Eddie

Extra Credit June 15 2011
[|Type of Food They Ate] in the 1970's Chp. 1

Frank Dapp is asking Simon what would he like to eat.
"There's a pretty good delicatessen on Fifty-seventh Street; what kind of sandwiches you want?" (pg 11) "# J&M Delicatessen - Bowery, NYC (Eary 1970's)." //Flickr//. Web. 15 Jun 2011. .

[|Form of Transportation] in the 1880's This is significant because we need to see the way they traveled other then just walking. Web. 15 Jun 2011. . [|Type of Police in the 1880's] This is significant because we need to the type of authority Simon and Kate had to deal with when they were running away from the police. "Beverly Police Dept. 1880s." Web. 15 Jun 2011. . Chp. 13 [|Type of clothes females wore in the 1970's] This is significant because this is what Simon's Aunt wore to give him breakfast after work. Web. 15 Jun 2011. . "I think-came in from the kitchen wearing her working clothes" (pg 169)

Wednesday, May 18 (Double Period)
2nd Period: Skim through chapter 17, looking at the photos of the sleigh outing all of the Boarders at 19 Gramercy Park go on together. Jake has rented these sleighs for a celebration: he announces at the end that he and Julia are engaged. Read pp254 and 255 carefully.

Skim through the photos in chapter 18. Which ones do you recognize? Battery Park, The Brooklyn Bridge and City Hall

Read pages 273-276 carefully-- this is foreshadowing....

Read Chapter 19, paying special attention to the ending of the meeting with Jake and Carmody. This will be key to solving the mystery....

1st Period: Open Note Quiz on 15 and 16 You have until 3:00 to finish quiz then we move into 2nd period.

Chapter 15: The Building where Jake Pickering's Office is located 1. [202-203] Cite one "Show" (Indirect) and one "Tell" (Direct) Description of the building. Show "It the windows of the New York Belting and packing company lay stacks of gray cardboard boxes and piled-up coils of leather belting; next to it was a dingy-looking stationer's: Willy Wallach" Tell " It was depressing to look at" 2. [203] Cite the example of the literary technique of "foreshadowing" on pg. 203 " I later saw in nightmares" 3. [205] a. What kind of work is happening in the building? b. How is the building currently being heated? They building an elevator shaft and they burn wood to stay heated. 4. [206] a. What floor is Jake's office on? 3rd floor room #27 5. [207] Where does the door inside his office lead? Elevator shaft. 6. [211-212] Cite evidence from text showing how Jake reacts when he discovers Simon drawing Julia's portrait again. "He was drunk but knew what he was seeing" 7. 216] When Jake comes back, what has he done? He got a tattoo of Julia's name on his chest Chapter 16 The Board Room Decision 8. [218-219] Describe 2 ways in which Simon thinks the people of the 1880's were different than the people of 1970 NYC. In the eighties he saw human miseries. In 1882 there was excitement 9. [222-223] What went wrong with the Denver time travel experiment? No Longer exists, never did exist 10. [four parts] What does Danziger think should happen with the Time Travel project [226-227]? End the project. How do Colonel Esterhazy and Rube Prien think they should proceed [226-229]? Agree with Dr. Danziger Who wins? What does Simon decide [233]? Dr. Danziger because they it might bring destruction the world by fire

http://www.nypress.com/article-4773-inspector-thomas-f-byrnes-inventor-of-the-third-degree.html
The first link is credible because it matches a lot of the criteria of the list you gave us.

http://kpoulin1.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/inspector-thomas-byrnes/
The second link is incredible because it has a bunch nonsense and irrelevent infomation

Inspector Byrnes is a crooked cop. He used illegal ways to find infomation. Inventor of the third degree. The third degree is a phrase basically meaning he intergragates criminals to find evidence becauser he feels thevies have no rights

May 3rd 2011
1) Compare and contrast the definitions of "connotation" and "denotation" (look them up if you need to). Connotation: "the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning" Denotation: "the explicit <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">or direct meaning or set of meanings of a wordor <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">expression, as distinguished <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">from __<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">[|the] __<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">ideas or meaningsassociated <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">with <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">it <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">or suggested by it" // Remember to use a different color font for your answers :-) // 2) Pg 128 is our first encounter with the character who mailed the mysterious letter. What can we learn about him through the author's use of vocabulary? Locate 3 vocabulary words which, through their denotations and connotations, give insight into his character: 3) Based on the above connotations and any other text from page 128, what is your initial impression of this character? Very important man, seems like he was a big heavy man. Not worried about life or the purpose of his own life 4) Summarize what happens on pg 130 They're scared of a man 5) Cite one quote from pg 130 and analyze what it tells the reader //about the significance that mailing the letter has for the character.//
 * word || denotation || connotation ||
 * imposing || <span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: separate; color: #00ff00; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">great dignity || Respected himself ||
 * memorable || <span style="background-color: transparent; border-collapse: separate; color: #00ff00; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">worth remembering || <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #00ff00; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">notable ||
 * Round-bellied || Fat || feared ||

6) What do Kate and Simon discover on pg 131? 7) Based on where they found it, try to guess what this might be. (If you can't, at least write down where it was.)

