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session: Italian: U.S. and Italian Homes

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Marylee DiGennaro Language Italian II Grades 9 School North Haven High School, North Haven, Connecticut Lesson Date October 9 Class Size 11 Schedule Block schedule, 82 minutes every other day Video Summary In this lesson, students practice vocabulary relating to homes, furnishings, and directions. First, they compare typical U.S. and…

section: Class Context

…DiGennaro teaches Italian II-V at North Haven High School in North Haven, Connecticut. The community’s 24,000 residents are mostly professionals, and a large percentage are Italian American. As a result, many of North Haven High School’s 1,045 students choose to study Italian. The school also offers Spanish, Latin, and French as part of its college-preparatory…

section: Art: St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s Square

» Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564), Carlo Moderno (Italian, 1556–1629), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680), et al. St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s Square Artist / Origin: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564), Carlo Moderno (Italian, 1556–1629), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680), et al. Region: Europe Date: ca. 1506–1667 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Travertine marble…

lesson: Margaret Fuller (1810-1850)

…writers, artists, philosophers and politicians of the day and sent her impressions back in her reports for the Tribune. She was deeply moved by Giuseppe Mazzini, the exiled Italian revolutionary who was working to unite his country under a republican government, and she traveled to Italy to report first-hand on the political instability in Rome….

section: Art: Book Cover for Zang Tumb Tumb

» Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (Italian, 1876–1944) Book Cover for Zang Tumb Tumb Artist / Origin: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (Italian, 1876–1944) Region: Europe Date: 1914 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Type on colored paper Medium: Calligraphy, Illumination, and Illustrated Books Dimensions: H: 8 1/16 in. (20.4 cm.), W: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm.) Location:…

section: Compare: How Can Urban Planning Communicate Ideology?

St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s Square Artist / Origin: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564), Carlo Moderno (Italian, 1556–1629), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680), et al. Region: Europe Date: ca. 1506–1667 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Travertine marble Medium: Architecture and Planning Location: Vatican City, Rome, Italy Credit: Courtesy of Alinari Archives/CORBIS Benjamin Franklin…

section: Art: The City Rises

» Umberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882–1916) The City Rises Artist / Origin: Umberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882–1916) Region: Europe Date: 1910 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Oil on canvas Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 78.5 in. (199 cm.), W: 118.5 in. (301 cm.) Location: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Credit: © The Museum…

Art: The Sultan Mehmet II

» Attr. to Gentile Bellini (Italian, ca. 1429–1507) The Sultan Mehmet II Artist / Origin: Attr. to Gentile Bellini (Italian, ca. 1429–1507) Region: Europe Date: 1480 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Oil (19th-century repaint) on canvas, possibly transferred from wood Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 27 ½ in. (69.9 cm.), W: 20 ½ in….

section: Art: The Ecstasy of St. Teresa

» Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680) The Ecstasy of St. Teresa Artist / Origin: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680) Region: Europe Date: 1647–52 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Marble, stucco, and gilt bronze Medium: Sculpture Dimensions: H: 11 ft. 6 in. (3.5 m.) Location: Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy Credit:…

section: Art: Vitruvian Man

» Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519) Vitruvian Man Artist / Origin: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519) Region: Europe Date: 1492 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Pen and ink Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography Dimensions: H: 13 ½ in (34.3 cm.), W: 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) Location: Galleria dell’ Accademia, Venice, Italy Credit:…

section: Art: Adam and Eve Banished from Paradise

» Masaccio (Italian, 1401–28) Adam and Eve Banished from Paradise Artist / Origin: Masaccio (Italian, 1401–28) Region: Europe Date: ca. 1427 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Fresco Medium: Painting Location: Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy Credit: Courtesy of Bridgeman Art Library Masaccio’s Adam and Eve Banished from Paradise, executed around…

section: Art: Bartolomeo Colleoni

» Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian, 1435–1488) Bartolomeo Colleoni Artist / Origin: Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian, 1435–1488) Region: Europe Date: 1480s Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Bronze Medium: Sculpture Dimensions: H: 155.5 in. (395 cm.) (without base) Location: Campo di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy Credit: © Adam Woolfitt/CORBIS This monumental bronze equestrian…

section: Compare: How Can Hybrid Art Define Individual Identity?

