Gov-Time Transcendentalism & Assignments

This assignment can be done in AP Gov tomorrow...Watch video...respond as Journal #47..what did you learn from the video? Did anything surprise you? How do you relate this environmentalist's teachings with Emerson's view. Also, feel free to poke around their website. storyofstuff.org. Lots of cool stuff that doesn't need to be thrown away.

Journal #48 prep should be done throughout the day on Thursday, May 30. Every half hour from the moment you wake up, jot down a sentence or two about what you did. Don't stop until you fall asleep for the night.

Read and annotate the first eight pages of Walden for tomorrow.

Lil Wayne & Emmett Till

http://gawker.com/5984608/record-company-says-its-censoring-lil-waynes-emmett-till-reference

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/03/showbiz/lil-wayne-emmett-till

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1707377/lil-wayne-emmett-till-future.jhtml

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/lil-wayne-emmett-till-lyric-rapper-issues-apology_n_3194357.html?utm_hp_ref=bv-pop-culture

"While it’s commendable that he has vowed to respect the legacy of Emmett Till and his memory to ‘not use or reference Emmett Till or the Till family in his music,' this statement falls short of an apology, as none is mentioned."

Memorial Day Weekend Assignment List

1. Journal #44: Relate the "Bare Necessities" of Baloo in The Jungle Book with the teachings of Transcendentalism, both in a general way and as evinced by Emerson in Nature.

2. You were given a worksheet entitled "Top 6 Signs that you might be a transcendentalist." Of the six, chose the one tenet you most relate to. Explain how and why you relate to it as Journal #45. For the remaining five, write three to five sentences describing what you think the tenet means and how you DO or DO NOT relate to its meaning. You may do this right on the worksheet if you'd like.

3. Emersonian aphorisms exist on page 222 of the text. Choose one or a few and expound upon its/their meaning as Journal #46. Explain the significanse or relate the importance to your own life. Or, simply explain how they evince transcendentalism as a whole.

Here's a pair of very transcendentalist Pearl Jam songs for you:

Transcendentalism Lecture Series: Dr. Baloo "Papa Bear", PhD, EDD

Journal #43

Run some research on Abercrombie and Fitch's controversy over sizes.

Find at least one credible source, but use as many as you wish.

Marry the themes of the pieces you find to your annotation on the NY Times piece about body image.

Journal must contain at least one APA formatted citation.

Will be checked tomorrow.

Reading for Monday's class

Read the introduction to Romanticism/Transcendentalism found in the text (p. 206 - 214). Annotate in

your notes.

In class on Monday, you will read and annotate the excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature" in the text. Please also read the biographical information.  

On Tuesday, I will be checking Journal #42, the annotations for both of these reading assignments and the NY Times article.

Also, plan for a vocab quiz Tuesday.  

THURSDAY's ASSIGNMENTS

The following assignments are to be completed both for homework and in class during my absence.

1. Journal #42: George Mason University asks its students of early American literature the following question. It is your job for this :

Fun Viral Videos or

The rise of viral videos and the social criticism they incur.

 Modern "Minstral Shows?"





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnzdFKz_X4Q

Please Read and Annotate for Thursday

Opinion piece from the NY Times. Annotations will be checked.

Influential American Rubric

Influential American Paper Rubric

Here’s how the research paper points add up:

Most Influential American Research Assignment

Most Influential Americans Essay Assignment

Due Date: Thursday, May 9th

The requirements: 

• 5-7 Pages  
• APA Format (Title Page, Abstract, Body, References)
• Minimum 5 sources (2 Scholarly)
•  Utilize the research databases provided on the school website.

Link to the OWL: Purdue Online Writing Lap Tutorial on APA formatting and style  

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/17/