Extra Credit Assignment

Ok, friends! Here are is an optional assignment for you!

First of all, brainstorm a couple of words that apply to everyday life for you. These could be words like "napping", "schoolwork", "being with friends", "holidays", "family time", "eating", "shopping", etc.

Once you have settled on a word or two, go to the following website:
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
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(This is, by the way, a great resource for all Holocaust study!)

Click on the upper bar (research), then collections and archives, then on the sidebar go to photo archives.

Under photo archives, click on Search Online catalog.

Then, put the word you selected in the Search bar.

Look through several pages of pictures until you find some that you really like. (Make sure the date at the bottom is prior to 1939.) Once you have found two different ones that you really like, print them out.

The last step is to look through your own family photos and find a picture from your own family archives that is similar to one of those that your printed from the website. Arrange both photos in an artful way that can be hung on the wall.

Last of all, write a reaction to this assignment. What did you notice as you looked through the photos? What conclusions can you draw about life prior to the Holocaust? What similarities and differences did you see between your own photos and the photo you selected? What feelings did you have as you completed this assignment?

This is due by Friday. 25 points extra credit if well done.

The Iliad

We took notes over the characteristics of an epic. What examples can you point out from The Iliad that fit the criterion?

Try Your Hand

Iliad Game Here is an Iliad Game on the Internet. It's pretty fun. Give it a try and post any comments you have about it.

Back and Better than Ever.

What is that light filtering through the clouds and trees? The blogs are BACK!

After a LOOOOOONG bloggy hiatus, my class blogs are back... and better than ever before. We are going to finish the semester with a bang, interacting virtually with each other and having some enrichment stuff on here, some extra credit, some commentary, some planning... It's going to be GREEEAAATTT!!!!! :)