Clark Humanities On-Line
Clark Magnet High School 4747 New York Ave. La Crescenta, CA 91214 818.248.8324
Wed., 3/3 -- recommending readers share books in class; have read ch. 8 (written work also due)
Thurs., 3/4 -- have read ch. 9
Fri., 3/5 -- have read ch. 10; deadline to bring photos for book being sent to school in Uganda
Mon., 3/8 -- on-line World War I propaganda activity; have read chs. 11-12 (written work due); honors meeting at lunch to discuss Slaughterhouse-Five (chs. 1 and 2); vocab. #11 cards due
Tues., 3/9 -- current event due (block 1), commonplace book due (block 2: topic -- change); all AQWF written work; completed oral history topic sheet
Wed., 3/10 -- in-class essay on All Quiet on the Western Front
Thurs., 3/11 -- step 2 of oral history assignment due
Fri., 3/12 -- have read chs. 3 and 4 in Slaughterhouse (honors only); vocab. #11 test
Mon., 3/15 -- history test (colonialism, World War I, review topics)
Tues., 3/16 -- no cp book or current event due; CA High School Exit Exam
Wed., 3/17 -- no work due; CA High School Exit Exam
Assignments/homework for March 2010
Welcome to the Humanities Class, a course which combines world history and sophomore English. This week we begin our look at the causes of World War I, and we are reading All Quiet on the Western Front. Honors students will read Slaughterhouse Five as a companion reading and write a comparative essay. All students are also beginning an oral history project (the topic of the interview is the greatest change they have witnessed during their lifetime).
On-going assignments include:
1. Current Events (due alternating Tuesdays -- in addition to the print edition of newspapers, you may also use the New York Times e-edition [http://classroom.nytimes.com; use 200277762 as user name and password])
2. commonplace book (due every Tuesday when we don't have a current event)
3. Recommending Reader (due various times) -- be sure to submit your typed work to turnitin.com
4. All Quiet on the Western Front reading assignment and schedule
5. Oral history project (topic: greatest change experienced in one’s lifetime)
6. Honors assignment: essay on Slaughterhouse-Five and All Quiet
We are corresponding with a Peace Corps Volunteer this year. Her name is Nicole Nakama. She is living in Mahalapye, Botswana, working with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Her current work is in the Airstrip Clinic with the Prevention of Mother to Child Transition (PMTCT) program.
Visiting the Getty in January 2010.
Reading children’s books, June 2009
Recent headlines from the Clark Chronicle
