DATE | CLASS CALENDAR / INFORMATION |
Monday
February 4 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS - WHERE ARE WE WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON?!? |
Tuesday February 5 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday February 6 | TOPIC: Response / Reaction to the STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
CLASS PRESENTATION: 1. Key Moments from President Trump's 2019 State of the Union 2. Democratic Response to Trump's State of the Union - Stacey Abrams
Perspective: 1. Donald Trump Is a Vengeful Man (Charles Pierce) 2. After heaping insults upon Democrats, Trump calls for unity in State of the Union (Daniel Dale) 3. TORONTO STAR Project - Donald Trump Fact Check
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Thursday February 7 | **TOPIC: President Trump says if he were not President, the U.S. would be in a MAJOR WAR with NORTH KOREA ... so, let's learn a little about the DPRK
CLASS PRESENTATION: Michael Palin in North Korea |
Friday February 8 | TOPIC: ... so, let's learn a little about the DPRK
CLASS PRESENTATION: Michael Palin in North Korea
ASSIGNMENT
/ ASSESSMENT: Perspective of their neighbors - CHINA? JAPAN? SOUTH KOREA? [for discussion on MONDAY] |
Monday
February 11 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS + Results of our DPRK research
CHINESE Perspective on North Korea Articles: What's China's relationship with North Korea really like? Understanding the China-North Korea Relationship What Does China Really Think of North Korea YouTube: What Chinese Think of North Korea
JAPANESE Perspective on North Korea Articles: Japan-South Korea ties 'worst in 5 decades' as U.S. leaves alliance untended Bad blood between North Korea and Japan keeps Abe on the outs Kim Jong-Il and the Normalization of Japan-North Korea Relations YouTube: The painful history of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea
SOUTH KOREAN Perspective on North Korea Articles: What do South Koreans think about North Koreans? YouTube: What Do South Koreans Think Of North Korean Defectors What Do Young South Koreans Think Of North Korea |
Tuesday February 12 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday February 13 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS + Introduction to Thursday's Topic
Background to documentary, The Devil We Know: 1. Poisoning America: The Devil We Know 2. The Devil We Know: The Toxic Doc You've Got To See 3. THE DEVIL WE KNOW (website for the film)
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Thursday February 14 | **TOPIC: The Chemistry of a Cover-Up
CLASS PRESENTATION: The Devil We Know
[This documentary will be shown at the Sedona Film Festival in 2 weeks]
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Friday February 15 | TOPIC: The Chemistry of a Cover-Up
CLASS ACTIVITY: Follow-up discussion of The Devil We Know
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Monday February 18 | Presidents’ Day – NO CLASSES |
Tuesday February 19 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday February 20 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS - THE ARTS
CLASS PRESENTATION - Historical Background, The Academy Awards: 1. The Academy Awards through the years 2. 13 remarkable moments in the history of the Oscars 3. Filmsite: Academy Awards 4. Top 100 Greatest Movies of All Time (from IMDb) 5. The 100 best movies of all time as chosen by actors |
Thursday February 21 | **TOPIC: Celebration of the Cinema - a potpourri
1. Just WOW - A Coast Guard Officer Was Just Found Plotting to Murder Democrats and Media Personalities 'On a Scale Rarely Seen' (Gee, I wonder where he got these ideas???) 2. STEPHANIE Story Time
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Friday February 22 | LOTS OF SNOW, NOT ENOUGH ELECTRICITY |
Monday
February 25 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
Do Not Disturb: How I Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My Brain
ASSIGNMENT
/ ASSESSMENT: Independent Research on VIRTUAL RELATIONSHIPS |
Tuesday February 26 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday February 27 | TOPIC: Media, Technology, Relationships
CLASS ACTIVITY: Share our research on VIRTUAL RELATIONSHIPS
1. Psychology Today - Virtual vs Real-World Relationships 2. Psychology Today - Is Virtual Love Sexier Than Real Love? 3. The Atlantic - Online Relationships Are Real 4. YouTube - Is social media destroying real-world relationships? 5. Youth Incorporated - Relationships Over The Net 6. Pink Pinjra - The Thin Line Between Virtual and Real Relationships
ASSIGNMENT
/ ASSESSMENT: Film Review - In the bleak, fascinating People's Republic of Desire, the techno-dystopian future is now |
Thursday February 28 | **TOPIC: Media, Technology, Relationships
CLASS PRESENTATION: People's Republic of Desire (class meets in my cottage)
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Friday March 1 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
