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Happy Pi Day
Happy Pi Day Hope everyone enjoys celebrating the most mathematical day of March and Albert Einstein’s birthday today. Additionally a little reminder, about tomorrow, to all Cesarean born imperial dictators , “Beware the Ides of March.” Related articles Happy pi day, Albert! (plus.maths.org) Calculating Pi with Real Pies (neatorama.com) Five Great Ways to Celebrate Pi Day on 3/14 (ed.gov)…
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English II Class Readings
Answer the follwoing questions for each of the three readings selected: What is Dr. Liz Bourke’s argument? Who is her intended audience? Is it you? Does the reading “make sense” to you?
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Asian Studies Readings: Samurai and Bushido
Read the following webpages for information about the Samurai way of life: Wikipedia Readings Bushido Shintoism Samurai Ronin Ninja Bakumatsu Junshi Seppuku Edo Period of Japan Meiji Restoration Tokugawa Yoshinobu Boshin War Outside Readings BBC:Shintoism Samurai Wiki
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EngII 3rd Nine Weeks Required List
Complete at least five of the following required class blogs. Gilgamesh: If you could live forever just the way your look now, would accept the gift? Why/Why not? New Testament Proverbs: rewrite one of the Proverbs in a modern setting/language. Sundiatta: Compare Sundiatta to your ideal hero. Does he embody too much of a foreign culture for…
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English Activities: Trojan War Projects
Culminating Project for The Iliad and The Aeneid are due March 6, 2013 Follow the link
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Asian Studies Readings- Colonial India and China
Read about four of the Following events and explain how they lead to Colonial domination of China. Opium Wars Creation of Hong Kong, Macau, and Shanghai Taiping Rebellion Boxer Rebellion Empress Dowager Cixi Read about one of the Following events and explain how they lead to Colonial domination of India. Indian Rebellion (Sepoy Mutiny) The Great…