Monday, April 30, 2007

Mon 4/30 - Fri 5/4

Mon - Discuss HW (Quotes) / Hersey and the New Yorker / Discuss Projects / Ruth Benedict's The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
HW - Chrysanthemum worksheet (marginalia, relate info to Hiroshima)

Tue - Truman's Speech / "Why the Bomb Was Dropped" Video
HW - Read Hiroshima pg. 67-90 (chpt. 4) (for Thurs.)

Wed - Radiation Sickness (find examples in book) / "Why the Bomb Was Dropped" Video
HW - see Tue HW

Thurs - Discuss "Panic Grass and Feverfew" / "Why the Bomb Was Dropped" Video / "Blood on our Hands" editorial
HW - read Hiroshima pg. 91-101 (Nakamura section of chpt. 5)

Fri - Discuss Hibakusha / Elements of Socratic Seminar
HW -read Hiroshima pg. 101-118 (Sasaki and Kleinsorge section of chpt. 5)