RANDOM INTERNATIONAL TRADITIONAL NEWS FROM PNN
So to prepare for the Holiday Season and being that this is the World History section of the Website, you all have to check this one out. Apparently, the Swedes have this wacky Christmas tradition of making a giant horse or goat from like a hay material after the harvest season. The Swedish city of Gavle claims to make the biggest giant goat or horse in the world. It is suppose to be a traditional symbol of Christmas in Sweden. The funny thing about the giant horse or goat is that it is suppose to be up through Christmas but each year the giant horse or goat never makes it. Each year some phantom Swede comes along and lights the giant horse on fire. Each year security is stepped up and each year the burning of the giant goat gets more elaborate. Supposedly, it is big news in Sweden. The smirking newsman will come on TV and say something like, “Well, the giant goat got it early this year” or “Although it lasted longer than usual, the giant horse has suffered the same fate once again.” I hear that most Swedes laugh about the whole thing. Yet, the security tries to take it serious by preventing a burning and have the giant goat or horse make it to Christmas. This year security has a 24 hour web-cam monitoring things. Will the security protect the giant goat until Christmas or will the same wacky burning tradition continue? Be sure to monitor this goofy international story during the holiday season. Lycka Till Giant Goat! ?
http://www.gavle.se/kamera_bocken/index2.asp
MONDAY November 29, 2004
1) IR = Industrial Revolution Unit
2) IR TOC (Assign #1)
3) IR KWL (Assign #2) – Be sure to REALLY feel out that “L”earned section
4) IR Study Guide (ie Vocab Words) (Assign #3)
5) IR Crossword Puzzle (Assign #4)
6) IR Intro Video Notes (Assign #5)
HW
a) Student have completed: Assign #5 in class
b) Students should begin and keep and updated on Assign #1-4
TUESDAY November 30, 2004
1) Industrial Revolution Guided Notes Packet (Assignment #6)
FAIR WARNING: Be sure to bring book to class! Participation point deductions will be especially enforced on this day.
2) Economic Stages of Industry (Assign #7)
3) Economic Choice (Assign #8) ---Time permitted
HW
a) Completed or working to complete Assign # 1 - 7
b) Should be completed or Up to date Assign: 1, 5, 7 etc.
c) Should be in progress Assign: 2, 3, 4, 6
WEDNESDAY, December 1, 2003
Industrial Revolution
1) Economic Choice (Assign #8)
2) Economic Spectrum (Assign #9A)
3) Capitalism & Marxism Scenarios (Assign #9B)
4) Impact of the Industrial Revolution (Assign #10)
HW:
a) Completed Assign 1 - 9
THURSDAY, December 2, 2003
Industrial Revolution
1) GROUPS: Impact of the Industrial Revolution (Assign #10)
2) Work on Vocab (Assign #3)
3) Ask Mr. P to Explain about Morse Code and Cool Canadians
HW:
a) Complete Assign #1-10
FRIDAY, December 3, 2003
Industrial Revolution
1) Workers & Owners (Assign #11)
2) Unions Pros & Cons (Assign #12)
3) Negative Aspects - Child Labor & Positive Aspects – Progress?
MONDAY December 6th, 2004
1) DEBUNKING THE SUETA PLAN (Assign #13) Doing the math for work, wages and future living conditions.
2) Distribution of Wealth (Assign #14)
3) Impact of big biz / corporations at home and around the world
4) Students will tell Mr. P what topic they plan to further investigate for homework.
5) Extra Time: Vocabulary Game Quiz –for students who want to go & get it out of the way.
HW:
1) Go online and print out an interesting article pertaining to unions, strikes, corporations, budget problems or other related topics discussed in class. Perhaps you could print the article twice. There will most likely be blockheads who do not bring an article to class. Use a newspaper or magazine if you do NOT have a computer.
2) Read and mark the article with your comments and questions you may have pertaining to any part of the article.
3) Also, look over Distribution of Wealth Handout (Assign #14). Find interesting statistical observations, write them down and be prepared to share in class tomorrow.
TUESDAY December 7th, 2004
1) SSR fellow student’s article.
2) Distribution of Wealth (Assign #14)
3) Old & New Books on Working in America
OLDIES BUT GOODIES
a) Thorstein Veblen – Theory of the Leisure Class
b) Theodore Dreiser – Tragic America
c) Upton Sinclair – The Jungle
d) Jane Addams – Hull House
e) Mother Jones
f) Harry Bridges
g) Eugene Debs
h) Studs Terkel – American Dreams Lost & Found
i) Studs Terkel – Working
j) Jack London – Essays on
1) What Life Means to Me?
2) Revolution
3) Scab
k) Walter Lippmann - Drift & Mastery
l) John D Rockefellar – Some Experiences in the Oil Business
FOLKS OF TODAY?
A) Juliet Schor – the Overworked American
B) Morris Berman – Twilight of American Culture
C) Eric Schlosser – Fast Food Nation
D) Barbara Ehrenreich – Nickel & Dimed
E) Naomi Klein – No Logo
F) Michael Parenti – Democracy for the Few
4) Industrial Revolution Final Review (Assign # 15)
5) Extra Time Vocabulary Game Quiz
HW:
a) Study for Friday’s Exam
b) Complete Assign # 1- 15
WEDNESDAY December 8, 2004
1) IR Final Review (Assign #15)
a) Cause & Effect of IR
b) Pros & Cons of IR
2) Extra Time: Vocabulary Game Quiz
HW:
a) Organize and staple your IR packet before you come to class on Friday
b) Study for IR Exam
THURSDAY December 9, 2004
1) Vocab Game
2) IR Review for Exam
HW
a) Organize and staple your IR packet before you come to class on Friday
b) Study for IR Exam
FRIDAY December 10, 2004
1) IR Exam
2) Vocabulary Game Quiz
3) Turn in IR packet
