Milton Wolf Prize in Student Diplomacy
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
Register for text reminders by texting @mbyenglish to 81010
Mrs. Leserman can be reached by phone or email through the contact information in your composition book.
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
Register for text reminders by texting @mbyenglish to 81010
Mrs. Leserman can be reached by phone or email through the contact information in your composition book.
Speak Truth to PowerBrian 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 LifeAyiti: 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 FatherSelections 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?"
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?"