Documenting American Blog (RJ #16)

During the Great Depression, F.D.R. enlisted American photographers to document life in the United States. The Library of Congress provides amazing access to the black-and-white photographs of the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information (FSA-OWI) collection.  These images show Americans at home, at work, and at play.  The emphasis was on rural and small-town life and the adverse effects of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and increasing farm mechanization.  In the latter years, the project documented America's mobilization for WWII.  Here, the photograph reflects the elements of painting, where the primary focus is on depiction of a person, a place, an event, etc.


Documenting America Photographer Series: Ben Shahn, John Vachon, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Gordan Parks, Arthur Rothstein.
Use the link to view their collections: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/documentingamerica.html


Select 2 photographers and for each, examine 3 pictures from a series discuss the following:
a) the subject
b) the occasion/situation
c) the purpose/message
d) how the picture "speaks" to the audience.
e) what do the choices made show about the photographer's point of view of the situation

Imagist Poem

Write a poem in which you focus on creating a single vivid and emotive image. Imagine that you are writing your poem for someone who has never seen what you are describing. Look around until you find an image that has symbolic meaning. It may be a flower, the heat, the eyeball of the person sitting across from you, a squirrel…whatever grabs your attention as an evocative image.

Huck Finn Challenges Blog (R.J. #15)

As we read the novel, prepare to respond to the BLOGS  with specific quotes/evidence from the text. Make sure your quotes include page numbers from the novel and connect to the themes of American realism: freedom, the American dream, racism, regionalism, survival, "individual vs. society," and "civilized society vs. the wilderness.

Huck Finn Challenges Blog

How do the fictional characters in Huckleberry Finn express the challenges facing America at the time? (300 words). Respond to one classmates post. (50-100 words).

Huck Finn Censorship Blog (R.J. #14)

As we read the novel, prepare to respond to the BLOGS  with specific quotes/evidence from the text. Make sure your quotes include page numbers from the novel and connect to the themes of American realism: freedom, the American dream, racism, regionalism, survival, "individual vs. society," and "civilized society vs. the wilderness.

Huck Finn Censorship Blog

How does Mark Twain address the issue of slavery in Parts I and II of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?  How is racist language used in the text and should it be omitted? Why or why not? (300 words) Respond to one classmate (50 to 100 words).

Huck Finn Chapter Blog (R.J. #13)

As we read the novel, prepare to respond to the BLOGS  with specific quotes/evidence from the text. Make sure your quotes include page numbers from the novel and connect to the themes of American realism: freedom, the American dream, racism, regionalism, survival, "individual vs. society," and "civilized society vs. the wilderness.

Huck Finn Chapter Blog

You have been assigned a chapter from Part I of the novel. Discuss the impact of Twain's choice regarding how to develop and relate elements of Huckleberry Finn. How are characters introduced and developed in the chapter?  (300 words) Respond to one classmates blog (50 to 100 words)

Please use 3 SAT vocabulary words in your post.