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=Where the Content of Classes Past Come to Live=

//2009/2010//
=Humanities 2009/2010=

=Humanities 9 = **Go to the Flight307 Blog Here** media type="custom" key="7065579"

StudentSelfAssessmentForm.doc
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//Work Space//
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Course Essential Questions: [[file:HumanitiesEQ.doc]]
**// Unit: Orientation 2013 //** **Identity Scavenger Hunt Handouts** IndentityScavenger Revised.doc

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9-29-09 X-Box Saves Lives?
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//Who Am I?//
Multiple Intelligence Survey Personality Survey Student Identity Survey: Student Identity Survey updated spring 09.doc

//5 Paragraph Essay: The Triple AAA's//
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 * Account**
 * Attend**
 * Advocate**

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[|This I Believe: Jackie Robinson]

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//**Shaping a 5 Paragraph Essay**//
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5 Paragraph Essay Graphic Organizers
[|Graphic Organizer Option 1] Graphic Organizer Option 2 Graphic Organizer Option 3


 * Example of a 5 Paragraph Essay on The AAA's:** Example of a 5 Paragraph Essay Fall 09 AAA.doc

=Multigenre Self-Portrait=
 * 5 Paragraph Essay Rubric:** Humanities 09 - 1st 5 paragraph essay rubric.doc
 * Reading Multigenres Graphic Organizer** Multigenre Reading GO.doc
 * MG Workshopping Form[[file:Multi-genreform.doc]]**


 * MG Proposal Form: Multi-genre proposal.doc**


 * MG Self Assessment Form: Multi-genre self assessment.pages**


 * MG Rubric [[file:Who Am I-Multi-genreproject.doc]]**
 * Example of a Recipe (Personality and Physicality)[[file:Dunbar Recipe Sample.doc]]**
 * Example of a Menu (Relationships and Connections)[[file:Dunbar Menu Sample.pages]]**
 * Borrowed List of Products for MG [[file:Possible_MG_Products.doc]]**


 * Multigenre E-mail/Letter Reading G.O.**: multigenre - email - letter- go.odt

= **Speak** = or Speak and Music Venn.isf
 * Beliefs and Connections G.O.:** Connections and Beliefs GO Humanities 09.doc
 * Reading Graphic Organizers**
 * Section 1:** Speak Section 1 G.O..doc
 * Section 2:** Speak Section 2 GO Fall 09.doc
 * Section 3: Speak section 3 GO Fall 09.doc**
 * Section 4:** **Speak section 4 GO Fall 09.doc**
 * Section 5:**
 * Section 6:** Speak section 6 GO Fall 09.doc
 * Section 7: Speak section 7 GO.doc**
 * Section 8:** Speak section 8 Fall 09 GO.doc
 * Music & Speak:** Speak_and_Music_Venn.jpg

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 * Brand New "Sic Transit Gloria (Glory Fades)"**

//**Found on YouTube**// Here
 * Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Face Down"**

=**GRASPS**= GRASPS Project Proposal Form Unit and Text Assessment Proposal.doc GRASPS Rubric GRASP project rubric fall 09.doc GRASP Status Check GRASPS status check Fall 09.doc

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 * GRASPS Brainstorming**

Use of images
When using images from the internet, it is important to always give credits to the source. If an image is used without giving credit to its source, it is considered theft. Anytime you would like to use an image you find, you (legally) must email whoever has legal rights to the photo to ask for permission. There are ways of getting around this! Flickr is a photo sharing site which uses Creative Commons licensed photos. By using the advanced search on Flickr and checking the box that only searches free-use photos, you can be sure that you are legally using images. Each photo that is licensed with Creative Commons will tell you exactly how to give credit for the photo.

Any information that you use for anything that you did not get from yourself must be cited. Although citations may look a little scary, there are some great tools on the internet that can help you to build a works cited/bibliography page stress free! Easy Bib. is a site that asks for some information about the source you found your information at and then builds your citation for you! Pretty cool, huh? Always create a works cited page for any project or paper that you create; there are some pretty serious consequences (a zero in the grade book, a fine, and when your in college you can even be kicked out of school) if this is not done.
 * Citing Sources**

For most papers, you will use **MLA** style citations (MLA means Modern Language Association, if you're curious).

Here are some more free citation builders and resources that will help you: NCSU Libraries Sourceaid OWL

//**Bloom's Taxonomy**//

 * Digital Overview of Bloom's Taxonomy** Here

//**GRASPS Examples in the Real World**//

The Sietch Roots & Shoots Lifestyle Changes Greyhound Rescue in Maine and Helping Greyhound Nationally The Beehive Collective
 * Fight with Tools.org** Here

Graphic Organizer: GRASPS in History GO.doc media type="youtube" key="YWQgktBR6-w" height="209" width="256" Video Streamable Here: @http://www.museum.tv/educationsection.php?page=76 and playable on RealPlayer: It's the first video on the list. @http://www.studenthealthcareaction.org/ Lyrics: @http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Give-Peace-A-Chance-lyrics-John-Lennon/9F2280B3491B5F3F48256BCA00089770 YouTube Clip of Bed-In: [] **Includes Footage from 1969 Through 2000's** media type="custom" key="4874329" width="80" height="80" Overview of Key Figures: @http://www.shapethefuture.org/features/suffragettes.asp Some Primary Source Historical Documents to Give Perspective: @http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage/ media type="custom" key="4903263" Rock the Vote's Strategy Page with Links to Data and Research: @http://www.rockthevote.com/about/about-young-voters/how-to-mobilize-young-voters/ A History of Rock the Vote Rock the Vote History.txt (After you download, scroll down in the document to get to the article -- it's all there) Encyclopedia Britannica Article: media type="custom" key="4889653"Follow the links in the article to get even more great information media type="custom" key="4921047" media type="custom" key="4921067"
 * GRASP in History**
 * The History of Public Service Announcements** Here
 * As We See It, Part One: Students Making Desegregation Work in Little Rock, Arkansas**: **1979**
 * Student Health Care Action: Protests in Philadelphia: Fall 2009**
 * John Lennon Asks the World to Give Peace a Chance: 1969**
 * Books Not Bars: Youth Fight for Prison System Reform: 2000s**
 * Women's Suffrage Movement in America: Mid-1800s through Early 1900s**
 * The Work and History of the Rock the Vote Organization: 1990s Through 2000's**
 * History of The Peace Corps: 1961**
 * Dr. Robert Ballard and His Work to Enlighten the World about Oceans & History (Watch by Loading Flight307 in Safari if Firefox Doesn't Work)**
 * CardonCopy and His Work to Get People to Think More Seriously About the Importance of Design in Communication** Here
 * Poland Spring Gets Crazy Mad Props for Its Work on Reducing Idling Emissions in Its Truck Fleet** Here

Go Here for Mr Tierney's Collection of Awesome at Road-Trip304.wikispaces.com


= World AIDS Day December 1, 2009 = = = Assignment Page 12/1/09

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= Climate Change Presentation 12/4/09 = = = = = = = = Whole New Mind =
 * //Whole New Mind Portfolio GRASP, Proposal, and Rubric Form//** WNM Portfolio Proposal and Rubric.doc

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High Concept/High Touch Activity
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 * Whole New Mind-ed Thinking Occurring in Our World**
 * Did You Know? 4.0**
 * In Class Activity:** //Find Effective Design at MBHS//
 * Using camera phone or lap top camera, document incidents of effective design around MBHS

=Empathy= MLK Resource Center Here MLK Quotation Collection (small) Here MLK Quotation Collection (larger and connected to other thinkers) Here
 * Site Worth Visiting:** IDEO
 * It's all about how design relates to empathy and feeling -- changing the world through design
 * Check out their card activity ideo method cards pdf.pdf
 * In Class Activity:** //Martin Luther King Jr. Inspirational Poster Activity//
 * Using Pages or a Similar Application, Create an 8 1/2" X 11" Motivational Poster Using Elements of Good Design and a Quote from Martin Luther King Jr. or a Source that Shares His Philosophy

=Play=

History of Video Gaming Here and Here
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Fusing Our Class Memoirs into a Wordle
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But-Into-And

 * President Obama's State of the Union here

=Symphony=

DJ Earworm's United States of Pop 2009 Mash Up
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Symphony Stations
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 * Station #1: Speech MashUp**

Use the text of two or more of the following speeches to create a short (7-10 sentences) address to the American people about staying positive and focusing on the future. President Obama's Inaugural Address: Barack%20Obama%20-%20Inaugural%20Address.pdf President Bush's Speech to Congress Following 9/11: George%20W.%20Bush%20-%20Joint%20Session%20Address%20on%20Terrorist%20Attacks.pdf President Kennedy's Inaugural Address: John%20F.%20Kennedy%20-%20Inaugural%20Address.pdf Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream": Text Here media type="youtube" key="weEb9S6YyQs" height="344" width="425"


 * Station #2: Leggo My Legos**

1. Each member of your group will be given a selection of Lego with which to build any construct your mind can imagine in the space of 5 minutes. 2. You will then have 10 minutes to combine your construct with your partners' and justify what it is you have ultimately created. Think about that "Machine" game we played earlier in the year. 3. Use your laptop Photo Booth application to document the final product and record your justification. E-mail that file to Dunbar or Ryder.

If you have time, you might check out Lego.com's creative activities here. There's a sweet designer download you can't put on your laptop -- this year -- but you could put it on a home machine.

Watch two of the four following videos and then share what you found interesting about them with a neighbor.
 * Station #3: TED Talks**

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 * Station #4: Garage Band**

Play. Just play in Garage Band. See what you can accomplish on your own or with your partner in 15 minutes with it. Share your results with a neighbor.

= To Kill a Mockingbird =

This American Life-[|Perfect Evidence]
====This American Life-[|Take a negro home tonight]==== [|Quaint Southernisms]

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__**Essential Questions: Social Justice and Morals/Ethics/Values**__
 * What is social justice?
 * How are prejudice and bias created?
 * When should an individual take a stand against what he/she believes to be an injustice? What are the most effective ways?
 * What are the causes and consequences of prejudice and how does an individual's response to it reveal their morals, ethics, or values?
 * Student Generated EQ:
 * Student Generated EQ:


 * Project Proposal Form** TKAM Unit and Text Assessment Proposal - No GRASPS.doc

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 * Who Is Guilty?**


 * An Effort to End Modern Slavery** Here

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 * __TKAM the Film__ **

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QAR: Question & Answer Relationships
__**4 Types of Questions**__ In the Book (Text Explicit) Think & Search (Text Implicit) Author & You (Text Implicit & Experiential) On My Own (Experiential)

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 * TKAM Chapters 1 & 2 (Ignore the File Name)** TKAM Film Excerpt 1 GO.doc

Langston Hughes' 'Dream Deferred'
code What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore-- And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.

