A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

 A large part in understanding our republic's history will come from our analysis of imagery. Take a moment to look over the image attached to the lesson that depicts our society in the late 20th century and respond to this question: 

Do Now: Based on this painting, what are the inferences that we can make about American society and culture? What appear to be the values of the society being depicted in the image? Use what we see in the image to support your points.

As we did on Monday, we are required to comment once and then we reply to two others.

Why History?

This piece, Why History?, lays out a number of arguments for studying our shared story. Identify one argument by the author that you found the most compelling/convincing. Briefly defend your choice below in the comments section as a complete response. 

Once you have completed your response, come back and read over the responses of your classmates. Then briefly reply to two comments with some feedback. We aren’t evaluating one another’s comments, only offering what we agree or disagree with in the comments of others.

This pattern of commenting once on the post and then replying twice to others will be our way of having virtual discussions, as if we are in an actual classroom. 

Welcome to Our Virtual Discussion Space!

  Welcome to Room 104 On-Line!

    I have gotten almost everyone on to the Google Classroom. Sign up now if you have not already connected with you there. I believe only a few students have not responded. Pretty good start.

    I have also opened this online Discussion Room that will only be accessible to students in this particular section. This will begin to meet one of our course's most important needs, the processing of content and shared analysis. 

   We will also need to agree that our classroom norms  must be replicated here too. Respect and an open ear will allow us to engage one another while apart.

   To start our Beta test, please reply to this post with "Agree" as your response to the above stated discussion norms. 

Best,

M. Elinson