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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? The Brooklyn Bridge being built, and also the Statue of Liberty 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.... 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....

**Humanities Credit Recovery Home Page** **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 was depressing to look at" pg 202 (indirect) " The building was worn out; inside there was no hiding it; and no one had tried" pg 203(direct) 2. [203] Cite the example of the literary technique of "foreshadowing" on pg. 203 The hardest form of foreshadowing was the way things are implied by mentioning an element that will be used later in the story.writers may often make repeated references to the object throughout the story."I later saw in nightmares, and still do, **THE-NEW-YORK-OBSERVER"** 3. [205] a. What kind of work is happening in the building? b. How is the building currently being heated? Construction site, The building is being heated by burning wood 4. [206] a. What floor is Jake's office on? Third Floor 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. "In any case, it was some how unbearable to him; more than rage." pg 212 7. 216] When Jake comes back, what has he done? Shows his tattoo that he got for Julia that's on his chest, it spelled her name. 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. Firstly he says that people of the 1880's were more alive in their faces, that they were happy to be in the moments in whic they were in. Also men were conscious of time and money and had a sense of purpose, because just by looking at them they didn't look bored and the men of the 1880 looked like they knew their purpose of being. 9. [222-223] What went wrong with the Denver time travel experiment? The guy they sent back in time changed the future, he erased his friends existence in the present day world. 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]? For fear that they could alter something huge in the future Danziger proposes that the project be discontinued. Although Denziger wants to put the project on hold Rube and Esterhazy vote to have the project move on stating that they have come too far to just stop because of some risks, and win the vote. Although Simon doesn't necessarily agree with the project any more, he still agrees to help.

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William Marcy Tweed was other wise know as Boss Tweed. Boss Tweed was a leader in urban corruption. He was the third largest landowner in New York. Boss Tweed built his power in Tammany Hall through the appointment and election of his friends (called the 'Tweed Ring'). He got majority of his money from conning people, and bribes. The cost for his building services were somtimes double and even triple the cost of the building, which lead to cost from the city.

Partners Work

 * 1) Locate one non-credible source (aside from wikipedia), list it on your PP, and note which reason(s) from the "Credibility " page make it non-credible.
 * 2) [] i said that this website was non-credible because it doesn't just focus on just this one person, also it doesnt look like it hasnt been updated in a while. i couldn't find the author to the website, or to the article about inspector thomas byrnes.
 * 3) Locate one credible source, cite it correctly according to MLA, and note which reason(s) from the "Credibility " page make it credible
 * 4) ://www.nypress.com/article-4773-inspector-thomas-f-byrnes-inventor-of-the-third-degree.html i think this is a credible source because this source is a source that a lot of people rely on, and it does have an author that is clearly stated. there is no typing mistakes and is updated frequently.
 * 5) Write a one paragraph summary of your topic on your PP.
 * 6) he was a very good policeman. he was irish. joined the police force in 1863. there was a important robbery that took him to the top once he solved it. retired 1895
 * 1) Write a one paragraph summary of your topic on your PP.
 * 2) he was a very good policeman. he was irish. joined the police force in 1863. there was a important robbery that took him to the top once he solved it. retired 1895

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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).===== A connotation is a undertone of a word while a denotation is the direct meaning

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// 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? This character is an important person, who is very tough looking. 4) Summarize what happens on pg 130 The guy who gave the letter was waiting in traffic looking for a bus then someone in a carriage drove in front of him and yelled at him to move but instead stood there unbudging. 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.// "The upraised whip whip passed directly over the shinning hat; but neither whip nor the man under it moved. Then, disappering into the darknessa head, the driver shouted an obscenity over his shoulder, and our man tossed back his head and -I thouht his hat would tumble down his back, but it did not- he laughed." (pg 130) The guy is feeling so powerful at that moment that he stepped in front of a cab, and even when the guy threateningly crack the whip above his head he didn't even flinch 6) What do Kate and Simon discover on pg 131? A replica in miniture of the tombstone of Andrew Carmody 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.) It was by Broadway and Park Place Back in the Board Room...Chapter 11
 * Word || Denotation || Connotation ||
 * Fierce || Imposing fear || Self centered ||
 * John Bull || Pride in ones being || Full of purpose ||
 * Belligerently || Inclined or eager to fight || Savagely ||

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: The twig theory explains how individual people don't have a big effect on time and rather that we just "coast" along in time, like a twig in a river. 10) How does this compare to the "Butterfly Effect"?

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What the pod-cast was about was how the building came to be. This was one of the first apartment style buildings for the more prosperous people. It was built from 1880 to 1890. To attract the more wealthier people they changed the street names around to sound more upscale. They were trying to convince people with new found wealth to live together, although the wealthiest of people did not buy into it, the less wealthy did. The building interior had a new design in the way that it was built to a French style. The tenants of the building had the luxury of being able to see from both windows in the front and windows leading to the back of the building. It was a new style of luxury housing at that time.

Questions:
What are some diffrences in tecnology from th 70's till now? 1)Although phones were invented, there were no cell phones, or even computers. What they did have was the electric type writer.

2)What was a major political issue at that time? The Vietnam War was big at the time. People were into the anti-war movement at that time which resulted in no respect for the veterans, most of which came back depressed and grew a drug habit to cope with it. Being anti-materialistic was also popular, also the ideas of hippies.

3)What was transportaion like at the time? The transportation the had was very similar to what people use today like trains, buses, and cars. The horse and biggie was no longer in use at the time!

4)What music has popular at the time? Rock was popular at the time like The Rolling Stones and Patty Smith. Deborah was personally into jazz at the time though.