The Sultan Mehmet II Artist / Origin: Attr. to Gentile Bellini (Italian, ca. 1429–1507) Region: Europe Date: 1480 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Oil (19th-century repaint) on canvas, possibly transferred from wood Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 27 ½ in. (69.9 cm.), W: 20 ½ in. (52.1 cm). Location: The National Gallery, London, UK…

section: Art: The Creation of Adam

» Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564) The Creation of Adam Artist / Origin: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564) Region: Europe Date: ca. 1510 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Fresco Medium: Painting Location: The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Italy Credit: Courtesy of Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City, Italy/ Bridgeman Art Library In 1508, Pope Julius…

U.S. Immigration: Legal v. Illegal (Part 2)

…told to fear: Irish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, Eastern European, Mexican, etc. Most of those who stirred up panic about and/or violence and laws against new immigrants (Nativists) were themselves immigrants or first-generation Americans trying to find a way to move the negative focus from their own group to another. Fears about immigrants were usually…

section: Art: Pilgrim Flask

…and Byzantium, and later between Europe and the Islamic powers to which the Byzantine Empire had fallen. Increasingly, traders and merchants from the Italian city-state came into close contact with Muslim culture, carrying both knowledge and material goods back to Europe. Although intended for the wider market, many imported luxury items, including carpets, metalwork, bookbinding,…

section: Compare: What Is the Function of Art in Public Places?

…NY (temporary installation) Credit: © Alan Schein Photography/CORBIS Bartolomeo Colleoni Artist / Origin: Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian, 1435–1488) Region: Europe Date: 1480s Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Bronze Medium: Sculpture Dimensions: H: 155.5 in. (395 cm.) (without base) Location: Campo di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy Credit: © Adam Woolfitt/CORBIS What is…

section: Class Context

…American families. Students participate in either the Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program (JBBP), which offers Japanese language and culture education, or the Second Community Program, which offers Italian language and culture education. Both programs rely on strong parent involvement. The JBBP is part of the sequential Japanese K-12 program in the San Francisco Unified School District…

section: Part C: Fibonacci Numbers (30 minutes)

In This Part: The Fibonacci Sequence For the final activity in this session, we’ll look at an interesting application of ratios that again demonstrates the amazing patterns that emerge when we examine mathematics. Fibonacci was the nickname of Leonardo de Pisa, an Italian mathematician. He is best known for a sequence of numbers that bears…

section: Class Context

…students identifying as nonwhite. Students speak a number of languages, including English, Arabic, Pashtu, and Urdu. In addition to Arabic, which has been taught at the school for three years, Watertown High offers Italian, Spanish, and Armenian. Lesson Design Mr. Bartolotti is in his first year of teaching Arabic. His primary focus is to get…

section: Art: Surrender of Breda

…recent Spanish victories, some won just a year or two earlier. The Surrender of Breda, by the court’s leading artist Diego Velázquez, celebrates the Spanish takeover of the Dutch town of Breda on June 5, 1625. At the center of the canvas, Dutch commander Justin of Nassau stands facing Italian general Ambrosio Spinola, leader of…

section: Compare: Why Do We Depict Visionary Experience?

…UK Credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY The Ecstasy of St. Teresa Artist / Origin: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680) Region: Europe Date: 1647–52 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Marble, stucco, and gilt bronze Medium: Sculpture Dimensions: H: 11 ft. 6 in. (3.5 m.) Location: Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy Credit:…

section: Compare: How Are Attitudes Toward the Naked Body Expressed Through Art?

…5 ½ in. (14 cm.), D: 5 in. (12.7 cm.) Location: The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ Credit: Courtesy of the Newark Museum, Collection of Bernard and Patricia Wagner, Promised Gift/Photo by Sven Lindahl Adam and Eve Banished from Paradise Artist / Origin: Masaccio (Italian, 1401–28) Region: Europe Date: ca. 1427 Period: 1400 CE – 1800…

section: Compare: Can Art Contribute to the Formation of Bodily Ideals?

