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"For each home ground we need new maps, living maps, stories and
poems, photographs and paintings, essays and songs. We need to know
where we are, so that we may dwell in our place with a full heart." -
Scott Russell Sanders
Assignment Rationale:
to know our own home ground, to know available
tools and how to use them, to recognize the interaction of our home
ground and available tools, to find answers and see connections, to
deal with complexity and not be overwhelmed
Kickoff
Piece(s): demos on: literal, figurative,
social/historical defining; the show not tell (figurative language)
of poetry; Power Point technology and design; trips to various points
in the San Diego watershed
Why Myth? What is Myth? - http://www.freenet.msp.mn.us/org/mythos/mythos.www/WHYMYTH.HTML
Joseph Campbell's Ten Commandments for Reading Mythology - http://www.freenet.msp.mn.us/org/mythos/mythos.www/TENCOM.HTML
The World of Religion According to Huston Smith
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http://www.mojones.com/mother_jones/ND97/snell.html
Questionnaire to accompany the video The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith "Hinduisim and Buddhism" A Bill Moyers Special, 1996
Essential Ingredients:
in a group of two or fewer students, you will create
and present a synthesis of your understanding of our watershed issues
using art and design, technology, writing, geometry, physics, and
history. This synthesis will be an oral presentation using Power
Point. It should demonstrate your understanding on a number of
different levels: literal, metaphorical, and contextual. The rubric
below lists the essential ingredients; the guidelines for the
abstract and bibliography will be given and practiced
together.
River of Words Environmental
Poetry and Art Contest - http://www.irn.org/row/index.shtml
- An international contest
designed to nurture respect and understanding of the natural world by
encouraging children to learn their "ecological address" and to
describe through poetry and art their own "place in
space."
Steps of Creative
Process:
Concept Development (research, notes, brainstorming [graphic organizers], sketching, pre-writing)
Draft Phase (organize research and create coherent product) Ready for Response
Revision and Editing Phase (further develop and refine, get more response, proofread)
Final (tight and as perfect as possible within the
timeline and parameters of assignment) Ready for Assessment
Rubric:
(scored
Outstanding, Significant, Moderate
Achievement)
Your presentation shows achievement in application of:
an interest-grabbing title
byline (clear identification of creators)
1 scale drawing
2 or more maps
5 or more images (in addition to drawing and maps)
5 or more poems/quotes from fiction or nonfiction
bibliography following given guidelines
abstract following given guidelines
overall editing of language
overall care in design and technology
overall accuracy of facts and figures
multiple levels of understanding (lit., meta., context.)
oral presentation skills
Site
Map | Analytical
Essay on Myths | Wisdom
of Faith questionnaire
| River
of Words/Watershed Trip | River
of Words Gallery | Quotes
| WordList
| Co-Teachers - Doug
and Melissa
| Gallery
E-Mail Doug at mrdoug@aznet.net
or Melissa at mjmckinstry@earthlink.net