I will be lecturing this Thursday and I hope all of you have seen the film. If you havn’t you have one more night to do so. It is important that you keep in mind the positive and the negative aspects of how Vertov has represented Russian life in the 1920’s.
I am looking forward to our discussion.
best to all,
Laurie
Posted on April 15th, 2008 by Ms. Laurie Rojas
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Over the next three weeks, we are going to spend most of our time reading and reviewing so that you will be prepared for the AP exam on May 9th. I will ask you to write very brief answers to key questions about the material we are reading but your answers will be done outside of class and cannot be more than a typed page long.
The week of April 14.
CLASS ONE: we will discuss the chapter on the Russian Revolution. HOMEWORK: read chapter 19.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: read chapter 20 for next Monday and answer briefly the following two questions: how did revolution transform Russia? Why were the 20s a cruel decade? Each answer should be typed and no more than a page long. I will not accept an answer more than a page.
CLASS THREE: Laurie Rojas’ talk.
THE WEEK OF APRIL 21
CLASS ONE: we will discuss chapter 20. HOMEWORK: read chapter 21.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: sections 108-111
CLASS THREE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY: finish chapter 22 and read chapter 23
CLASS FOUR: we will do a document based question in class.
The week of April 28
CLASS ONE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: read chapter 24.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: read chaper 25
C LASS THREE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: read chapter 26
CLASS FOUR: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: write one page responses to the following questions: 1. Explain the good and the bad that emerged in the wake of World War II. Why? 2. Why did the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe collapse? 3. How successful has decolonization been? They are due Monday.
The week of May 3
CLASS ONE: CONTINUE OUR REVIEW. collect your essays.
CLASS TWO: REVIEW
CLASS THREE: REVIEW
CLASS FOUR: REVIEW. AP EXAM
Posted on April 13th, 2008 by cjanus
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Five copies of the film are available on reserve at the library. You can check out the film for one night only. Talk to your high school librarian to check it out.
Posted on April 6th, 2008 by Ms. Laurie Rojas
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EYE-OPENER OF THE BIWEEKLY: All dreaded it, all sought to avert it, and the war came. Abe Lincoln
KEY DATES:
1. On Thursday, April 3, Laurie will speak to us again. On the day of the next test, please hand in a combined summary of Laurie’s last two talks.
2. During the third class period of next week, we will test on chapters 16 and 17. You will be asked to answer the following two questions. 1. What were the nature and causes of imperialism in the Americas, Africa, or Asia? Choose one area and cite specifics. 2. To what extent does Lincoln’s statement in the biweekly eye-opener, All dreaded it, all sought to avert it, and the war came, apply to World War I? The multiple choice section will consist of a number of questions from the first multiple choice packet that I will hand out to you this Monday.
The week of March 31
CLASS ONE: I will review the Renaissance and hand back those tests that I have done. I will also hand out the first multiple choice packet for the next test. HOMEWORK: create and hand in a typed review schedule. Those that don’t will be marked down in the grade book. Read sections 77-79.
CLASS TWO: I will review the Reformation for fifteen minuetes. I will collect the your review sheets. HOMEWORK: sections 80-83.
CLASS THREE: ROJAS TALK except for the fifth period class. That class will discuss the reading and for the first fifteen minutes “Economic Renewal and the Wars of Religion” from 1560-1648.
CLASS FOUR: we will discuss the reading except for period five that will hear Laurie We will also spend the first fifteen minutes looking at “Economic Renewal and the Wars of Religion” from 1560-1648. HOMEWORK: the Marshall handout and sections 84-86.
The week of April 7
CLASS ONE: For the first fifteen minutes, we will discuss the “Growing Power Of Western Europe from 1640-1715.” We will then discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: finish chapter 17.
CLASS TWO: For the first fifteen minutes, we will discuss the “Transformation of Eastern Europe from 1648-1740.” We will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: we will assign two students to outline the test questions.
CLASS THREE: we will discuss the outlines of the test questions.
CLASS FOUR: TEST ON CHAPTERS 16 AND 17. HOMEWORK: read chapter 18.
