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Periods 1/5 Song Mix
Periods 3/7 Song Mix

Friday, May 12th

Source Evaluation 2 Due
Start Final Product WS - Due Tuesday, May 16th
Start Coherent Conversation - Due Tuesday, May 16th
    Coherent Conversation format examples

Thursday, May 11th
WHAP Exam

Wednesday, May 10th
Work on Source Evaluation 2

Tuesday, May 9th
Work on Source Evaluation 2

Monday, May 8th
Source Evaluation 1 Due
Work on Source Evaluation 2 - Due Friday
      Must use databases and not Google Scholar
      Be sure to give credit to the databases
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Friday, May 5th
​Work on Source Evaluation 1

Thursday, May 4th
Work on Source Evaluation 1

Wednesday, May 3rd (testing schedule)
Central Question due
Work on Source Evaluation 1 - Due Monday

Tuesday, May 2nd
Work on Central Question
Start Source Evaluation 1 - Due Monday
**See Great Ideas site for added resources

Monday, May 1st
Work on Central Question - 20% of major grade
Final Project Info Sheet - Includes Source Eval info
Project Options & Requirements

Friday, April 26th
Start Central Question for final project - due Wednesday, May 3rd

Thursday, April 25th
Finish etiquette conversation
Start brainstorming for final project

Wednesday, April 24th
Music & Culture Due in turnitin.com by the start of your section
"Choosing Civility in a Rude Culture"
"Everybody's Talking About Etiquette, But What We're Really Interested in is Class"

Tuesday, April 23rd
Work Day

Monday, April 22nd
Music & Identity
Music & Culture Assignment - Due Wednesday

Friday, April 21st
Intro into aesthetics and music

Thursday, April 20th
Discuss Vertigo - Guide due
Examine advertising & gender

Wednesday, April 19th
Finish Vertigo

Tuesday, April 18th
Watch Vertigo
Vertigo Study Questions 
Review of the film click HERE 
Vertigo Activities (daily grade)


Monday, April 17th
Finish Debord
Background Info on Hitch & vocab 
The Psychology of Hitchcock 

Hitchcock and his leading ladies 
"Ambiguity in Vertigo" Reading

Thursday, April 13th
Survival of the Prettiest ​ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR

Wednesday, April 12th
Finish Marx 

Tuesday, April 11th
Aesthetics Terms Quiz
8-Bit Marx
Marx & Debord
Debord Guardian Podcast

Monday, April 10th
You the Thinker Self-Assessment
Finish Aesthetics Theorist Discussion
Tolstoy
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Friday, April 7th
Watch Exit Through the Gift Shop + Questions
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Thursday, April 6th
Finish Aesthetic Theorists
Notebook Reflection + Notebook due
Intro to Street Art
    Exit Through the Gift Shop Review
    Origins of Street Art Intro
    From "Street Art: Transfiguration of the Commonplaces"
    What is Art? - Warhol
    Duchamp's Fountain
    
Wednesday, April 5th
Work on and present Aesthetic Theorists

You the Thinker Assignment & Rubric

Tuesday, April 4th
Leo Tolstoy READING & QUESTIONS 
​Aesthetics Theorists Assignment - Participation 1

Monday, April 3rd
Against Interpretation + Questions
Intro to Aesthetics

Friday, March 31st
You the Thinker time
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Thursday, March 30th
EII EOC
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Wednesday, March 29th 
You the Thinker - Due Thursday, April 6th
Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Tuesday, March 28th
Syllabus Due
Excellent Sheep 

Monday, March 27th
Syllabus Work Time
Child-Driven Education

Friday, March 24th
Syllabus Project - Due Tuesday
*Uploaded to Turnitin.com by 8am on Tuesday* + Bring a printed copy for assignment to be considered on time
​Famous Syllabi

Thursday, March 23rd
Empire of Illusion + Discussion Questions
Empire of Illusion Whole Text

Wednesday, March 22nd
Around the World Due
John Dewey

Tuesday, March 21st
Around the World Project

Monday, March 20th
Catch-up

ALERT!!!
Room moves due to STAAR:
Tuesday, March 28th - 5th Period -> Go to Room 204 (Escandell)