Doryphoros (Canon) Artist / Origin: After Polykleitos of Argos (Greek, ca. 480/475–415 BCE) Region: Europe Date: 450–440 BCE Period: 500 BCE – 1 CE Material: Bronze Medium: Sculpture Dimensions: H: approx. 84 in. (213 cm.) Location: Munich Museum, Munich, Germany Credit: Courtesy of the Munich Museum Vitruvian Man Artist / Origin: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian,…

lesson: James Baldwin (1924-1987)

…voice of the 1950s and 1960s. In most of his works, Baldwin intertwines issues of race and sexuality. Giovanni’s Room (1956), for instance, explores a homosexual relationship between a white American expatriate and a young Italian man. Similarly, Another Country (1962) ruminates about what it means to be black and homosexual in a white society….

section: Compare: Why Has the Modern City Inspired so Many Artists?

…Courtesy of Art Resource/Photo by Erich Lessing The City Rises Artist / Origin: Umberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882–1916) Region: Europe Date: 1910 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Oil on canvas Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 78.5 in. (199 cm.), W: 118.5 in. (301 cm.) Location: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Credit: ©…

section: Art: Frescoed Wall from the House of Livia

…Among the vegetation, for instance, are strawberry trees, oleander, Italian cypresses, date palms, and English oak. These images were surely intended to provide visual entertainment for guests and likely contributed a sense of comfort and openness to the subterranean space. However, it has also been suggested that this natural imagery functioned on a symbolic level…

section: Compare: How Has Technology Impacted the Relationship Between Word and Image?

Book Cover for Zang Tumb Tumb Artist / Origin: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (Italian, 1876–1944) Region: Europe Date: 1914 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Type on colored paper Medium: Calligraphy, Illumination, and Illustrated Books Dimensions: H: 8 1/16 in. (20.4 cm.), W: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm.) Location: Private Collection Credit: © 2009 Artists…

section: Art: Prato Haggadah, Folio 11r

…for use by Jews were decorated by Christian illuminators. Spain’s Jewish community was expelled, however, in 1492. Many of the displaced Spanish Jews relocated to Italy, taking their books with them. Later additions to the text and an inscription by an Italian censor in 1617 suggest that this was the fate of the Prato Haggadah….

lesson: Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

…later served in the Italian infantry. He was wounded by shrapnel not long after and carried a fellow soldier to safety despite his own serious injury. This event profoundly influenced his future thinking about himself and his place in the world; brushes with death and the idea of wounds, both physical and psychological, would haunt…

workshop: Meaningful Interpretation

Invoking the interpretive mode is one of the most creative ways to make a text personal to all kinds of learners. Every student in a classroom can come to appreciate a text on his or her own level. – Virginia Scott Chair of French and Italian Vanderbilt University Learning Goals How can you build your…

section: Examining Photographs of School Integration and Demands for Equal Education

…desegregation. In October 1965, 6,000 Bostonians, predominantly from Irish American and Italian American neighborhoods, marched against the South Boston High School busing. As the years passed, white opposition to school desegregation led to massive white flight from Boston public schools, not dissimilar to what happened in cities in Virginia, North Carolina, and other southern states….

section: Art: My Love Sings When the Flower is Near (The Philosopher and the Woman)

» Angelo Filomeno (Italian, b. 1963) My Love Sings When the Flower is Near (The Philosopher and the Woman) Region: Europe Date: 2007 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Embroidery on silk shantung stretched over linen with crystals Medium: Textiles and Fiber Arts Dimensions: H: 155 in. (393.7 cm.), W: 90.2 in. (229.1 cm.)…

section: Video Organizer Chart

All lessons are appropriate for K–12 teachers of any foreign language.