Or does it explode? code

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 * TKAM Chapt 5-6** TKAM Chap 5-6 GO.doc

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 * TKAM Chapt 7-8** TKAM Chap 7-8 GO.doc

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 * TKAM Chapt 9-10** TKAM Chap 9-10 GO-1.doc

**Bob Dylan's "The Death Of Emmett Till"**
"Twas down in Mississippi no so long ago, When a young boy from Chicago town stepped through a Southern door. This boy's dreadful tragedy I can still remember well, The color of his skin was black and his name was Emmett Till.

Some men they dragged him to a barn and there they beat him up. They said they had a reason, but I can't remember what. They tortured him and did some evil things too evil to repeat. There was screaming sounds inside the barn, there was laughing sounds out on the street.

Then they rolled his body down a gulf amidst a bloody red rain And they threw him in the waters wide to cease his screaming pain. The reason that they killed him there, and I'm sure it ain't no lie, Was just for the fun of killin' him and to watch him slowly die.

And then to stop the United States of yelling for a trial, Two brothers they confessed that they had killed poor Emmett Till. But on the jury there were men who helped the brothers commit this awful crime, And so this trial was a mockery, but nobody seemed to mind.

I saw the morning papers but I could not bear to see The smiling brothers walkin' down the courthouse stairs. For the jury found them innocent and the brothers they went free, While Emmett's body floats the foam of a Jim Crow southern sea.

If you can't speak out against this kind of thing, a crime that's so unjust, Your eyes are filled with dead men's dirt, your mind is filled with dust. Your arms and legs they must be in shackles and chains, and your blood it must refuse to flow, For you let this human race fall down so God-awful low!

This song is just a reminder to remind your fellow man That this kind of thing still lives today in that ghost-robed Ku Klux Klan. But if all of us folks that thinks alike, if we gave all we could give, We could make this great land of ours a greater place to live.

Copyright ©1963; renewed 1991 Special Rider Music

TKAM Chap 11-12 TKAM Chap 11-12 GO.doc

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 * __TKAM the Film__ **

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=**__William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet__**=

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[|West Side Story]

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Literary Devices in Music
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Monologues in Popular Television Programs
Angelus: Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... ...waiting... And though unwanted...unbidden...it will stir... ...open its jaws, and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank... Without passion, we'd be truly dead.

Motifs and Symbolism in Movies
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Dramatic Irony Even in the Most Unlikely Places
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=Little Brother=

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__**//Little Brother// Essential Questions (Should** **look VERY familiar)**__ 1. How can I make a positive difference in my school, local, or even global community? 2. Why and how do people create? (How do we express ourselves?) What image of ourselves do we want to project? 3. When should an individual take a stand against what he/she believes to be an injustice? What are the most effective ways? 4. What is social justice as it applies to issues in //Little Brother//? 5. What is the relationship between love and trust or between love and loyalty? 6. What are the factors that move individuals, communities, or nations to great sacrifice and what are the consequences? 7. Student Created EQ #1 8. Student Created EQ #2

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=media type="custom" key="6212711"= =Learning to Love You More= Learing to Love You More the Website **learningtoloveyoumorerubricspring 2010.doc** **Before turning in your LTLYM project you must complete each of the following:** LTLYM Reflection Learning to Love You More Reflection.doc LTLYM Assessment Learning To Love You More Assessment.doc

=Of Mice and Men= = =

Double Entry Journals (DEJs) Template
DEJ.pages You must complete 2 for Theme, 2 for Characterization, and 2 for any other Literary Device(s)

=Final= GRASP Proposal Form Meda Product and Assessment Proposal.doc GRASP FinalFinal project rubric spring 10.doc

Pop Culture 2008/2009
=__Introduction to Popular Culture__=

Frontline: Merchants of Cool & The Persuaders
[|Frontline: Merchants of Cool Streaming Video Site] [|Frontline GO.doc]

'Exploring Popular Culture' Activity
//**"Handlebars" by Flobots**//

[|"Handlebars" lyrics available here]

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 * //America's Next Top Model: Cycle 11 Judging//**

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 * //Weezer's "Pork and Beans" Video//**

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 * //ESPN.com's SuperBowl Coverage//**

[|Visit ESPN.Com/NFL here]

//**Doug TenNapel's "Pop Grief"**//

Download the comic here: [|Pop Grief.pdf]

=Super Bowl Ads 2009=

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For All Groups: MLA Format (Especially Electronic Sources) at [|OWL] [|The American Memory Project at the Library of Congress]

Animation [|History of Animation at Animazing.com]

Comics [|A General Overview of Comics History at Comic-Art.com] [|Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco] (A Nice Collection of Links to Explore)

Film [|History of Film at Filmsite].org [|History of Film at History.com]

Food [|Unwrapped] at Food Network [|History of the FDA] (Another Surprisingly Interesting Place)

Music [|Emints: Music in the 20th Century] (List of Very Good Links) [|The NPR 100 (Take a Look at This Interesting Project)]

Sports

[|ESPN's 100 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century] [|The Baseball Hall of Fame] (Think About Exploring the HOF's of Other Major Sports)

Television [|History of Television and the FCC] (Which Is Surprisingly Compelling) [|Television History and the Transition to Digital] from PBS

Video Games [|History of Video Games at GameSpot.com] [|History of Video Gaming at PBS] (Honest! It's good!)

=**The Brief But Mighty Music Unit**=

//**Legend: A Music Exhibition**//

Updated info will soon be posted: Investigate: a. Who this person is and what their life story includes b. What this person has created in their musical career c. Who this person has influenced as a result of their musical career d. Why this legend's presence matters beyond the immediate musical world You will need to have an MLA works cited, so keep track of your research now so you don’t have to go back.

You may choose a group rather than a single individual -- sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of the parts -- but if you focus on the group, the whole group must be considered -- not just the single individual.

Potential Legends: (You May Choose One Not On the List But You Must Get It Approved and Be Prepared to Justify It) Johnny Cash Stevie Wonder John Lennon Paul McCartney Aretha Franklin Joni Mitchell Janis Joplin Ella Fitzgerald Bob Dylan Marvin Gaye Stevie Ray Vaughan Greg Graffin Joe Strummer Ray Davies Brian Wilson Ian MacKaye Ozzy Osborne Jerry Garcia Bill Monroe Hank Williams Sr. Patsy Cline Miles Davis John Coltrane Brian Eno David Byrne Lou Reed David Bowie DJ Kool Herc Tupac Shakur Christopher Wallace Run D.M.C. Neil Young Willie Nelson Madonna Diana Ross Chuck Berry Johnny Rotten Led Zeppelin Roger Waters Pink Floyd Elvis Costello Dolly Parton

__Chuck Klosterman Writes__ [|Chuck Klosterman 23 Questions.doc]

//__Country Vs. Rap Lesson__//

[|Bono Speaking on the Power of Music in the New York Times]

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 * //__Politics in Music Lesson__//**

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Audioslave - [|Doesn't Remind Me]

Toby Keith - [|Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue]


 * //__Create-A-Band Process__//**

1. Go to the [|Random Article] link on the [|Wikipedia front page]. (You can find it in the top left navigation menu.) The title of the random article is your new band's name.

2. Go to the [|Random Quote] link on the [|Quotations Page front page]. (You can find it in the left side navigation menu.) You will get a list of random quotes. Pull either a full or partial quote from that page. That is the album title for your band's latest release. (You might also find some song titles this way as well.)

3. Go to [|Flickr] and click on the [|'Interesting Uploads from the Last 7 Days'] link. (You can find it by scrolling down and looking beside the 'Take the Tour' link.)

4. Pull that information together and then use a word processor like Pages or Word, a photo editor like iPhoto or Gimp, or any other application that lets you manipulate words and images, and create your album cover.

While doing the above, think about what genre your band performs. Who is in your band? Where do they play? What is the history behind them? Etc. Try to create a world for your band.

After you are done, you can see some examples created at the [|AKlabs] and see what random computer generation can do using the same steps above. Some of them are brilliantly sublime.

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__Film Unit__
Coming Attractions: Film Trailers & Film Posters

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Film Posters [|The Internet Movie Poster Awards] [|Posteritati] [|Chisholm Poster Gallery] [|Movie Poster Database]

Movie Quotes in Pop Culture [|Movie Quotes in Pop Culture.doc] AFI's 100 Movie Quotes Fill In [|100 Movie Quotes Fill In.doc] AFI's Top 100 Movie Quotes [|AFI Top 100 Quotes.pdf] = =

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Future of Gaming
[|Article on Future of Online Gaming]

Chris Roper's Blog on IGN rss url="http://blogs.ign.com/Croper-IGN/rss/" link="true" description="true" number="3" date="true" enclosure="true"

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__** Pop Culture Final **__ [|Pop Culture Final.doc]

__**Film**__

Film & Music Rough Syllabus [|Pop Culture December 08 syllabus.doc] My Life As a Soundtrack Rubric [|My Life As A Soundtrack Rubric.pdf]

__//Links//__

__Pop Culture Connections__

[|Interview on Comic Book Resources.com] [|Clone Wars story on StarWars.com] [|Katie Cook's Homepage]
 * Katie Cook**, comic book artist, illustrator

Katie Cook's Q&A

====//actually, i went to art school (the college for creative studies in detroit, mi)... but i didn't study cartooning and comics! i started out learning about technical and and medical illustration and didn't really decide i wanted to turn my love of comics into a career until my senior year of college!//====

====//sketch cards are 2.5" x 3.5" art cards that some trading card companies commission to put into card sets. they are one of a kind, original pieces of art that a collector can pull as a "chase card". collectors then trade these cards, sell them, etc. to try and find cards by their favorite artists.//====

====//and most companies have seen my work for another company or online and contact me to work on their licensed products. it's been a lot of fun to work on art for some of my favorite movies and tv shows!//====

====//and i do have a day job. i'm a toy designer! so it's pretty awesome. this week alone i've designed products for crayola, stuffed animals for "build-a-bear" and a few things for disney's "tinkerbell" line! it's like being paid to be a kid all day.//====

====//i HAVE indeed read the watchmen! i love it and give copies of it out all the time to people who think comics are "just for kids". it's such a thrilling story and i get wrapped up in it every time i open the book.//====

====//well, first i get a script from the writer or editor... sometimes they include little stick figure thumbnail drawings of how they envision a scene or panel. i take that and draw up some rough drawings and layouts for approval. once those get the okay, i move on to more detailed pencils drawings. when THOSE are approved, i can ink them... then send the inks for approval. when the inks are approved, i can move on to coloring. when the colors are approved, then it's time for lettering and then it's all done!//====

====//i've done spot illustrations for magazines and books, i've created art for licensing packets for everything from disney princess' to spongebob... being able to work in different styles as an illustrator means that there are no limits to the kind of work you can do!//====

====//luckily for me, i've found that a lot of male creators welcome me into "their" industry with open arms and a smile. they appreciate a good sense of humor, talent and an expansive knowledge of the star wars extended universe.//====

====//it was a LOT of work. some people blow it off, thinking they're already talented and don't need to learn anything else... DON'T BE THIS GUY! work hard, learn EVERYTHING your professors are trying to teach you, take classes outside your own department to learn different skills and styles.//==== ====//the second you graduate, you'll regret "never taking that glass blowing class" or "i really should have taken that arts and crafts movement art history class"... so always try and do one different class every semester. i took my illustration level painting class in the fine arts department and learned a completely different set of skills then all my classmates in illustration. it was a blast!//====

//because dr. teeth can't do nothin' but rock, my friend.//
13. What is it like working for LucasFilm considering they are so concerned about secrecy and controlling the image of their characters?

