Humanities Daily Agenda and Homework

January

Week 1: Jan. 9-13
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. Discuss Course Orientation
  2. What is Humanities
  3. How Much Do I Know About Art?​
  1. Get Course Orientation Signed
  2. 1066 Assignment
Wednesday
  1. Discuss Artist Presentation & Pick Artists
  1. ​Finish 1066 Assignment
Thursday/Friday
  1. Bach Presentation
  2. Discuss Artist Presentations and Share Dates
  3. 1066 Discussion
  4. General Prologue Interpretation​
  1. None
Week 2: Jan. 16-20
​Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday
NO SCHOOL. MLK HOLIDAY
  1. None
Tuesday/Wednesday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Leonardo Da Vinci Presentation
  3. Notes on Geoffrey Chaucer
  4. Work on General Prologue 
  1. None
Thursday/Friday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Mozart Presentation
  3. Discuss General Prologue
  4. Draw a Pilgrim Assignment (See Mr. Fannon for Handout)
  1. None
Week 3: Jan. 23-27
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Michelangelo Presentation
  3. Work on Pilgrim Drawings
  4. Share Drawings
  1. None
Wednesday
  1. Pre-Renaissance vs. Renaissance Art Notes
  1. None
Thursday/Friday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Beethoven Presentation
  3. Discuss Essay 1
  4. Notes on John Donne​
  1. None
Week 4: Jan. 30-Feb. 3
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Raphael
    2. Period 4: Frederic Chopin
  3. Interpret John Donne Poems
  1. Finish Interpreting John Donne Poems
Wednesday
  1. Classical vs. Romantic Music​
  1. None
Thursday/Friday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Frederic Chopin
    2. Period 4: Raphael
  3. Go Over John Donne Poems
  1. ​None
Week 5: Feb. 6-10
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Claude Monet Presentation
  3. Go Over John Donne Poems
  1. None
Wednesday
  1. Finish Going Over John Donne Poems
  2. Notes on Gerard Manley Hopkins
  1. None
Thursday/Friday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Tchaikovsky Presentation
  3. Interpret Gerard Manley Hopkins Poems
  1. Finish Hopkins Poems
Week 6: Feb. 13-17
Daily Quiz
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Rodin Presentation
  3. Work in Groups on Hopkins Presentation
  1. None
Wednesday/Thursday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: George Gershwin
    2. Period 4: Louis Armstrong
  3. Go Over Hopkins Poems
  1. None
Friday
​NO SCHOOL
  1. None
Week 7: Feb. 20-24
Daily Quiz
Homework
Monday
​NO SCHOOL
  1. None
Tuesday/Wednesday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Vincent Van Gogh
    2. Period 4: Mary Cassatt
  3. Go Over Hopkins Poems
  1. None
Thursday/Friday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Louis Armstrong
    2. Period 4: Duke Ellington
  3. Go Over Hopkins Poems
  1. None
Week 8: Feb. 27 - March 3
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Frank Lloyd Wright & Duke Ellington
    2. Period 4: Vincent Van Gogh & Robert Johnson
  3. Realism v. Impressionism Discussion
  1. None
Wednesday
  1. Is This Art? Assignment
  1. None
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Work on Outline (Due by the end of the period)
    1. (If absent, click here for instructional video that will be shown in class. Complete the outline ASAP so I can give feedback)
  1. Essay 1 Rough Draft for Peer Edit Due on:
    1. Period 1: March 9th
    2. Period 4: March 10th
Week 9: March 6- March 10
Daily Agenda
Homework​
Monday/Tuesday
  1. Presentations
  2. Discuss Rough Drafts
  3. Notes on Alfred Hitchcock
Rough Draft Due:
  1. Period 1 - 3/9
  2. Period 4 - 3/10
Wednesday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Notes on Alfred Hitchcock
​Rough Draft Due:
  1. Period 1 - 3/13
  2. Period 4 - 3/14
Thursday/Friday
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  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Robert Johnson & Billie Holiday
    2. Period 4: Billie Holiday & Charlie Parker
  3. Finish Hitchcock Notes
  4. Watch ​Vertigo
​Rough Draft Due:
  1. Period 1 - 3/13
  2. Period 4 - 3/14
Week 10: March 13-17
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Diego Rivera
    2. Period 4: Pablo Picasso
  3. Peer Edit Rough Draft
  1. Final Draft due to Turnitin.com by 11:59pm on Thursday March 16th. 
Wednesday
  1. Watch Vertigo​
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  1. Final Draft due to Turnitin.com by 11:59pm on Thursday, March 16th. 
Thursday (Min Day)
  1. Watch ​Vertigo
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  1. Final Draft due to Turnitin.com by 11:59pm TONIGHT
Friday (Traditional Schedule)
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: John Coltrane
    2. Period 4: Elvis
  3. Watch ​Vertigo
  1. None
Week 11: March 20-24
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
​
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Georgia O'Keeffe
    2. Period 4: Diego Rivera
  3. Finish Vertigo & Discuss
  4. Start Midterm
  1. ​None
Wednesday
  1. Presentation
  2. Continue Midterm
  1. None
Thursday/Friday
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  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Elvis & Buddy Holly 
    2. Period 4: Buddy Holly & Bob Dylan
  3. Finish Midterm
  1. None
Week 12: March 27-31
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Max Ernst
    2. Period 4: Wassily Kandinsky
  3. Notes on African Literature and Chinua Achebe
  4. P/U ​Things Fall Apart
  1. Read Chapters 1-5 in Things Fall Apart by Thursday/Friday
Wednesday
  1. Discuss Things Fall Apart Essay
  2. Discuss Things Fall Apart Group Project
    1. Pick Groups and Projects
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  1. Read Chapters 1-5 in Things Fall Apart by Thursday/Friday
Thursday/Friday
  1. ​Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Bob Dylan
    2. Period 4: The Beatles
  3. Work on TFA Chapter 1-5 Discussion Questions
  4. Discuss Chapters 1-5
  1. NONE. HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!
Week 13: April 10-14
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Norman Rockwell
    2. Period 4: Georgia O'Keeffe
  3. Discuss Chapters 1-5
  4. Watch Video
  5. Discuss Extra Credit
  6. Work in Groups
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  1. Read Chapters 1-5 in Things Fall Apart by Thursday/Friday
Wednesday
  1. Research for TFA Essay
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  1. Read Chapters 1-5 in Things Fall Apart by Thursday/Friday
Thursday/Friday
  1. ​Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: The Beatles
    2. Period 4: Bob Marley
  3. Work on Chapter 6-10 Questions
  1. Read Chapters 11 & 12  in Things Fall Apart by Monday/Tuesday
Week 14: April 17-21
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. ​Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Ansel Adams
    2. Period 4: Max Ernst
  3. Discuss Chapter 6-10 Questions
  4. Work in TFA Groups
  1. Read Chapters 13-15  in Things Fall Apart by Wednesday
Wednesday
  1. Work on Chapter 11-15 Questions
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  1. Read Chapters 16 & 17  in Things Fall Apart by Thursday/Friday
Thursday/Friday
  1. ​Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Bob Marley
    2. Period 4: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  3. Discuss Chapter 11-15 Questions
  4. Work in TFA Groups
  1. Read Chapters 18-20  in Things Fall Apart by Monday/Tuesday
Week 15: April 24-28
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. ​Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Jackson Pollock
    2. Period 4: Norman Rockwell
  3. Work on Chapter 16-20 Questions
  4. Discuss Chapters 16-20
  1. Read Chapters 21-25  in Things Fall Apart by ​Thursday/Friday
Wednesday
  1. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    2. Period 4: Andrew Lloyd Webber
  2. Finish Chapter 16-20 Discussion
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  1. Read Chapters 21-25  in Things Fall Apart by ​Thursday/Friday
Thursday/Friday
  1. Daily Quiz
  2. Lecture on American Music (Take Notes)
  3. Work on Chapter 20-25 Questions
  1. NONE
Week 16: May 1-5
​Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. ​Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Elizabeth Catlett
    2. Period 4: Ansel Adams
  3. Discuss Chapters 20-25
  4. Discuss TFA Outline
  1. TFA Outline Due Thursday/Friday
Wednesday
  1. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Andrew Lloyd Webber
    2. Period 4: Jackson Pollock
  2. Notes on Steven Spielberg
  1. ​TFA Outline Due Thursday/Friday
Thursday/Friday
  1. ​​Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: The Ramones
    2. Period 4: The Ramones
  3. Finish Spielberg Notes
  4. Watch E.T.
  1. Work on Rough Draft
Week 17: May 8-12
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. ​​Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Andy Warhol
    2. Period 4: Andy Warhol
  3. Watch ​E.T.
  1. Work on Rough Draft due Thursday/Friday in class for peer edit. Be sure to bring your rough draft to class on Thursday/Friday
Wednesday
  1. Work in TFA Groups
  2. Watch E.T.
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  1. Work on Rough Draft due Thursday/Friday in class for peer edit. Be sure to bring your rough draft to class on Thursday/Friday
Thursday/Friday
  1. ​Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Run D.M.C.
    2. Period 4: Run D.M.C.
  3. Peer Edit TFA Essay
  1. Final Draft of TFA Essay due Sunday night to Turnitin.com by 11:59pm
  2. TFA Group Project Due Monday/Tuesday
Week 18: May 15-19
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. ​​Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: David Hockney
    2. Period 4: David Hockney
  3. Notes on South African Literature
  4. Notes on Mark Mathabane
  1. Read Kaffir Boy​ by Thursday/Friday
Wednesday
  1. Finish ​E.T.
  1. None
Thursday/Friday
  1. ​Daily Quiz
  2. Presentations
    1. Period 1: Nirvana
    2. Period 4: Nirvana
  3. Work on Kaffir Boy Questions
  4. Discuss ​Kaffir Boy
  1. Read and Annotate Conspiracy ​by Monday/Tuesday
Week 19: May 22-26
Daily Agenda
Homework
Monday/Tuesday
  1. Notes on Amelia House
  2. Discuss Conspiracy
  3. Interpret South African Poems
  1. Finish Interpreting South African Poems
Wednesday
  1. Go Over South African Poems
  2. Review for Final Exam
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  1. None
Thursday/Friday
  1. Final Exam
  1. Have an Amazing Summer and Good Luck Moving Forward in Life!!!