Read the following web page:
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/excluded.htm
Write a reaction to the information you learn. In your response, include specific details from the web page. Please also include a connection pertinent to what we have been discussing in class, whether it be Cisneros, minority groups, or women's rights. Comment on at least one other post.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Grade 12 IB B2: Due before Monday, September 19th
Please read the following article from Science Daily, an online news source.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101116081430.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101116081430.htm
The evidence from the study described in this articles aims to explain how teaching about differences between genders leads children to create stereotypes for boys and girls. Please respond to one of the following:
- Share a memory in which you were taught (by parent, teacher, older sibling, anyone…) what a boy should do/be like or what a girl should do/be like.
- Explain the stereotypes for boys and girls in your own culture.
Grade 11 IB B1: Due before Monday, September 19th
Read the following poem by Elizabeth Croll. Croll describes the evolving identities of women in China. China is a very large country and contains varying attitudes. The following poem in her book describes an attitude that could be considered more traditional within China's culture.
After reading, please post a reaction to the poem. Do you think the different treatments of sons and daughters is fair? Do you think the depiction is realistic? If so, to what extent? What connections can you make to your own culture?
Please comment on at least one other post.
Daughter Order
When a son is born
Let him sleep on the bed
Clothe him with fine clothes
And give him jade to play with
How Lordy his cry is!
May he grow up to wear crimson
And be the lord of the clan and the tribe.
When a daughter is born,
Let her sleep on the ground
Wrap her in common wrappings
And give her broken tiles for play things
May she have no faults, no merits of her own
May she well attend to food and wine
And bring no discredit to her parents.
After reading, please post a reaction to the poem. Do you think the different treatments of sons and daughters is fair? Do you think the depiction is realistic? If so, to what extent? What connections can you make to your own culture?
Please comment on at least one other post.
Daughter Order
When a son is born
Let him sleep on the bed
Clothe him with fine clothes
And give him jade to play with
How Lordy his cry is!
May he grow up to wear crimson
And be the lord of the clan and the tribe.
When a daughter is born,
Let her sleep on the ground
Wrap her in common wrappings
And give her broken tiles for play things
May she have no faults, no merits of her own
May she well attend to food and wine
And bring no discredit to her parents.
Grade 10 (A block): Due before Monday, September 19th
Consider the story "Worry" by Ron Wallace. Pretend that you are either the wife/mother, the husband/father, or the daughter. Write a diary entry from that character's perspective. Be creative!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Grade 10 (F block): Due before Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Consider the story "Worry" by Ron Wallace. Pretend that you are either the wife/mother, the husband/father, or the daughter. Write a diary entry from that character's perspective. Be creative!
Grade 8: Due before Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Do you think The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas provides a realistic view of World War II? Why or why not? Comment on at least one other post.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Grade 10 (F Block): Due before Monday, September 12th
Sound check! Can everyone post?? Answer the following question. Then, respond to at least one of your classmate's answers with a question or a comment.
What is your favorite book and why?
Remember, post your first comment early in the week so that everyone has time to post a response!
What is your favorite book and why?
Remember, post your first comment early in the week so that everyone has time to post a response!
Grade 8 Adv: Due before Monday, September 12th
Sound check! Can everyone post?? Answer the following question. Then, respond to at least one of your classmate's answers with a question or a comment.
What is your favorite book and why?
Remember, post your first comment early in the week so that everyone has time to post a response!
Monday, September 5, 2011
Grade 12 IB B2: Due before Tuesday, September 13th
Sound check! Can everyone post?? Answer the following question. Then, respond to at least one of your classmate's answers with a question or a comment.
What is your favorite book and why?
Remember, post your first comment early in the week so that everyone has time to post a response!
What is your favorite book and why?
Remember, post your first comment early in the week so that everyone has time to post a response!
Grade 11 IB B1: Due before Tuesday, September 13th
Sound check! Can everyone post?? Answer the following question. Then, respond to at least one of your classmates' answers with a question or a comment.
What is your favorite book and why?
Remember, post your first comment early in the week so that everyone has time to post a response!
What is your favorite book and why?
Remember, post your first comment early in the week so that everyone has time to post a response!
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