//LucasFilm has a jawa with a cattle prod follow me around 24/7. whenever i'm about to spill a spoiler or my NDA... it zaps me. It keeps me honest, but the little bugger is getting annoying. I think he's enjoying it.// //Also, it's not too bad. they're great to the people who work for them and as long as you don't cross them, you won't end up encased in carbonite.//

[|Shadow Puppets Entertainment]
 * Joshua Gass**, Shadow Puppets Entertainment, independent film director, freelance TV & film production

[|Tom Martinek's IMDB Page] [|Tom Martinek's Homepage]
 * Tom Martinek**, Visual Effects Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic

Tom's Q&A

1. Which movie have you made the most personal contributions to the CGI we get to see?

Gee, that's a tough one. On The Hulk I got to animate as well as light, render and comp a couple of shots. But I try to really put everything I can into making all my work look as good as possible. I really enjoyed a shot I had on Jurassic Park 2 where Eddy gets ripped in half by two T-rexes. In fact, after the shot was finaled by the director, I kept it around because I wanted to add more blood and guts to the shot. They had to keep it really "dry" because the whole rating of the movie rested on that shot. So you hardly see anything in the finished film. In my final version, when they rip the guy apart, blood splatters everywhere and there's guts hanging out of the creatures mouths. Unfortunately, you'll never get to see that version....

What should be looking for that you did?

Wow, I've got about 23 years worth of work that you can look at... Some of the more famous things you might remember might be the explosion rings around the Death Star and Alderaan. The scenes of the Transformers hiding out in Sam's backyard as well as when they first meet Sam and his girlfriend in the alley. I did several shots of Iron man fighting Iron Monger on the freeway. Tom Cruise leaping from car to car in Minority Report (there's even a little interview with me about that on the DVD). You can see all the films I worked on here: [|http://www.imdb.com/name/ nm0553327/] or on my little website: [|http://www.mrfusion.org/Site/ Film_Credits/Film_Credits.html] where I usually try to give a brief summary of what I did on each film.

What have you worked on that's coming up?

I'm working on something top secret right now that I'm not allowed to talk about. Sorry!

2. How long does it take to make a two-hour film?

It really depends on the project and the motivation to get it done. The recent War of the Worlds movie was shot on a REALLY short schedule- something like 6-7 months but then A.I. was in development for 10-15 years or more. I would say typically a big summer movie takes about 2 years from development to opening weekend.

3. Does the camera really add ten pounds?

I've heard people say that, but I don't think its true. Unless they're talking about a wide angle lens. I guess that could make you look bigger.

4. What's the most difficult special effect to generate? How do you do it?

CG humans are probably the most difficult think to recreate. We, as humans, are so use to looking at other humans that we can tell when something is "off". You may not know what is wrong, but your mind will just say "something is not right". For extra credit, look up the theory of the "Uncanny Valley".

Aside from humans, fire, water and smoke are all pretty difficult as well. Most of those are usually handled through particle simulations involving a lot of difficult math. We have a really great R&D group that's filled with lots of smart people who write tools to help us deal with these problems. It doesn't really make it easier, it just makes it possible.

5. What sort of training and education is required to become a visual effects supervisor? What should high school students do in order to put themselves in a place to become one?

As far as I know, there is no college degree you can get to be a VFX supe. Its going to depend on your eye (how well you see things), your personality (how well you work with others on a team), your experience (work you've done up to this point) and luck. There are very few VFX Supe rolls out there and a lot of people wanting to get them. If you've got the first three things covered, you'll have much easier time with the last one.

As far as classes you should take, I would start off taking as many art (traditional and computer assisted), photography and film making classes as possible. Learn to not just look at things, but really see them and understand what's going on. Study the films you enjoy and try to figure out why they appeal to you. Watch your favorite scenes with the sound turned off. Study the composition of shots and see if you can tell why the director made those decisions. As a VFX Supe you have to bring the director's vision to the screen, so you will need to study his style and keep the effects work looking similar.

Oh, let me add in here that if you're interested in visual effects, take a lot of math classes! Especially physics, calculus and trig. It may seem like you'd never use that stuff in real life, but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't wish I had taken more math. Don't make the same mistake I did!!

6. Why did you choose this field of work?

I was sitting in a theater when I was 10 years old in 1977 and a gigantic space ship came onto the screen. It just kept coming and coming and my mind went wild and my eyes bugged out of my head. It was right around then that, and I kid you not, heaven opened up and angles started to sing and I thought "THAT'S what I want to do for a living". Years later while working on a smoke filled stage shooting the 20th motion control pass at 4 am I said to myself "This is what I get for letting a 10 year old make my career decisions for me." :) I still really like what I do, even though sometimes (ok, most times) its really hard work. Very draining on the brain, but then the show is done and the film comes out and every body loves the work. That makes it all worth while.

I hope I've answered everything to your satisfaction. Feel free to send me any follow up questions.

Tom

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 * Mario Muscar**, blogger, pop culture writer, former contestant on 'Beauty and the Geek'

1. What was the filming schedule like? Once we got to the house/mansion on the 1st day, the filming immediately began. Everyday began with breakfast very early (about 6 am or so – breakfast was not filmed) as we usually had to be ready to start the day around 7 am. Everyone would get there microphones put on during breakfast. At 7 am, the filming crew was there and ready to start with the filming. We would go into the library where we would be given the challenge for the day. Cameras would then follow us around the house until we went to the location for the challenges. The challenges typically took all day to film. There was a lot of sitting around and waiting. We would then go back to the house and film regular interaction until late at night (sometimes as late as 11 pm. We would usually eat dinner really late as well. Then it was back to bed to do it all over again. Keep in mind that even when there was no camera crew around, there were always Pelco cameras in every room. These are the cameras that are in the corners of the rooms on the ceiling, encased in plastic bubbles. These were always filming and controlled by people in a “Control room” in the basement of the mansion. So we were pretty much always being filmed! No privacy! They told us there were no hidden cameras in the bathroom, but we’re pretty sure there were! 2. Was it hard to keep your patience with the lack of intelligence among the girls?  Some of the girls really rubbed me the wrong way. If there was someone that bothered me, I tried to interact with them as little as possible. But for the most part, the girls were smarter than you would think. 3. Confessionals -- What are those like and when do they take place? Scheduled? There were two types of things that you may think of when you think of “confessionals.” The first were the daily interviews. Sometime during the day, each person would be pulled into an interview room (there were two in the attic and two in the basement). The producers/writers would ask you a series of questions about the happenings of the day. They would say things like, “Pretend you’re getting ready to do the challenge. What are your thoughts before?” These could last up to an hour. And they were usually in very hot rooms, and I sweated a lot! There was also a confessional room that we were required to do everyday, usually late at night after the crew left. We would go in to the room that had the camera set up, call the control room on a phone that was there and they would start filming. There would be a sheet of questions taped next to the camera lens that would pertain to things that happened that day. You would answer the entire set of questions however you wanted and be done. They were much more fun and shorter than the formal interviews. 4. How 'real' is the depiction on TV after editing and such -- do you feel like it accurately represents who you are? Everything that you see on the show actually happened. Speaking for myself, there were no weird edits that made me appear to say something that I didn’t actually say. Also keep in mind that they filmed for about 16 hours a day for almost 6 weeks. And all that footage was reduced to 8 or so hour-long episodes. They definitely showed more of the geeky parts of me, but it represented me fairly accurately for what happened in the house. Of course, in “real life” I act much differently than on the show because I am not in those situations in real life! 5. How much acting experience do the contestants have? Used to TV? Some of the girls had modeling and acting experience but all on a small scale. I know that I and some of the other guys had done plays and such before. But no experience can prepare you for the weirdness that is a reality show. 6. How did you get on the show? I didn't audition at all. I was at a comic book convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and they had a casting person there from the show. I'd never seen the show before, so I didn't really know what it was about. I just knew it was Ashton Kutcher's show, that's about it. So, I thought it was kind of funny that they were at a comic book convention looking for geeks for a reality show. I started striking up this conversation with a woman, who was a casting person for Beauty and the Geek, and they liked my personality. They were having open auditions the next day in downtown Pittsburgh and they got me a spot. I didn’t know if I wanted to go or not but my best friend kept egging me on to go! I went, and everything kind of just went forward from there. 7. Did you ever get to interact with the production crew? Do they just stand there or are they people? The production crew were my favorite people! I talked to them all the time! I probably miss them the most! Ha! 8. What do you do when you aren't on camera? Is there a time when you aren't on camera? There wasn’t much time when we weren’t on camera. But I do remember just hanging out with the guys and talking. All the guys got along very well. Sometimes we would do goofy things, like skits and such, but that’s about it. We had no television and very little outside material to keep us entertained. 9. Are there things you do so they can't use the footage i.e. look directly into the camera? Absolutely! Sometimes if we were talking about things that we didn’t want aired, we would make references to the camera or say something directly to the crew. We would also add name brands into our conversation so they couldn’t air it. Like “Coke Coke Coke” or “Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi” or “Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Wal-Mart!” 10. Were you sequestered after elimination? Nadia and I were sequestered after but that is because we almost made it to the finals. Every team that was eliminated before us were sent home. Nadia and I had to stay in a hotel for a week because they brought everyone back for the finale. That was a really hard week because we still couldn’t talk to anyone from home and we were wondering what was going to happen when we went back to the house! 11. How much did the show change you? Other contestants? It probably changed me more than I realize. I had a perception about blonde, ditzy girls before I went on the show. They were always people that I didn’t think I had time for. I looked down upon them because I thought they were stupid. I learned that just because they may not be as smart as I am doesn’t mean they are not nice caring people. I made some friends that I never thought I would have before. I’m sure some of the other contestants changed as well but I cannot speak for them.

