In class on Thursday, Sept. 10 you will create a list, group, label on over 30 allusions that appear in Davita's Harp. An allusion is a reference of a literary or historic event or person. After your group works with the list of allusions to determine your prior knowledge on the terms, each student will select one term to research Thursday night for homework.
You need to find one credible Internet source for your term and bring that to class on Friday to be the expert on that term. We will sign up for terms in class on Thursday. Since the credibility of Wikipedia is debated throughout academia, you need to go beyond Wikipedia for this assignment. In fact, I want you to use one of the school's databases to find a credible source.
The EHS Media Center home page should be the first place you go for any research project in high school. Did you notice the hotlink to the media center's webpage in the last sentence? I will often embed links in blog posts that I want you to investigate.
Some of the databases require passwords, so check out the list below that has user name as U and password as P. Please print off these user names and passwords and tape them to your computer at home. I will only leave them live on the blog for a few days.
ABC-CLIO
U: ehornets
P: ehornets
Culture Grams
U: edina
P: hornets
EBSCO
U: edina
P: hornets
GALE
U: mnkedina
P: elm4you
Proquest
U: Of4crftbvf
P: welcome
SIRS at home
U: MN0307h
P: 55439
World Book
U: edina
P: worldbook
After you have found a credible Internet source that provides you with enough information to understand the allusion that you selected in class, please write a two or three sentence paraphrase of the information, basically explaining and defining the term for your classmates.
Type that paraphrase and post it in the comment section of this blog post. Be sure to sign your comment with your first name and last initial--no last names please since EHS's Web 2.0 code of ethics requires first names and last initial only. Your comment should also indicate the source of your information.
Remember that a paraphrase is your own words. If you copy and paste directly from an Internet site, you are not paraphrasing. You could easily be committing plagiarism if you don't document properly with quotation marks. So for this assignment, I want paraphrases only. Beware the CTRL C, CTRL V!
Here are the allusions and terms in Davita's Harp:
Book of Psalms
Pilgrim Smith
Pocahontas--Emily D.
George Sand
Joe Hill --Alex K.
Hitler
Stalin
Roosevelt--Nikki L.
Mussolini--Chris B.
Trotsky--Joe C.
Brownshirt
Blackshirt
Baba Yaga--Alice H.
Paul Bunyan
Johnny Appleseed
Baron Munchausen
Franco
materialism
rebellion
Coup d’etat --Isabel B.
anarchist
fascist--Eric H.
Karl Marx
Lenin--Tara G.
Jerusalem
Danzig--Katy H.
Debs
Social Workers Conference
Abraham Lincoln Brigade--Julia W.
Angelo Herndon--Olivia A.
Guernica--McKenna S.
Gehennom--James L.
Dante--Kelsey C.
Centralia--Sydney B.
Rabbi Akiva--Lily A.
Kaddish--Catherine L.
sabbath--
bar mitzvah--Ellen E.
pogrom--Natalie D.
Passover--Charley D.
Bolshevik--Justin N.
Basque
Yiddish
Mezuzah--Maria A.
Challah
Hasidim--Emily J.
Kosher--Danae Z.
Torah
Chanukkah--Emily H.
Talmud
Prayer shawl
Golem--Mary P.
Rabbinical Judaism--Bevlin J.
Purim--Paige T.
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Good luck on your research tonight. Jackie R.
ReplyDeleteA coup d'etat is when a sub-group of the government takes over the legally appointed government by force. This has typically been done for the sole reason of gaining power. Isabel B.
ReplyDeletePocahontas was the daughter of powerful chief Powhatan. She saved a colonist named John Smith, and a few others. She was captured by the English as a bargaining chip for prisoners and supplies. While in England she abandoned her native religion and adopted Christianity with the help of John Rolfe. They later wed and had a son named Thomas. Emily D.
ReplyDeleteJoe Hill was well known as a songwriter and a union organizer. one of the events that made Joe hill famous was when a Utah court convicted him of murder. Joe and the unioun tried hard to overturn the conviction but were unseccessful. he is also well known for his call to his workers on the night of his execution. don't waste time mourning- Organize. Alex K.
ReplyDeleteFascism is a form of government with strong control by a central government. In a fascist government, property is owned privately, but the government controls industry and labor. Citizens lose much of their freedom under this form of government, and opposition to fascist ideas are anxiously extinguished. Eric H.
ReplyDeleteLenin was a political scientist and politician. He found new ways to study Marxism and was a greatly developed the USSR. He was also the head of state right before Stalin's term. Tara G.
