essay for next week.
Week 11: November 14-18, 2011
November 14: Socratic Seminar--What Kids Should Really Learn in Science Class
November 15: Pattern Making and Science
Extra Credit: Buy or check out a copy of Bad Science: Hacks, Quacks, and Pharmecutical Flacks by Ben Goldacre. You will be assigned a short essay to write responding to the work.
November 16: Jane Eyre Test, Chapters 1-15
There's Logic Inside Your Head--Intro to Logical Fallacies and Fallacy Skits
November 17: There's Logic Inside Your Head--Intro to Logical Fallacies and Fallacy Skits
Homework: Write the 1st 5 pages of your extended essay. Due the Wednesday after Thanksgiving Break.
November 18: Truth and History--the Assassination of JFK
Panoramic Picture at 11:55. Bring your permission slips!
Homework: Write the 1st 5 pages of your extended essay. Due the Wednesday after Thanksgiving Break.
Week12: Nov. 28 - Dec. 2, 2011
November 28: Fallacy Skit Prep
Develop a 3 person skit where you employ different fallacies. The class will view your skit and identify the fallacies tomorrow.
Homework: Write the 1st 5 pages of your extended essay. Due Wednesday
November 29/30: Fallacy Skits
Homework: Write the 1st 5 pages of your extended essay. Due Wednesday.
Read "The Morality Trap" p. 415, Persons and Their World
December 1: Introduction to Ethics
December 2: Israel/Palestine Conflict Test
Love is a Fallacy
Week13: Dec. 5 - 9, 2011
December 5/6: Moderating Philosophers
Homework: Read Philosophy: Egoism and Moral Skepticism p. 423
December 6: Moderating Philosophers
Homework: Read Philosophy: Utilitariansim pp.432-455
December 7: The Logic Quiz!
Study all fallacies on the fallacy worksheet. You will need to identify fallacies and create your own.
Homework: Read Philosophy: Russell pp. 497-503
December 8: Ethical Speed Dating
Homework: Read Philosophy: Stace pp.517-526
December 9: Ethical Speed Dating
Ethics Special: Law and Order SVU
Week 14: Dec. 12 - 16, 2011
December 12: Complete Law and Order SVU
Ethical Speed Dating, Part 2
Homework: Bad Science extra credit due January 5th.
Pages 6-10 of Extended Essay due the Friday after Break is over.
December 13: Renaissance Art
Wicked good Field Trip
December 14: Whose Life is It Anyway?
Homework: Bad Science extra credit due January 5th.
Pages 6-10 of Extended Essay due the Friday after Break is over.
December 15: Complete Whose Life
High School Dissonance small group socratic seminar
Homework: Bad Science extra credit due January 5th.
Pages 6-10 of Extended Essay due the Friday after Break is over.
December 16: Humanities Talent Show
Homework: Bad Science extra credit due January 5th.
Pages 6-10 of Extended Essay due the Friday after Break is over.
Week 15: January 2-6, 2011
January 2: School Holiday
January 3/4: TOK 10--We Need A Little Ethics
Review Ethics notes and brainstorm for ethics/math prompt.
Homework: Bad Science EC due Thursday
Extended Essay, pages 1-10 due Friday
January 5/6: TOK Prompt Mini-Essay (in class write)
Homework: Bad Science EC due Thursday
Extended Essay, pages 1-10 due Friday
January 7: Pickled Ethics Skits
Week 16: January 9 - 13, 2012
January 9/10: MLA Review
TOK Models and Analysis of Rubric
Homework: Complete draft of EE
January 11: Late Start Day
Humanities Picture
Complete Pcikled Ethics
Old English: Sample 1, Sample 2
Middle English: Sample 1
Elizabetham English : Sample 1
Create Evidence Posters for Gallery Walk Create Graphic Organizers/Illustrations for 3 TOK Essays
January 12: Complete EE Draft Due
January 13: Paths to Glory
Week 17: January 16 - 20, 2012
January 16: MLK Holiday
January 17/18: Introduction to Plato's Republic
Make certain you have read pages 16-40 in The Story of Philosophy
February 19/20: Plato's Republic Prep
Begin prep for Final Exam
Create Evidence Posters for Gallery Walk
Create Graphic Organizers/Illustrations for 3 TOK Prescribed Essay Titles
Include: Links between Knowledge Issues, Areas of Knowledge, and Ways of Knowing
Bring your notes and TOK prompts to class
January 20: Plato's Republic Forum
Week 18: January 23 - 27 2012
January 23/24: Create Evidence Posters for Gallery Walk
Create Graphic Organizers/Illustrations for 3 TOK Prescribed Essay Titles
Include: Links between Knowledge Issues, Areas of Knowledge, and Ways of Knowing Bring your notes and TOK prompts to class
January 24: TOK Galary Walk
January 25: Periods 2-3 Final Exams
January 26: Periods 4-5 Final Exams
TOK Final Exam Essay
TOK Notes Due
January 27: Periods 6-7 Final Exam
Week 1: January 30 - February 3 2012
January 30: Introduction to the TOK Presentation and Rubric
Common Sense Presentation
Janaury 31/February 1:
Storyboarding the TOK Presentation
February 2: WWI Test
Final Exam Return
February 3: Examining the TOK Essay
A Visit from Nietzsche
Week 2: February 6 - February 10, 2012
February 6: Non-IB Essay Revision
Homework: Listen to "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" read by Hannibal Lecter
Read the The Poem
February 7: Non-IB Filming for the History Project
The Nancy Boy
Homework: Non-IB TOK Rrewrites due tomorrow
February 8/9: Perception and Emotion meet formal structures and allusions
Homework: EE Abstract due tomorrow
February 10: Introduction to the TOK Presentation and Rubric
Common Sense Presentation
Week 3: February 13 - 17, 2012
February 13/14: Complete "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Introduction to "The Hollow Men" read by Eliot
Homework: Listen to "The Hollow Men" as read by Eliot
February 14/15: Complete "The Hollow Men"
February 16: Guest Speaker on the Holocaust
Hamlet: Mortality, Can You Dig It?
February 17: President's Day Holiday
Week 4: February 20 - 24, 2012
February 20: School Holiday
February 21: Group reports on "The Hollow Men"
Homework: Read The Wasteland: "Burial of the Dead"
Eliot Reading "Burial of the Dead"
February 22: Introduction to the Wasteland
Background Viewing at 1:55 (Part 4) and Part 5
Homework: View Introduction to The Wasteland on Youtube
February 23: TOK Presentation Planning and Filming
Homework: (IB students) Upload Final Draft of TOK Prescribed Title Essay
February 24: Intro to English Oral Exams
Homework: Complete Drafts of EE. Give final drafts to advisors on Monday. Here is a sample EE without a cover page.
Abstract
Table of Contents
Essay
Works Cited