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 * Desi Van Til**, filmmaker, producer

Comics & Graphic Novels

__//Activities/Graphic Organizers//__ Watchmen: Desolation Row Activity: [|Desolation Row.doc] [|Bob Dylan's Desolation Row] Food Culture: Then and Now (and Later?) [|Food Culture Then and Now GO.doc]

//__Rubrics__// Project:Icon Rubric [|Pop Culture Project Icon F08.doc] Project: Icon Self Analysis & Check List [|Project Icon Word Version.doc] Great American Eatery Rubric [|Great American Eatery Rubric.pdf]

__//Links//__

[|Nutrition Films on Archive.org] [|Project Icon Links (several broken, several awesome)] [|Studio 360: American Icons: Superman]

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** The Home of AP Lit **

 * //(Room 307 Style)//**

4th Quarter: Creating the Truth
//**Frankliners Project**// [|Frankliners Project.pdf]

Working draft Due: 5/11 Brainstorm: Transformation Fear Boredom Magic Isolation – insulation – individualism Stagnation Beauty Nature Appreciation Community Trapped/Trap – crap – clap – map – nap sleep through life – tap – small – succinct - snap Inner thought/reflection Family Friends Higher education Strata Simplicity Restlessness Urgency Settle – mettle – metal – nettle – meddle – little – kettle – water puddle -- muddle Narrow – marrow – arrow – point – burrow – row – worn - torn

//**Example Written in Class:**//


 * Narrow**


 * Kate Vining**

Kate Vining intended to celebrate her 31st birthday with little aplomb and to great personal satisfaction. She would do little. It would begin with a flavored creamer in her coffee – hazelnut because that’s what Joe left the last time he stayed the weekend – and a quick shower. She would open a new bottle of shampoo – coconut citrus – ninety-nine cents at Reny’s – and put a new cartridge on her razor blade.

Tousling her hair with a scratchy towel dried on the wooden porch rail, her radio would play NPR. Twenty-three people dead in Mozambique. Four senators held without bail. Narrow bridge collapse in Industry. Kate would look in the mirror, past the lines on her face and see her neighbor’s red Ford parked on the lawn beyond the bathroom window. Thick tufts of grass surround flat rubber tires, nearly to the runner boards, a tight line of cut grass circling its immovable bulk. A sip of coffee and a deep sigh before dressing.


 * 3rd Quarter Unit: Manipulating the Truth**

March Vocab Dates 3/5 Roots 11 3/13 Roots 12 3/19 Roots 13 3/26 Roots 14 4/3 Roots 15

A Glossary of Terms [|Here] A Searchable Collection of Poetry [|Here] Frayer Square - Definition [|Frayer template Definition.doc] Frayer Square - Essential Qualities [|Frayer template Qualities.doc] //Sonnet Work// Multiple Choice Practice [|Here] Sonnet @ Poets.org [|Here]
 * Exploring Poetic Terms & Devices**

Multiple Choice Practice [|Here]
 * Exploring Literary Devices**

//**The Importance of Being Earnest**//


 * The Entire Play in PDF** [|The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest.pdf]

//**Ten Poems to Change Your Life**// Read an excerpt at [|Amazon.com]


 * Matthew Arnold's** [|"Dover Beach"]


 * Anne Bradstreet's "**[|The Author to Her Book"]

//**Watchmen**//

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 * //Comics as Literature Overview//**

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Online Comics Sites to Browse
[|Wowio] [|Zuda] [|Web Comics Nation] and of course.. [|DC Comics] [|Marvel Comics] [|Image Comics] [|Top Cow Comics] and a simple Google search can bring up loads upon loads more ... try 'online comics' or 'web comics' as your search tools. Remember, not everything out there is going to appeal to everyone. Sometimes you have to do a little sifting. But I believe there is a comic out there for everyone. EVERYone.


 * A Brief Look at Superhero Comics in the Golden Age**


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[|Desolation Row]
 * Bob Dylan**

[|Thus Spake Zarathustra]
 * Nietzsche**

[|The Alan Moore Interview Index] [|Some Downloadable Alan Moore Comics -- Free and Legal -- As Well as Six Pages of Watchmen Scripts!]
 * Alan Moore**

[|WordBalloon Podcast Interview with the Artist of Watchmen -- Scroll Down to the Blog Entry and Click the Title to Hear the Show]
 * Dave Gibbons**

media type="custom" key="3071832" [|Genesis Chapter 18] [|Job Chapter 30]
 * Biblical References and Readings**

[|The Tyger]
 * William Blake**

[|Hallowe`en]
 * Eleanor Farjeon**

[|Memories, Dreams, Reflections] Text at Archive.org Page 326 has //the// quote in context.
 * C.S. Jung**

[|Resource to Help Understand Jungian Ideas/Symbols/Imagery]

[|Ozymandias]
 * Percy Bysshe Shelley**

Superheroes and Supermen: Finding Nietzsche's Ubermensch in //Watchmen// [|Superheroes and Supermen.pdf] "Why Don't You Go Read a Book or Something?" //Watchmen// as Literature [|Why Don't You Go Read a Book or Something.pdf] Watchwomen [|Watchwomen.pdf]
 * Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test**


 * Article about Watchmen the Film at** [|Entertainment Weekly]


 * 2nd Quarter Unit: Concealing the Truth**

Revision Submission Form [|revisionsubmissionform.doc]

Literary Era Presentation Self-Analysis and Checklist [|Lit Era Self-Analysis.doc]

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 * Modernism**


 * Romanticism**

[|Coleridge Poetry]

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//Great Expectations//

//Links//

Victorian Life: [|An Overview]

Victorian Life: [|The Game] Victorian Era: [|Everything]

//Jane Eyre//

//__Syllabus__// December Syllabus (subject to change) [|December 08 syllabus.doc]

__//Readings//__ Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'Love' [|Browning] Robert Browning's 'Life in a Love' [|RBrowning] Robert Browning's 'Love in a Life' [|RBrowning] Christina Rosetti's 'An Apple Gathering' [|Rosetti] Women's Ways of Knowing [|Women's]

//__Links__//

[|Poetry Resources at University of Toronto]

//Hamlet// __//Syllabus//__ November Syllabus (subject to change) [|November 08 syllabus.doc]

__//Rubrics//__ Hamlet: Secret Shakespeare Dramatic Product [|Hamlet - Secret Shakespeare Rubric.doc] Hamlet: Secret Shakespeare Self-Analysis & Check List [|Hamlet-Secret ShakespeareWordVersion.doc] OR [|Hamlet-Secret ShakespeareWordVersionx2.doc]

__//Readings//__ //Academic Articles// Accidental Shakespeare [|Accidental Shakespeare.pdf] Covert Appropriations of Shakespeare [|Covert Appropriations of Shakespeare.pdf] Hamlet Before Its Time [|Hamlet Before Its Time.pdf] Search for Hamlet's Directors Cut [|Search for Hamlet Director's Cut.pdf] Shakespeare and Social Networks [|Shakespeare and Social Networks.pdf] When Did Hamlet Become Modern? [|When Did Hamlet Become Modern.pdf] When the Villian Steals the Show [|When the Villain Steals the Show.pdf] //Literature Readings// Shakespeare's Contemporaries: [|Poets]

__//Links//__ [|MLA Format at Perdue's OWL Writing Lab] [|Shakespeare Searched] [|The Twilight Zone: Time Enough at Last] [|Sample Literary Analysis] Note: Use those suggestions at the top and see them at play in the examples below. The Fitzgerald and Hurston pieces are particularly effective examples.


 * 1st Quarter Unit: Unlocking the Truth**

__//Readings//__ //Heart of Darkness// //Frankenstein// //Mrs. Dalloway// //The Hours//

__//Rubrics//__ Formal Analytical Rubric: Formal #1, #3 [|AnalyticWritingRubric.doc] Formal Expressive Writing Rubric: Formal #2 (College Essay) [|EXPRESSIVE WRITING RUBRIC 2008 Formal 2 College Essay.doc]

__//Graphic Organizers//__ Dallowinian Party Stream of Consciousness Chart [|The Dallowinian Party.doc] Dallowinian Party Stream of Consciousness Writing [|Dallowinian Party Stream of Consciousness Writing.docx] OR [|Dallowinian Party SoC Writing.pdf]

Class - April 9 Tone

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Vocabulary Use the navigation bar on the left of the page to find the Vocab page.

AP

English9 2008/2009
Units Basic Overview
 * //A Whole New Mind//**
 * **Design**-creating something that is not just functional, but beautiful and emotionally engaging
 * **Story**-persuading and communicating by fashioning a compelling narrative that goes beyond logical argument
 * **Symphony**-synthesizing, seeing the big picture, and putting disparate pieces into a whole
 * **Empathy**-understanding what makes our fellow man or woman tick, forging relationships, and caring for others
 * **Play**-using laughter, lightheartedness, games, and humor
 * **Meaning**-pursuing desires that go beyond the material, such as purpose and spiritual fulfillment


 * //Speak// Unit: A Whole New World**

//__Rubrics__// Media Project: Mind Map [|Speak Mental Map Rubric.doc] Media Project: Mind Mapping Self-Analysis [|Self-Analysis Mentally Mapping.doc] 5 Paragraph Essay: My Life Means Something [|My Life Means Something F08.doc] Revision Submission Form [|revisionsubmissionform.doc]

__//Graphic Organizers//__ Speak Section 1 [|Speak graphic organizer Chapt 1.doc] Speak Section 2 [|Speak graphic organizer Section 2.doc] Speak Section 3 [|Speak graphic organizer Section 3.doc] Speak Section 4 [|Speak graphic organizer Section 4 - Brain Hemi.doc]

Vocabulary Use the navigation bar on the left of the page to find the Vocab page.