ReplyDeleteGolems are men made of clay that are created by people who pratice Kabbalah, a tradition within Judaism. Kabbalah is a tradition in which the person praticing it takes a mystical approuch to uniting with God. Some practitioners of Kabbalah have tales of people who used numerology to create golems. Mary P. ABC-CLIO
ReplyDeleteThe Bolsheviks were a group of people in the early 1900's that lead a revolution against the ruling people of Russia. This revolution is aptly named the Bolshevik Revolution. The Bolsheviks were only one of the communist parties in Russia at the time and were under the leadership of Vlamdimir Lenin. They gained control in 1917. Justin N.
ReplyDeleteFranklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was the 32nd president of the US. He was elected during the great depression, and successfully rebounded the economy with his plan called the "new deal". Opinions of him by the public were extreme, many hated him because they felt he gave the government too much power. However many loved him because they felt he was protecting the "common man".
ReplyDeleteNikki L.
Kaddish is a liturgical prayer, that consists of three or six verses. The verses are recited at any of the three daily services and other certain occasions. There is also the Mourner's Kaddish, this is a five-verse prayer that is also recited at specified points at any of the three daily serivices, usually said for an 11 month period.
ReplyDeleteCatherine L.
A Mezuzah is fixed on the door frame of most Jewish homes. It is a box containing the scriptures from Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21. They are positioned here to follow the command stated in these passages.
ReplyDelete"Write [these commands] on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,"-Deuteronomy 11:20
Maria A.
Benito Mussolini was the Fascist leader of Italy. An Italian journalist, he promoted his fascist ideas, and eventually formed the National Fascist Party. Gaining power in 1922, he saved his country from economic turmoil, which gave him the Italian nickname "Il Duce", which means "The Leader". Rejected by the League of Nations, he formed an alliance with Nazi Germany. He was killed after the war in 1945. Chris B.
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Guernica actually has two definitions. The first is a painting (mural) made by Pablo Picasso created as an antiwar statement. He is originally from Spain. This mural was created out of anger and frustration that Franco and his fascist coup were attacking the newly elected government. The second definition is a place in Spain. Guernica Spain is located on the northern tip of Spain.
ReplyDeleteGehennom is a term that I could not find, but when slightly altered, it becomes Gehenna or Gehinnom. Gehenna is referred to as Hell in the Christian religion, and Gehinnom can litteraly be translated from Jewish as "the Valley of Hinnom" and both refer to the same place. From what I read, I can conclude that Gehenna is an endless place that contains fire and brimstone whose figurative "gate" is at the geographic Valley of Hinnom.
ReplyDeleteAnd that last post was by James L.
ReplyDeleteA bar mitzvah is a Jewish tradition that a boy performs after he reaches the age of thirteen, when he becomes a man. During the religious ceremony, the boy reads from the Torah, and after there is usually a big celebration after. Bar mitzvah translates to: "son of the commandment". Ellen E.
ReplyDeletewww. britannica.com
Hasidim was part of the Hasidic movement that started in the 1700's. It was created by Rabbi Isreal Baal Shem Tov to make a way of life that stessed the ability (for everyone in the Jewish religion) to grow closer to God in all of their actions, thoughts, and words. It is different from normal Judaism because it really emphasizes the focus on God and the Torah rather than acedemic study. Emily J.
ReplyDeleteChanukah is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 25th day of the Jewish month, Kislev. Despite the fact that it's not an incredibly religious holiday, Chanukah is the most well-known Jewish holiday today. The holiday was created when a small amount of oil that was only supposed to give light for a day, ended up lasting eight days, hence why Chanukah is celebrated for eight days, and why on each day, a candle is lit on the Menorah. - Emily H.
ReplyDeleteKosher is a word used to describe the food the dietary laws of Judaism have deemed ritually pure. Animals have to be killed, and food has to be prepared a certain way or the food is unclean and not kosher according to the laws.
ReplyDeleteDanae Z. EBSCO
Rabbi Akiva was a teacher who was the religous leader during the Bar Kochba revolt. During the revolt all but of five of Rabbi Akiva's students were killed by a plague. Rabbi Akiva believed that the reason for the plague was because the students disrespected one another and did not show good morals. Lily A.
ReplyDeleteJoseph Stalin was a dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II and the first few years of the Cold War. He was big on communism and was really a big figure in 20th-century communism. He was very cruel and imprisoned and killed rivals and people who broke his laws.
ReplyDeleteOlivia A.
Baba Yaga is a character from Russian folk stories and literature. She is an old witch who lives in a house that stands on chicken legs, and alternately helps or harms the hero of the tale in question. It depends on how well he carry out her demands.
ReplyDeleteShe is far from a conventional witch, and travels in a huge mortar, pushing herself along with an similarly sized pestle. This in contrast with the broomstick of other witches.
