Prepare a short (1-2 mins) presentation about the topic assigned to you from chapter 3 of the textbook. Use maps, photos, illustrations, etc. Use the textbook information but also find something new that is not in the textbook.
Answer the questions about the movie “Far and Away”
Why does Joseph want to kill the landlord Mr Christie?
Is he justified?
Presentation topics
Robert de Niro and Woody Allen
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island – how are they connected? (1 bridge, 1 tunnel, 1 ferry)
Manhattan – Wall Street, Twin Towers, Ground Zero
Chinatown
Lower East Side
Little Italy
Garment District
Greenwich Village
Edith Wharton
Henry James
Mark Twain
Edgar Allen Poe
Harlem
Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx
If you were absent today, please choose from these topics in the textbook:
Using your notes from today’s presentation on “Oliver Twist” and “Elizabeth the Golden Age”, write a short paragraph for each presentation . You may need to do a little research before you write.
Choose another book from the Easy Reading list, borrow it from the library and start reading. (Download the list here: AS1_Easy_reading_library_list
Read the textbook chapter 2, pages 16-19 for a quiz next week.
Prepare your presentation.
Today’s class
Presentations about “Oliver Twist” and “Elizabeth the Golden Age”.
Handout: Check the meaning of the quotes by Hamilton and Brutus about the BIll of Rights, and write your opinion. Download the handout here: Why the Bill of Rights
Ms. Irie S., Ms. Ishida, Ms. Aoeda and Ms. Izumi, please prepare your presentation sfor next week.
Presentation topics:
This semester, you can freely choose any topic of U.S. history that you like.
I suggest you choose a person or a group of people as the main point of your presentation.
In addition, you may choose any topic in the textbook, any U.S.A. history-related book that you have read, or any movie from the movie list that you have seen.
What did you think of today’s class? Is it useful for you to hear me read the text? What about the chapter summaries? Let me know your opinions in the comments or send me a private email.
I plan to have more discussions in the 2nd semester. This semester, we are focusing on understanding the story.
Answer the multiple-choice questions for chapter 7
Write a (short) summary of chapter 6 – about half a page of B5 will be enough. Key points of the action only.
Presenters, prepare your presentation for next week (chapter 7)
Today’s class:
Presentations on the vocabulary and meaning of chapter 6.
a “cab” is short for cabriolet and is the name of a horse-drawn carriage used as a taxi in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Later, when horses were replaced by cars, the name “cab” was kept and is still used today to refer to a taxi. A taxi-driver is called a “cabby”, as was the driver of the horse-drawn carriages.
Here’s a picture of a cabriolet from Wikipedia
Here’s a photo (1877!) of a hansom cab, also used as a “taxi”:
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