Here in the first video for Typographia. I will put in links to other videos when I upload them (still working on editing them).
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Typographia Introduction Video
Here in the first video for Typographia. I will put in links to other videos when I upload them (still working on editing them).
Brave New Worlds (Almost) Finished Videos
So, our group met, had some fun, and became puppeteers (if only for about an hour). The first is the Introduction video & when it's up online the viewer/student will have the option to choose which of the next three will be their destination. Enjoy!
I've been trying to upload all of our videos since Friday, but Blogger is being a little goofy. I was lucky enough to get the intro video up, but haven't been able to get the other three up yet. Darn.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Group Youtube Channel
Jenna just brought up an excellent idea that I think we should consider: What if we made one youtube channel for our class? It would be easier to put everything in one place, create playlists, etc instead of having six different youtube accounts all uploading videos. What do you all think?
Friday, March 29, 2013
Script for Cannibals
Scene: cannibal hut/desert island, complete with human body parts on a spit]
[enter Sailors]
Sailor 1: Arrrr, a real cannibal island! Now, I remember reading an essay by some French guy...
Sailor 2 Marner: Michel Montaigne. You didn't read it, you just used Spiff Notes.
Sailor 1 Jonas: Bark Notes, actually, and it's all the same anyway. OK, I'm trying to remember if he gave us any clues about how not to get eaten.
Sailor 2: Just stay cool, man. I read the whole essay, and we just have to remember that just because people are different doesn't make them wrong. Steady, [other sailor is deep breathing] steady as she---
[enter Cannibal]
Cannibal: Boooooo!
[Sailors screech like girls and start shaking]
Cannibal: Haaa, teeny sailor girls screech like stuck pig! Welcome to our island, sailor sandwiches!
Sailor 2 Marner: Look at me, I'm shaking like we're still in that tempest!
Sailor 1 Jonas pirate: Um... I don't think it's sea legs anymore.
Cannibal: No need be frightened! [switch to normal side] See, we offer you welcome! Rest, help, food! Anyone care for some delicious... Lady Fingers?
Sailor 1 Marner: Sailor 2!!! I mean, Jonas!!!
Sailor 2, nervously, Jonas: Ha! ...I bet they're ...finger-lickin' good! Arg.
Cannibal: HA! No worries, sailor sandwich man, I no eat you, you a comedian!
Sailor 2 Jonas: Well, why not?
Cannibal: Comedian taste funny!
Sailor 2 Jonas: HAA! See, [Marner], they're not so bad! Oh, oh, I got another one: what do you and a HR rep have in common?
Cannibal: What HR rep mean?
Sailor 2: You're both... fed up with people! (snare drum snap)
[Both laugh until Cannibal abruptly stops.] [switch to scary side]
Cannibal: ...all this laughing make me hungry.
Sailor 1: DON'T EAT ME!
Cannibal: Well, we humanists so we like (to eat) humans. I give you TEST. You can answer few question right, we no eat you. You answer wrong... and we helps you find out where you funny bone be.
Sailor 1 and 2: HELP US!
Help the sailors and work toward your own Exploring Brave New Worlds Badge:
option 1: I've already read Michel Montaigne's Of Cannibals. I'm ready for the challenge!
option 2: I need a refresher first! Take me to some texts!
Quiz:
1. Michel Montaigne's writing looks like...
a. a personal essay
b. a chapter from a book
c. a speech to Parliament
d. both a and b
e. all of the above
*** 2. Michel Montaigne likes to get his information from...
a. a famous explorer of the period, Thomas Heriot
b. the wisest, most experienced explorers on the ocean
c. Long John Silver, the ship's cook.
d. a simple, ignorant crew member
3. According to Montaigne, cannibals are savages in the same way...
a. fire is hot: they will always be that way
b. a mean dog is ornery: it's been taught to bite back
c. fruit is wild: it's still in its natural state
d. heaven is cloudy: it's actually better that way
***4. Montaigne believes cannibals are no more savage than...
a. Wild apples (since they actually taste better out of the orchard)
b. Europeans (since they torture their prisoners alive)
c. Zombies (since they really don't have a choice in what they eat)
d. Pocahontas (since she ...wasn't around yet)
***5. What are the two chief values of the cannibals?
a. valor to their enemies and love to their wives
b. peace and plenty
c. careful seasoning and perfect barbeque techniques
d. drinking and dancing
6. Why does M. use so many allusions to older myths and civiliations in history? Name one such nation and do some background research on what the inclusion would have meant to his day. (ad fontes)
7. Humanism
[enter Sailors]
Sailor 1: Arrrr, a real cannibal island! Now, I remember reading an essay by some French guy...
