Rosa Parks 1913-2005

Rosa Parks 1913-2005
Rosa Parks
Her simple act of protest galvanized America's civil rights revolution.
By RITA DOVE




Highlander Research and Education Center - Photo Gallery

Sox 1, Astros 0: CHAMPS AT LAST

Sox 1, Astros 0: CHAMPS AT LAST
Joe Cowley
The Daily Southtown
October 27, 2005

35 Who Made a Difference

Innovators of Our Time
Smithsonian Magazine's 35 who made a difference
November 2005

Kevin Kelly

What Technology Wants
The desire to hear a well-told story will never leave us. But the way in which stories are created and delivered will change immensely in the next 20 years. These changes, although birthed in culture, are ultimately driven by technology. What will entertainment technology look like in 20 years?

Shoeless Joe, the White Sox and the World Series

"White Sox in the World Series: Say it ain't so, Joe"
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson - The Official Web Site
Excerpt from Shoeless Joe
By W.P. Kinsella
Baseball in the baddest part of town
MARTIN O'MALLEY
October 21, 2005
Say it ain't so: Black Sox left a permanent stain on baseball
Associated Press Oct. 21, 2005

Renewing Husbandry

Renewing Husbandry
By Wendell Berry
Orion Magazine
September-October 2005

Multi-Genre Autobiography - 2005

You will be producing your own almanac patterned after the Autobiography Benjamin Franklin and Poor Richard’s Almanac. Your almanac will be a mixture of personal writing you have done for this class, information from research, and a review of a contemporary biography.



To make the project more interesting, you may want to organize your selections around a particular theme – a sport, a holiday, your hobby or place of employment. Your almanac must include the following:

1. Autobiographic Incident Narrative:
- Based on Life Map assignment
- Opens with trigger incident and closes with epiphany
- Includes at least five sensory details and three figurative devices
- 250 words – typed

2. Life-map - see Graphical Life-Map and Examples

3. Credo or Epitaph after the fashion of:
- Robert Fulgham or Ben Franklin

4. Copy-change poem following the pattern of one of the following:
- Where I’m From by George Ella Lyon
- I Live In . . . by Ntozake Shange
- When I Was Young in . . . by Cynthia Rylant

5. General Information – include at least three:
- Weather
- Phases of the moon
- Astrological Information
- Planting/Crop Information
- Holidays
- Proverbs, Aphorisms or Quotations
- Recipes
For almanac resources see: www.almanac.com or www.farmersalmanac.com

6. Glossary of Slang – include at least 10 words with definition and usage. For Slang Dictionaries:
www.wordspy.com
www.slangsite.com/
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wrader/slang/a.html
Yahoo Slang Dictionary Directory

7. Strongsville Local Lore – write a short article and include a picture of one of the following:

- Living Strongsville Treasure –a person in Strongsville who embodies the spirit of your community and has a strong sense of place.

- Suburban Sanctuary – A place of peace and contemplation indoors or out where you can go to rest, relax and connect with your self.

- Essential Place in Strongsville – A location that represents the character and essential nature of the town.

Think about how Franklin would publish his Almanac today. Consider creating a Blog, web page, video, i-Movie or PowerPoint presentation.

Hottie Amps

Characteristics of Romanticism

Characteristics of Romanticism
See also Rationalism and Deism

On Hawthorne

iWood

iWood iPod Nano Case

Kohlberg's Stages - Explained & Illustrated

Kohlberg's Stages - Explained & Illustrated

Rhetorical Analysis

Rhetorical Analysis
Objective: To analyze a public document – speech, essay or editorial – for its use of rhetorical appeals.
1. First, learn about Rhetorical Analysis at the following sites:
The Rhetorical Triangle: Logos, Ethos and Pathos
Rhetorical Triangle
Rhetorical Tools
A Short Handbook on Rhetorical Analysis
The Forest of Rhetoric
Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
2. Next, read a Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King's
Letter from Birmingham Jail
3. Highlight or underline logical, ethical and emotional language in a public document.
4. Finally, write a 250 word analysis based on a current political speech or essay using these Guidelines for Rhetorical Analysis. Use appropraite MLA citation of support from your source document, including works cited, and submit electronic copy of final essay to Turnitin.com.

Appeals to Pathos, Logos, and Ethos

Logos (Appeal to logic): Which arguments make the most sense? What evidence does the argument offer?
Pathos (Appeal to emotion and values): What emotions does the article evoke? Which group or community does the article appeal to? What shared values does the author assume its readers have? What parts of the article seem like a call to action?
Ethos (Appeal to character): Why should you believe the author? What research has the author done? What tone does the article have, and how does the author create it?

About the PSAT

The Princeton Review: About the PSAT
CollegeBoard.com - What's on the PSAT?
CollegeBoard.com - What's on the SAT?
ACT Sample Test Questions

INFOhio LearningExpress Free Practice Tests

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller at PBS American Masters
Browse American Masters A-Z
"Why I Wrote the Crucible," by Arthur Miller.
In 1996, Miller wrote this essay for The New Yorker, in which he
reflects on the changing politics surrounding his play "The Crucible,"
which he wrote in 1952. (Questions).
New York Times Tribute to Miller
More information on the Salem Witch Trials:
Causes and the events surrounding the Salem witch trials.
Salem Witch Trials Memorial
Religious Movements: Salem Witch Trials
Historical Inaccuracies in The Crucible
ClassZone Research Starters
Website Evaluation Form

Imagine if John Lennon was 65

Imagine if John Lennon was 65
The Independent Online Edition
October 9, 2005
BBC NEWS: Lennon's 65th birthday
John Lennon Museum
John Lennon's Acoustic reviewed on NPR
A Conversation With John Lennon
Lennon Lives Forever



Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

Vonnegut's liberalism frows out of conservative principles, like the belief in community and extended family.
God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut
NYTimes Book Review
A.O. Scott
October 9, 2005




Inside the List
By DWIGHT GARNER
NYTimes, October 2, 2005
Cold Turkey
By Kurt Vonnegut In These Times May 10, 2004
Kurt Vonnegut on NPR
Banned Books Week: September 24–October 1
100 Most Frequently Banned Books

Paragraph

Paragraph Workspace for Writers

More on Blogs

The Bloggies Web Log Awards
Technorati what’s happening on the web right now.

The Blog of Henry David Thoreau

The Blog of Henry David Thoreau
Each blog post is an excerpt from that day's entry in the Journal, and although not necessarily the complete entry, it is an integral and intact section thereof.

Revolting Librarians

Revolting Librarians Redux

Google Press Center: Zeitgeist

Google Zeitgeist
Search patterns, trends, and surprises according to Google

Buzztracker - World News Mapped

The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Online e-text version of The Scarlet Letter

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Marching to the beat of the same drummer
By Joanna Connors
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sunday October 3, 2005
Where Has "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
By David Hajdu
David Hajdu teaches in the MFA writing program at New School University
and is the author of Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez,
Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina, and Richard Farina (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
By Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson

Kurt Vonnegut

Inside the List
By DWIGHT GARNER
NYTimes, October 2, 2005
Cold Turkey
By Kurt Vonnegut In These Times May 10, 2004
Kurt Vonnegut on NPR
Banned Books Week: September 24–October 1
100 Most Frequently Banned Books

Mark Twain

Mark Twain: Voice of America
Review by GEOFFREY WOLFF
NYTimes, October 2, 2005
(PDF version)
'Mark Twain'
First Chapter
By RON POWERS
NYTimes, October 2, 2005