Here’s my recipe for a Loaf of Gentrification. This was actually a lot of fun to make and I think it would be an engaging way to teach the process. For social studies teachers, it would be good for a lot of human geography and urban studies processes in general… urbanization etc.
Assignment # 3 Chinese Philosophy Limericks
Legalism
Han Feizi believed man to be selfish and greedy
Under his doctrine you would not want to be needy
Order and control with strict laws
Punishment not compassionate flaws
His five penalties made the sentences speedy
Confucianism
Grown in the mind of Confucius was a way to behave
5 virtues to follow and relationships to engrave
Those that are deemed superior
Must treat with love their inferior
Showing upright, honest, and charitable displays
Napoleonic Simulation
Here is my Napoleon Simulation below. If you would like any additional details/would like to adapt any of my resources, do not hesitate to ask!
– Ben
All Hail!
All hail Julius Caesar!
Response: Hail!
Conqueror, general, fearless leader.
Ideas of grandeur as he crossed the Rubicon.
All hail!
Response: HAIL!
Civil war led to his greatness, fear of despotism lead to his fall.
“Et tu Brutus!!”
Stabbed 23 times to share the burden of treasonous murder.
All hail!
Response: HAIL!
Hopes of democratic reform would lead not to res-publica.
July turned to August,
the heat of the Egyptian sand burned under the marching feet of the legion as they sealed
Marc Antony’s fate, and with it, the fate of Cleopatra and Egypt.
Caesar’s former lover and bearer of his children was dead but the empire was born, via Caesarean section.
As the sun blazed down to earth, the most powerful and influential culture would shape
the future of Western Civilization and our identity.
All hail Julius Caesar!
Response: Hail!!!
Assignment 3 – Demo Story Theatre Performance for the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Story of Aulth-ma-quus and Aint-tin-mit
This is the story of Aulth-ma-quus and Aint-tin-mit.
As a storyteller, I am going to tell you a story about a village.
The village is a nice place, close to the beach, protected on the upper landing from the high tides of the Pacific Ocean, on the west side of Vancouver Island. The best beach with the softest sand is located off to the south of the village, near the mountain.
However, like any place, there are dangers lurking. Unspeakable horrors can occur, even in the most beautiful and peaceful of places, nightmares can become reality… seemingly unstoppable … especially when we view reality in one way… Monsters force us to face the unthinkable.
When I run and play, my character is the Chief’s daughter, or one of the children playing with the Chief’s daughter. When I have a worried look on my face, I’m a concerned adult. When I am playing with this fabric, I am the pitch woman, Aulth-ma-quus.
Don’t let this fabric soften how deeply ugly, large and terrifying nature of Aulth-ma-quus. I’m just a story teller, an actor, and if the spirit of Aulth-ma-quus takes me over, I need you to trust me, I will be back, it will just be a temporary condition. Please don’t worry, I will be okay, you will be okay. We will make it through this together…
This is the first part of the story, is the part where you get to see what Story Theatre is all about. The part where I launch you into your work, where I am a distant voice in the howling winds of your creativity!
ooop! I’m already getting carried away. The story! Alright, back to it.
Back at the village, the people warned the children… Play here! We have all told you, it’s too dangerous on the beach. We have lost too many. We are working, stay close, help us.
But the day was so sunny, and the adults were too boring and the beach was fun! That story was one they told us to get us to work, it’s a beautiful sunny day! We need to run around and have fun!
We all looked at each other, and signaled with our telepathic beach energy, and we made our ways around the buildings and then RAN TO THE BEACH!
**** Cue music****
***I’m going to pull this scarf up now…. Don’t get too scared! It’s just me playing the character. But remember, it’s a reallllly creepy character!***
Aulth-ma-quus Voice: Chomp Chomp Chomp. Oh those little sweet dots on the beach! Oh those tasty bones. I need bones. THEY ARE MINE! Children have the best bones. I can eat them and use them and they help me grow larger and larger. Oh sweet children, I hear them. I must have them. THEY ARE MINE.