Sailor 2 Marner: Michel Montaigne. You didn't read it, you just used Spiff Notes.
Sailor 1 Jonas: Bark Notes, actually, and it's all the same anyway. OK, I'm trying to remember if he gave us any clues about how not to get eaten.
Sailor 2: Just stay cool, man. I read the whole essay, and we just have to remember that just because people are different doesn't make them wrong. Steady, [other sailor is deep breathing] steady as she---
[enter Cannibal]
Cannibal: Boooooo!
[Sailors screech like girls and start shaking]
Cannibal: Haaa, teeny sailor girls screech like stuck pig! Welcome to our island, sailor sandwiches!
Sailor 2 Marner: Look at me, I'm shaking like we're still in that tempest!
Sailor 1 Jonas pirate: Um... I don't think it's sea legs anymore.
Cannibal: No need be frightened! [switch to normal side] See, we offer you welcome! Rest, help, food! Anyone care for some delicious... Lady Fingers?
Sailor 1 Marner: Sailor 2!!! I mean, Jonas!!!
Sailor 2, nervously, Jonas: Ha! ...I bet they're ...finger-lickin' good! Arg.
Cannibal: HA! No worries, sailor sandwich man, I no eat you, you a comedian!
Sailor 2 Jonas: Well, why not?
Cannibal: Comedian taste funny!
Sailor 2 Jonas: HAA! See, [Marner], they're not so bad! Oh, oh, I got another one: what do you and a HR rep have in common?
Cannibal: What HR rep mean?
Sailor 2: You're both... fed up with people! (snare drum snap)
[Both laugh until Cannibal abruptly stops.] [switch to scary side]
Cannibal: ...all this laughing make me hungry.
Sailor 1: DON'T EAT ME!
Cannibal: Well, we humanists so we like (to eat) humans. I give you TEST. You can answer few question right, we no eat you. You answer wrong... and we helps you find out where you funny bone be.
Sailor 1 and 2: HELP US!
Help the sailors and work toward your own Exploring Brave New Worlds Badge:
option 1: I've already read Michel Montaigne's Of Cannibals. I'm ready for the challenge!
option 2: I need a refresher first! Take me to some texts!
Quiz:
1. Michel Montaigne's writing looks like...
a. a personal essay
b. a chapter from a book
c. a speech to Parliament
d. both a and b
e. all of the above
*** 2. Michel Montaigne likes to get his information from...
a. a famous explorer of the period, Thomas Heriot
b. the wisest, most experienced explorers on the ocean
c. Long John Silver, the ship's cook.
d. a simple, ignorant crew member
3. According to Montaigne, cannibals are savages in the same way...
a. fire is hot: they will always be that way
b. a mean dog is ornery: it's been taught to bite back
c. fruit is wild: it's still in its natural state
d. heaven is cloudy: it's actually better that way
***4. Montaigne believes cannibals are no more savage than...
a. Wild apples (since they actually taste better out of the orchard)
b. Europeans (since they torture their prisoners alive)
c. Zombies (since they really don't have a choice in what they eat)
d. Pocahontas (since she ...wasn't around yet)
***5. What are the two chief values of the cannibals?
a. valor to their enemies and love to their wives
b. peace and plenty
c. careful seasoning and perfect barbeque techniques
d. drinking and dancing
6. Why does M. use so many allusions to older myths and civiliations in history? Name one such nation and do some background research on what the inclusion would have meant to his day. (ad fontes)
7. Humanism
A Description of a New World, or, The Blazing Script
Video Intro to Margaret Cavendish's A Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
[scene: otherworldly-looking beach, with several strange creatures in the background--Fish-men, Bear-men, Fox-men, Bird-men, maybe even Steve Tyler. There are several stars visible in the sky even though the sun is up. Our two heroes have washed ashore and are looking about.]
