Hey guys -- this is something I just remembered reading that I think could somehow be useful to us. It's an article about the "Nacirema" people, and I think it lends itself well to discussing the themes of truth, perspective, and bias. It also stresses the importance of language and tone when describing something. Take a look and see what you think. The main reading is on the second page.
http://mrwinandsclass.wikispaces.com/file/view/Nacirema+Lesson.pdf
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
So, as I try to figure out the first term (I have to get this done now, because it looks like I'll be busy moving as school opens) this is the latest math.
It looks like we have about 32 classes in the term. If we use the first week for some follow-up to Black Ice and course introduction, then we have 28.
Columbine is 370 pages, 54 chapters counting the Afterword. So, each chapter averages 6 pages. If we ask the kids to read 3 chapters per night (18 pages) we can go through the book in about 20 classes.
That might be too little reading for a double course, so we could assign 4 chapters (24 pages) and be done around mid-term. That's probably more reasonable.
I plan to make Columbine the on-going homework starting in Week 2. My classes will use the nightly reading as the starting point for class writing.
It looks like we have about 32 classes in the term. If we use the first week for some follow-up to Black Ice and course introduction, then we have 28.
Columbine is 370 pages, 54 chapters counting the Afterword. So, each chapter averages 6 pages. If we ask the kids to read 3 chapters per night (18 pages) we can go through the book in about 20 classes.
That might be too little reading for a double course, so we could assign 4 chapters (24 pages) and be done around mid-term. That's probably more reasonable.
I plan to make Columbine the on-going homework starting in Week 2. My classes will use the nightly reading as the starting point for class writing.
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