“A mind once stretched never returns to its original dimensions.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Museum Experience

Museum experience

Show your table mates your sketch! Tell them why you selected your piece of art.

What museum did you visit? Did you go ALONE, in a GROUP, or

with a friend/family member? Was it a positive experience?

Negative? Why?

Now that the experience is over….

Is there a connection between the quote “A mind once stretched never returns to its original dimensions” and your museum experience? How so?

Turn in…

The ticket, the reflection, and the sketch – stapled together, in that order

Homework: Due Tomorrow! ID card (see half sheet)

Read and annotate both articles twiceAnnotations must include at least 3

words total you don’t know – look them up and write down the definitions

Write a response to the following prompt:PROMPT: Why study the humanities?At least one page

Pillars/Agony Test

Test Tuesday, September 8th

Pillars: Matching Fill-in Extended Response

Agony: In-class essay

Study/Finish Reading

Brainstorm as many characters and their relationships, activities, and qualities as possible (use study sheet)

Central Conflict

The conflicts between religious politics and secular politics are at the heart of this book. Think about that, including examples of each.

Don’t know what “secular” means? Look it up!

Socratic Seminar

Take out homework (annotated articles and one-page written response)

While I’m checking homework, read and annotate “Well-Rounded Docs”

Take a few minutes to review the readings

Norms for Socratic Seminar

Student to student discussion One person talks at a time; no side

conversations Return to the text (examples,

anecdotes, characters) to support your position

Everyone participates: listening, asking questions, adding to the discourse

Respect: Give it – Get it

Fishbowl Socratic Seminar1. One group = inner circle (IC), other = outer circle (OC)

2. OC students take notes on the IC using the chart

3. IC “Hot Seat”: OC students can come in and pose a question – they can’t stay to discuss the question, only ask it

4. Instructor reveals the essential question that will be addressed. Students should refer to the text and their pre-Seminar questions throughout the discussion

5. EVERYONE in the IC must speak in order for ANYONE to get participation points

6. After about 15 minutes the inner and outer circles will switch; the new OC takes notes while the new IC discusses

“Death of Socrates” – Jacques Louis David

Essential Questions

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”-Socrates

In what way does this quote relate to why we should study the humanities?

Do you agree with the premise of the articles that a Humanities/Liberal Arts education is as important as STEM?

Humanities departments on college campuses are shrinking while STEM departments are increasing both in size and funding. Should we as a society be concerned about that?

Some final quotes

Steven Jobs: “It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough – that it’s married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing.”

Mark Zuckerberg: “Facebook is as much psychology and sociology as it is technology.”

Jeff Bezos (on why he makes his employees write and read six-page memos): “Full sentences are harder to write. They have verbs. The paragraphs have topic sentences. There is no way to write a six-page, narratively structured memo and not have clear thinking.

“Fear the time when there are simple solutions to complex problems by a mediocre mind.”

-H. L. Mencken

Materials for the class

Binder

Notebook Paper ORComp book

7 Dividers

Friday, September 7th

AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tuesday, September 6th

Bring Art Notebook(3-ring – 2 inches), dividers, paper (lined for notes)to class tomorrow

Test Today Get out a PEN and a BLANK sheet of paper (cover sheet) You will write on the test

Pick up a newspaper when you are done

Homework: Art Notebook Cover Sheet “Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth” Find a piece of art or architecture (painting, sculpture, etc.) that you

believe reveals a TRUTH. Identify the “title, ” artist , date, medium (oil, bronze sculpture, etc) Identify in 3-5 sentences what that truth is a HOW it is revealed in the

art work. Add your name, period to the bottom RIGHT-hand corner

GuernicaPablo Picasso

1937Oil on Canvas

This painting was in response to the bombing of Guernica, Spain, in 1937 by the German and Italian war planes. Not only does it signify the cruelty done to the people of this Basque village, but it also is a symbol of the atrocity’s found in all war. The significance of the black and white images expresses a somber mood that reminds us not only of the loss of life of those fighting in the war, but also the loss of innocent lives such as women and children.

Wednesday, September 7th

Cover Sheet for Art Notebook Sketch sheets – handout Syllabus Dividers 7 Observations on Learning Glossary How to Analyze Art Draw first piece of art

Dividers

Introduction to Art Prehistory Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Middle Ages Renaissance

ART IS A LIE THAT MAKES USREALIZE THE TRUTH- Pablo Picasso

Saturn Devouring His Son

Francisco de Goya 1819-1823 (Black Period) Style: Romanticism 57”x32”

Consider…

Title – what can you learn about the art Style – Romanticism Date Created – historical perspective Artist information Universal Themes

Human nature War/power Anger Beauty Justice/goodness

See – line, shape, color, texture, symmetry, vanishing point (how do these elements help tell the story)

Go to Shocking Pieces of art Power Point

Thursday, September 9th

Art notebook – check Cover Sheet Dividers Handouts

Finish “Saturn Devouring His Son” Shocking Pieces of Art

Is this art?

Friday, September 10th

Pick up white article and blue ½ sheet questions – small table in middle

Shocking Pieces of Art We have lots to draw!!!

Culture-Epoch Homework The answers to the questions will go in

your LOG BOOK not your art notebook.` Due: Monday

Monday, September 13th

Check Culture-Epoch homework Picasso Sign-ups Finish Shocking Pieces of Art Set up project

Culture-Epoch Theory Project Select 4-5 members to be in a group Decide on a civilization: Asia, Africa,

Western European, etc. to focus your teaching Select a significant period that allows the

evolution from a period of balance to a period of chaos to a period of adjustment and BACK to a period of balance.

Create a Poster/Power Point teaching the theory from the viewpoint of your period.

Poster Rubric

All periods are presented Representations (symbols/images) of

each period Focus on role of ▪ “wreckers” ▪ “artists/scientists/writers/composers” as well

as ▪ “intellectuals “▪ and how their role affects the 4 institutions

Project cont’d

Represents the 4 institutions that make up a civilization Justice Education Religion Economic

Project cont’d

Composition – symbolic Find a dominant symbol from that period

–make that be the organizing framework Visually interesting

Color Images Symbols Organization

Timeline

Monday: Select Group and Historical Period Begin researching examples from 4 different

periods (Balance/Chaos/Adjustment/Balance) Homework: ▪ Divide up periods – print images/words, etc.▪ Decide who is going to bring what materials (if

applicable)▪ Poster paper▪ Markers▪ Glue sticks▪ scissors

Timeline cont’d

Tuesday Library– research

Wednesday Library – create Power Point/poster

Thursday Questions? Finish Due FRIDAY

Rubric

Selected groups will present on Friday All members of group must present

(knowledgeable/evidence of preparation/no reading/enthusiastic)

Visually Interesting (color, images, composition)

Symbolism – design All 4 institutions represented All 4 periods represented (balance, chaos,

adjustment, balance) Emphasis on role of WRECKERS, ARTISTS,

INTELLECTUALS