Sailor 1: Arrgh! Where be we?
Sailor 2: So we're talking like pirates now?
Sailor 1: What else be we talking like, matey? We be sailors!
Sailor 2: Uh huh.
[enter a Bird-man, which I'm sorry to say is the gender-neutral term]
Bird-man: Well, hello, strangers!
Sailor 1: What be ye, strange creature? Arrgh!
Sailor 2: And where are we?
Bird-man: I am a Bird-man, and....
Sailor 1: [interrupting] A bird! By Poseidon's beard, I'll gut ya and fry yer innards!
Sailor 2: He actually won't. Not only are we unarmed, but he hates fried food.
Bird-man: No, I understand. Anyway, you are on the Blazing World! A human woman from your world named Margaret Cavendish once wrote about it.
Sailor 1: Women-folk writin' stuff! Preposterous!
Sailor 2: And how did we get here?
Bird-man: Well, according to Margaret Cavendish, our Blazing-World rests atop your North Pole. As she says, "[I]t is impossible to round this World's globe from Pole to Pole, so as we do from East to West, because the Poles of the other World...."
Sailor 2: [interrupting] Whoa, whoa, whoa. We've only got ninety seconds, buddy. Save your quotations for the next section.
Bird-man: Sorry.
[Text pops up asking the viewer how to proceed: "How does the sailor respond? Option 1: "It's okay, I'd love to hear more about Margaret Cavendish and The Blazing World." Option 2: "I'm pretty sure our viewers are familiar with The Blazing World. Let's just go to the quiz."]
Option 1: Tell Me About Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World
This would be another short video, perhaps five minutes long, of narrated scrolling texts. It would give a brief (20-second) overview of Cavendish, then outline The Blazing World and including some quotes and passages. It will, of course, provide a link to the full text. It would end with a link to the quiz.
Option 2: The Blazing World Quiz
1. The book A Description of the New World, called the Blazing-World is usually referred to by which nickname?
a. The Blazing World
b. The Description
c. The New World
2. Who wrote A Description of the New World, called The Blazing-World?
a. Margaret Thatcher
b. John Winthrop
c. Queen Elizabeth
d. Margaret Cavendish
3. Where is the Blazing World in relation to Earth?
a. underneath Earth
b. on top of Earth
c. at the center of the Earth
4. What does the Emperor do when he first sees the Lady?
a. worship her
b. ask her to marry him
c. order her execution
5. Which of the following creatures is NOT mentioned in the text?
a. Fish-men
b. Bear-men
c. Goat-men
d. Ape-men
5. Why does the Empress eventually return to our world?
a. She misses her family.
b. The Blazing World is drifting away from Earth and she does not wish to be trapped there.
c. Her homeland is under attack.
6. What was the occupation of the Bird-men?
a. They were Philosophers.
b. They were Mathematicians.
c. They were Astronomers.
7. The Blazing World is an early example of what genre of fiction?
a. science fiction
b. travel fiction
c. utopian fiction
(Trick question--all answers are acceptable, even if some are better than others.)
8. Write two paragraphs or record a short video describing why The Blazing World relates to the theme of the Brave New world. Include an explanation of why we should study The Blazing World today. Post your paragraphs or video HERE (imbed link to our website).
[scene: otherworldly-looking beach, with several strange creatures in the background--Fish-men, Bear-men, Fox-men, Bird-men, maybe even Steve Tyler. There are several stars visible in the sky even though the sun is up. Our two heroes have washed ashore and are looking about.]
Sailor 1: Arrgh! Where be we?
Sailor 2: So we're talking like pirates now?
Sailor 1: What else be we talking like, matey? We be sailors!
Sailor 2: Uh huh.
[enter a Bird-man, which I'm sorry to say is the gender-neutral term]
Bird-man: Well, hello, strangers!
Sailor 1: What be ye, strange creature? Arrgh!
Sailor 2: And where are we?
Bird-man: I am a Bird-man, and....
Sailor 1: [interrupting] A bird! By Poseidon's beard, I'll gut ya and fry yer innards!
Sailor 2: He actually won't. Not only are we unarmed, but he hates fried food.
