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Wednesday, May 18 (Double Period)
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. "It had no distintion; just a plain, tired-looking, flat-roofed old building with store fronts on the street floor" 2. [203] Cite the example of the literary technique of "foreshadowing" on pg. 203 I heard steps 3. [205] a. What kind of work is happening in the building? b. How is the building currently being heated? A. There is construction work being done on the building for the elevator. B. The flue from the fireplace below is hot and makes the wall like a radiator. 4. [206] a. What floor is Jake's office on? The third floor. 5. [207] Where does the door inside his office lead? The elevator shaft. 6. [211-212] Cite evidence from text showing how Jake reacts when he discovers Simon drawing Julia's portrait again. "Because my sketching of Julia enraged him as though in his mind my eyes on her face, my moving pencil taking her likeness, were a kind of deep intimacy"(212) 7. 216] When Jake comes back, what has he done? Jake came back with a tattoo on his chest reading //Julia// 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. People from the 1880's were not connected with there surroundings, people would walk by wih blank faces. People back in the 1970s were one with their surroundings; being outside was also was part of daily socializing. 9. [222-223] What went wrong with the Denver time travel experiment? In the Denver experiment the man who went back in time changed somthing that made it so he was not born. 10. [four parts] What does Danziger think should happen with the Time Travel project [226-227]? How do Colonel Esterhazy and Rube Prien think they should proceed [226-229]? Who wins? What does Simon decide [233]? Danziger thinks that the time travel project should stop because one of four of their experiments went wrong. Which makes the percentage of things going well low.

Inspector Thomas Byrnes Non-credible source: [] On the page with the inspectors information, there are other people listed that are not related to police work or him. The homepage introduces the site as a fantasy fiction site and science fiction site. There is only a short paragraph that actually talks about him, the information is vague and only reveals his job and the way he looks.

Credible source: [] The New York Press is credible because there is an author who specializes in police history on new york. The information on the inspector is copy write protected. The entire article has no noticeable typos and the author site all the information that inn the article, such as names of books and newspapers.

The inspector joined the new York police force in 1863, he was known for is tough police work; going into the field. Byrnes handled a lot of famous murder and robbery cases. He was able to get the information from suspects that he was able to subdue by forms of torture; he was ruthless to get information out of people. His tactics were known as the "third degree"

2. [] This source is creditable because the information that it is being demonstrating on the link is quality information. As well to boot the information that is required to cite this link is all there so there is no problem when it comes to creating a citation for this link.

Citation: David C., Tweed. "Boss Tweed." Virginia Western Community College, n.d. Web. 11 May 2011. <[] >.

3. WIlliam Marcy Tweed was elected into congress in 1852 and was one of the most scan-dales members of the New York government ever. He was pretty much a boss of bosses when it came to the New York City Board of Supervisors. He was the man whom formed a very notorious crime ring of corruption through the late 1800's in New York City. His ring of cronies called the "Tweed Ring" was made up of members of the state government that resided in Tweed's Tammany Hall. They pretty much controlled everything when it came to money and the NYC government crossing paths.

** === **Tuesday, May 3** === Simon and Kate's trip back in time (Chapters 8, 9, and 10)

Images of what they would have seen:

Page #115, St. Patrick's Cathedral
 * [[image:easter1.jpg height="367" caption="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6B1e48fXq3c/TbGWxDaaeYI/AAAAAAAAImQ/mT8jYp59aZs/s1600/easter1.jpg"]] ||
 * http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6B1e48fXq3c/TbGWxDaaeYI/AAAAAAAAImQ/mT8jYp59aZs/s1600/easter1.jpg ||

Christina M. Scaglione

Page #116, Fifth Avenue
 * [[image:vanderbiltmansion.jpg caption="http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/i/acrosstheworld/12_31_07/historical/vanderbiltmansion.jpg"]] ||
 * http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/i/acrosstheworld/12_31_07/historical/vanderbiltmansion.jpg ||

Christina M. Scaglione

Page #127, The post office in City Hall Park
 * [[image:hall.jpg height="451" caption="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mlPoGU4VqSk/Sv16uRpRAfI/AAAAAAAAGk0/YddSP3XKWm0/s400/hall.jpg"]] ||
 * http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mlPoGU4VqSk/Sv16uRpRAfI/AAAAAAAAGk0/YddSP3XKWm0/s400/hall.jpg ||

Christina M. Scaglione [Nicely done, Christina!]

