Civilization & Its Discontents
FFW (5 min; 10 sentences): Are we, as humans, capable of transcending aggression? Overview Special thanks to The Great Questions...
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Workshops
Developed using Bard College's Language and Thinking Program
and Writing and Thinking Institute materials. If adapting, please cite original authors and program.
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Oct 229 min read
Souls of White and Black Folk
An essay by W.E.B. Du Bois on the imperial roots of American racism FFW (2 minutes, 4 sentences minimum per image): What do I see?...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Oct 54 min read
The Descent of Man
FFW (5 min; 10 sentences min): What do you see? What does this drawing encourage the viewer to infer? The Descent of Man, Ernst Haeckel...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Sep 156 min read
The Communist Manifesto
FFW (5 min; 10 sentences minimum): Do you believe a person's social class (how much money they have and how much access their money gives...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Sep 113 min read
Create a Goal and Find Your “Why”
Step 1: Create a Personal Goal: What’s a personal goal you want to achieve by the end of the school year? Write your response in the box...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Sep 524 min read
Hello
First day of Writing an Thinking programme at Bard College-Bronx. Welcome everyone!
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Mar 181 min read
Page to Stage
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students will be able to: Analyze a canto from Dante’s Inferno (student choice; collaborative learning) Identify key...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Mar 73 min read
Structure of Hell & Punishment of Sinners
Special thanks to Alice Astarita and Matteo Soranzo, Wisconsin Centre for the Humanities FFW (5 min): What do you see? Discussion...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Jan 303 min read
Dante's Inferno Discussion Questions
Special thanks to Longwood University Discussion Questions Inferno, Cantos 1-4 Compare Canto 1 to the opening of the Odyssey. How is it...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Dec 13, 20239 min read
Odyssey Questions
Choose Your Own Focused Free Write Discussion Questions General questions on The Odyssey 1. At the beginning of The Odyssey, we are told...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Dec 7, 202318 min read
Odyssey - Chapter Info Graphics
Using infographics to tell a story What Makes an Infographic Effective? Effective infographics are composed of few different attributes....
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Dec 4, 20233 min read
Odyssey - Books 1 & 2
Books 1 & 2 FFW (5 min; 10 sentences): What are your thoughts on the opening of the story? Do you think it makes sense to introduce the...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Nov 29, 20231 min read
Odyssey Oral Reports
Special thanks to Kristen Grandfield, Yale - New Haven Teacher Institute Oral Reports Preliminary Research Write a two to three page...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Nov 16, 20231 min read
Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses
Special thanks to Kristen Grandfield, Yale - New Haven Teacher Institute Projects Preliminary Research Create a chart of major gods and...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Nov 16, 20232 min read
The Odyssey
Special thanks to Kristen Grandfield, Yale - New Haven Teacher Institute Welcome Heroes, horrors, divine interventions, human...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Nov 2, 20232 min read
Argumentative Thesis
Special thanks to University of Manitoba Academic Learning Centre and Lumen Writing Skills Lab Argumentative Thesis Write a ONE SENTENCE...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Oct 26, 20232 min read
Gilgamesh Tablets XI
Special thanks to Kristen Grandfield, Yale - New Haven Teacher Institute Tablets XI Tablet Eleven (p. 84 - 95) Gilgamesh realizes that...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Oct 26, 20232 min read
Gilgamesh Tablets IX & X
Special thanks to Kristen Grandfield, Yale - New Haven Teacher Institute Tablets IX & X Tablet Nine (p.66 - 71) Gilgamesh is distraught...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Oct 19, 20231 min read
Gilgamesh Tablets VII & VIII
Special thanks to Kristen Grandfield, Yale - New Haven Teacher Institute Tablets VII & VIII Tablet Seven (p. 53 - 59) Enkidu becomes ill...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
Oct 19, 20232 min read
Gilgamesh Tablets V & VI
Special thanks to Kristen Grandfield, Yale - New Haven Teacher Institute Tablets V & VI Tablet Five (p. 38 - 45) Gilgamesh and Enkidu...
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