9/11 Commemoration - "The Lottery," cont'd (Old Man Warner - Durbin Analysis - Discussion) - Timeline of Texas History

Today we:

Commemorated the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks on New York City & the Pentagon

Continued with Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"

• Role Played Old Man Warner's defense of the Lottery against the "Young Fools" (Read loose, incomplete transcript here at 9/11/14 point.)
• Watched & discussed USC Professor James Durbin's video analysis of "The Lottery"
• Analyzed logical fallacies involved in "The Lottery"
• post hoc ergo propter hoc = after this, therefore because of this
• Chronological Snobbery Fallacy
• Argument from Tradition Fallacy

Analyzed a Timeline of Texas History

• What do you notice?
• Write 2 important events, people, or developments from the CHART: Time Periods of Texas History onto their appropriate places on the Timeline of Texas History

Assignment - Due Friday
Finish writing 2 important events, as above

Overview of Texas History, cont'd

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Today, students:

• Raised questions about anything they didn't understand on the "CHART: Time Periods of Texas History."
• Learned of some of the abbreviations I often use:
• c. or ca. = around, approximately
• e.g. = for example
• etc. = and so forth
• i.e., = in order words
• Noted how color coding can ease & expedite the learning process
• Identified their 3 favorite time periods on the Chart and circled specific topics they would like to learn more about
• Studied the yellow section of the chart for a quiz on Monday
• Did some teacher-based review to check their learning.
• Devised and asked one another questions about the chart
• Devised mnemonic devices to help them remember the time periods and details

Assignment: Quiz Monday - CHART: Time Periods of Texas History

• Learn all of the information in the yellow section of the chart
• You don't have to recite the dates for this quiz but do be able to recognize which time period each set of dates identifies (e.g., 1519-1821 = Spanish Period; 1861-1865 = Civil War, 1865-1900 = Gilded Age. . .etc.)