video: View & Analyze the Video

As you reflect on these questions, write down your responses or discuss them as a group. Before You Watch Respond to the following questions: When teaching large sets of vocabulary, how do you sequence and vary activities? How do you demonstrate the cultural meaning of words when translation is not sufficient? How do you ensure…

video: The Behavior of Atoms: Phases of Matter and the Properties of Gases

This program explores the phases of matter—solids, liquids, and gases—and how particles in a given phase interact with each other. Phase diagrams explain at what temperature and pressure a given substance will be in a solid, liquid, or gas phase. Practical problems, like how to safely store enough hydrogen gas to power an automobile, are…

section: Assignments + Projects

timeline: My Name is Red – Map & Timeline

Istanbul sits between two continents, Europe and Asia. © 2010 Map Resources, All rights reserved. This map shows the extent of the Ottoman Empire during the the late sixteenth century, the period of My Name Is Red. Founded in 1299, the empire ultimately spanned parts of Western Asia, Eastern Europe, and North Africa and brought…

video: Explorers in North America

Video Summary: Who were the first Europeans to step foot in the New World? What were they hoping to find? And what impact did their arrival have on the people already living there? Rob Cuddi uses essential questions like these to teach his fifth-grade students about the early explorers in North America. Mr. Cuddi begins…

section: Session Author and Literary Works: Lawson Fusao Inada

Lawson Fusao Inada Author Bio Lawson Fusao Inada was born in 1938 in Fresno, California, where he lived until the outbreak of World War II forced his family into Japanese internment camps in Fresno, Arkansas, and Colorado. The experience was a powerful one for Inada, and much of his writing has explored the complex American…

section: Online Textbook

Online Text by Peter Fisher The videos and online textbook units can be used independently. When using both, it is possible to start with either one. Watching the video first, and then reading the unit from the online textbook is recommended. Each unit was written by a prominent physicist who describes the cutting edge advances…

program: Immigration, Urbanization, and Identity: The Progressive Era City

Introduction #3024 Photographer: Jacob Riis Source: Museum of the City of New York The end of the nineteenth century saw a period of rapid immigration and urbanization. As the promise of factory jobs and higher wages attracted more and more people into the cities, the United States began to shift to a nation of city…

session: French: Family and Home

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Debra Terry Language French Grades 5 School Rebecca M. Johnson Elementary School, Springfield, Massachusetts Lesson Date January 15 Class Size 25 Schedule 45 minutes, three times per week Video Summary In this lesson, students learn and review vocabulary that refers to family members, rooms of the house, and activities in…

section: Social Realism – Activities

lesson: Henry James (1843-1916)

[1581] John Singer Sargent, The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (1882), courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Reproduced with permission. © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882; John Singer Sargent, American (1856-1925). Oil on canvas; 87 3/8 x 87 5/8 in. (221.9 x 222.6 cm). Gift of Mary…

section: My Name Is Red – Getting Started

Among the Painters Art, religion, love, and death: My Name Is Red draws you into the world of sixteenth-century Istanbul, a world of painters at a crossroads, living in a golden age of Islamic art in the Ottoman Empire, and encountering the heart of the Western Renaissance in Italy. A story of love, of murder,…

section: My Name is Red – Key Points

video: The Body

From painting to sculpture, body art to performance art, the body has figured prominently in the creative expression of nearly all cultures from the beginning of civilization. Through art, the body becomes a site for defining individual identity, constructing sex and gender ideals, negotiating power, and experimenting with the nature of representation itself. All Video…

video: The Urban Experience

For thousands of years cities have been hubs of activity, centers of industry, and places from which new aesthetic trends originate, evolve, and spread. The creative visions of planners, painters, architects, and sculptors have shaped the development of cities around the world. In turn, the urban experience has inspired the creation of artwork depicting aspects…

video: Contemporary History

workshop: Rooted in Culture

I think the fruits of exploring [the appropriate ways to interact with native speakers] helps to lead the individual not only to learn more about the target language and its culture, but, through comparisons and reflection and introspection, to discover more about one’s own language and one’s own culture. — Alvino Fantini, School for International…

video: Capital and Labor

video: Quantifying Chemical Reactions: Stoichiometry and Moles

Stoichiometry gives us the quantitative tools to figure out the relative amounts of reactants and products in chemical reactions. Balancing the number of atoms on each side of the equation, calculating the amount of each reactant, and figuring out which reactant will run out first are all fundamental principles when designing any chemical reaction. These…

section: Authors and Literary Works

workshop: Engaging With Communities

Our goal is to prepare students to not only take what they have learned in the classroom and use it outside the classroom, but to take the love of that language and the interest in the culture that has happened in the classroom and take it into a community where they can continue learning it….