((Quite an amazing character in my opinion))
http://www.oldrussia.net/baba.html
((The school databases were useless))
Alice H
The Spanish Civil War was against the Loyalists (citizens of Spain that were loyal to their newly elected Spanish government) and the Fascists (leaded by General Fransisco Franco). The Abraham Lincoln Brigade consisted of 2,800 volunteered United States citizens to help the loyalists fight the bloody war. 11 survived the great fight, and most were considered Communists for trying to help, although their main goal was actually to eliminate Fascism. Julia W.
ReplyDeleteSorry, my source was:
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Julia W.
The pogrom is from the russian word for "devastation," meaning the destruction of jewish life and property through mob violence, targeting shops, homes and individuals. Natalie D.
ReplyDeleteDante Alighieri , was one of the most amazing italian authors. He had published many beautiful poems. Many of them had a reference to his own personal life. As for example the poems La Vita Nuova was written for his love Beatrice Portinari. Then later in his life he wrote the famous book Divine Comedy . Which talks about the trip to findind paradise. (1265-1321).
ReplyDeletehttp://worldbookonline.com/student/article
Kelsey C.
Centralia was founded by George Washington in January 8, 1875. This city was first named Centerville and is located in Lewis County in Southwest Washington. George Washinton is the son of a african american slave born on August 15, 1817. He took care of the city that he founded for about the first thirty years.
ReplyDeleteSydney B
http://www.washington.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=5276
Danzig was formerly a free city in Poland. Now Danzig is named Gdańsk and is capital of Pomorskie prov., N Poland. Back in 1308 Gdańsk was taken by Teutonic Knights. During the Thirty Years War Gdańsk became a free city in 1772 but was then taken by Prussia in 1793. In 1807 Gdańsk became a free city again. In 1814 it joined Prussia again as Danzig. Because of the Treaty of Versialles Danzig became a free city yet again in 1919. In 1935 Gdańsk got under Nazi control. Later the power of the city was returned to Poland.
ReplyDeleteKaty H.
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/delivery?vid=10&hid=106&sid=c8b9b8fc-bc6a-4ecd-8bec-fbb0c5cfae4b%40sessionmgr111
Purim is a Jewish festival in honor of Esther, a woman who saved the Jews from being executed by the Persian king!
ReplyDeleteJews celebrate Purim on the 14th day of the Hebrew month Adar (around February or March). Usually Purim is celebrated by reading the Book of Esther, giving gifts, donating to the poor, drinking lots of wine, eating, and various other celebrations. Paige T.
and one of my sources was
ReplyDeletehttp://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMN0307H-0-5094&artno=0000199023&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=purim&title=Purim&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=Y
Paige T.
Rabbinical Judaism is the main form of Judaism. The study of the Talmuds is the center of this religion. Even though it wasn't developed until about 70 CE, following the fall of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, Jews worldwide still practice Rabbinical Judaism's style of worship today. Bevlin J.
ReplyDeleteTrotzky was the second most powerful man in Russia until Stalin rose to power. He was then exiled, and was a revolutionary writer who spoke out against Stalin. He and Lenin planned a political revolt which transferred power to a bolshevik government, and he almost gained leadership of Russia when Lenin was assassinated. However, Stalin was able to get Trotzy expelled from the Communist Party, and he was then assassinated some ten years later. Joe C.
ReplyDeletePassover is a holiday that jews celebrate. Passover begins on the 15th day of the month nisan which is march and april. The term passover came from when the Hebrews were told to mark the doors of their house with blood from a lamb which is saying that the spirit of the Lord "passed over" these homes. During passover youre supposed fast and eat nothing but Mazta a flat bread. Charley D.
ReplyDeleteI'm changing my topic from Lenin to rebellion.Tara G.
ReplyDeleteOkay, nevermind, I'm changing my topic from rebellion to Kaddish. Sorry about that. Tara G.
ReplyDeleteI am going to change my topic from Hasidism to the Torah. Emily J.
ReplyDeleteI am changing my topic from Rabbinical Judaism to Franco. Bevlin J
ReplyDeleteI'm changing my topic from Abraham Lincoln Brigade to Kaddish. Julia W.
ReplyDeleteI am changing my topic from Mussolini to materialism. Chris B.
ReplyDeleteActually I am switching from mussolini/materialism to Guernica. Chris B.
ReplyDeleteim switching from Roosevelt to Karl Marx. Nikki L.
ReplyDeleteI'm changing my topic from Kosher to Hitler. Danae Z.
ReplyDeleteI changed to Kaddish. Isabel B.
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