 * //Monster// Unit: Choices & Changes**

__//Syllabus//__ Up-to-Date Blue Day Syllabus [|Choices and Changes Syllabus - Blue.doc] Up-to-Date Gold Day Syllabus [|Choices and Changes Syllabus - Gold.doc]

__//Projects//__ Monster Movie Project Description - [|MONSTER.doc] Monster Movie Self-Analysis [|Monster Movie Self-Analysis.doc]

//__Rubrics__// [|Monster Movie Rubric.doc]

__//Graphic Organizers//__

Freaks & Geeks 'Trick or Treat' You Hear Me? [|You Hear Me GO.doc] Monster Part 1 G.O. [|MonsterPart1GO.doc] Monster Part 4 G.O.[|Monster Section 4 and Screenplay GO.doc] Monster Part 5 G.O. [|Monster Section 5 GO.doc] Monster Part 6 G.O. [|MonsterPart6GO.doc] Monster Movie Storyboard Template [|storyboardlayout.doc] Monster Think-a-Loud: Environment [|environmentthinkaloud.doc] Freaks & Geeks 'Kim Kelley Is My Friend' [|Freaks and Geeks GO Kim Kelley.doc] Growing Up ('Reading Is Dangerous' & 'Only a Game) G.O. [|Growing Up GO.doc] 'Adam' Graphic Organizer [|Adam GO.doc]

Vocabulary Use the navigation bar on the left of the page to find the Vocab page.

__//Links//__

[|Bloom's Taxonomy]

[|Criminal Justice System: Adults]

[|Criminal Justice System: Juveniles]

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[|How Can You Defend the Guilty?: A Commentary from a Lawyer]

Storyboard Examples [|Example Site #1] [|Example Site #2] [|Example Site #3]

[|Xtranormal]

[|Racism Incident at Gray-New Gloucester High School]

__**//Of Mice and Men// Unit**__


//__Syllabus__//

Of Mice And Men Syllabus - Blue Day [|Of Mice & Men Syllabus 08 - Blue Day.doc] Of Mice And Men Syllabus - Gold Day [|Of Mice & Men Syllabus 08 - Gold Day.doc]

//__Graphic Organizers__// Of Mice And Men Part 1 G.O. [|OMAM Part 1 GO.pdf] Of Mice And Men Part 2 G.O. [|OMAM Part 2 GO.pdf] Of Mice And Men Parts 3 and 4 G.O. (Same as 5 and 6) [|OMAM Parts 5 and 6.pdf] Of Mice and Men Parts 5 and 6 G.O. [|OMAM Parts 5 and 6.pdf] RadioLab: Morality [|OMAM Morality RadioLab GO.doc] Closing Argument G.O. [|Closing Argument GO.pdf] Closing Argument Evidence Collection [|Of Mice and Men Trial Evidence GO.doc] Ethos, Pathos, Logos [|Ethos, Pathos, Logos.pdf]

//__R____ubrics__// George On Trial [|George On Trial Rubric.pdf]

//__Links__// Images of The Great Depression: Search for "Dorothea Lange" After You Click On [|Dorothea Lange Photos at Library of Congress] Images of The New Deal: Select any of the Categories Here and See What Life Was Later in The Great Depression [|The New Deal]

**__//To Kill A Mockingbird//__** Unit

Freaks And Geeks - "Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers" [|Freaks and Geeks GO Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers.doc] [|"I'm Free" Lyrics] [|"I'm One" Lyrics] [|"Boris The Spider" Lyrics] [|"Love Reign O'er Me" Lyrics] [|"Squeeze Box" Lyrics] [|"Goin' Mobile" Lyrics] [|"Drowned" Lyrics]

TKAM Chapt 1-2 [|"Southern Man" Lyrics] [|TKAM Chap 1-2 GO.doc] Character "I am" Poem [|Character I Am.pdf]

TKAM Chapt 3-4 Langston Hughes' 'Dream Deferred' code What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore-- And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.

Or does it explode? code [|TKAM Chap 3-4 GO.doc]

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Composed by Lewis Allen

Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop.

[|TKAM Chap 5-6 GO.doc]

TKAM Chapt 7-8 [|TKAM Chap 7-8 GO.doc] [|Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle"]

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Bob Dylan's "The Death Of Emmett Till"
"Twas down in Mississippi no so long ago, When a young boy from Chicago town stepped through a Southern door. This boy's dreadful tragedy I can still remember well, The color of his skin was black and his name was Emmett Till.

Some men they dragged him to a barn and there they beat him up. They said they had a reason, but I can't remember what. They tortured him and did some evil things too evil to repeat. There was screaming sounds inside the barn, there was laughing sounds out on the street.

Then they rolled his body down a gulf amidst a bloody red rain And they threw him in the waters wide to cease his screaming pain. The reason that they killed him there, and I'm sure it ain't no lie, Was just for the fun of killin' him and to watch him slowly die.

And then to stop the United States of yelling for a trial, Two brothers they confessed that they had killed poor Emmett Till. But on the jury there were men who helped the brothers commit this awful crime, And so this trial was a mockery, but nobody seemed to mind.

I saw the morning papers but I could not bear to see The smiling brothers walkin' down the courthouse stairs. For the jury found them innocent and the brothers they went free, While Emmett's body floats the foam of a Jim Crow southern sea.

If you can't speak out against this kind of thing, a crime that's so unjust, Your eyes are filled with dead men's dirt, your mind is filled with dust. Your arms and legs they must be in shackles and chains, and your blood it must refuse to flow, For you let this human race fall down so God-awful low!

This song is just a reminder to remind your fellow man That this kind of thing still lives today in that ghost-robed Ku Klux Klan. But if all of us folks that thinks alike, if we gave all we could give, We could make this great land of ours a greater place to live.

Copyright ©1963; renewed 1991 Special Rider Music

[|TKAM Chap 11-12 GO.doc]

[|TKAM Museum Box Rubric.doc]

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** [|tkamchap13-16.pdf] **

[|Point of View and To Kill a Mockingbird.doc]

** English 9 February Syllabus **

Intro Museum Box Characterization Neil Young's "Southern Man" || TKAM 1-2 G.O. Complete G.O. || Symbolism Langston Hughes' "A Dream Deferred" || TKAM 3-4 G.O.  Complete G.O. || Symbolism Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" || TKAM 5-6 G.O. Complete G.O. || Complete G.O. || Theme Bob Dylan's "Emmitt Till" || TKAM 9-10 Complete G.O. || Theme || TKAM 11-12 Complete G.O./Work on Museum Box || Theme || TKAM 13-16 Complete G.O./Work on Museum Box || Point of View || TKAM 17-18 || Point of View || TKAM 19-20 || Gold Day1/26 - 3/2 Subject to Change [|Museum Box] [|TKAM Museum Box Rubric.doc] [|MB Explained.doc] Mr. Tierney's Toolbox
 * Date || In Class || Homework ||
 * M, 1/26 || Intro TKAM
 * F, 1/30 || Southern Dialect & Language
 * T, 2/3 || Museum Box
 * Th, 2/5 || Theme Museum Box || TKAM 7-8
 * M, 2/9 || Museum Box
 * W, 2/11 || Museum Box
 * F, 2/13 || Museum Box
 * T, 2/24 || Museum Box
 * Th, 2/26 || Museum Box
 * M, 3/2 || Freaks & Geeks: The Garage Door || TKAM 21-23 ||

Double Entry Journals
**maggie and milly and molly and may** **by e. e. cummings**

maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach(to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and

milly befriended a stranded star whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and

may came home with a smooth round stone as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea

media type="imeem" key="hXk9tKM5P3" height="340" width="300" **Pig** **Written and Performed by Rivers Cuomo and Weezer**

When I was a baby I was so happy I played With my friends In the mud Wilbur and Jack And Notice and Beaty We were a gang And you gotta Believe me

Momma would scold us If we got too rough She didn't care She was proud of us I ran around And talked To the animals Tellin' them stories Of savage cannibals

Then I got older And noticed a girl First I was sure I didn't exist to her I sulked around But I didn't know why Then she put her cheek On my shoulder and I Was lookin' at her and She was lookin at me We started to smile It was our destiny Tina was her name She was my cutie pie Forgot about the things That I used to like

I spent all my time Followin' her around My friends all made The whiplash sound They understood They was happy For me And everyone clapped When I asked her To marry me

And she said yes And we felt so fine We lost track Of the passin' of time Before I knew it We had our own babies Gina and Shade And Kiwi and Ged But now I've got to die I've lived a good life I've got no complaints

I'd like to thank Farmer keep For bringin' me scraps So for that I could eat He always Had a smile on his face He didn't want To think of this day

It's finally here It's finally here Oh, oh, oh They called me pig They called me pig

When I was a baby I was so happy I played With my friends In the mud



**The Wind Cries Mary** **Written & Performed by Jimi Hendrix**

After all the jacks are in their boxes And the clowns have all gone to bed You can hear happiness staggering on down the street Footprints dressed in red And the wind whispers "Mary"

A broom is drearily sweeping Up the broken pieces of yesterday’s life Somewhere a queen is weeping And somewhere a king has no wife And the wind cries "Mary"

The traffic lights they turn blue tomorrow And shine the emptiness down on my bed The tiny island sags downstream Cause the life that lived is dead And the wind screams "Mary"

Will the wind ever remember The names it has blown in the past And with its crutch, its old age, and its wisdom It whispers no this will be the last And the wind cries "Mary"



// First French Kiss // "Going Steady" [|Going Steady.pdf] //First French Kiss// "Emily" [|Emily.pdf] //You Hear Me?// "I Am" [|I Am.pdf] //Guys Write For Guys Read// "The 1928 Packard" [|The 1928 Packard.pdf] //Guys Write For Guys Read// "The Red Fire Engine" [|The Red Fire Engine.pdf] //Twelve Shots// "Hunting Bear" [|Hunting Bear.pdf] //My Sister's Voices// "The Smoking Section" [|The Smoking Section.pdf] //I Thought My Father Was God// "Edith" [|Edith.pdf]

Theme Song Essay
[|Theme Song Essay Rubric 08.doc] [|English Paper Format.pdf]

[|Music Video - "Chicken Fried"] [|VoiceThread <Click This One!]