On page 128 (in chapter 10) Simon and Kate are in the Post Office (above), about to observe the mailing of the infamous letter.
 * Please re-read [//ahem//] pg 128.**

On your personal page please complete the following assignment:

1) Compare and contrast the definitions of "connotation" and "denotation" (look them up if you need to). // Remember to use a different color font for your answers :- // // ) // // Connotation and denotation both describes a word or noun and are specific about the subject. A denotation is the exact meaning or what a subject is exactly about. A connotation is talkning about the hidden meaning behind a subject. //

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:


 * word ||  || denotation ||   || connotation ||


 * overcoat ||  || A coat that is generally worn over a business suit ||   || This connotes that the man has some wealth. he spends money on items to pro expensive items ||


 * snarling ||  || Squeezing the face muscles ||   || this connotes that he's aggressive, is angry toward something or someone. the uncomfortable ||


 * John bull ||  || A political character in England ||   || this connotes that the man they see is a figure people look up too . ||

3) Based on the above connotations and any other text from page 128, what is your initial impression of this character? The initial impression is that the men comes from money, is wealthy, who has a bitter personality. 4) Summarize what happens on pg 130 Kate and Simon both are following the round fellow from pg. 128. they see him get into a quick argument with the driver then he walked past the two of them. they stop fallowing him the man says 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.// "A bus? he said, as though suddenly astonished. 'Why should i wait for a bus again?'" By mailing The letter the man expects to gain wealth from it because instead of taking a bus that is cheap and lower class, thinks he is going to have a personal driver. 6) What do Kate and Simon discover on pg 131? Kate and Simon discover the nine point star sign; composed of the many dots 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.) The nine point star was in the snow. coming from the bottom of the mans shoe

Back in the Board Room...Chapter 11

8) Please read the following description of what is commonly known as "The Butterfly Effect": 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. 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.

The term "butterfly effect" itself is related to the meteorological work of [|Edward Lorenz], who popularized the term. 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.

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"?**

Current Status: IDF
Missing 4 out of 5 wiki assignments -2 Personal Interview -1 is March 23 -1 is March 16 1)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Dakota_Building_-_fence_detail_119924pv.jpg/800px-Dakota_Building_-_fence_detail_119924pv.jpg

2) Find a good image of a detail (a part of the building, not the whole thing) you described in your walking trip chart. Same as above, upload to your page, adjust size, and paste the url into the caption box.

3) Post your Observations and Inferences Chart on your personal page, beneath the images.

4) Based on listening to the podcast below about the Dakota, use what you hear to write the "story" of the Dakota. (Ignore the information about Rosemary's baby-- it's only relevant in that the building was an important part of that movie, just like it's an important part of our book __Time and Again__). []

Note from Whitney: Due to tech issues, these notes will take the place of the summary. NO film has been shot inside of the building. Edward clark brached out into real estate. To draw people up town they were building lux apartment building. The building signified wealth/distance. He was building outside of what new york was known for. 72 and central park west. The building is 110 feet. North german renaissance. Similar to town hall. Ornate. The design is typically French. Rooms look outside. To the street or court yard. Most of the floors made of sterling silver. High sealing’s. in house generators. Clark was trying to attract millionaires. Business man, actors, and artists.

5) Go to Citation Machine [], go to the MLA link, from there go to the "podcast" link, and follow the directions for formally citing the Bowery Boys podcast if this were a college research paper. Post the final product on your Personal Page, beneath your summary.

Characterization Chart

Personal Interview March 29-30 What is the difference between technology in the 70s and technology now. "People did not have computers or cell phones. Everything had to be typed on electric type writers"

How was the clothing style in the 70s? "A lot of platform shoes, men wore platform shoes. Bell bottoms were popular. A lot of hair."

Hippies? It had a lot to do with the Vietnam war. Parents of the hippies were against them, everyone was becoming very materialistic. The youth was trying to stop it."

What music was popular?

"Rock was popular, patty smith, the rolling stones, I listened to a lot of jazz."

What were the post Vietnam war effects? A lot of guys came back from Vietnam, they were heavy into drugs. A lot of the soldiers were not respected because there was a large anti war movement.

Do you think that the crime rates were higher in the 70s? "It definaently seemd be a lot more crime"

What were peoples ideas of the future in the 70s? Was there still port civil rights movement conflict? What was the attitude toward change?