Friday, March 10th
Rawls Project Due + Presentations

Thursday, March 9th
Work Time

Wednesday, March 8th
Rawls Project - Due Friday
​Rawls Article

Tuesday, March 7th
Shop Class as Soulcraft + Questions
Notebook Assignment - write every day for one month - Due April 7th

Monday, March 6th
Robinson RSA
Participation Reflection
Don't Give Up On the Lecture + annotations + pro/con list

Friday, March 3rd
Liberal Education

Thursday, March 2nd
Locke & Rousseau 

Wednesday, March 1st
DA Work Time
Forms of Justice

Tuesday, February 28th
Just World Theory
Social Darwinism

Monday, February 27th
Civil Disobedience Research Project Due

Friday, February 24th
Civil Disobedience Work

Thursday, February 23rd
Civil Disobedience Research Project - Due 

Wednesday, February 22nd
Plato's Republic Part 1 - Come up with discussion questions & define justice

Tuesday, February 21st
Justice Unit Quiz
Debate

Friday, February 17th
Bloom/Lieberman Human Nature Debate Work Time
Justice Vocab Terms
New DA Due Dates - see Google Doc from first DA with updates

Thursday, February 16th
Bloom & the Lucifer Principle
Questions (done in groups - due Friday)

Wednesday, February 15th
Lieberman & Social Connection
Discussion Questions

Tuesday, February 14th
Continue Political Philosophy Intro

Monday, February 13th
The Myth of the Ethical Shopper
The 2 Euro T-Shirt
DA Discussion
Definition of "Begging the question"
Political Philosophy Intro
Community/Justice Quiz Tuesday 2/21

Friday, February 10th
Food Ethics Debate Due

Thursday, February 9th
Work Time

Wednesday, February 8th
Food Ethics Group Project - Due at the beginning of class on Friday
Groups of 2-4, no more no less
See www.lasagreatideas.weebly.com for extra resources (under "Ethics & Morality")

Tuesday, February 7th
Finish Guess
Loving v. Virginia 
Loving Movie Trailer

Monday, February 6th
Watch Guess Who's Coming to Dinner  + Guide

Friday, February 3rd
Complete Character Map in groups

Thursday, February 2nd
Watch Three Days of the Condor + Character Map Notes

Wednesday, February 1st
Watch Three Days of the Condor + Character Map Notes

Tuesday, January 31st
Meta-ethics
Virtue Ethics
Ethics Terms Quiz

Monday, January 30th
Effective Altruism

Friday, January 27th
Lifeboat Scenarios
Utilitarianism - Crash Course Video
Kantian Ethics v. Utilitarianism
Reminder: Tuesday = Ethics Quiz
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Thursday, January 26th
DA Time

Wednesday January 25th
DA Questions
Trolley Problem
Kantian Ethics - Crash Course Video
​DA Work Time

Tuesday, January 24th
Ethics Intro

Monday, January 23rd
Cheating In Schools - Annotate
Ethics Terms (Quiz over terms and intro on Monday, January 30th)

Friday, January 20th
Purpose of Humanities
Participation Reflection
DA Brainstorming

Thursday, January 19th
DA Brainstorming

Wednesday, January 18th
Young Minds in a Critical Condition + Questions
DA Rubric

Tuesday, January 17th
Greek Philosophers Quiz
7 Days of Notebook + Reflection due
Does Math Objectively Exist?

Friday, January 13th
DA Due Dates
Turnitin.com Codes
1/5 14418387
3/7 14418391
Password: adelman
​Plato's Apology  + Questions

Thursday, January 12th
Answering Questions Thoughtfully 

Wednesday, January 11th
Intro to Plato & Socrates - Quiz Tuesday, 1/17
Allegory of the Cave (link in above PPT)

Tuesday, January 10th
Two Guys on Your Head
Philosophy Problems

Monday, January 9th
Notebook due

Friday, January 6th
Assignment: Write in your notebook every day for 7 days - due next Tuesday, 1/17
Watch "This is Water"
Read: Generous Listening & respond in notebook
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Thursday, January 5th
Annotate "This is Water" & discuss in small groups - due at the end of class
"This is Water" (Audio) & Questions - due at the end of class

Wednesday, January 4th
Syllabus
Notebook - Due Monday
Dialectical Analysis
Individual Contributions
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