Narrator Voice:
***Aulth-ma-quus was ENORMOUS! Terrifying!! and very very very very very very very UGLY! Intensely inteeeeennnnseeeely UGLY! And with joy in her step, she strapped on her ultra-scary enormous big basket (-presently my backpack-) and headed down the mountain.
She happily bounded on the beach. She could feel the fear that gave her exactly what she wanted, what she needed. The little children would freeze long before she arrived to pick them up. Frozen, from feeling the threat of her unstoppable presence, she easily plucked up the children and tossed them into her basket.
Brave Child’s Voice:
I have to get away. If I can stop being so afraid, the next time she leans over to pick someone up I can jump out and get back to the village and let them know what has happened. My friend, the chief’s daughter, is in the basket with the all of my friends captured today.
I’m so scared! I’m trembling!! Here I go! Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
Accompanying Media:
Assignment 3 – LLED 361 – Final Presentation
Assignment 3: Social Studies Math
What makes for a successful civilisation?
First, go over these three questions to prep students for the project/activity:
- How do we define a “successful” state/civilisation?
- What should each math symbol represent? (+,-,x,/)
- What are some key variables, why are some variables weighted heavier than others?
- Extra: What defines an “unsuccessful” civilisation/state?
Ex. (Cultural+Economic+Technological Development) x Duration of Civ./State – (Civic Unrest x Corruption) = Positive then Successful, Negative then Unsuccessful
Key Goals:
- Why use multiplication w/certain variables over others?
- Identify the weight some variables as more than others?
- Identify differences between perspectives of different groups in the class.
Follow-up: List examples of each variable for a civilisation, decide if they balance out to be a successful or unsuccessful civilisation/state.
Assignment 3: Kelps of the Pacific Northwest
If you explore a rocky beach of the Pacific Northwest,
You might meet a large brown seaweed, whose name you could only guess.
Finding them is easy, but to ID, you might need some help,
So next time you meet one, remember this poem about kelp.
Before we dive into our identification quest,
Let’s cover some terminology, so we can understand the rest:
A blade is like a leaf, a stipe is like a stalk,
A midrib gives blades structure, a holdfast sticks stipe to rock.
So, first things first, can it grow 50 metres tall?
If so, then it’s Macrocystis pyrifera, the largest kelp of them all.
Together, they form forests, home to fish, sea otters, and more,
But you’ll most likely see them when they are swept ashore.
But there is another kelp that can reach a similar height:
Nereocystis luetkeana, which boasts a 36 metre-long stipe.
Smooth, narrow blades extend from its bulbous air bladder
Which holds carbon monoxide! But, eh, that doesn’t really matter…
Most other kelps are much smaller, but just as cool
Such as Laminaria ephemera, often found in tide pools.
Much like Laminaria yezoensis, it has a disc-shaped holdfast
But it’s narrower and shorter-lived, so there’s still some contrast.
The base of some kelps might give their identity away,
As only some have sporophylls, special reproductive blades.
If you should spot any, count the rows you see,
It may be Alaria marginata, which has two rows of these.
The many shapes of Costaria costata may initially perplex
As its blade’s width varies with the wave action’s effects.
But this kelp has five midribs, as if one weren’t enough,
So identifying this one shouldn’t be too tough.
Like other kelps, this one likes substrates rocky, not sandy;
Its palm-tree-like shape makes its morphology most handy.
Postelsia palmaeformis, or sea palm for short,
It’s easy to ID, as the only kelp of its sort.
Now, there’s so many kelps, I could go on forever,
But I only have minutes for what would be a lifelong endeavour.
So I’ll stop here, but hopefully by this poem’s end,
You’ll be able to name some of our photosynthetic friends.
Visuals: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e14rjC5q4wH-_tQXGMRgFYLEs3mnncM-ZYk8hdtd5rY/edit?usp=sharing