Scan tron testing today
continue with reading novels for two book reports
continue work on syllabus

Star testing is complete. LP 9 is over and we are into LP 10! Where did the year go?

Please bring Literature book to class next week as I will give class time to work on assignments from the syllabus.

Read two short novels and turn in two samples of work to show you read the book. Recall that this is a creative assignment as I do not need to have a summary or a book report. An email response will suffice.

Remember all assignments are due on May 23rd or SOONER :)

The birth of Marvel Comics with the great mind of Stan Lee
LP 9 Assignments
Reflection Pieces

Learning Period 9
- Human Rights Project
- Go to Student Portal to get your LP 9 Assignments
- Write in Journal or binder paper
- Please turn in on date due so I can keep up on grading (your parents want to know!)

Human Rights Packet
Lit Assignments Due
Reflections

Opening Your Eyes and Ears to Human Rights Issues


· Share an anecdote about your growing awareness of human rights issues in your neighborhoods, your country, and/or the world. This awareness begins and grows when we open our eyes and ears to information that is all around us.


· Share instances in your own life where you might look for and find people and projects focused on being a human rights defender.


· Brainstorming people and places that might offer information about issues related to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).


o Public service announcements (PSAs) on TV; film trailers; benefit concerts and events; celebrity causes; editorials; fundraisers; church/ synagogue announcements; interviews with friends and family; world news on TV, in print and online; church group projects; documentaries; efforts of local organizations; boy/girl scout projects; service groups within your school.


o Collect a list of places where you have found problems with human rights, and projects aimed at making them better. Add to the list what you know about the issue, what is being done about it, and what you can do to help.


o List to be displayed in the classroom for inspiration.


Finding inspiration & motivation in the words & work of others.
Using writing to think about, challenge & question the world


The Mission:

Creative Activist Toolkit
http://www.slideshare.net/CharlesGYF/the-creative-activist-toolkit


Dan Eldon -- Current TV Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0BZGZS6YMw&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active


Additional Dan Eldon Videos
http://www.daneldon.org/video/


Speak Truth to Power Human Rights Defenders
http://blogs.nysut.org/sttp/defenders/


· Share Dan Eldon’s story by referring to pages 3 – 7 of The Creative Activist Toolkit, and/or video clips.


What did you find so interesting about the change maker who has inspired you?


What does it make you think about?


What feelings does it ‘spark’ within you?


· You read and review resources about and from Dan and other inspiring change makers


· Write in response to one or more of the stories or resources you find compelling, using these questions to prompt your thinking and responses:


What did you find so interesting about the change maker who has inspired you?


What does it make you think about?


What feelings does it ‘spark’ in you?


How can you take what you learned from these change-makers to help defend human rights in your own life?
Searching for your ‘spark’: what inspires you to act?
The power of film to inspire action



Links to various short videos


Craig Kielberger – Free the Children – Child Labor

http://www.yesmagazine.org/multimedia/yes-film/it-takes-a-child

Craig Updated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTnaI6ShtpY


Child Labor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruh0O_mj1v0


Child Labor in US Agriculture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfEtO00DSvI


http://vimeo.com/6610039


StandUp for Kids

http://www.standupforkids.org/news/videos.aspx


Millennium Develop Goals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReRx12QUv54


Haiti Resettlement Camp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EisZ671u2eY&feature=youtube_gdata_player


Conflict Minerals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9mV99gC37Q&NR=1


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF-sJgcoY20


Clip from “Nepal’s Stolen Children”

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/17/nepals-stolen-children/


Flow Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGd9D4J0lag


Coalition for the Homeless PSA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNunQHZqtBc&feature=related


Camp Homeward Bound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie-Nb-KJRrE&feature=related


Greg Mortenson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5NG3E7Dclc


Girl Up

http://www.girlup.org/learn/the-worlds-adolescent-girls.html


Answer Question below:


Why is film one medium that has an incredible power to touch us, transport us, and motivate us?


Show a written response to the clip including collected information, thoughts, feelings, and questions.


Identify at least two topics you are interested in learning more about.
Reading and researching to find your ‘spark’
What inspires you to act?


Mission:

You will be spending two to three days conducting independent research in an effort to identify your ‘sparks’ – issues that inspire you to take action. Use Spark handout or see below. Type and then print your notes and turn them in for evaluation.


Finding your SPARK

What is your Spark? What inspires you toward action?


Day 1

Visit www.freethechildren.com Click Get Involved Click Get Educated


Choose an issue and learn! You need to leave this class more informed about two issues than you were before you arrived.


ISSUE 1: What more have I learned? What questions do I have? How am I feeling about the issue? What I am thinking about the issue?


ISSUE 2: What more have I learned? What questions do I have? How am I feeling about the issue? What I am thinking about the issue? What is your Spark?


Day 2

Any sparks yet? How will you spend your time in class today so that tomorrow you are prepared to select your issues?


Research your selected issues using different sources. Explore more issues


· What issues did I explore today?


· What websites did I learn from?


· What more have I learned?


· What questions do I have?


· How am I feeling about the issue? What I am thinking about the issue?


Adapted for English Class from Website Rock Your World at http://www.rock-your-world.org/ 

In Class:
Reflection on Art
Documentary on the New Globe
Documentary on the Old Globe

Homework
Unit IV Drama:
Elements of Drama - Read p. 613-615
Notes on Elements

Read