• Asian History: Chinese Archetecture

    Use the following set of hyperlinks to answer the questions. If the title is linked it is the Google Maps site. Terra Cotta Warriors: Wikipedia    UNESCO What was the original function of the warriors? How many warriors exist? What direction do they face? Mount Tai: Wikipedia   UNESCO Why is the site significant to Taoist? What…

  • Extra Credit: State of the Union

    This assignment is available for anyone interested. Simply watch the State of the Union address and write a 500-1000 word review. You may use two news sources; however, you must cite them with MLA format.

  • Thomas Aquinas

    To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.

  • English: Week Three Activities

    Class Activities for the week Monday Read Rubaiyait p557 Ans# 1,2,5,6 Read Dead Man’s Path p1000 Ans #4 Tuesday Read “The Train from Rhodesia” p1015 Ans#3-7 Read “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses” p1029 #1-4,6,7 Wednesday Write an essay response to “Prisoner” p1029 #8-9 Thursday Read “Anecdotes” p568 Ans#1,3,5,7 Write three 3 of your own. Read “Norwegian…

  • Asian Studies Update

    This Friday (Jan 20) we will have a quiz on Pre-Imperial China. Next Friday (Jan 27) map quiz: Gobi Desert, Huang R., Yangtze R, Shanghai, Xi R, Hong Kong, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Hokkaido

  • English: Week Two Writing Journals

    Write a myth comparable to the ones we have read in class. Compare Gilgamesh and Sundiatta as Epic Heroes. Identify and describe an Epic Hero of Pop Culture.