April Syllabus - Blue Day [|April Syllabus - Blue Day.doc] April Syllabus - Gold Day [|April Syllabus - Gold Day.doc]

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 * Theme Songs to Work With**

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Learning to Love You More
[|Learning to Love You More Homepage] LTLYM 24 Assignments [|Learning to Love You More - Spring 09.pdf] LTLYM Rubric [|learningtoloveyoumorerubricdraft2.doc] **Before turning in your LTLYM project you must complete each of the following:** LTLYM Reflection [|Learning to Love You More Reflection.doc] LTLYM Assessment [|Learning To Love You More Assessment.doc]

Learning to Love You More Schedule Assignment # 53: Give advice to yourself in the past. || Continue working on Assignment #70 || Block 2: Assignment #51: Describe what to do with your body when you die. || Continue working on Assignment #70 || Assignment #38: Act out someone else's argument. || Bring digital cameras! || Assignment #38: Act out someone else's argument. || Bring digital cameras! ||  ||   || Assignment #34: Make a portrait of your friend's desires || Bring digital cameras! ||  || Period 3 Special Presentation || Bring digital cameras! ||  || NWEA testing makeup ||   ||   ||
 * Date || In Class || Homework ||
 * 4/27 (Gold) || Assignment #53: Give advice to yourself in the past. || Bring in boxes for 4/29! ||
 * 4/28 (Blue) || Assignment #70: Saying goodbye
 * 4/29 (Gold) || Assignment #70: Saying goodbye
 * 4/30 (Blue) || Assignment #23: Recreate this snapshot
 * 5/1 (Gold) || Assignment #23: Recreate this snapshot
 * 5/4 (Blue) || NWEA testing ||  ||   ||
 * 5/5 (Gold) || NWEA testing ||  ||   ||
 * 5/6 (Blue) || Assignment #51: Describe what to do with your body when you die. || Bring digital cameras! ||  ||
 * 5/7 (Gold) || NWEA testing || Theme Song Essay Formal Due ||  ||
 * 5/8 (Blue) || NWEA testing || Theme Song Essay Formal Due ||  ||
 * 5/11 (Gold) || Assignment #56: Make a portrait of your friend's desires. || Bring digital cameras! || U ||
 * 5/12 (Blue) || Roots Quiz 14 (11, 12, 13)
 * 5/13 (Gold) || Periods 1 & 4 Learning to Love You More Work
 * 5/14 (Blue) || Leanring to Love You More Work || Bring digital cameras! ||  ||
 * 5/15 (Gold) || Roots Quiz 14 (11, 12, 13)
 * 5/18 (Blue) || Learning to Love You More archives completed ||  ||
 * 5/ 19 (Gold) || ==Learning to Love You More archives completed== ||  ||

//Big Huge Massive Day of Awesome - May 27!//
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code Another turning point a fork stuck in the road Time grabs you by the wrist directs you where to go So make the best of this test and don't ask why It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
 * Good Riddance**
 * Green Day**

It's something unpredictable But in the end is right I hope you had the time of your life

So take the photographs and still frames in your mind Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial For what it's worth it was worth all the while

It's something unpredictable But in the end is right I hope you had the time of your life

It's something unpredictable But in the end is right I hope you had the time of your life

It's something unpredictable But in the end is right I hope you had the time of your life

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 * Not Ready To Make Nice**
 * Dixie Chicks**

Forgive, sounds good Forget, I’m not sure I could They say time heals everything But I’m still waiting

I’m through with doubt There’s nothing left for me to figure out I’ve paid a price And I’ll keep paying

I’m not ready to make nice I’m not ready to back down I’m still mad as hell and I don’t have time to go round and round and round It’s too late to make it right I probably wouldn’t if I could ‘Cause I’m mad as hell Can’t bring myself to do what it is you think I should

I know you said Can’t you just get over it It turned my whole world around And I kind of like it

I made my bed and I sleep like a baby With no regrets and I don’t mind sayin’ It’s a sad sad story when a mother will teach her Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger And how in the world can the words that I said Send somebody so over the edge That they’d write me a letter Sayin’ that I better shut up and sing Or my life will be over

I’m not ready to make nice I’m not ready to back down I’m still mad as hell and I don’t have time to go round and round and round It’s too late to make it right I probably wouldn’t if I could ‘Cause I’m mad as hell Can’t bring myself to do what it is you think I should

I’m not ready to make nice I’m not ready to back down I’m still mad as hell and I don’t have time to go round and round and round It’s too late to make it right I probably wouldn’t if I could ‘Cause I’m mad as hell Can’t bring myself to do what it is you think I should

Forgive, sounds good Forget, I’m not sure I could They say time heals everything But I’m still waiting

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code They told him don't you ever come around here Don't wanna see your face, you better disappear The fire's in their eyes and their words are really clear So beat it, just beat it
 * Beat It**
 * Fall Out Boy**

You better run, you better do what you can Don't wanna see no blood, don't be a macho man You wanna be tough, better do what you can So beat it, but you wanna be bad

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right Just beat it, beat it Just beat it, beat it Just beat it, beat it Just beat it, beat it

They're out to get you, better leave while you can Don't wanna be a boy, you wanna be a man You wanna stay alive, better do what you can So beat it, just beat it You have to show them that you're really not scared You're playin' with your life, this ain't no truth or dare They'll kick you, then they beat you Then they'll tell you it's fair

So beat it, but you wanna be bad Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right Just beat it, beat it Beat it, beat it, beat it

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right Just beat it, beat it Beat it, beat it, beat it

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Just beat it, beat it Beat it, beat it, beat it code

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Assignment 56 Tool: [|Polyvore.com]
 * // Romeo and Juliet //**

Romeo and Juliet from Sparknotes [|Romeo and Juliet] Romeo and Juliet from MIT [|Romeo and Juliet] Romeo and Juliet from Shakespeare Online [|Romeo and Juliet]

=//The Final//= The Description of the Final [|English 9 Final 09.doc] The Rubric of the Final [|English 9 Final Rubric 09.doc] The Self-Assesment of the Final [|Eng 9 Final.doc]

The Short Story Trying To Save Piggy Sneed by John Irving [|Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.pdf]

Revision Submission Form (For All of Those Revisions You'll Be Bringing In) [|revisionsubmissionform.doc]

The Rubric TBA

Here is a link that will help you with understanding the literary terms you will need to use in the final: [|Literary Terms]

Polyvore || Complete: LTLYM (Due 5/18) Complete: Word Castles (Due 5/15) Study: Roots #14 (Quiz 5/15) || LTLYM Assignment #56: Make a portrait of your friend's desires Polyvore || Complete: LTLYM (Due 5/19) Complete: Word Castles (Due 5/22) Study: Roots #15(Quiz 5/22) || Complete: Word Castles (Due 5/15) Study: Roots #14 (Quiz 5/15) || Complete: Word Castles (Due 5/22) Study: Roots #15 (Quiz 5/22) || Roots #14 Quiz || Complete: LTLYM (Due 5/19) Complete: Word Castles (Due 5/21) Study: Roots #15 (Quiz 5/21) || LTLYM Self-Assessment || Complete: LTLYM **(Due 5/22**) Complete: Word Castles (Due 5/22) Study: Roots #15 (Quiz 5/22) || LTLYM Self-Assessment || Complete: LTLYM **(Due 5/21)** Complete: Word Castles (Due 5/21) Study: Roots #15 (Quiz 5/21) || LTLYM Self-Assessment || Complete: Word Castles (Due 5/22) Study: Roots #15 (Quiz 5/22) || Roots #15 Quiz Assign Final Begin working on final Complete: Word Castles (Due 6/1) Study: Roots #16 (Quiz 6/1) || //Romeo & Juliet// Assign Final Begin working on final Complete: Word Castles (Due 6/2) Study: Roots #16 (Quiz 6/2) || //Romeo & Juliet// || Work on final Complete: Word Castles (Due 6/1) Study: Roots #16 || //Romeo & Juliet// || Work on final Complete: Word Castles (Due 6/2)
 * Date || In Class || Homework ||
 * M, 5/11 (Gold) || LTLYM Assignment #56: Make a portrait of your friend's desires
 * T, 5/12 (Blue) || Roots #14 Quiz
 * W, 5/13 (Gold) || LTLYM Work || Complete: LTLYM (Due 5/19)
 * Th, 5/14 (Blue) || LTLYM Work || Complete: LTLYM (Due 5/18)
 * F, 5/15 (Gold) || NWEA
 * M, 5/18 (Blue) || //Romeo & Juliet// -Act 1, Scene 1
 * T, 5/19 (Gold) || //Romeo & Juliet// - Act 1, Scene 1
 * W, 5/20 (Blue) || //Romeo & Juliet//
 * Th, 5/21 (Gold) || //Romeo & Juliet//
 * LTLYM Due** || **LTLYM Displays Due Next Class**
 * F, 5/22 (Blue) || Roots #15 Quiz
 * LTLYM Due** || **LTLYM Displays Due Next Class**
 * T, 5/26 (Gold) || LTLYM Displays Due
 * //NWEA - Last Day//**
 * W, 5/27 (Blue) || LTLYM Displays Due

Study: Roots #16 (Quiz 6/2) || Complete: Word Castles (Due 6/1) Study: Roots #16 (Quiz 6/1) || Complete: Word Castles (Due 6/2) Study: Roots #16 (Quiz 6/2) || Roots #16 Quiz || Work on final Finish: **5 Paragraph Essays** Study: Roots #17 (& 16; Quiz 6/9) || Finish: **5 Paragraph Essays**
 * Th, 5/28 (Gold) || //Romeo & Juliet// || Work on final
 * F, 5/29 (Blue) || //Romeo & Juliet// || Work on final
 * M, 6/1 (Gold) || //Freaks & Geeks//
 * DEJs**
 * LTLYM**
 * T, 6/2 (Blue) || Roots #16 Quiz ||
 * //Freaks & Geeks// ||  || Study: Roots #17 (& 16; Quiz 6/10) ||
 * W, 6/3 (Gold) || Work Session || Work on final
 * W, 6/3 (Gold) || Work Session || Work on final
 * W, 6/3 (Gold) || Work Session || Work on final
 * DEJs**
 * LTLYM** ||
 * Th, 6/4 (Blue) || Work Session
 * Last Day to turn in:**
 * 5 Paragraph Essays**
 * DEJs**
 * LTLYM** || Work on final ||

=AP Lit 2009/2010= =__//Ready to Go Tools//__=

StudentSelfAssessmentForm.doc
Save and open using Pages

//**Literacy Tools**// Frayer Square - Definition Frayer template Definition.doc Frayer Square - Essential Qualities Frayer template Qualities.doc

=// AP Boot Camp //=

**TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis Tool** TP-CASTT.pdf
= //Daily Hooks// =

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DAYLIGHT By Matt and Kim we cut the legs off of our pants threw our shoes into the ocean sit back and wave through the daylight sit back and wave through the daylight slip and slide on subway grates these shoes are poor mans ice skates fall through like change in the daylight fall through like change in the daylight i miss yellow lines in my roads some color on monochrome maybe i’ll paint them in myself maybe i’ll paint them in myself these sidewalks liquid then stone building walls and an old pay phone it rings like all through the daylight it rings like all through the daylight chorus and in the daylight we can hitchhike to maine i hope that someday i’ll see without these frames and in the daylight i don’t pick up my phone cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home I have five clocks in my life and only one has the time right i’ll just unplug it for today ill just unplug it for today open hydrant rolled down windows this car might make a good old boat and float down grand street in daylight and float down grand street in daylight and with just half of a sunburn new yellow lines that i earned step back and here comes the night time step back and here comes the night time chorus and in the daylight we can hitchhike to maine i hope that someday i’ll see without these frames and in the daylight i don’t pick up my phone cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home