Back in the Board Room...Chapter 11

8) Please read the following description of what is commonly known as "The Butterfly Effect": <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In [|chaos theory], the **butterfly effect** is the //sensitive dependence on initial conditions//; where a small change at one place in a [|nonlinear system] can result in large differences to a later state. For example, the presence or absence of a butterfly flapping its wings could lead to creation or absence of a hurricane. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Although the butterfly effect may appear to be an esoteric and unusual behavior, it is exhibited by very simple systems: for example, a [|ball] placed at the crest of a hill might roll into any of several valleys depending on slight differences in initial position.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> The term "butterfly effect" itself is related to the meteorological work of [|Edward Lorenz], who popularized the term. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> The butterfly effect is a common [|trope] in fiction when presenting scenarios involving [|time travel] and with "what if" cases where one storyline diverges at the moment of a seemingly minor event resulting in two significantly different outcomes.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the [|atmosphere] that may ultimately alter the path of a [|tornado] or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornado in another location. The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations of events. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different. While the butterfly does not "cause" the tornado in the sense of providing the energy for the tornado, it does "cause" it in the sense that the flap of its wings is an essential part of the initial conditions resulting in a tornado, and without that flap that particular tornado would not have existed. ("The Butterfly Effect", wikipedia)

9) In Chapter 11, please summarize what Colonel Esterhazy calls the "twig-in-the-river" theory: 10) How does this compare to the "Butterfly Effect"?

**Eddie**
[|Eddie's Image] From the windows of the building i can interpret that the building was very expensive because by the designs of the building.

Podcast: Edward Clark, real estate agent, designed the plaza hotel. City of the future, for rental. gold has been discovered dakota signified wealth, so far out from what central new york was. Gothic look.(Bowery Boys)

("Dakota Apartments and 'Rosemary's Baby'." Web. 12 Apr 2011.)

Once upon a time, a man determined to designs buildings. He designed a very big hotel named the Hotel Plaza. He wanted to change the vibe of Central West Side in Manhattan. He wanted rich people to rent apartments and get out their mansions.

Current Status

Their were gangs and a lot of drug dealers. It was more dangerous then.
How much was Movie Theatres? Like 3 dollars.

How was the food? What was the social norm? What was the biggest crime? What was the biggest form of death? How was the police then?

Summary: Ms. Debraoh said that money was worth more back then, meaning people got paid less and stuff was less expensive"people wasn't as very materlistic"(Aslanian) I find that very important because it's amazing the bigger the media got, the more influential it got meaning people were worrying more about "what's hot" (Aslanian, Deborah Personal Interview April 6 2011)

**The Role of the Observer**
Part 1: Wait for verbal instructions for your pink slip Part 2: Write a 4 sentence reflection based on the pink slip activity, addressing **"Who Else is Hidden in the Picture? The role of the observer when trying to determine historical truth by analyzing primary source documents" //Take this further, Eddie-- What is the role of the viewer (the observer) when looking at ANY primary documents? Hint-- think about how truly "objective" anyone is....//. I think they cropped a bunch of other people out because they just wanted to prove a point. The bald person was there to let us know something no one else would realize. ** Part 3: An Observer in Time The government has discovered a possible way for a person to actually go back in time to see for him/herself what actually occurred in history. They have to select the perfect candidate for this role. What would those qualifications be?
 * Consider... || Describe ideal || Explain Why ||
 * Gender || Male || Strength ||
 * Background || Blacks || They see the real truth ||
 * Skills || Buisness man || High class and get respect ||
 * Interests || Money || People respect high class socially ||
 * Personal qualities/character || Strong and respected || No one dares to mess with him ||
 * Other considerations: || He's good looking || More people would be attractive to him to tell more information ||

Tuesday, March 22nd:

