september - october 2008 - november

 

sun mon tue wed thu fri sat
     

1 even

soc: culture presentations; TED talk "Why Are We Happy? Why Aren't We Happy?"

soccer:

2 odd

ap gov: political campaigns - edwards chapter 9; watch "The War Room"

phil: watch "Pi"

3 even

soc: chapters 3 & 4 exam; read and discuss "In Praise of Melancholy"

soccer:

4
5

6 odd

ap gov: elections and voting - edwards chapter 10; lasser article 8.3

phil: Math and the Greeks (Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parminedes, Zeno, Empedocles, Anaxagoras) powerpoint; read and discuss "The Process of Change"

7 even

soc: culture presentations; elements of social structure (statuses, roles); read and discuss "Save the Males"

soccer:

8 odd

ap gov: interest groups - edwards chapter 11; lasser article 6.2

phil: read and discuss "Are Our Brains Wired for Math?" and "You Can Prove a Negative"

9 10
11
12

13 even

soc: culture presentations; elements of social structure (groups, social networks, institutions)

soccer:

14 odd

ap gov: review

phil: Socratic seminar Descartes; writing prompt - is knowledge in mathematics dependent on culture?; is complete certainty achievable in mathematics?

15 even

soc: culture presentations; perspectives on social institutions (functionalist, conflict)

soccer:

16 odd

ap gov: review

phil: theme 1 paper due

17 even

soc: culture presentations; perspectives on social institutions (symbolic interactionist, global)

soccer:

18

19

20 odd

ap gov: unit 2 multiple choice exam

phil: Spinoza; Leibniz - read and discuss "Monadology"

21 even

soc: culture presentations; groups

soccer:

22 odd

ap gov: unit 2 free response exam

phil: Russell - read and discuss "The Limits of Philosophical Knowledge"

 

23 even

soc: culture presentations; groups

soccer: fitness testing

24 odd

ap gov: congress - edwards chapter 12 (pp352-375)

phil: submit theme 2 paper question

25
26

27 even

soc: Doctors Without Borders field trip - A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City

soccer: fitness testing

28 odd

ap gov: congress - edwards chapter 12 (pp375-387); intro "15 seconds with the president" project

phil: intro the arts; prompts - what is art?, relationship of art to knowledge, poem

29 even

soc: culture presentations; review chapters 5 & 6

soccer: fitness testing

30 odd

ap gov: congress - lasser articles 9.1-3

phil: romanticism; Socratic seminar on "The Picture of Dorian Gray [Preface]"; writing prompt "All art is quite useless" - Oscar Wilde

31 even

soc: invisible children assembly

soccer: blue cards due

[late start day] [no school]