107: How Things Work (1985)

OBJ: Design visuals for a poem.
TASK: Read "How Things Work" by Gary Soto
WORKTIME:
1. make visuals (backgrounds, puppets, objects) for your table's section.
2. have one person narrate, others perform the scene on the table using visuals.


HOW THINGS WORK

(1985)

Today it's going to cost us twenty dollars
To live. Five for a softball. Four for a book,
A handful of ones for coffee and two sweet rolls,
Bus fare, rosin for your mother's violin.
We're completing our task. The tip I left
For the waitress filters down
Like rain, wetting the new roots of a child
Perhaps, a belligerent cat that won't let go
Of a balled sock until there's chicken to eat.
As far as I can tell, daughter, it works like this:
You buy bread from a grocery, a bag of apples
From a fruit stand, and what coins
Are passed on helps others buy pencils, glue,
Tickets to a movie in which laughter
Is thrown into their faces.
If we buy goldfish, someone tries on a hat.
If we buy crayons, someone walks home with a broom.
A tip. a small purchase here and there,
And things just keep going. I guess.



"How Things Work" Visual Poem from MEDIA ARTS on Vimeo.

108: Spanish American War Perspectives



OBJ: SWBAT compose / perform historical fiction from 1898-1901.
TASK: Who's lives were impacted most by the Spanish-American War (1898-1901) Why?
OPENING: Review timeline of Spanish American War
WORKTIME: (pick one)
1. Compose a one page diary from someone involved in the Spanish American War.
Include sensory details (sight, sounds, smells etc.)
Include factual information from the War and the time period.
2. Make a political cartoon with a caption telling us what is happening. Check out these examples.
CLO: Why makes your diary or cartoon interesting or unique?
HW: Finish creating your diary or cartoon.

107: Bieber Fever? or Propaganda?

OBJ: SWBAT identify new marketing strategies.
VOCAB:
Propaganda - set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people.

WORKTIME:
1. Make a list of the products being sold within this commercial. Who is profiting?
2. What promotional merchandise has been used to hype up the film?
3. Where does the commercial stop? Commercial for a commercial for a commercial for a commercial...
4. What is the goal of this ad? What does this ad want you to do?
5. What persuasive techniques are used?
6. Was this ad successful? Will you buy their product?




108: Authors, Artists

OBJ: SWBAT examine parallels between artists.
TASK: How are artists and authors similar?
WORKTIME
1. View scenes from "Citizen Kane"
CLO: Comment on the art and the writing in the film.
HW: Google "Citizen Kane"

106: Hubris in Greek Myths


OBJ: SWBAT identify subtext within myths and legends.
VOCAB: hubris - pride to a dangerous extent, bragging
OPENING - "I am the best"
MINILESSON: Why was hubris bad in ancient greek society?
WORKTIME -
1. View Storyteller "Thesseus and the Minotaur"
2. Find examples of hubris within the myth.
CLOSING - How is hubris seen in our modern world?
HW- THINK ABOUT: What is a quality that society rejects?

108: War of the Worlds 2


OBJ: SWBAT recognize media's impact through historic radio broadcasts.
VOCAB: Orson Welles - entertainer behind the War of the Worlds radio broadcast.

WORKTIME:
1. View "The Battle over Citizen Kane" 47:00-59:00 War of the Worlds DVD 12 min

CLOSING: Is it fair to present a fake news broadcast? Why or why not?
Share with table
Share with class

106: Myth Making 1

OBJ: SWBAT create a myth
TASK: What is a bad human behavior you wish to fix?
WORKTIME:
Write a myth story that reveals the bad behavior following the hero's journey



Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell
1. Hero doesn't fit in society because of an Obstacle
2. Hero goes somewhere and has a supernatural experience
3. Hero returns and defeats an Obstacle
4. Hero finds bliss, fits in with society.

5. Ends with a character being tortured by memories of their mistake
CLOSING: Share aloud 10 min.

108: 1920s Atlantic City in Brooklyn

OBJ: SWBAT identify modern special effects used on television and research authentic images.
TASK: Chroma Key
WORKTIME:
Practice finding research images from 1920s Atlantic City, New Jersey.

108: Archive.org

OBJ: SWBAT locate source material for historical fiction.
TASK:
WORKTIME:
CLOSING: How do you think people reacted in 1938
HW: