Friday, February 7, 2014

SUMOPAINT DUE TODAY

Do NOW: Go to sumopaint.com/app
From within the program, open your saved project

Classwork: COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT and email to mirandagt2013@gmail.com
You will be graded on
  1. Does your profile look like you?
  2. Is your entire negative and positive space filled?
  3. Are the images changed in some way (size, shape)
  4. Do you have a minimum of 10 images/layers?
An A project looks like this AND is attached to an email and sent by 11:59pm on FRI. FEB 7


Fast Finishers: If your sumopaint is complete AND emailed to mirandagt2013@gmail.com, you may

Monday, January 27, 2014

Art History Unit 1: Profile Profile


MONDAY JAN 27:

Objective: Students will be able to use Photobooth to take a profile picture of themselves and upload that photo to sumopaint.com/app in order to begin their profile profile art.
 
Do Now: Teacher Demo of how to create a portrait in sumopaint

Classwork:
  1. Use PHOTOBOOTH in your applications folder to take both a front and side/profile photo of yourself.
  2. Pull the photo onto your desktop.
  3. Go to  http://www.sumopaint.com/app/ and click OPEN from COMPUTER tab. Choose your side view picture. 
  4. Go to LAYER-> ADD NEW LAYER
  5. Choose a good size brush  (5 pixels) and a color and trace the outline of your profile. Make sure you are on LAYER 1, not the original picture of your face
  6. Hide the original photo by clicking next to it and checking your work. Make sure you click back to LAYER 1 before continuing to draw.
  7. Use google images and colors to fill in your design.
  8. Save as  yourname.SUMO to your computer (use documents folder)
Homework:
How do you visually represent yourself? Come in tomorrow with a list of 10 things that make up who you are (examples: Family, Culture/Country, Friends, Foods, Music, Fashion, Hobbies/Interests, Personality type, Favorites, etc)

Tuesday Jan 28

Objective: Students will be able to utilize aspects of Egyptian art to improve their own profile work- especially proportion and profile. 

Do  Now: Review the basics of Egyptian Art
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/egyptian-art-an-introduction.html

Classwork: 
The Egyptians used proportion (size in relation to other objects) to show importance. Make the objects in your head proportional to their importance in your life. 
  • Go to  http://www.sumopaint.com/app/ and click OPEN from COMPUTER tab. Choose your saved image from Documents folder (yourname.sumo)
  • Using your HOMEWORK list of items that visually represent you- open a NEW TAB and search Google for a good image of your item
  • Pull the image onto the desktop OR copy the URL of the image
  • In SUMOPAINT, go to FILE-> Import to Layer
  • Add the images. Erase any negative (background) space using the MAGIC WAND tool or the ERASER tool.
  • Pull additional layers/images UNDER LAYER 1 (your profile tracing). 
  • Save as  yourname.SUMO to your computer (use documents folder)

WEDNESDAY JAN 28

Do Now: Open your sumopaint project from Documents folder

Classwork: Continue adding layers and images and colors until all negative and positive space is filled. 
 
FINAL IMAGE SHOULD LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS:

SAVE FINAL IMAGE AS 
yourname.jpg and EMAIL to 
MIRANDAGT2014@gmail.com




Friday, January 24, 2014

NHD- Self Assessment

Do Now:

Email mirandagt2013@gmail.com with a complete a self assessment on the NHD process including:
  • What did you learn?
  • What did you like?
  • What was difficult/challenging?
  • Any other important information you think I should know
Classwork:

Students will check their grade and missing assignments in Schoolnet (http://philasd.org/login).
Email mirandagt2013@gmail.com with any missing assignments, especially:
  • NHD Project (script, website, documentary, exhibit info)
  • Process paper (all but paper)
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Any other notes or old work (2 min pitch, 1500 word paper)
Homework:

Notice THREE beautiful things over the weekend to discuss on Monday. You may take picture or write down. 

Sunday, January 12, 2014

NHD- Final Countdown

WEEK OF JAN 13 - JAN 17:


Do Now: Work on your ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPY and PROCESS PAPER for NHD.

Classwork: Complete NHD work

Websites:
  • ORIGINS/CAUSES, TOPIC  and IMPACTS are represented on your site
  • ALL pages have primary source pictures/documents
  • ALL pages have at least 3 primary source quotations to tell the story
  • ALL pages have buttons for navigation
  • At least 2 other media (songs, video clips, interview with expert, photo slideshow, interactive maps)
Prior winning websites:

   Samuel F.B. Morse: Artist to Innovator, A Turning Point in Communication
   Second Place, Senior Individual Web Site
   Student: Taylor Walsh
   Process Paper   |   Bibliography

   On the Brink of Disunion: The Election of 1860
   First Place, Senior Individual Web Site
   Student: John Vodrey
   Process Paper   |   Bibliography
 
Example site/How to:
 http://55515540.nhd.weebly.com

Paper:
  • Examine your thesis. Does you paper respond to and connect with the thesis?
  • You have written about ORIGINS/CAUSES, TOPIC  and IMPACTS. 
  • Include economic, social, and political impacts
  • Have at least one adult and two peers read your paper and provide feedback
  • Follow this template (more or less)
  • Does your paper CLEARLY connect to the theme- RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES?
Prior winning papers
   
The Sinking of the USS Maine: A Turning Point in American Foreign Policy
   Eighth Place, Captain Ken Coskey Naval History Prize, Senior Paper
   Student: Maria Sutton

   The Great Railroad Strike of 1877: A Catalyst for the American Labor Movement
   First Place, Senior Paper
   Student: Jessica Piper

Performance:
  • Go through guide for ideas: http://www.chicagohistoryfair.org/making-history/the-final-product/performances/performance-guide.html
  • Script should have 3-5 scenes.
  • You have written about ORIGINS/CAUSES, TOPIC  and IMPACTS. 
  • Have at least one adult and two peers read your script and provide feedback
  • Does your play CLEARLY connect to the theme- RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES?
  • a group performance will have different characters in different places. You may want your audience to travel through time as you move from one character to the next. Make sure that
    your approach is clear to the judges and audience. The different points in time should be
    signified in the script, the scene, the props and costumes.
The Turning Point That Made America Forever Free 
   The Turning Point That Made America Forever Free
   First Place, Senior Individual Performance
   Student: Matthew Broussard
   Process Paper   |   Bibliography

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

NHD Projects: Week of Dec 16-20

MIDTERM PROJECT CHECK WILL BE FRI DEC 20!

DO NOW: For FOOTNOTES disappearing in your GOOGLE DOC, "Choose view, Document View, Paginated" and see if they appear.

Classwork:
Choose your project type and continue building your NHD project

WEBSITE: Log onto your site using http://nhd.weebly.com 

I created this site to clarify for you: http://55515540.nhd.weebly.com

Paper: http://www.wikihow.com/Write-an-NHD-Paper

Performance: tips- http://nhd.sc.gov/tips/Pages/TipsPerform.aspx

How to Write a Monologue: http://www.wikihow.com/Write-Dramatic-Monologue


Exhibit: Email mirandagt2013@gmail.com your primary sources, captions, and descriptions for your board. Indicate if you need printed in color or black/white.

Documentary: SEE ME to set up computer for documentary and review how to edit.

General tips: http://www.polk-fl.net/staff/teachers/documents/DoingNationalHistoryDayWithYourStudents.pdf

CLASS MIDTERM PROJECT CHECK will be this FRIDAY DEC 20.

HW: Continue building your project at home. WEBSITES must email mirandagt2013@gmail.com with site address (EX: 12345678.nhd.weebly.com) by MON DEC 23.

Monday, December 9, 2013

NHD: Week of Dec 9-13

Do Now: If you are in the alternate group, or have decided on website, GO to http://nhd.weebly.com and log in to your account. Directions here: http://www.tamuk.edu/artsci/museum/history%20fair/web_site_instructions.pdf

Classwork: 
Monday: Complete your 2 minute pitch for Ms. Gold's class

Tuesday: Put your thesis, name, and primary source image on your homepage. Check out to see best practices for NHD website: http://57894123.nhd.weebly.com and http://50279824.nhd.weebly.com

Wednesday: Complete a page on the ORIGIN of your topic. Be sure to use at least 3-5 quotes and primary images/videos/letters. Be sure to put buttons to navigate to next and prior topic.

Thursday:  Complete a page on the DEVELOPMENT of your topic. Be sure to use at least 3-5 quotes and primary images/videos/letters. Be sure to put buttons to navigate to next and prior topic.

Friday: Begin the page on your topic/turning point. Be sure to use at least 5-10 quotes and primary images/videos/letters. Be sure to put buttons to navigate to next and prior topic.

Tutorials:
http://help.weebly.com/beginners-guide.html
http://www.nhd.org/websitereg.htm
http://www.nhd.org/CategoryWebsite.htm

Homework: School competition will be THURS JAN 23. All entries must be complete by WED JAN 22.

Monday, December 2, 2013

NHD: Week of Dec 2-6


Do Now: Review last week's blog assignments on best practices for project types

Classwork:
  1. Continue writing your 1500 word final NHD paper, due WED DEC 4
  2. Peer share and peer edits of papers- swap with a classmate, read each other's papers, and give feedback
  3. Begin NHD Website (alternate projects, everyone but paper, performance, and documentary). Go to http://nhd.weebly.com and SIGN UP or LOG IN. Begin creating pages on the 5 stages. 
  4. Continue working on annotating your bibliography. REMEMBER: An annotation has 
  • Summary of the article/document/chapter/etc
  • Who wrote/published, when and where published, other info for citation
  • Author/publisher qualifications for writing (non-biased? expert?)
  • How it fits into your research (origin, development, etc- what you learned from it)
PAPER OUTLINE HERE: http://conhigh2013.blogspot.com/2013/11/thursday-november-21.html 

Clarification on Footnotes:
Citing online sources
Generally, follow the same principals of footnotes to cite online sources. Refer to the author if possible and include the URL.
18. Henry James, The Ambassadors (Rockville: Serenity: 2009), http://books.google.com.
19. Bhakti Satalkar, “Water Aerobics,” http://www.buzzle.com, (July 15, 2010).
Citing online sources with no author
If there is no author, use either the article or website title to begin the citation. Be sure to use quotes for article titles and include the URL.
20. “Bad Strategy: At E3, Microsoft and Sony Put Nintendo on the Defense,” BNET, www.cbsnews.com/moneywatch, (June 14, 2010)


Homework: Email final paper to mirandagt2013@gmail.com AND goldfrancine205@gmail.com by 11:59pm on WED DEC 4, prepare 2 min pitch by MON DEC 9, and begin NHD project building (progress check) by FRI DEC 6


Wednesday, November 27, 2013

More help

Here are some guidelines for choosing a category:
  • Documentary if... you find a meaningful film clip, a lot of primary source photographs, a unique story worth telling, a lot of quotes from primary sources that you could read in a voice-over, you had a chance to interview an expert or person present during the historical event, or you have significant background with film editing and computer video programs.
  • Exhibit if... you find lots of unique facts that speak for themselves, you have found many still images, cartoons, or documents.
  • Paper if... your topic requires explanation, your thesis is better proved in writing, you found a lot of helpful secondary sources.
  • Performance if... you found a unique story worth telling, your historical topic has a theatrical element like music or dance, or you have a strong theatrical background.
  • Website if... your research uncovered a lot of tangential information that would be better described in multiple webpages, or you have experience with websites.