session: Japanese: Daily Routines

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Margaret Dyer Language Japanese Grades 5 School Clarendon Elementary School, San Francisco, California Lesson Date May 16 Class Size 26 Schedule 45 minutes daily Video Summary In this lesson, students practice vocabulary related to daily routines in Japan and in the U.S. First, Ms. Dyer uses Total Physical Response and…

session: Arabic: Making Plans

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Belal Joundeya Language Arabic V/VI Grades 9-12 School Lincoln High School, Portland, Oregon Lesson Date March 8 Class Size 20 Schedule 92 minutes, 2–3 times per week اضغط هنا للترجمة باللغة العربية Video Summary In this lesson, high school students in Belal Joundeya’s Arabic V/VI class engage in authentic conversations…

session: Arabic: A Place I Call Home

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Manar Mayalah Language Arabic II and III Grades 9 and 10 School Granada Hills Charter School, Los Angeles, California Lesson Date March 10 Class Size 22 (filmed with 12) Schedule 55 minutes daily اضغط هنا للترجمة باللغة العربية Video Summary In this lesson, students learn vocabulary used to describe the…

session: French: Touring a French City

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Robin Neuman Language French Grades 8 School Concord Middle School, Concord, Massachusetts Lesson Date January 17 Class Size 19 Schedule 48 minutes, four days a week Video Summary In this lesson, students practice how to give and follow directions. Students begin by describing several buildings in a classroom-sized model they…

video: Industrial Supremacy

unit: A Writer’s Notebook

“Writing is very difficult. What I like best is having written.” – Judith Ortiz Cofer No one knows the anguish and joy of writing better than a writer. That’s why numbers of educational organizations believe those who teach writing should be writers themselves. That doesn’t mean that you have to be a great elegist or…

video: Competing Ideologies

Video Summary: From declaring war to waging peace, history is shaped by the ideological beliefs of the people who lived it. Different people hold different ideas about human nature and how a society should be organized. In his ninth-grade world history class, Wendell Brooks explains how competing ideologies drive the world events that make up…

lesson: Saul Bellow (b. 1915)

[3048] Anonymous, Free Classes in English! Learn to Speak, Read, & Write the Language of your Children … Special Classes for Educated Foreign Born. N.Y.C. (1936), courtesy of the Library of Congress [LC-USZC2-946]. Saul Bellow remains one of the most important post-World War II Jewish American writers. Like Roth, Malamud, and Paley, he offers a…

section: Authors and Literary Works

section: Becoming Visible – Activities

section: Session Author and Literary Works: James Baldwin

James Baldwin Photo courtesy of the estate of James Baldwin Author Bio One of the best known African American writers of the 20th century, James Baldwin has been celebrated for both his fiction and nonfiction. A rallying voice for the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, Baldwin was a master polemicist against social injustice as…

section: Online Textbook

Online Text by Natalie Roe The videos and online textbook units can be used independently. When using both, it is possible to start with either one. Watching the video first, and then reading the unit from the online textbook is recommended. Each unit was written by a prominent physicist who describes the cutting edge advances…

section: Candide – Getting Started

Tending Our Own Gardens If you want to tell a story of murder, war crimes, kidnapping, slavery, rape, and religious hypocrisy, how do you do it? How can you make such events bearable—and even enjoyable—to read? Do you present the facts plainly, almost like reporting, or do you develop fictional characters and events to represent…

timeline: The Tale of Genji – Map & Timeline

Heian was the center of medieval Japan. © 2010 Map Resources, All rights reserved. Japan floats on the Pacific Ocean like a feather, isolated by water from cultures to the West and separated by an ocean from cultures to the east. In this relative solitude, Japan developed a civilization that borrowed from China to create…

video: Objectifying the Text

Introduction When readers step out and objectify their reading experience, they reflect on the text and their experience with it, by analyzing its words and its structure, comparing it to other texts, examining the author’s craft, and objectifying their personal responses to it. From this critical approach, readers have the opportunity to extend and examine…

video: Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Video Summary: Is flag burning an acceptable expression of free speech? Should evidence obtained without a search warrant be admissible in court? What constitutes a “clear and present danger” in wartime? Wendy Ewbank and her students use two simulation exercises to examine the nature of individual rights and the role of the Supreme Court in…

lesson: Chippewa Songs

[7428] Anonymous, Rocky Boy (Stone Child), a Chippewa Chief, Three-Quarter Length, Standing, Dressed in Ornate Costume (n.d.), courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, Still Pictures Branch. Frances Densmore collected these Chippewa songs between 1907 and 1909. The songs reflect the culture of the Chippewa peoples who once lived along the shores of Lake…

section: Authors and Literary Works

section: Art: Basin (known as the Baptistère of Saint Louis)

