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Orpheus at Verdugo
(the first 18 minutes -- I am not sure why the remaining twenty four minutes did not record, but the performance was entirely amazing from start to finish)  Neither I nor LAUSD own any of the rights to the music, lyrics, choreography, nor any other element of this piece). Thank you to LA Opera Connects for generously providing everything we needed to make this possible.
​Orpheus Dropbox:  Printable Music, Recordings, Video
Hamlet: Power Matrix for Stakeholders
Hamlet and Other Shakespeare Things
Between Sherlock, Machiavelli, and Shakespeare
Narrative Assignment PLAN Due Tuesday, January 5
Powtoons Slideshow: Character Archetypes by Leserman
The Hero's JourneyIllustrated in Disney Movies
Seven Major Character Archetypes
Elements of Plot Powtoons
Guide to Power Mapping (for use with Hamlet)
Powerpoint Longfellow and Romantic Era Poetry
PowerPoint Embedded Quotations
Writing Helps Blog 
Poetry Powerpoint
Essay Exam October

Scoring Rubric for Literary Analysis
MLA Format (Modern Language Association)

Rhetoric of Power Powerpoint
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​Mrs. Leserman can be reached by phone or email through the contact information in your composition book.

Speak Truth to Power

Brian Kershisnik, "Father and Son Dancing"
"My Papa's Wasltz, by Theodore Roethke
"Those Winter Sundays," by Robert Hayden
Excerpts from Aristotle's "Metaphysics"
"Politics," by Aristotle (Book One)
Anthem, by Ayn Rand
​Machiavelli's "The Prince"

The American Ideal of Fatherhood:
Paintings by Norman Rockwell:

Winter
Spring
Breaking Home Ties
Freedom from Fear
Mighty Proud
Scouts




The Value of Life

Ayiti: The Cost of Life (Game)
What Is a Human Life Worth?
Human Life Calculator
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley
Invisible Man, Prologue, Ellison
"I Remember," Montez
"Four Skinny Trees," vignette by Sandra Cisneros

Father Not Father

Selections from The Orphan Master's Son
Ragged Dick, by Horatio Alger
"Zebra," by Chaim Potok
The Minotaur / Daedelus&Icarus Myths
"Landscape With the Fall of Icarus" by Bruegel
Musee des Beaux Arts, WH Auden
"Landscape With the Fall of Icarus," William Carlos Williams




Enduring Understandings:
Every unit of society shapes its members hierarchically.
Society supports the needs of individuals
In return, individuals become obliged to support the culture.
Cultures establish behavioral, moral, and cognitive expectations of individuals to support existing hierarchy.


Essential Questions:

What shapes an individual's idea of morality?
What are an individual's obligations to society?
How do powerful people affect those around them?
How do social expectations shape morality?
To what extent is great power compatible with ethical conduct?"

Hours

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