Course description

When is it beneficial for one person to speak for many?



When is it beneficial for many to speak as one?



What is a cause we want to speak for, and how can we convince others of its importance?



Course Summary

In this course we will explore how collective and individual voice can create social change. Focusing on visual representations of people working together towards a cause, our class will gain an understanding of the impact art can make in such efforts. Through collage, we will respond to literature addressing various use of voice such as The Jungle and The Color Purple. We will also look to the dynamic work of artists: Jacob Riis, Jacob Lawrence, and The Quilters of Gee's Bend as artistic advocacy. Students can expect to engage in rich literary discussion and practice towards skillfull artistic response. Skills assessed are: reading, oral presentation, and artistic expression.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

HOMEWORK

DUE THURSDAY, 9/8/11:
Skim Chapter 1 of The Jungle and describe in your Voices Journal some hopes and worries of Ona and Jurgis and their family through out the Veselija.


DUE FRIDAY, 9/9/11:
*Sometimes it is helpful to read the questions first (so that you may catch relevant to the questions as you read), then read the chapter (so you can enjoy the flow of the story), then go back to answer the questions which accompany the reading.

Read Chapter 2 of The Jungle and answer the following questions:

1.  Why did Jurgis move to America?

2.  What part of Lithuania is Jurgis from?

3.  Under what circumstances does Jurgis find Ona and her family when he returns to ask again for her hand?

4.  Who suggested they all move to America and based on what information?

5.  Why did Marija Berczynskas join the group in their move to America?

6.  What promises does America hold?

7.  In New York City, how are parts of the "promises" betrayed?

8.  In words or through a sketch, please describe the transformation of landscape as Ona and Jurgis' family approaches Chicago and then the stockyards.

9.  Who was Jonas' friend they unexpectedly met upon arriving in the stockyards?  What does he do there?

10.  Where will they live in the "back of the yard" temporarily?

11.  What are the "pools" and "made" land that Ona and Jurgis witness on their walk?

12.  What elements of this new place embody hope?

13.  What premonitions can you draw from this new landscape?
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  1. Ben TesslerSeptember 7, 2011 at 6:36 AM

    1. he moved to America to make money and so that he could marrie Ona
    2. He is from Brelovicz, the imperial forest
    3.Her father had died and his land was "tied up with creditors"
    4.Jonas, Ona's brother, because his friend got rich there
    5.Because she had been working for a rich man who beat her and she finnaly fought back and almost killed him
    6.th promis of work, money, and freedom where people dont swindle you for your money
    7. people tricked them into staying in a hotel, that had the prices out, but not in Lithuanian
    8.flat land with two story biuldings. an ocationl dirty creek, baked shores, railroads. an occational factory pouring black smoke. the grass got less and less green, everything was less green
    9.szedvilas, a furniture maker
    10.Poni Aniele's bording house
    11.pools-hollowsfull of stinking green water thast children played in
    Made land a dumping ground for the cities garbage
    12.?
    13.that this place is dangerous to live in and its not a nice place. it is a place for the poor not the rich i think that this is showing that there life there will be full of dificulty

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