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Week 1 (Jan 17-19):
Humanities: Rolling Out Film Making! This Week's Readings: New York Times' "Nearly 200,000 Salvadorans Must Leave" |
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Week 2 (Jan 22-26):
Humanities: Research for a Podcast focusing on the Mexican-American War. Documentary Skills: Characteristics of Quality Scripts Experiences: Friday, January 26: Take B-Roll at Friendship Park to see the current border up close. Readings: |
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Week 3 (Jan 29 - Feb 2):
Humanities: Scripting and recording the Podcast on the Mexican-American War. Documentary Skills: Characteristics of Quality Audio Experiences: Border Patrol agent speaks to class. Reading: |
Feb. 1: Podcast audio file and pictures due in Humanities.
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Robert Seagle Voice Impersonating
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Week 4 (Feb 5-9):
Humanities: Argumentative Essay #1 and examining borders in a local context (San Diego/Tijuana). Documentary Skills: Building Context around a theme - Using B- Roll Experiences: Tuesday, February 6 - Chicano Park tour and VIA International Readings: |
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Week 5 (Feb 12-15):
Humanities: Argumentative Essay #1 and examining borders in a local context (San Diego/Tijuana). Grade check in. Documentaries: Setting up interviews (email and phone call skills) Experiences: Visit research library to build research skills and background knowledge. Experiences: Alejandro Tomayo, Union Tribune Journalist, speaks to class. |
Feb. 15 (3:40 pm): Argumentative Essay #1 due.
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Week 6 (Feb 20-23):
Humanities: Multi-paragraph research paper based on the theme of the documentary groups. Documentaries: INTERVIEW WEEK Monday, Feb 19 - NO School President's day |
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Week 7 (Feb 26 - Mar 2):
Humanities: Multi-paragraph research paper based on the theme of the documentary group. Documentaries: INTERVIEW WEEK |
Week 8 (Mar 5-9)
Humanities: Panel discussion based on the research papers. SLCs |
Mar. 5 (8:40 am): Multi-paragraph Essay due.
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Week 9 (Mar 12-16)
Humanities: Reading a book, TBD Experiences: B-Roll filming at a border checkpoint. |
Week 10 (Mar 19-23)
Humanities: Reading a book, TBD Experiences: B-Roll filming at a border checkpoint. |
Week 11 (Apr 10-13)
Monday, April 9 - No School Humanities: Writing a book review. Experiences: B-Roll filming at a border checkpoint. |
Apr. 13: Book review due.
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Week 12 (Apr 16-20)
Humanities: |
Fri, May 2:
HTH Festival Performance!!! |
Week 13 (April 23-27)
Humanities: |
Week 14 (April 30 May 3)
Friday, May 4, - No School SNOW DAY |
Week 15 (May 7-11)
Thursday, May 10: EXHIBITION!! |