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Mr. Duncan's Jr. English Class

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Check out some of these resources:


Biographies of the Harlem Renaissance
, very thorough list. You may want to start here!Wink

NAACP Timeline, an interactive timeline allowing users to search by time, impact of events and milestones.  Ask for headphones. Cool

Drop Me off in Harlem from ARTSEDGE (The Kennedy Center, ARTSEDGE, & Marco Polo).

I Hear America Singing
from WGBY, profiles of artists/movements & ideas.

Harlem Renaissance has audio and video clips and an image gallery.

Web Guide/ Harlem Renaissance from the Library of Congress has sheet music, plays, photos, and a lot more!

 

Mrs. Guiel's 8th Grade

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AIDS Researchers:

Try these resources:

Facts on File's World News Digest

Search terms: AIDS spread Africa,
Click on the Reference Shelf tab

Facts on File's Health Reference Center
Use the same search terms.
aids

UNAIDS is the United Nations' response to AIDS.


InfoTrac has a lot of great articles too!

Don't forget to cite your sources.

Not sure what to do?  Ask for help!Cool

   

SA's Students Are Finalists in Art Competition!

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Congratulations to Emily and Shannen!

Emily Pitchko and Shannen Adamites submitted entries in the Arisia'10 student art contest.  Both artists were chosen as finalists and their work was displayed at the Arisia'10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention held in Cambridge, MA from January 15th-18th.  Emily's peice won the Judge's Choice Award for best Fairy Tale art.

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Artist: Emily Rose Pitchko
Grade 10, Smith Academy, Hatfield, Mass
Title: The Heart of The Galaxy

Inspiration or Source: Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale."- Anonymous. That quote inspired me to create a visual dream supporting that idea. The two folks standing there amid the galaxy, represents a love that most women desire but do not get to experience. The galaxy's colors in the painting catch that warm heart emotion to boost the painting's fantasy effect. Thus the name, The Heart of The Galaxy.

 

ShannenAdamites

Artist: Shannen Adamites
Grade 12, Smith Academy, Hatfield, MA
Title: Sakura no Yoru (Night of the Cherryblossoms)
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Board


Inspiration or Source: I have always had an interest in Japanese culture and history and I wanted to reflect that in a painting that combines Japanese influence with a subtle tone of fantasy and surrealism, which are my main focuses in art. I created this painting on an extremely cold night, wishing that it was spring again when everything is in bloom and very vibrant and beautiful. The Cherry Blossom flower, in Japanese culture, is a metaphor for the fragility of life since they only last a few weeks until they are all blown away in the wind, and it also represents the emotions of love and affection, which are concepts I like to include in my art (represented by the girl). However, to twist the previously mentioned metaphor a bit, I wanted to incorporate the idea of a cycle; even though the blossoms will blow away in time, they will always re-bloom, and this is represented by the larger, upside-down tree which is also in bloom and the petals are being blown away. Either way you hold it, the petals are always blooming and flowing away.

   

Mr. Duncan's Argumentation Class

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Use these sites to find your speeches.

Ask for headphones if you need them.

American Rhetoric's Online Speech Bank

History Speeches

Let me know if you need anything .Smile

 

 

   

Join Us for Tuesday Morning 'Toons!

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Come to the Commons on Tuesday, the 22nd and watch cartoons before school starts!

Brought to you by the Teen Advisory Board. :-)

   

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