Humanities 10 Japanese Project

The Meiji Restoration Project!

hey guys, here is your project to be done over break. I would like you to compose a 2 page (double spaced) journal. Imagine that you are a student living in a villiage outside of Edo during the Meiji Restoration and Saigo's Revolt. Write a personal journal entry describing your days events and what your life is like (specifically with your family and friends). YOU WILL HAVE TO DO OUTSIDE RESEARCH TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. Look into how the Meiji Restoration impacted the lives and minds of the Japanese. A brief internet search should yield interesting results, and make sure to use your packet as well!

This project is designed to assess MYP Criterion B, C, and D! Good luck!

-j

ASSIGNMENTS UP TOMORROW!

ALL BREAK ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE UP BY 12 noon tomorrow. CHECK BACK!!!
cheers,
J

Humanities 10 -- The Meiji Restoration Reading!!!

Hey guys, tonight your homework will be to read pages 2 and 3 of our Meiji Restoration handout. Make sure to underline, highlight, or take notes to be ready to answer questions on it tomorrow in class!!!

Sayonara,

j

Tonights Reading: History of the Americas

Hey guys, here is a great article on the Boston Massacre! Read up!

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html

History of the Americas

Hey guys, some quick readings! For tonight, please read lessons 1 and 2 linked from the following page!

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm

They are quick and easy! See you tomorrow.

-j

TOK faith reading #4!

You guys have done a great job dealing with the very difficult course readings on this subject, so I have decided to challenge you in a different way. The reading below will be SIGNIFICANTLY easier than those of St. Issac, Siddharta, and Ibn Rushd. They will, however, provide a VERY different perspective, and one that you do not have ready access to. I invite you to approach this with an open, yet critical mind. I look forward to our discussion of it on Saturday!

Have a great weekend. Have fun with this reading...

check it out at: http://www.aish.com/shmooze/faith_and_knowledge.asp

TOK Reading, March 4!

Hey guys! I'd really like you to read chapter 4 of Religion and Philosophy, "Divine Justice and Injustice" by Ibn Rushd... for class tomorrow! Be ready to discuss his views on faith and knowledge!

the reading:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1190averroes.html

History of the Americas reading tongiht! (Feb 27)

Hey guys. I would like yout o have finished the next chapter of our Canada handout by saturday, so make sure you begin now! i will be lecturing on this material tomorrow, so the more you've read, the better questions you will have!

TOK Faith Reading No. 2

Today (2/18) we will complete our discussion of St. Isaac the Syrian's perspectives on the relationship between faith and knowledge. Therefore, we must now move east, and examine a wholly (or holy) different perspective. I invite you all to read the following quote from Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), and then to read the first section (entitled "The Nine Ways not to accept something as true") of the webpage linked below it. We will be reading subsequent sections of the page later this week, so it may be a good idea to bookmark it! Cheers.

Do not believe in something because it is reported. Do not believe in something because it has been practiced by generations or becomes a tradition or part of a culture. Do not believe in something because a scripture says it is so. Do not believe in something believing a god has inspired it. Do not believe in something a teacher tells you to. Do not believe in something because the authorities say it is so. Do not believe in hearsay, rumor, speculative opinion, public opinion, or mere acceptance to logic and inference alone. Help yourself, accept as completely true only that which you test for yourself and know to be good for yourself and others.

-- The Buddha, The Kalama Sutta, Anguttara Nikaya, Sutta Pitaka

The Sight:

http://www.vipassanafoundation.com/favoritequote.html

TOK -- you gotta have faith!

Hey guys, as we dive headlong into our Ways of Knowing, our next topic will be a highly controversial one. A discussion of Faith and Knowledge can lead to some very impassioned responses. It shall then be my job to be both your teacher and moderator as we move into our next topic, and as such, I will attempt to provide you with a plethora of readings from our diverse world. Our first of these comes from an essay entitled The Theory Of Knowledge of St. Isaac the Syrian by St. Justin Popovich, and while it is an Orthodox Christian study of Faith and Knowledge, this essay provides us with a unique perspective in which to veiw the relationship between both. I do hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I have, as it is an extremely unique work. I would like you to have printed this out and read it closely for our next class. The essay can be found at the following link:

http://strannik.com/watchful_gate/node/22

History of the Americas, QUIZ REVIEW!