1. Vietnam Summit? India-Pakistan? U.S. Politics? 2. The Most Out-of-the-Box 2020 Presidential Candidate?
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Monday
March 4 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
ASSIGNMENT
/ ASSESSMENT: What's Left Behind After 'Leaving Neverland' 1. READ 2. CONFER WITH YOUR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUE 3. Decision in class on Wednesday
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Tuesday
March 5 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday March 6 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Catching up with John Oliver, Last Week Tonight 1. Brexit III 2. Automation
ASSIGNMENT
/ ASSESSMENT: How The Media Overlooked Michael Jackson's Alleged Sexual Abuse
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Thursday March 7 | **TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
CLASS ACTIVITY: EPIPHANY? PHILOSOPHY - VALUES - ACTION (or not) - THE FUTURE
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Friday
March 8 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Leaving Neverland, Part 1 (class meets in my cottage)
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Monday
March 11 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Leaving Neverland, Part 1 (class meets in my cottage) |
Tuesday
March 12 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday March 13 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Leaving Neverland (class meets in my cottage)
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Thursday March 14 | **TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Leaving Neverland (class meets in my cottage)
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Friday
March 15 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Oprah Winfrey - After Neverland (class meets in my cottage) |
Monday
March 18 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
ASSIGNMENT
/ ASSESSMENT: Introduction/Background for next topic: America's GUN CULTURE 1. The Causes of Gun Violence Identified (YouTube) 2. America's gun culture in 10 charts
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Tuesday
March 19 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday March 20 | TOPIC: America's GUN CULTURE
CLASS PRESENTATION: Bowling for Columbine
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Thursday March 21 | **TOPIC: America's GUN CULTURE
CLASS PRESENTATION: Finish Bowling for Columbine |
Friday
March 22 | TOPIC: America's GUN CULTURE
CLASS PRESENTATION: Teachers: Training to Kill |
Monday
March 25 | NO CLASSES - Trip to MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM & HEARD MUSEUM |
Tuesday
March 26 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday
March 27 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS - How can SO MANY people draw SO MANY different conclusions about the Mueller Report?
The Mueller Report Summary's Biggest Unanswered Questions (Huffpost) Reaction to the Mueller Report News Has Been a Goddamn Embarrassment (Drew Magary) There Is an Entire New Reality Under Construction in Trump's Ideological Precincts (Charlie Pierce)
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Thursday
March 28 | **TOPIC: POTPOURRI (some topics that have come up in discussions)
CLASS PRESENTATION: 1. CHINA "A" - China's Pop Idols 2. CHINA "B" - China's Hidden Camps 3. Who Wants to Be a Bitcoin Millionaire? |
Friday
March 29 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS - INSPIRING? / INFURIATING? |
Monday
April 1 | TOPIC: FUTURE ISSUE? - Universal Basic Income
CLASS PRESENTATION: 1. Universal Basic Income - Top 3 Pros and Cons 2. Universal Basic Income - Its Pros and Cons With Examples 3. BBC Our World, The Finnish Experiment |
Tuesday
April 2 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday April 3 | TOPIC: ETHICAL RELATIVISM - What should be the standards for leaders?
CLASS PRESENTATION: Ethical/Cultural
Relativism
NOTES: Pros
and Cons of Ethical Relativism
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Thursday April 4 | **TOPIC: ETHICAL RELATIVISM - What should be the standards for leaders?
CLASS PRESENTATION: Crimes and Misdemeanors |
Friday
April 5 | TOPIC: ETHICAL RELATIVISM - What should be the standards for leaders?
CLASS PRESENTATION: Finish Crimes and Misdemeanors
SPRING VACATION ASSIGNMENT: QUESTIONS
for Crimes
and Misdemeanors - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, 4/17
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Tuesday
April 16 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday April 17 | THIS WEEK"S TOPIC: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF AUTHORITARIANISM
But FIRST - Watch this inspiring video on science/technology news: Breakthrough - The First Picture of a Black Hole (in the "video" file on my usb drive)
Articles on the growing trend toward AUTHORITARIANISM in the U.S. and globally: 1. Why the Assange Arrest Should Scare Reporters 2. Trump Is Tired of Hearing "You Can't Do That." We Should All Be Afraid. 3. What I've Learned From Collecting Stories of People Whose Loved Ones Were Transformed by Fox News 4. There's Money in Fascism 5. The American Republic Is Crumbling, Piece by Piece. Soon There Won't Be Anything Left. |
Thursday April 18 | **TOPIC: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF AUTHORITARIANISM (from recent history)
CLASS PRESENTATION: The Trial of Ratko Mladic
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Friday April 19 | TOPIC: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF AUTHORITARIANISM (from earlier modern history)
CLASS PRESENTATION: The Dictator's Playbook - Francisco Franco - on usb drive
- We will compare the history (taking advantage of Pep's expertise) to current events on Monday.