MORE ON PROJECT TYPES: http://nhdnh.weebly.com/creating-projects.html

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: http://nhdnh.weebly.com/annotated-bibliography.html

Monday, November 25, 2013

NHD Project Types and Resources

NHD Work for MON NOV 25-WED NOV 27:

Do Now: Read over the NHD Rulebook about the different Project Categories

Classwork
1. Review what and how to cite/how to do footnotes: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/04/ and http://libguides.utep.edu/content.php?pid=72847&sid=539256

2. Work on improving your 1500 word paper. If complete, share with a friend and give/get feedback.

3. MAKE SURE your paper has footnotes and completed bibliography. See links above for how-tos.

HOMEWORK:
FINAL 1500 word PAPER AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY due WED DEC 3.

EXAMPLE NHD PROJECTS: 
2013 Competition: http://www.nhd.org/StudentProjectExamples.htm
2012 Competition: http://www.nhd.org/2012StudentProjectExamples.htm

Other Best Practices
Examples of NHD Documentaries (Gay Rights):

Examples of NHD websites (Gay rights):
Examples of Performance



PRIMARY SOURCE Resources:

African American History : http://www.africanamericancollection.com/

Women's Suffrage:
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/womens-suffrage/
http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/subjsuffrage.html
http://lib.colostate.edu/research/history/suffrage.html

Labor Rights:
http://www.shmoop.com/history-labor-unions/primary-sources.html
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/labor/
http://nyu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=107109&sid=1472811
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-030/

Gay Rights:

LGBT Primary Sources: http://cnu.libguides.com/glbt

Stonewall:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/stonewall-queen-bees/


Interviews with men there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4gt6UFvva0

THe Homosexuals: Documentary 1967


AIDS and Gay community:





Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Thursday November 21


Good morning! Thank you for your excellent behavior while I am out sick. You may work on any of the following

1. Continue research and writing on your topic for your 1500 word essay due tomorrow (Fri Nov 22). Each stage should have approx 300 words, with more for stage 3. You may email me with questions (mirandagt2013@gmail.com) and I will try to respond.

Document analysis worksheets (these can help you explain your sources): http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/

Thesis Builder: https://awc.ashford.edu/writing-tools-thesis-generator.html

Guide for Writing:Research Paper Organizer

Name:___________________ Period:____________

Your Introduction Paragraph 
Hook sentence (Get the reader’s attention):

Explain the hook (Why is it important to your topic):

Transition Sentence (Central Idea):

Thesis Statement (What you are trying to prove with 3 points
you will discuss):

Section #1 ORIGIN

Topic Sentence:

Major Point #1:

     Minor Point:

Major Point #2:

     Minor Point:

Major Point #3:

    Minor Point:

Conclusion (DON’T JUST REPEAT YOURSELF):

Section #2  DEVELOPMENT
Topic Sentence:

Major Point #1:

    Minor Point:

Major Point #2:

    Minor Point:

Major Point #3:

    Minor Point:

Conclusion (DON’T JUST REPEAT YOURSELF):

Section #3: Turning Point and the Right/Responsibility
Topic Sentence:

Major Point #1:

    Minor Point:

Major Point #2:

    Minor Point:

Major Point #3:

    Minor Point:

Conclusion (DON’T JUST REPEAT YOURSELF):

Section #4: Short Term Impact
Topic Sentence:

Major Point #1:

    Minor Point:

Major Point #2:

    Minor Point:

Major Point #3:

    Minor Point:

Conclusion (DON’T JUST REPEAT YOURSELF):

Section #5: Long Term Impact
Topic Sentence:

Major Point #1:

    Minor Point:

Major Point #2:

    Minor Point:

Major Point #3:

    Minor Point:

Conclusion (DON’T JUST REPEAT YOURSELF):
 
Conclusion Paragraph
Summary Sentence (begin with transition word & sum up the
3 main points):

Call your reader to action:

Give your reader something to think about:

Connect back to the Hook/Attention Getter:


Works Cited (alphabetical by author's last name or document title (if no author))