= = We should all be perfect like you sometimes it just doesn’t pay to tell you the truth you thought that i was handing you your head so you turn around and hand me mine instead
 * JW Experiment**
 * Written and Performed by April Smith**

well take a step back and see where you’re at because this is the part where i don’t come back

because i have tried but all your promises left me dead inside and you the liar all that you do is leave me sick and tired

my work is done i’ve done all i can i’m not wasting my time trying to make you a better man i’m not trying to break down your walls because a good man don’t need no work at all

you take what you want and you’ve taken too much and even that’ll never be enough

because i have tried but it’s so damn hard to keep you satisfied and you the liar all that you do is leave me sick and tired

darling you’re like a virus eating away at all of the feeling inside us like an anchor weighing me down but i’m gonna get you off my ass yet i’ll be damned if i’m gonna drown

because i have tried but all your promises left me dead inside and you the liar all that you do is leave me sick and tired

because i have tried but it’s so damn hard to keep you satisfied and you the liar all that you do is leave me sick and tired

I got a lot of old friends that are getting back in touch And it's a pretty good feeling, yeah, it feels pretty good I get a lot of double takes when I'm coming round the corners And it's mostly pretty nice, yeah, it's mostly pretty all right. 'Cause most kids give me credit for being down with it When it was back in the day, back when things were way different When the Youth of Today and the early 7 Seconds Taught me some of life's most valuable lessons.
 * // Stay Positive //**
 * // Written and Performed by The Hold Steady //**

There's gonna come a time when the scene will seem less sunny And they'll probably get too druggy and the kids will seem too skinny There's gonna come a time when she's gonna have to go With whoever's gonna get her the highest. There's gonna come a time when the true scene leaders Forget where they differ and get big picture. 'Cause the kids at the shows, they'll have kids of their own Their sing-along songs will be our scriptures.

We gotta stay positive x4

When the chaperone crowned us the king and the queen I knew that we'd arrived at a unified scene And all those little lambs from my dreams, Well they were there too. 'Cause it's one thing to start it with a positive jam And it's another thing to see 'em through. And we couldn't even done this if it wasn't for you.

We gotta stay postiive x3

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 * Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night"**

= Hamlet =

__**//The Play//**__ Online eText with Modernization side-by-side

__//**The Videos**//__ Hamlet "To Be or Not to Be" Speeches Here

__//**Organizers**//__ Hamlet Act by Act Organizers Hamlet scene graphic organizer.doc

Hamlet: Secret Shakespeare Dramatic Hamlet - Secret Shakespeare Rubric Fall 09.doc Hamlet: Secret Shakespeare Self-Analysis & Check List Hamlet-Secret ShakespeareWordVersion.doc OR Hamlet-Secret ShakespeareWordVersionx2.doc
 * __//Rubrics//__**

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 * Project Mini-Examples & Non-Examples**

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 * Hamlet Project //Non//-Example **
 * Direct copy of the text
 * Only change is the time period and anachronism
 * Not an original creative dramatic work -- merely taking Shakespeare's words and putting them in funny looking characters.

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 * Hamlet Project //Better// Example **
 * The text follows a very similar pattern to the original, but is not a word for word modernization.
 * The whole scene has changed, but there are shared situational similarities
 * The story appears original -- though uses characters who may bare resemblance to those in Hamlet -- just as Joe demonstrates here

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 * Hamlet Project //Even Better// Example **
 * Story and character are completely original
 * Makes use of Shakespearean devices (soliloquy)
 * Uses some of the vocabulary language of Hamlet (sterile)
 * Thematic ties to deceit, lies, and truth

//Academic Articles// Accidental Shakespeare Accidental Shakespeare.pdf Covert Appropriations of Shakespeare Covert Appropriations of Shakespeare.pdf Hamlet Before Its Time Hamlet Before Its Time.pdf Search for Hamlet's Directors Cut Search for Hamlet Director's Cut.pdf Shakespeare and Social NetworksShakespeare and Social Networks.pdf When Did Hamlet Become Modern?When Did Hamlet Become Modern.pdf When the Villian Steals the Show When the Villain Steals the Show.pdf //Literature Readings// Shakespeare's Contemporaries: [|Poets]
 * __//Readings//__**

__//**Discussions and Interactions**//__

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//**Literacy Devices Concept Map**// shakespeare devices.isf

//**Hamlet Meets Jane Eyre**//

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 * Victorian Poetry at Poets.org** Here
 * Victorian Poets at PoetSeers.org** Here

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 * Sonnet Test Prep**
 * __//Readings//__**

The Sonnet at Poets.org Here [|Poetry Resources at University of Toronto]
 * //__Other Sonnet Links__//**

__//**On-Demand Test Prep Work**//__ On Demand Scoring Sample "Blackberry Picking" Blackberry Picking AP Scoring.PDF GIST and AP Lit Template GIST and AP English Lit template Fall 09.doc

= Great Expectations =

Lil Wayne Jay-Z Madonna Rhianna Lady Gaga Kanye West Gwen Stefani Victorian Web Here //Great Expectations// Here //Jane Eyre// Here Sonnets (See Above in //Jane Eyre// Section)
 * Are They Victorian?**
 * //Source Material://**


 * A Closer Look at Victorian Poetry**

A Glossary of Poetry Terms [|Here] And a Downloadable Collection of AP Lit Terms A P LITERARY TERMS.pdf A Searchable Collection of Poetry [|Here] AP Poetry Terms Quizlet Flashcards Here
 * * A Glossary of AP Lit POETRY Terms Here

Using your understanding of the following selections, discuss how poets of the Victorian era employ traditional poetic devices to develop a common thematic thread across the era's works.


 * From Alfred Lord Tennyson's //In Memoriam A.H.H.//**

XXVII
I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfetter'd by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never wakes; Nor, what may count itself as blest, The heart that never plighted troth But stagnates in the weeds of sloth; Nor any want-begotten rest. I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits;—on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night-air! Only, from the long line of spray Where the sea meets the moon-blanch'd land, Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in.
 * Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach"**

Sophocles long ago Heard it on the Ægæan, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea.

The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world.

Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night. //Ferrara// That's my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf's hands Worked busily a day, and there she stands. Will't please you sit and look at her? I said 'Frà Pandolf' by design, for never read Strangers like you that pictured countenance, The depth and passion of its earnest glance, But to myself they turned (since none puts by The curtain I have drawn for you, but I) And seemed as they would ask me, if they durst, How such a glance came there; so, not the first Are you to turn and ask thus. Sir, 'twas not Her husband's presence only, called that spot Of joy into the Duchess' cheek: perhaps Frà Pandolf chanced to say 'Her mantle laps Over my lady's wrist too much,' or, 'Paint Must never hope to reproduce the faint Half-flush that dies along her throat:' such stuff Was courtesy, she thought, and cause enough For calling up that spot of joy. She had A heart – how shall I say – too soon made glad, Too easily impressed; she liked whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 'twas all one! My favour at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She rode with round the terrace - all and each Would draw from her alike the approving speech, Or blush, at least. She thanked men - good! but thanked Somehow - I know not how - as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody's gift. Who'd stoop to blame This sort of trifling? Even had you skill In speech - (which I have not) - to make your will Quite clear to such an one, and say, 'Just this Or that in you disgusts me; here you miss, Or there exceed the mark' - and if she let Herself be lessoned so, nor plainly set Her wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse, - E'en that would be some stooping; and I choose Never to stoop. Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt, Whene'er I passed her; but who passed without Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together. There she stands As if alive. Will't please you rise? We'll meet The company below, then. I repeat, The Count your master's known munificence Is ample warrant that no just pretence Of mine for dowry will be disallowed; Though his fair daughter's self, as I avowed At starting, is my object. Nay, we'll go Together down, sir. Notice Neptune, though, Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity, Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!
 * Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess"**

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 * Music of Watchmen**

[|Desolation Row]
 * Bob Dylan**

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 * Scott McCloud on the Art and Cognition of Comics at TED**

A Brief Look at Comics as Literature
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A Brief Look at Historical Superhero & Genre Comics
Got to Wowio.com Here and Look for the Publisher "Shoulders of Giants" If It Doesn't Pop Right Up
 * Browse the variety of comics here -- pay careful attention to the publication dates -- it gives a great time capsule for what was popular and when and allows you to explore the sort of comics that inspired work such as Watchmen

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Heroic Archetype & Monomyth
The culmination of work based on Joseph Campbell's research show in graphic form here A superb site on myths and archetypes at PBS.org here

[|Desolation Row]
 * Bob Dylan**

[|Thus Spake Zarathustra] More about Nietzsche here
 * Nietzsche**

**Rorschach** and the Inkblot Test
More information here





[|The Alan Moore Interview Index] [|Some Downloadable Alan Moore Comics -- Free and Legal -- As Well as Six Pages of Watchmen Scripts!] Compare Moore's Watchmen Script to a Spider-Man Script by Major Comics Writer Brian Michael Bendis USM112.doc
 * Alan Moore**

[|WordBalloon Podcast Interview with the Artist of Watchmen -- Scroll Down to the Blog Entry and Click the Title to Hear the Show]
 * Dave Gibbons**

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 * Biblical References and Readings**

[|The Tyger]
 * William Blake**

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 * Playhouse 90: The Comedian by Rod Serling**

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[|Hallowe`en]
 * Eleanor Farjeon**

[|Memories, Dreams, Reflections] Text at Archive.org Page 326 has //the// quote in context.
 * C.S. Jung**

[|Resource to Help Understand Jungian Ideas/Symbols/Imagery]

[|Ozymandias]
 * Percy Bysshe Shelley**

Watchmen Footnotes on Comic Geek Speak Podcast
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 * Issue #1** (Jog ahead to around min. 33 to get right into the discussion of the book.)
 * Discussions for Each Chapter Can Be Found** here

Superheroes and Supermen: Finding Nietzsche's Ubermensch in //Watchmen// Superheroes and Supermen.pdf "Why Don't You Go Read a Book or Something?" //Watchmen// as Literature Why Don't You Go Read a Book or Something.pdf Watchwomen Watchwomen.pdf
 * Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test**