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Monday
April 22 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS |
Tuesday
April 23 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday April 24 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
INTERESTED??? - Check out the GIRL RISING website |
Thursday April 25 | **TOPIC: Education and Empowerment of Girls
CLASS PRESENTATION: Girl Rising
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Friday April 26 | TOPIC: Education and Empowerment of Girls
CLASS PRESENTATION: Girl Rising + Student Updates (about 2 minutes on each girl)
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Monday
April 29 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS [ANOTHER White Terrorist Attack on a Place of Worship] |
Tuesday
April 30 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday
May 1 | TOPIC: Using the PAST to understand the Present
CLASS PRESENTATION: The Dictator's Playbook - Benito Mussolini |
Thursday
May 2 | **TOPIC: Using the PAST to understand the Present
CLASS PRESENTATION: The Dictator's Playbook - Kim Il Sung
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Friday
May 3 | TOPIC: Using the PAST to understand the Present
CLASS PRESENTATION: The Dictator's Playbook - Idi Amin |
Monday
May 6 | TOPIC: Using the PAST to understand the Present
CLASS PRESENTATION: The Dictator's Playbook - Saddam Hussein |
Tuesday
May 7 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday
May 8 | TOPIC: Using the PAST to understand the Present
CLASS PRESENTATION: 1. Finish The Dictator's Playbook 2. Current Events Analysis
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT - Background for Film:
1. HISTORY
vs. HOLLYWOOD - Spotlight
Movie vs. The True Story
2. Spotlight:
10 Intriguing Facts |
Thursday
May 9 | **TOPIC: Investigative Journalism - The Media at its Best?
CLASS PRESENTATION: Spotlight
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: FILM
STUDY WORKSHEET for Spotlight - DUE
AT START OF CLASS ON MONDAY
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Friday
May 10 | TOPIC: Investigative Journalism - The Media at its Best?
CLASS PRESENTATION: Finish Spotlight
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: FILM
STUDY WORKSHEET for Spotlight - DUE
AT START OF CLASS ON MONDAY |
Monday
May 13 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS / End-of-Year Planning
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Radiolab Podcast - Bit Flip
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Tuesday
May 14 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday
May 15 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS / End-of-Year Planning - What is YOUR PREFERRED TOPIC?
FINAL (EXAM) PROJECT - Investigative Journalism |
Thursday
May 16 | **TOPIC: Controversial FOOD/DIET/HEALTH documentary - recommended by Olan
CLASS PRESENTATION: What the Health
SOURCES: 1. PRO - Documentary website: WHAT THE HEALTH FACTS 2. CON - Science-Based Medicine: What the Health: A Movie with an Agenda |
Friday
May 17 | TOPIC: Controversial FOOD/DIET/HEALTH documentary - recommended by Olan
CLASS PRESENTATION: Finish What the Health
FINAL (EXAM) PROJECT - Investigative Journalism
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Monday
May 20 | TOPIC: Current Events ANALYSIS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Iraq - A State of Mind
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Tuesday
May 21 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday
May 22 | TOPIC: Technology / Change / Space Exploration - Colonization
CLASS PRESENTATION: Mangalyaan - India's Mission to Mars
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Thursday
May 23 | **TOPIC: Understanding how we got where we are
CLASS PRESENTATION: 1989 - THE YEAR THAT MADE THE MODERN WORLD Episode 1: From Communism to Terrorism Episode 2: If It Bleeds, It Leads Episode 3: Show Me The Money Episode 4: Bring The Noise
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Friday
May 24 | TOPIC: Understanding how we got where we are
CLASS PRESENTATION: 1989 - THE YEAR THAT MADE THE MODERN WORLD Episode 5: The Dawn of Digital Episode 6: World In Revolution
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Monday
May 27 | MEMORIAL DAY – NO CLASSES |
Tuesday
May 28 | NO CLASS |
Wednesday
May 29 | TOPIC: Current Events FINAL EXAM PROJECT
CLASS ACTIVITY: Work on your SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORT |
Thursday
May 30 | **TOPIC: Current Events FINAL EXAM PROJECT
CLASS ACTIVITY: Work on your SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
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Friday
May 31 | SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS 8:30 - Period 1 Exams 1:00 - Period 2 Exams - ECONOMICS |
Monday
June 3 | SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
8:30 - Period 3 Exams 1:00 - Period 4 Exams - CURRENT EVENTS |
Tuesday
June 4 | SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS
8:30 - Period 5 Exams - U.S. HISTORY 1:00 - Period 6 Exams - WORLD CULTURES |
Thursday
June 6 | GRADUATION DAY |