» Mohammed ibn al-Zain (Egyptian or Syrian) Basin (known as the Baptistère of Saint Louis) Artist / Origin Mohammed ibn al-Zain (Egyptian or Syrian) Region: West Asia Date Mamluk Period, ca. 1320–1340 Period: 1000 CE – 1400 CE Material Brass inlaid with silver and gold Medium: Glass, Jewelry, and Metalwork Dimensions H: 8 ¾ in….

video: World War II

unit: Seeing Others from the Self

lesson: Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980)

[7280] Anonymous, Crowds Surge around President-Elect General Obregon Entering Mexico City in a Truck with Ricardo Topete on His Right and Generals Manzo and Cruz on His Left (1928), courtesy of the Library of Congress [LC-USZ62-115962]. “It is my firm belief,” Katherine Anne Porter once said, “that all our lives we are preparing to be…

lesson: John Dos Passos (1896-1970)

[7200] Jack Delano, Portrait of a Coal Miner (1940), courtesy of the Library of Congress [LC-USF34-041334-D]. John Dos Passos is one of the most overtly political authors in this unit. Involved in many radical political movements, Dos Passos saw the expansion of consumer capitalism in the first decades of the twentieth century as a dangerous…

video: The Odyssey

This video introduces the twisting, turning, and eternally tricky hero of the story, Odysseus. His many adventures—from the fanciful to the horrible—on his way home to Ithaca from the Trojan War are described, as well as his eventual, emotional reunion with his faithful wife, Penelope. All Video on Demand files are protected by copyright law…

timeline: The Redemptive Imagination – Timeline, 1876 – 1999

Revisit the events of 1876 – 1999…

video: The Thousand and One Nights

This video introduces the world of high Islamic culture, lowbrow comedy, and encounters with the spirit world, all through the stories of the brave Shahrazad, who saves her own life, her husband’s sanity, the kingdom, and all of her readers from the evils of life with her stories. All Video on Demand files are protected…

timeline: History of Psychology: Timeline

Contemporary Foundations

lesson: Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)

[7508] Vve. Turgis, Depart de Christophe Colomb (c. 1850-1900), courtesy of the Library of Congress [LC-USZC4-2029]. In his 1828 biography of Christopher Columbus, American author Washington Irving styled Columbus as the archetypal American hero. Walt Whitman similarly lauded Columbus as an early mystic and religious seeker in his poem “Prayer of Columbus.” Other authors and…

unit: Implications For Schools

section: Online Textbook

Online Text By Blayne Heckel The videos and online textbook units can be used independently. When using both, it is possible to start with either one. Watching the video first, and then reading the unit from the online textbook is recommended. Each unit was written by a prominent physicist who describes the cutting edge advances…

video: The New City

section: The Thousand and One Nights – Connections

In the Images of World Literature slideshow, you saw images inspired by The Thousand and One Nights. Here at Connections, you can find varied interpretations, analyses, and performances of the story of the archetypal storyteller, Shahrazad, and her tales….

section: Migrant Struggle – Activities

video: Celebrations of Light

Video Summary: Eileen Mesmer uses the theme of holidays to teach students about social studies. Throughout the year her class has read stories about different cultures’ holiday celebrations, prepared foods traditionally eaten during those holidays, learned holiday greetings in other languages, and studied artifacts related to the various holidays. Shifting the emphasis from how holiday…

lesson: Spirit of Nationalism – Activities

video: Death

Death is one of the few experiences common to all people and all societies. But how different people have conceived of death and how those conceptions have shaped their behaviors and practices has varied over time and across cultures. Through art, people have expressed attitudes toward death that are in some respects universal, while in…