All,
here are the videos from our last couple of classes.
Birke Baehr, What's Wrong With Our Food System
Food Fight
PBS Food, Inc
The Atlanitc Monthly: The Joy of Not Cooking
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Monday, January 09, 2012
AP World History
Welcome back, crew!
I hope your break was restful and rejuvenating. As we embark on the last two weeks of our course together, we are going to step back and take stock of all the skills and knowledge we have gained up to this point. We will begin with an examination of the Pruitt-Igoe project of the 1950s in St. Louis. Our examination will look for causes as to why this spectacular social-architectural endeavor failed. Your job will be to catalog the events and determine the possible, most reasonable causes.
99percentinvisible
Then, we will look into the 15th century and explore the various societies around the globe during that time. You will take stock of the major characteristics of each society, its problems and conditions. Then, you will look into any possible interactions among societies. Finally, your job will be to determine the possible, most reasonable causes of the conditions of the 15th century.
What we are doing here is an exercise in Heuristics as applied to history. Heuristics is how we make sense of the world, its conditions and causes, from a limited point of view. From our study, we should begin to see the difficulty of historical reasoning and the methods historians employ to make up for those difficulties.
Bon Voyage!
I hope your break was restful and rejuvenating. As we embark on the last two weeks of our course together, we are going to step back and take stock of all the skills and knowledge we have gained up to this point. We will begin with an examination of the Pruitt-Igoe project of the 1950s in St. Louis. Our examination will look for causes as to why this spectacular social-architectural endeavor failed. Your job will be to catalog the events and determine the possible, most reasonable causes.
99percentinvisible
Then, we will look into the 15th century and explore the various societies around the globe during that time. You will take stock of the major characteristics of each society, its problems and conditions. Then, you will look into any possible interactions among societies. Finally, your job will be to determine the possible, most reasonable causes of the conditions of the 15th century.
What we are doing here is an exercise in Heuristics as applied to history. Heuristics is how we make sense of the world, its conditions and causes, from a limited point of view. From our study, we should begin to see the difficulty of historical reasoning and the methods historians employ to make up for those difficulties.
Bon Voyage!
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Expository Writing: Food
Welcome back, foodies!
I hope you had a great break. We are quickly rolling to another end of term, so for the last two weeks of this class, we are going to shift gears once again and explore journalistic writing. We will begin our adventure here with a brief celebration of eating. We will then look into the heart of "the kitchen", and ask what it is, how it can be defined, and what it tells us about ourselves. Sometimes even the food inside our refrigerators can tell us a lot about ourselves. Finally, we will look into our own kitchen here at Culver and see what really happens behind the scenes of feeding a thousand people three times a day.
Bon Appetite!
I hope you had a great break. We are quickly rolling to another end of term, so for the last two weeks of this class, we are going to shift gears once again and explore journalistic writing. We will begin our adventure here with a brief celebration of eating. We will then look into the heart of "the kitchen", and ask what it is, how it can be defined, and what it tells us about ourselves. Sometimes even the food inside our refrigerators can tell us a lot about ourselves. Finally, we will look into our own kitchen here at Culver and see what really happens behind the scenes of feeding a thousand people three times a day.
Bon Appetite!
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Foor For All
Here is a video from a film documentary competition on food entitled Chicken A La Carte. It has a powerful and unnerving message.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Expository Writing-Food: Good Work
Dear all,
This week, we are focusing on the relationship between food and socio-economic class. Some questions to consider as we work through the material.
1) What is the relationship between food and class?
2) What is the relationship between food and economics?
3) What does food tell us about the ways in which society is structured?
4) What are high-class/low-class foods?
5) What are some food stereotypes?
Please look at the following links for you reading this week.
Heirlooms
My Repertoire
The Food at Our Feet
Yaji
Also, here is a great Gettin Real in the Whole Foods Parking Lot video.
Best.
JMN
This week, we are focusing on the relationship between food and socio-economic class. Some questions to consider as we work through the material.
1) What is the relationship between food and class?
2) What is the relationship between food and economics?
3) What does food tell us about the ways in which society is structured?
4) What are high-class/low-class foods?
5) What are some food stereotypes?
Please look at the following links for you reading this week.
Heirlooms
My Repertoire
The Food at Our Feet
Yaji
Also, here is a great Gettin Real in the Whole Foods Parking Lot video.
Best.
JMN
Friday, November 04, 2011
AP World History--Byzantium and Justin Presentation
All,
here is a link to the presentation today. It contains the four videos I would like you to watch. Enjoy.
The Emperor Justin
JMN
here is a link to the presentation today. It contains the four videos I would like you to watch. Enjoy.
The Emperor Justin
JMN
Friday, October 28, 2011
Expository Writing: Food--The Meaning of Food
Hi, all.
Below is the documentary The Meaning of Food from PBS. Please watch Season 1, Episode 1 over the weekend, and we will begin our discussion next week with some insights from the film.
The Meaning of Food, Season 1, Episode 1
Best,
JMN
Below is the documentary The Meaning of Food from PBS. Please watch Season 1, Episode 1 over the weekend, and we will begin our discussion next week with some insights from the film.
The Meaning of Food, Season 1, Episode 1
Best,
JMN
Monday, October 10, 2011
Expository Writing-The Botany of Desire
Dear all,
Great film by food author Michael Pollan, Botany of Desire. Attached is a link where you can watch it on your own.
Best,
JMN
Great film by food author Michael Pollan, Botany of Desire. Attached is a link where you can watch it on your own.
Best,
JMN
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Expository Writing and AP World History Homework
Dear all,
tomorrow there are no Humanities classes. Your homework for the next couple of days is as follows:
AP World Histoy: Please work on your essay due Thursday: Why are their statistical similarities and differences among the countries you have been studying? Make sure you are also very familiar with the material from pages 2-9
Expository Writing: Please watch the following full length documentary, Food Inc. You will be asked to write on and answer questions about the movie, so please let me know if you cannot view the video for any reason.
tomorrow there are no Humanities classes. Your homework for the next couple of days is as follows:
AP World Histoy: Please work on your essay due Thursday: Why are their statistical similarities and differences among the countries you have been studying? Make sure you are also very familiar with the material from pages 2-9
Expository Writing: Please watch the following full length documentary, Food Inc. You will be asked to write on and answer questions about the movie, so please let me know if you cannot view the video for any reason.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
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