Posted on March 28th, 2008 by cjanus
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Early 20th Century Art: Avant-garde art practices in the wake of WWI
Expressionism
-Fauvinism
-German Expressionism
- The Die Brücke (The Bridge)
- Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)
-Viennese School
Cubism
-Analytic Cubism
-Synthetic Cubism
Futurism
Dada (readymades and photomontages)
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I will review DADA, readymades, photomontages, and the concept of the avant garde in the next lecture.
However, next lecture will focus on the Russian Avant Garde movement.
Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Ms. Laurie Rojas
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For all those interested in details behind the events in Guernica, and the masterpiece that responded to it, you should read “Picasso’s War” by Russell Martin. I read this when it came out and I found it very accessible, informative and entertaining.
For more info: http://www.picassoswar.com/
Also available at Amazon and in public libraries around the city.
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by Ms. Laurie Rojas
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EYE OPENER: Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard
KEY DATES:
1. Laurie will speak to us this Thursday.
2. On Tuesday, March 18, you will have a test on Late Modernity. There will be no objective section to this test. You will have to answer the two questions below and hand in your summary of Luarie’s talk. You may bring in a one page outline for each of the two in-class questions. Question One: Make catenas among Late Modernity thinkers. Your essay must include Nietzsche, one other advocate of Irrationalism, Freud, Pareto, Le Bon, Darwin (see Palmer), Picasso and three other artists, Einstein and two other scientists. Question Two: What is Nietzsche’s view of the human condition based on the Peter Fritzsche reading?
The week of March 10
CLASS ONE: we will discuss the first half of the Fritzsche reading. HOMEWORK: finish the handout on Nietzxche.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: we will assign someone to outline the first essay question for the fourth class period.
CLASS THREE: Laurie’s talk.
CLASS FOUR: we will look at the outline for the first question. HOMEWORK: we will assign someone to outline the second question.
The week of March 14
CLASS ONE: we will review the second essay outline.
CLASS TWO: TEST.
Posted on March 9th, 2008 by cjanus
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BIWEEKLY EYE-OPENERS: All men of action are dreamers. James Hunter
KEY DATES:
1. During the third class period of the week (period 5, the fourth), we will have a test on chapters 13 and 14 and the reading in Zweig. You will be asked to answer the two following questions AND hand in a typed response to one (two for extra credit) of the questions that Laurie asked you at the Art Institute.1. How did events from 1859-1871 shape the Modern World? 2. What was the Modern “Civilized World” like in Europe from 1871-1914? Make sure you use Zweig as well as chapter 14 to answer the question.
2. During the second class period of the week of March 1o, we will have a TEST on LATE MODERNITY.
The week of Feb. 24
CLASS ONE: we will review possible answers to question one.
CLASS TWO: we will review possible answers to question two.
CLASS THREE: TEST ON CHAPTERS 13 AND 14 AND THE FIRST CHAPTER IN ZWEIG. HOMEWORK: please read the section on “Irrationalism” in the handout. Very important reading.
CLASS FOUR: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: read the sections on Freud and Social Thought.
The week of March 3.
CLASS ONE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: finish the handout.
CLASS TWO: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: read the first 18 pages of the Nietzsche handout.
CLASS THREE; we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: finish the Nietzsche handout.
C LASS FOUR: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: OUTLINE QUESTIONS FOR THE TEST NEXT WEEK during the second class period on Late Modernity.
Posted on February 24th, 2008 by cjanus
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There will be a test during the THIRD class period of the week of Feb. 25 on chapters 13 and 14 and the reading in Zweig. You will be asked to answer the two following questions AND hand in a typed response to one (two for extra credit) of the questions that Laurie asked you at the Art Institute:
1. How did events from 1859-1871 shape the modern world?
2. What was the Modern “Civilized World” like in Europe from 1871-1914? Make sure you use Zweig as well as chapter 14 to answer this question.
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by cjanus
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The 1st period euro class is going to be selling food on friday, so please schedule your classes’ sales for a different day. Thanks
Posted on February 13th, 2008 by Kaitlyn Chang
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