**Photographs as evidence from the past: Do documentary photographs depict the truth?**
1.a. Look up the definition of “objective”:<span style="background-color: #ff9800; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span style="cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">something <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">that one's efforts or <span style="cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">actions are intended <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">to <span style="cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">attain <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">or <span style="cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">accomplish b. Look up the definition of “subjective": <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">existing in __<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">[|the] __<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">mind; belonging <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">to the thinking subject rather <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">than <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">to <span style="color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">object of thought ( <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">opposed <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">to __<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">[|objective] __ <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">). c. In your own words, compare these two terms :One is facts based the other is infrences based d. If you read an autobiography to learn about the past, is this an objective or subjective source? Explain: It can be both because we can see the facts and then the interpretations of the author

2. Analyze the following quote by answering a and b below: “Photographed images do not seem to be statements about the world so much as pieces of it.” a) Translate this sentence into other words, It's saying that pictures does not explain what goes in the world around us let alone show it. b) Interpret what this sentence means (hint: “…//do not seem to be//…” is key!) Pictures doesn't always tell the truth it can be subjective because the picture can be taken from what the photographer interprets

3. Read the following text: “Historians often regard photographs as a critical form of documentary evidence that hold up a mirror to past events. Public and scholarly faith in the realism of the photographic image is grounded in a belief that a photograph is a mechanical reproduction of reality. Susan Sontag captured the essence of that faith in her monumental reverie //On Photography// when she wrote “Photographed images do not seem to be statements about the world so much as pieces of it.” And in arranging these pieces to form historical mosaics, teachers and scholars have rarely paused to submit photographs to the usual tests applied to other forms of documentary evidence. For example, we have been trained to factor in the subjectivity of the author when we read autobiographical writing. But when we encounter an historical photograph, “shot for the record,” we often treat the image as the product of a machine and therefore an objective artifact.” a. Summarize the main point(s) of that passage: We only take pictures and put them in documentries just to prove a point.

Text continued: “Since they are regarded as inherently truthful, photographs are frequently used to illustrate history textbooks. Publishers, not authors, usually select images to accompany history texts, and the images are used merely as illustrations and not as historical documents in their own right. As a consequence, today’s history students miss out on the opportunity to explore the fascinating visual dimensions of the past, to play detective with a mountain of photographic images that far outnumber traditional written documents. This essay seeks to lay out strategies for subjecting photographs to the same tests we apply to written documents when we use them as historical evidence. Exercising such scrutiny, students can bring to light the narratives hidden within images that are not always examined, despite our traditional belief that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” (from History Matters [] ) b. Summarize the main point(s) of that passage: Kids miss out the all the truth in pictures. They believe just because they seen a picture, that's all the truth what they don't know is that their missing out on a bigger picture.

4. The above text states “…students can bring to light the narratives hidden within images that are not always examined…”. Brainstorm 4 or more questions a historian should ask (then research) in order to get at the “hidden narrative” within **//any//** photograph:


 * 1) What was going on during the generation of the picture when it was taken?
 * 2) If it was taken at a different setting how would the picture be interpreted differently
 * 3) If the picture was black and white, would it be any different?
 * 4) If the picture was zoomed out, would we have different interpretations?

5. What is the “hidden narrative” within Jacob Riis’s photograph Bandit’s Roost? For help you can refer back to the website we used last time: [] "Riis argued that the alley, like the tenement, was a breeding ground for disorder and criminal behavior." He agenda was to expose the bad in the neighborhood flaws. But he just made the picture worse then it really is.

6. So, describe the “truth” that documentary photographs depict (//in general-- not just that one photograph!//): The pictures are pieces of story the tell a smaller story and us as human beings have to questions the pictures

DO NOT LEAVE; move your chair into semi-circle at the front of the room.Ω

Caption: "We Run This" I just feel like by the way their dress or standing, i can infer that it seems like this men are very powerful. They look like the mafia because they dressed all alike. Also, I can feel the vibe that the people in the window looking are scared because it seems like they don't want to be a part of nothing that's going on. Looks like very rich men in a poor area because i can see a lot of clothes hanging and laundry bags in the back. Caption: "Nobody come outside" I think the photographer want's to see is that gangs/ mafia were very powerful at the time. I also believe that specific gang was the most powerful. That's why it's called "Bandit Roost" From the very beginning Jacob Riis. had a rough life because he was one of 13 foster kids. After his brother drowned he never forgive his moms. Then he gave all his money to charity and money to a poor family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Riis http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAriis.htm
 * Black and White
 * All have the same type of clothes
 * look like an alleyway
 * All have canes
 * Look like clothes in the background
 * Looks like th 1930s-1950s
 * Look like the Mafia
 * People in the house looking out the window are scared
 * All have hats
 * Look like a movie cover
 * Look like a movie cover

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