5)Was New York City as crowded in the 70's as it is now? New York is more crowded now then back in the 70's

6)Do you think the crime rates in the 70's were as high as they are now? Crime rates were higher then they were today.

7)How was the economy back then compared to what it is now?

8)What was the food industry like back then?

9)What were some activities avaliable for entertainment at any age?

10)What were people's ideas of the future in the 70s?

Summary:
During the 70's the ideology of hippies and being anti-materialistic was very popular at the time, especially during the Vietnam War since most people just wanted peace. Also although they not in the dark in technology for they had cars, trains, and electric type writers, many of the things that people have today were not even heard of, such as cell phones, or computers or internet. Although many people from today thing that the crime rate is pretty bad, in the 70's it was a little bit worse, even though there was not as much people in New York as there is today.

(The Reading Questions)

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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".** =====

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Besides what is in the picture itself there is one more thing, the observers point of view. When we looked at the "Shaved Head" photo we were all asked to say what we thought of on first glance, and all the answers that were given were reflective of each persons view towards what they saw wether it was being reminded of a hair cut to a soldier in war. This is because are inferences are based on our opinion. To put what I saying in other words, another thing that is hidden in a picture is one's self. =====

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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?=====

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|| Consider... || Describe ideal || Explain Why || || Gender || || || || Background || || || || Skills || || || || Interests || || || || Personal qualities/character || || || || Other considerations: || || || Gender: Depending on were in time the person is going being a male would be optimal, since at some time in history women did not have rights and it would be harder to get information. =====

Background: Depending on what information they should be either rich or poor (like if we are trying to find out what life in poverty was like in a slum, we wouldn't send a rich guy). Also depending on where in time they are going, race is important too (like we wouldn't send an African-American to slavey times).

Skills: Good memory(they have to remember what they are recording, Tactful, resourceful, brave

Interest: They have to actually want to do this, they have to be interested in the truth (in order to get the best answers)

Qualities: Outgoing, Curious, Very observant (So they don't miss information)

Other Considerations: Open minded, so they can look at the topic from different points of view.

d. If you read an autobiography to learn about the past, is this an objective or subjective source? Explain:
c. Objective is the facts of what has been said or presented, subjective is when something is said or presented that has been colored by the presenters ideas d. It would be subjective. Its subjective because an autobiography is a story told about something in “their opinion”, much like a diary.

b) Interpret what this sentence means (hint: “…//do not seem to be//…” is key!)
a. Pictures can be facts. b. What this quote is trying to say is that pictures are more factual than statements. Because statements are mostly based on opinion they are subjective (I’m not saying all of them), and hold less weight then a picture because a picture is factual, since a picture “captures the moment”/reality. Although sometimes they don’t tell the whole story.

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“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:
a. The main point of this paragraph is that when people take a photograph it is taken as fact and truth even though people don’t wonder what is the agenda of a photograph

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 http://historymatters.gmu.edu/ mse/photos/intro.html ) b. Summarize the main point(s) of that passage:

b. The point of this paragraph is to tell people that pictures are not 100% truth and that they follow an agenda. Because of this when people look at past photos and think they are seeing history for what it is, they are actually looking at history through the eyes of the photographs publisher.

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: What is in the picture? Who took the picture? What time period was it in? Why was it taken? 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: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/ mse/photos/question1.html

The photo “The Roost” is to show what was happening in life of people in the slums. Much like other historical photographers, this picture describes what was happening to people at a certain time. It showed the horrible living conditions of people in what looks like tenements. The hidden narrative behind the picture is that it’s not always the objective reality. The picture was accurate but it was set up. The reason for this is because of attitude of Jacob Riis was for showing what was wrong with the life of people.

6. So, describe the “truth” that documentary photographs depict (//in general-- not just that one photograph!//):

1a) The photo that I studied looked like a black and white photograph of an alley way during the day. Its a very narrow one and to the right and left of the alley way is the entryways into buildings. Its very foggy and there is garbage to the side, clothes are hanging on a clothe line, there is about 10 people in this picture, most of them are men one of them is holding a stick. This picture looks hostile and depressing.

1b) "Poverty in America"

2a) Some inferences that I can make on this photo is that the buildings in this photo might be tenements because the buildings are close and the laundry that is hanging shows that there is a lot of people living there. Also since the streets look dirty and there is a bunch of garbage I assume that this is possibly a slum maybe in the early England or America. I say this because it was very foggy in the industrialized cities of England and America and also based on the clothing that the people are wearing one can tell it was English so thats why I said it could be England ,and also America was based off of England so thats why it could have been early America. Also the photo is in black and white meaning its old.

2b) "The Slums Of America"

3) The author called it "Bandits Roost" proberably because he wants us to see the hostility of the area, and since slums were not the safest of places to live it would make sense. Also the word bandit connotes thieves and has a negative feel to it.

4) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAriis.htm Jacob Riis was an immigrant that came to the U.S. At first he was unemployed and spent a lot of time in police stations. Later he became a police reporter in New York ,and after living in a life of poverty he focused mainly on the poor. One of his main views was that poor people were victims of fate rather then makers. He was one of the first people to be able to take pictures of slums at night and began the technique of muckraking in journalism.

5) "Documentary photographs are more than expressions of artistic skill; they are conscious acts of persuasion" the gist of what is being said here is that documentary photographers are consciously trying to get there viewers to see their pics in a certain point of view.

6) Take-Away The person behind the camera is just as important as the picture itself. The photographer also takes pictures to impose ideas on people usually based on their life and experiances.