History of the Americas: Review Sheet on Jamestown and Plymouth!
Below are the topics which I expect you to discuss intelligently on your upcoming quiz (this Tuesday!)

1. Why and how was the Jamestown colony settled? What were the goals of its founders? How did these goals endanger the lives of Jamestown’s first colonists, and even, the existence of the colony itself?

2. After 1624, a massive change can be observed in the Virginia Colony. What was this change, and how did it manifest itself socially, politically and economically?

3. The switch from a labor reliance on Indentured Servants to African slaves signaled a massive social change in Virginia. Why did this switch occur, and what was its result?

4. Why was the Pilgrim experience in Plymouth Colony (1620) so radically different from that of those in Jamestown (1607)? What major differences created such dichotomous (use a dictionary) experiences?

5. As a mass exodus of Puritans from England resulted in a booming growth in Boston, and a land hunger drove farmers to Virginia, two very different societies developed in the British North American Colonies (hereafter referred to as BNAC). Please describe these societies, and the geo-economic features which helped define them!

History of the Americas Reading!

Hey guys, read up!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Colony

History of the Americas Jamestown Reading Assignement

Hey guys, make sure you complete the reading handed out today in class, and type up COMPLETE answers to questions 1-4.
Pay close attention to the dates and names of our primary sources!

WELCOME TO SECOND SEMESTER!!

Hey guys, welcome. All the posts following this one are for second semester. Make sure to check back here daily for syllabi and homework assignments!

History of the Americas Review Sheet

Hey Guys, here is your review sheet!

History of the Americas Possible IDs/Topics for essays:

Ferdinand and Isabella
The Reconquista
Christopher Colombus
Hispanola
Santo Domingo
Tiano
Tribute
Hacienda
Colonial Model
Ingenio
Trapiche
Crisis of Expectations
Smallpox
Monopoly
Piracy
Encroachment
Contraband Trade
Imperialism
Hegemony
Diego Velazquez
Hernan Cortes
Geronimo de Aguilar
Dona Marina (la malinche)
Veracruz
Tlaxcalan
Totonac
Cholulan
Aztec
Quetzecoatl
Monteuczuma
Nuahtl
Encomienda
Gente Decente
Gente de Pueblo
Mestizaje
The New Laws of 1542
Repartimiento
Potosi
Evangelization
The Pope
The Mission

IB 2 20th Century REMINDER

Hey guys, make sure you get me the first parts of your Internal Assessments so I can see your progress! Email me at Jschnei2@gmail.com

Humanities 10 The Science of the State

Welcome to your Enlightenment Project!
Today in class you began your great experiment, but the work is not over. Here is a review of our project!
In groups of four, you are to use the scientific method to examine a failed state and how to create a satisfactory, utilitarian government. You will do this by observing our hypothetical problem, and forming an experiment designed to find a solution to it!

Our Problem: The people of Madeupistan are rebelling against their current government. You have been called in to observe and formulate a solution. As such, you will follow the following scientific steps.
1. Formulate a Hypothesis
2. Test the Hypothesis
3. Analyze the Data and form a conclusion
4. Conclude and implement change

Remember, when you create an analytical framework for your data, be careful how you gather your facts. Stalin, after all, had a 98% approval rating (because of FEAR)

I look forward to you group presentations tomorrow!! Make sure your group presents your lab report OBJECTIVELY and well.

Theory of Knowledge Aesthitics Reading

Hey TOKers... some extra reading on the theory of Aesthetics! Please choose one of the great theorists on the following page, research their views on aesthetical knowledge and their own personal philosophies. I will hear you speak of them in our next class!!! Have a great weekend...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aesthetics_(pre-20th-century)

Humanities 10 Reading for the Weekend

Hey guys, make sure you read the following section on the Glorious Revolution! See you on Saturday!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution

Humanities 10 Black Death Reading

Nothing says fun weekend reading like the Black Death! Please read the following webpage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death. Pay very close attention to the POLITICAL and RELIGIOUS impacts that the bubonic plague had on European society!! Print out the page and bring it to class with you...

see you saturday!