Summery: In the seventies there were very few advancements in technology, there were no computers or cell phones, the only form of printing at home was using a typewriter. Wearing bell bottoms, platform shoes, and listening to the rolling stones was popular. The Vietnam war concluded into the seventies. Deborah had said, "A lot of guys came back from Vietnam, they were heavy into drugs. A lot of the soldiers were not respected because there was a large anti war movement." She also noted that there seems to be a lot less crime these days than there was in the seventies.

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".** The other person "hidden" in the picture is the viewer. Every picture my not be clear; the initial thoughts of the viewer make up part of the images descriptions. 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 || men seem to work in historical fields more often then women. People from the past might be more understanding of "man" coming back and explaning ||
 * Background || President || someone who is educated and has made achivements would tell the truth ||
 * Skills || legable script || They can record information that is clear ||
 * Interests || getting to know people || This person would have people person skills. The some of the best sources are people. ||
 * Personal qualities/character || An optimist/An existentialist || This person should look at the good and bad, and just except that people just thought a certain way in the past. ||
 * Other considerations: ||

3/22/11 1.a. Look up the definition of “objective”: uninfluenced by emotion or personal prejudice b. Look up the definition of “subjective": Proceeding from or taking place in a person's mind rather than the external world c. In your own words, compare these two terms: objective is about fact, whereas subjective is a personal opinion . d. If you read an autobiography to learn about the past, is this an objective or subjective source? Explain: an autobiography about the past would would be subjective because it was written by the authors own experience, which would be bias.

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 : Photos of the world are not just arguments, just part of a bigger picture. b) Interpret what this sentence means (hint: “…//do not seem to be//…” is key!) : images are part of the world, there is another side to the picture.

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: Historians view photos as documents, they are factual and they are reproductions of history. Susan Sontag views them as a bias of the photographer. Although traditionally viewed as objective.

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: Images in informational books are not chosen to give more than one piece of information. students today are given images with single meaning and leave them to figure out how they relate. the essay is about strategies to help students view and interpret pictures properly.

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) Who is the photographer?
 * 2) How was the photo taken?
 * 3) How was the photograph presented?
 * 4) Why was the photographer at the location?

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: [] The hidden narrative of the photo would be the who, the when and the why? The Photo was taken by Jacob Riis, in the late 1800's. He was taking the photos for documentation from his interest in different social class and people from diferent backgrounds.

6. So, describe the “truth” that documentary photographs depict (//in general-- not just that one photograph!//): Documentary photographs are exact representations of the past. There are two sides to every photo the information that is what is in the photo and also who is behind the camera.

March 16



1) a. On your personal page, describe the photograph above with as much factual, specific detail as possible- this would be a description that would allow another person to accurately sketch the scene without seeing the image. You may write in sentences or bullet, but you must include at least 10 pieces of information. ﻿ There are only men, standing in pairs. There are only men outside, and only women sticking their heads out the window. There are two buildings on each side of the photo, clothing hanging between them. there is smog or a cloudy exhaust in the air. The ground is made of patches of stones. The image is also in black and white.

b. Write a possible caption for the photograph based exclusively on the observable facts. Men and women between buildings

2) a. On your pp, now write a 4-5 sentence paragraph in which you make inferences based on the objective facts you described above. This photograph is a  b. Write a new caption for the photograph based on your inferences.

3) The person who took this photograph gave it the caption "Bandit's Roost". On your pp, explain how the photographer interpreted the scene and what you think s/he wanted us to "see".

4) Go online and do some historical research on Jacob Riis. Please write a paragraph (min 4-5 sentences) summarizing his biography. You may not quote or copy and paste text-- this is your own summary. You must copy and paste the url sources (a minimum of 2) you used.

5) Go to the following link and **read the 1st paragraph** about documentary photographers. a. Choose one sentence (or piece of a sentence) that you copy, paste, and put into quotation marks.  b. Write 1-2 full sentences that summarizes the gist of the paragraph.

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6) Read the rest of the text from that website that relates to Jacob Riis (stop when you get to Gordon Parks). On your pp, please write a "take-away" reflection regarding photographs and the importance of asking the question, "Who Took the Photograph?" please write a "take-away" reflection regarding photographs and the importance of asking the question, "Who Took the Photograph?" Why is this important if we are historians trying to uncover the true story of the past?