Collection 1: Ourselves and Others
Our Collections textbook and Close Reader will be our primary texts for studying Collection 1: Ourselves and Others
Our textbook is available online through your Class Link, too!
"What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?" is a short story by Etgar Keret that is set in Israel. Below are extra resources that provide context to the setting, characters and narrative of work. Information regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are listed here, too. Some of these will be shown in class and other resources are for your information.
History Crash Course on the Israel/Palestine Conflict video
My So-Called Enemy Film Trailer (documentary) (<-- also part of media analysis lesson)
National Geographic video "Uneasy Coexistence" as shown in class
The Wife's Story in Close Reader text
Story by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Learn more about her here at www.ursulakleguin.com!
Texas v. Johnson pg. 15 in Collections
American Flag Stands for Tolerance pg. 18 in Collections
Story by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Learn more about her here at www.ursulakleguin.com!
Texas v. Johnson pg. 15 in Collections
American Flag Stands for Tolerance pg. 18 in Collections
Texas v. Johnson
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Collections
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Speech by Aung Sung Suu Kyi - Close Reader
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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
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We will study A Separate Peace as our first novel study this year. We will also look at supplemental texts and watch the film Dead Poets Society.
Novels will be issued to students. A Separate Peace
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“You can do more! A lot more. If you want a...record you can be proud of, you'll do a heck of a lot more than just what you have to.”
- John Knowles, A Separate Peace
The film gives students a visual context to better understand the novel.
Second Nine Weeks - Collection 6 & Night
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail
April 1963
Gandhi's Letter to the Viceroy
March 2, 1930
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Collection 5: Absolute Power
(Sonnets, Macbeth, literary analysis)
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