Louis, I like the assignment.
Bob At 01:30 PM 2/21/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Rod, first, these are bits and pieces of one community presentation from >the Reconstruction chapters. It is not atypical. > > > > There once was a slave cat in a hat > on the plantation he did this and that. > > Because he was black. > Everyone thought he was slack > and to be a citizen he had no knack. > > The government declared him free, > but truly free the cat would not be > 'cuz education and power he did lack.... > > Soon the cat was in fear > when he heard the KKK was near > the klan killed cats left and right > they left many towns with such a frignt.... > > Dubois and Washington cats spoke about race > each had ideas and arguments to face > Dubois thought political action was key > Washington believed an economic base would show they were > free. > Out of these ideas came the NAACP > > > The rules for the Seuss project are simple: > >(1) as a community the students have to read the assigned chapters in the >textbook. Yes, I do use the text as a core to the course. But, then, I >don't lecture; > >(2) then, each community has to decide and select what it considers to be >the most important issue and/or theme in the material and prepare a >written defense of that decision and selection > >(3) next, each community has to teach the class about this issue or >theme or whatever in the form of a 16 page (cover included), poster-size, >illustrated "Dr Seuss" book, > >Other projects may be an abstract painting of the Salvador Dali Project, a >six minute "stage production" of the Broadway Project, a three minute >song, with original lyrics, in the Bruce Springsteen Project, a sculpture >for the Rodin Project, a two minute interpretive dance in the Nureyev >Project, a commerical campaign in the Madison Avenue Project. And there >are others. You get the point. > >(6) and finally, each community has to present its project to the class >and teach them. > > --Louis-- > > >Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com >Department of History www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html >Valdosta State University >Valdosta, GA 31698 /~\ /\ /\ >229-333-5947 /^\ / \ / /~\ \ /~\__/\ > / \__/ \/ / /\ /~\/ \ > /\/\-/ /^\_____\____________/__/_______/^\ > -_~ / "If you want to climb mountains, \ /^\ > _ _ / don't practice on mole hills" - \____ > > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Grossman Professor of Psychology Kalamazoo College 1200 Academy Street Kalamazoo, MI 49006 Psychology Department: http://www.kzoo.edu/psych/index.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
