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Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Between the World and Me
FFW (5 min; 10 sentences): Coates writes that journalism, fatherhood, living in New York, and traveling to Paris opened doors for him to...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Modern vs Post-Modern
What is modernism? What is postmodernism? How are they similar and different?
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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The Prince
FFW (5 min; 10 sentences): To rule effectively, is it better to be loved or feared? Why? Cite an example What Can You Learn from...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Chapter 6
FFW (5 min; 10 sentences OR drawing): Imagining Instincts Imagine Eros and Thanatos as characters in a mythological story. What do they...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
11 min read
Civilization & Its Discontents
FFW (5 min; 10 sentences): Are we, as humans, capable of transcending aggression? Overview Special thanks to The Great Questions...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Hello
First day of Writing an Thinking programme at Bard College-Bronx. Welcome everyone!
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Odyssey
Special thanks to Kristen Grandfield, Yale - New Haven Teacher Institute Welcome Heroes, horrors, divine interventions, human...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Gilgamesh Essay
Special thanks to Diane Thompson, Northern Virginia Community College Essay in Miniature Agenda: Write prompt at the top of your notebook...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Gilgamesh Tablets III & IV
Special thanks to Kristen Grandfield, Yale - New Haven Teacher Institute Tablets III & IV Tablet Three (p. 23 - 29) Trust not, Gilgamesh,...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Gilgamesh Tablets I & II
Special thanks to Kristen Grandfield, Yale - New Haven Teacher Institute Tablets I & II Tablet One (p. 3 - 12) Tablet One begins with...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Gilgamesh Activities
Special thanks to Kristen Grandfield, Yale - New Haven Teacher Institute Tablets Translated by Maureen Gallery Kovacs Electronic Edition...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Gilgamesh
Copies of parts of the story have been found in Israel, Syria, and Turkey, and references to the hero are attested in Greek and Roman...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Student Choice for Readings
Core Readings and Student Choice The WHY: As a class, we must choose two of four required Bard Seminar texts to read this semester....
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Syllabus
Core Readings and Student Choice Bard Seminar is a college program and a learning community. As such, it is both similar to and different...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Community of Learners
Teamwork makes the dream work Introductions name cards: affirmative version of your name (how you want us to call you) with pronouns...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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Welcome to Seminar
Welcome Who are we and where do we come from? This is the question that the texts we are about to read over the next two years of the...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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W+T Day 8
Intro to Queer Studies Queerness can never define an identity; it can only ever disturb one” –Lee Edelman, No Future: Queer Theory and...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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W+T Day 7
Special thanks to Imani Perry, Eddie Ndopu, and Andrew Leland Intro to Disability Studies Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution In the early...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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W+T Day 6
Special thanks to Judith Butler and Harding University Theatre Femme Power καλώς ήρθατε! (kalos irθes, kalos irθate -- “well you came”;...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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W+T Day 5
Introduction to Indigenous Studies
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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W+T Day 4
Special thanks to Anna Dolan and 2023 Language and Thinking Faculty cohort Monsters Hiya! Today, you and I will get to know one another...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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W+T Day 3
Special thanks to Nicole B. Wallack Dixon and Columbia's Undergraduate Writing Program The WHY Today, we will discuss WHY writing is a...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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W+T Day 2
Special thanks to 2023 Schomburg NEH Storytelling PFW (5 min) Today, we will explore stories told through text, image, and sound. We'll...
Rosie Jayde Uyola
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W+T Day 1
Special thanks to erica kaufman and Bard's Writing and Thinking Institute Introductions Welcome! Today, we will get to know one another,...
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