Bird-man: No, I understand. Anyway, you are on the Blazing World! A human woman from your world named Margaret Cavendish once wrote about it.
Sailor 1: Women-folk writin' stuff! Preposterous!
Sailor 2: And how did we get here?
Bird-man: Well, according to Margaret Cavendish, our Blazing-World rests atop your North Pole. As she says, "[I]t is impossible to round this World's globe from Pole to Pole, so as we do from East to West, because the Poles of the other World...."
Sailor 2: [interrupting] Whoa, whoa, whoa. We've only got ninety seconds, buddy. Save your quotations for the next section.
Bird-man: Sorry.
[Text pops up asking the viewer how to proceed: "How does the sailor respond? Option 1: "It's okay, I'd love to hear more about Margaret Cavendish and The Blazing World." Option 2: "I'm pretty sure our viewers are familiar with The Blazing World. Let's just go to the quiz."]
Option 1: Tell Me About Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World
This would be another short video, perhaps five minutes long, of narrated scrolling texts. It would give a brief (20-second) overview of Cavendish, then outline The Blazing World and including some quotes and passages. It will, of course, provide a link to the full text. It would end with a link to the quiz.
Option 2: The Blazing World Quiz
1. The book A Description of the New World, called the Blazing-World is usually referred to by which nickname?
a. The Blazing World
b. The Description
c. The New World
2. Who wrote A Description of the New World, called The Blazing-World?
a. Margaret Thatcher
b. John Winthrop
c. Queen Elizabeth
d. Margaret Cavendish
3. Where is the Blazing World in relation to Earth?
a. underneath Earth
b. on top of Earth
c. at the center of the Earth
4. What does the Emperor do when he first sees the Lady?
a. worship her
b. ask her to marry him
c. order her execution
5. Which of the following creatures is NOT mentioned in the text?
a. Fish-men
b. Bear-men
c. Goat-men
d. Ape-men
5. Why does the Empress eventually return to our world?
a. She misses her family.
b. The Blazing World is drifting away from Earth and she does not wish to be trapped there.
c. Her homeland is under attack.
6. What was the occupation of the Bird-men?
a. They were Philosophers.
b. They were Mathematicians.
c. They were Astronomers.
7. The Blazing World is an early example of what genre of fiction?
a. science fiction
b. travel fiction
c. utopian fiction
(Trick question--all answers are acceptable, even if some are better than others.)
8. Write two paragraphs or record a short video describing why The Blazing World relates to the theme of the Brave New world. Include an explanation of why we should study The Blazing World today. Post your paragraphs or video HERE (imbed link to our website).
Thursday, March 28, 2013
A Model of Christian Charity Intro - Script
[Enters One of the Sailors]
Sailor: Where are we? What strange land is this? [Looking at the camera] Do you know? [Camera nods]
[Enters John Winthrop]
Winthrop: Well hello there weary travelers! Welcome to the Massachusetts Bay Colony! I'm John Winthrop, the governor here. Where have you anchored your ship?
Sailor: Well, actually good sir, we've crash landed on this island and would be eternally grateful for your help in helping us return to sea.
Winthrop: Well, first of all, this is no island. This is the American continent. Could you not recognize our 'City upon that yonder hill'?
Sailor (looks at Winthrop, looks at the camera, looks back at Winthrop, looks back at the camera): You mean that tiny village over there?
Winthrop: Now, now. There's no point in being rude. Are you sure you won't stay for a while?
Sailor: (directed at the camera) What do you think, shall we stay with this man who has founded the great "City upon a hill"?
[Camera shakes "no"]
Winthrop: So be it. I think I will help you set sail again. Besides, we like our community to be free from sin as well as negative minds.
Sailor: Pbbtt!
Winthrop: Well, I'm assuming that you have already heard of the speech I gave those on board the ship we sailed on to come to this land?
Sailor: Heard of it.
Winthrop: Since you are missing a member of your crew, I'll quiz you on my speech, commonly referred to as "A Model of Christian Charity". If you succeed, I'll help you find your lost crewman and help you rebuild your ship.
Sailor: Fine. Deal.
Winthrop: Well then, let's begin.
QUIZ (I'm hoping for some help on this one. What can we even quiz the viewers on)?)
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