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[|Oscar Wilde Overview Using Creatly] Ackroyd's Commentary on Wilde: Comedy as Tragedy (Note: Requires free registration to log-in -- does not require validation so use false e-mail to avoid spam)

Adrienne Rich's "Diving Into the Wreck" Here

= Socratic Thinking = These are Inspiration files from the other day's work. Feel free to use them for reference and to build on some of the ideas. How does fortune and class .isf

Scenes of Violence.isf

= = =What Would They Say Essay=

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=Understanding Tone=

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= //Guidelines & Expectations// = **Guidelines and Expectations 2010-2011:** [|AP Guidelines 2010 - 2011.doc]

Test Prep Resources Ar e Here
= The Work =

= Independent Book Project = Essential Questions to Consider [|AP Lit EQ indie books 9-30.pdf] [|AP Lit 1G indie book EQs.pdf]

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= 1984 by George Orwell = "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot Here

= The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood = "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning Here

= Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf = "This Was a Love Poem Once" **by Jane Hirschfield** Here

= The Hours by Michael Cunningham = "Pastoral" by William Carlos Williams Here "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by William Carlos Williams Here

"No Ordinary Day" article by Sims [|Michael Cunningham's The Hours and Postmodern Artistic Re-.pdf] "The Hours and Postmodern Artistic Re-Presentation" article by Hughes [|No 'Ordinary Day-- The Hours, Virginia Woolf and Everyday .pdf] "Mis-Reading //Mrs. Dalloway//" by Bell [|Misreading Mrs Dalloway.pdf] GIST Template [|GIST and AP English Lit template Fall 09.doc]

Dallowinian Party Planning Dallowinian Stream of Consciousness Graphic Organizer 

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Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach" Here
===<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">"Dover Beach" MC [|Dover Beach Prep.PDF] ===

Gary Snyder's "Hay for the Horses" [|Here]
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Hamlet Work
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 * Hamlet E-Text with Side-by-Side Modernization Here **
 * //Hamlet// Act-by-Act Graphic Organizer [|Hamlet Act Graphic Organizer - EQs.pages] **
 * Again - But In Word (.doc) format [|Hamlet Act Graphic Organizer - EQs.doc] **
 * Secret Shakespeare Project **
 * Secret Shakespeare Self Assessment **[|Secret Shakespeare Project Self Assessment.pages]


 * Project Mini-Examples & Non-Examples**

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 * Hamlet Project //Non//-Example **
 * Direct copy of the text
 * Only change is the time period and anachronism
 * Not an original creative dramatic work -- merely taking Shakespeare's words and putting them in funny looking characters.


 * Hamlet Project //Better// Example **

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 * The story appears original -- though uses characters who may bare resemblance to those in Hamlet -- just as Joe demonstrates here

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 * Hamlet Project //Even Better// Example **
 * Story and character are completely original
 * Makes use of Shakespearean devices (soliloquy)
 * Uses some of the vocabulary language of Hamlet (sterile)
 * Thematic ties to deceit, lies, and truth

**Choose Your Own Adventure - Medieval Intrigue Here**

**On Demand Thinking** **Poetry** [|Sonnet 18] by William Shakespeare [|In a Station of the Metro] by Ezra Pound [|The Truisms]by Louis MacNeice

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 * Victorianism **

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Bedford/St. Martin's VirtuaLit Here
 * Literary Theory **

Dr. Kristi Siegel's Lit Theory Collection Here
Literary Criticism and Theory according to OWL at Purdue Here

= Frankenstein =

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Mumford & Sons' "Roll Away Your Stone"
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Go Here for Mr Tierney's Collection of Awesome at Road-Trip304.wikispaces.com


=__// Pop Culture Fall 2011 Above This Line //__= =// Everything Below Is Archival //=

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DAYLIGHT By Matt and Kim we cut the legs off of our pants threw our shoes into the ocean sit back and wave through the daylight sit back and wave through the daylight slip and slide on subway grates these shoes are poor mans ice skates fall through like change in the daylight fall through like change in the daylight i miss yellow lines in my roads some color on monochrome maybe i’ll paint them in myself maybe i’ll paint them in myself these sidewalks liquid then stone building walls and an old pay phone it rings like all through the daylight it rings like all through the daylight chorus and in the daylight we can hitchhike to maine i hope that someday i’ll see without these frames and in the daylight i don’t pick up my phone cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home I have five clocks in my life and only one has the time right i’ll just unplug it for today ill just unplug it for today open hydrant rolled down windows this car might make a good old boat and float down grand street in daylight and float down grand street in daylight and with just half of a sunburn new yellow lines that i earned step back and here comes the night time step back and here comes the night time chorus and in the daylight we can hitchhike to maine i hope that someday i’ll see without these frames and in the daylight i don’t pick up my phone cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home

=__Introduction to Popular Culture__=

//**NPR Interview with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings**//

Frontline: Merchants of Cool & The Persuaders
[|Frontline: Merchants of Cool Streaming Video Site] [|Frontline GO.doc]

'Defining Popular Culture' Activity
Using the Sticky Note application on your laptop, answer these questions about each pop culture "artifact" below. 1) Which details seem to be most important about this artifact? 2) How does this artifact seem to use other popular culture? References? Connects? Commentary? 3) What could this artifact tell us about western/American culture as a whole?

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 * //America's Next Top Model: Cycle 11 Judging//**

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 * //Weezer's "Pork and Beans"//**

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 * MTV's America's Best Dance Crew**

//**Doug TenNapel's "Pop Grief"**//

Download the comic here: [|Pop Grief.pdf]

=Reporting Out on Defining Pop Popular= [|Defining Pop Culture Group Comments 1 & 2.pages] =Bluesonian Resources=

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To Get Groups Started with Research -- Not at All Exhaustive For All Groups: MLA Format (Especially Electronic Sources) at [|OWL] [|The American Memory Project at the Library of Congress]

Animation [|History of Animation at Animazing.com]

Comics [|A General Overview of Comics History at Comic-Art.com] [|Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco] (A Nice Collection of Links to Explore)

Film [|History of Film at Filmsite].org [|History of Film at History.com]

Food [|Unwrapped] at Food Network [|History of the FDA] (Another Surprisingly Interesting Place)

Music [|Emints: Music in the 20th Century] (List of Very Good Links) [|The NPR 100 (Take a Look at This Interesting Project)]

Hip-Hop NPR's History of Hip-Hop via Articles/Interviews/Reviews -- super quality info from an unexpected source

Sports

[|ESPN's 100 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century] [|The Baseball Hall of Fame] (Think About Exploring the HOF's of Other Major Sports)

Television [|History of Television and the FCC] (Which Is Surprisingly Compelling) [|Television History and the Transition to Digital] from PBS

Video Games [|History of Video Games at GameSpot.com] [|History of Video Gaming at PBS] (Honest! It's good!)

=// Food //=

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= //Music// =
 * Music Culture Rubric [|pop culture music culture rubric 09.odt]**

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 * Mapping Music Activity**[| Music Mapping update 2-25.isf]

American Music Culture G.O. [|Do You Like American Music.doc] Billboard Charts Here [|iTunes_Top_Videos_Nov_09.png] [|iTunes_Top_Songs_Nov_09.png]
 * American Culture in Music**

"Hats Off" by Primus (written by Les Claypool)
 * Musical Biography**

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 * //Use Google or Another Search Engine to Find Lyrics for the Above// **

Graphic Organizer for Activity [|Music Changes Fall 09 GO.doc]
 * //Music Changes// **

Bob Marley [] [] []

Bono Vox [] [] []

Sarah McLachlan [] []

Phish [] [|http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/our-flavors/#product_id=30] []

Wyclef Jean []

Chuck D. of Public Enemy

Indigo Girls [] []

Rage Against the Machine []

System of a Down [|http://www.systemofadown.com/main.html#]

Bob Dylan []

John Lennon []

The Clash []

Rise Against []

Neil Young [] Young vs. Skynard "Alabama" Lyrics "Southern Man" Lyrics "Sweet Home Alabama" Lyrics Kent State Shootings - "Ohio"

Bad Religion

Otep [|http://l3gi0n.ning.com/#]

//**The Decade in Music on All Songs Considered**//
Go here to start and follow the plentiful links from here @http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120326033

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=//Music & Culture Documentaries//= Watch part, all, or extended clips of the following five films. And then answer the following questions on the blog: 1. Provide a GIST of the documentary you watched. Be sure it clearly describes just what it is you watched.

2. What relationship does the law have to the subject of your film? Where does it fit in and how does it link to music?

3. How does this documentary answer one of the three major questions for this unit?

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=**//__Create-A-Band Process__//**=

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1. Go to the [|Random Article] link on the [|Wikipedia front page]. (You can find it in the top left navigation menu.) The title of the random article is your new band's name.======

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2. Go to the [|Random Quote] link on the [|Quotations Page front page]. (You can find it in the left side navigation menu.) You will get a list of random quotes. Pull either a full or partial quote from that page. That is the album title for your band's latest release. (You might also find some song titles this way as well.)======

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3. Go to [|Flickr] and click on the [|'Interesting Uploads from the Last 7 Days'] link. (You can find it by scrolling down and looking beside the 'Take the Tour' link.)======

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and see what random computer generation can do using the same steps above. Some of them are brilliantly sublime.
=Country Vs. Hip Hop=

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=Video Games= **__Video Games Unit__**

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E307 Inspirations
G4TV's Coverage of E3 2009 Here

//TED Talks: Vide////**o Games**//
//**These are various presentations given at TED, worldwide conferences where people deliver presentations about new ideas in all sorts of things. The ones posted below happen to all have something to do with video games. Some are from several years ago and that doesn't make them any less relevant -- even if technology has progressed, we can see how this thinker's work has impacted the gaming world and might impact your ideas.**//

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//Competitive Video Gaming Culture//
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History of Gaming
History of Tetris Here

<span style="color: #823230; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Future of Gaming
[|Article on Future of Online Gaming]

Gaming and Learning
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=Film Culture=


 * AFI Top 100**
 * [|movies100.pdf]**

[|Apocalypse Now]
[|The Internet Movie Poster Awards] [|Posteritati] [|Chisholm Poster Gallery] [|Movie Poster Database]
 * Film Posters**

Film Trailers
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Animated Film [|9]

[|Movie Trailers.doc]


 * //__How The Film Industry Works__//**
 * HowStuffWorks:** Film Producting

=Comics & Graphic Novels=

Heroic Cycles, Journeys & Archetypes
The Heroic Journey The Heroic Archetypes

Desolation Row by Bob Dylan Crocodoc Here

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