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A very sad day.....Howard Zinn was my hero

Links: CNN Story: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/27/howard.zinn/?hpt=Sbin Boston Globe Obituary: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/howard_zinn_his.html Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/gallery/040108_zinncartoons/ The Progressive Magazine: http://www.progressive.org/ld012710.html MTV: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630657/20100128/story.jhtml The Nation: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123063395

January 18, 2010- Martin Luther King Day

Time for Kids: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2006S/060113_wr1.pdf

January 11-15

Reading: Read, Maus , Prologue and Chapter 1, 2 and 3 Resources and lessons: http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780394747231&view= tg Listen to NPR Story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1611731 Activity: 1. Keep a journal recording your responses to Maus I . If you were initially startled or put off by seeing the cartoon format used in the service of material that is profoundly serious, did those feelings change in the course of your reading? At what point, if any, did you find yourself accepting Spiegelman's visual and dramatic conventions? Tuesday: (Were you surprised by the comic-strip format of the book, especially considering the topic of the book? Are your feelings about the book changing as we read more and more? Explain. Do you like or dislike this format (comic-strip)? Do you think it is appropriate for this topic? Explain.) Wednesday-Friday: 2. The situation of Polish Jews worsens steadily and drama...