Photos of Brainstorming for Mid-Term Essay

Dynasty Research Question List

Dynasty Research Check List

You will have to site every piece of information with the specific place you found the information. Make sure that you track every web site, WITH A SPECIFIC LINK.

When did the dynasty/empire start/stop and who did they replace and who replaced them?

Describe the geography of the location of your dynasty/empire.

Describe two to three key people in your dynasty/empire.

Describe one to two key events in your dynasty/empire.

Describe two to three inventions/breakthroughs in your dynasty/empire.

Describe the hierarchy and class system of your dynasty/empire.

Describe the method of rule/ government of your dynasty/empire

Describe how the economy of your dynasty/empire.

Describe the following parts of culture;

Arts

Literature

Religion/Philosophy

Class Activity for Monday, Nov. 15th

Go to this link and follow the directions. The username and password on the usual ones for the Hutch Library.

http://ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/1185087?cid=71&webSiteCode=SLN_HANC&returnToPage=%2fTopics%2fDisplay%2f1185087%3fcid%3d71&sid=1185090&useConcept=False&token=CAA02C544CF5024E17BC1F42AB37375E&casError=False

The Ultimate Model UN site for links

Here is the link
http://guest.portaportal.com/modelun

Power Point about Islam

Here is a link to the power point from class.

LINK

Graphic Organizers for Essay Test

Here are the G.O.'s that the classes made from the activity to help study for the essay test.



8.1
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LC

HP JK MMM

MT KS KF HL RM


8.2

IW EO KD LB

JW MW CE BCP

CB MMMJ KK

ES CN GB

8.3
AL BF KW CA

AlBu

CK CH AR

DeMcD

8.4
VB KM SGM JD

EM WS BH SGR AAG

RW

CW RC AW KK

Welcome

Welcome to 8th grade!!!!!!!!

Leaving on a jet plane!

We are about to board the plane. See everyone soon!

North Korea

This is a photo of North Korea from the DMZ.

Pyeongang

This is the last stop on the railroad before North Korea.

This place has no traffic.

Final Exam Prep

The Final Exam!!!!!
The exam will have some vocab, short answer, and one five paragraph
essay.

I will post the Vocab this weekend.
The best way to prepare is to work on this essay.

Using examples from areas of the wold we have studied explain the
following question with a five paragraph essay.

"What are the characteristics of successful society?"

Make sure you define what you mean by success and be specific.

We will prep the same way for th final as we did for the mid-term with
exercise and drills.

See you on Monday!!!!
Sent from my iPhone

Shopping in Seoul

Okay, I really didn't shop but I walked around with the people who
were shopping.

Want to know what Seoul is like? Think New York City, in Asia. The
place is totally metropolitan and mondern.

Ok it's Namsam not Namwon

Here is the last view of Seoul from NAMSAM tower. View of Pyongyang.
North Korea less than 200 KM, @120 miles, away.

United States Embassy

Here is a photo of our embassy in Seoul

More views of Seoul

Cool views

Views from Namwan Tower

More pictures!

Seoul view from Namsam Tower

Pretty cool view!

Post Skype snack

After we skyped with my Mom and then one of my History classes we
ordered fried chicken take out.

So much fun.

Sori Performing Arts Center

This morning we saw the Sori Performing Art Center (LINK) of Jeonju. Wow, is all I can say.

Outside


Cool Art

Past and upcoming performances

They have venues that seat @3,000 people, @700 people, and an outdoor open air area that seats @7,000 people.

The stages and tech was awesome. Rotating stages, dropping orchestra pits, state of the arts acoustics, and things that I'm not even sure what is done.

While we were there they were in the midst of preparing for the Jeonju International Film Festival (LINK). They were literally preparing the red carpet for the tonight's grand opening!

Jeonju English Center

Students at Jeonju English Center

On this the final full day in Jeonju we visited the Jeonju English Center. The school is focused on speaking English rather than specific grammar. It is financed through the government. It works with the local schools rather than a after school language "cram school".

The school has immersion programs for 5th and 6th grade students where the 5th spends afternoons on Thursday and Firday at the school and then 6th graders spend Monday to Wednesday at the school in the mornings. There are also sessions for other grades at all other times, Remember students go to school on Saturdays in Korea!

The school classrooms are set up like a store, kitchen, passport/government office, hospital, and a science classroom. They focus on speaking English and vocab that will make the student successful in those areas!

The science room

It was very cool. Only English was spoken here.

Traditional Korean music at the high school

Here are some performances of traditonal Korean music done by some of the students in the art and music department at the school we visited.



The instrument below is called a gayageum. Click HERE for more info on this instrument.

From 2010.4.28 Jeonju

The style of music done below is called pansori. Click HERE for more info abut pansori.

From 2010.4.28 Jeonju

The intstrument below is called a Daegeum. Click HERE for more info about daegeum.
For more information on Korean culture and music click on the link below:

LINK

Oh the press is so bothersome

In the news, again! So much fun.

Last days in Jeonju

A couple of boys from the class I taught
hamming it up for the camera.

Yesterday we visited what can be best described as a magnet school middle/high school for the arts. The students gave music performances of tradtional Korean music. After they performed we went to one of the classes and I showed a photostory of. "A day in the life of a Hutchison Student", by Greer B. They loved it!!!!



After the video I was able to lead a question and answer session about US school and culture. It was great.




The girls at my homestay, they have daughters ages 12 to 18. They had friends over to meet me. It was a circus, tons of fun. They love the iPhone and the video that Greer did for this project.

Playing with the iPhone.

The kids from homestay and their friends and neighbors.

A girl at the school we visited being off task out the window.

I love disrupting classes.

Teaching in Korea

We visited a middle school, high school, and an arts academy. The
music division of the academy focused on traditional Korean music and
art.

Afterword I was able to speak to a class of Korean students. I was
able to play Greer's photostory. They loved it!!

I then lead a question and answer session about American schools and
Hutchison.

It was great to be in front of a classroom again.

The photo below is of a "senior" in high school who played a
"kayeageum", a traditional Korean string instrament. It was great.

Visit with the Lieutentant Governor of the Province

Today we visited the Jeollanbuk-do government. We visited the province
(think state) assistant Governor.

After meeting with him we met with the head of the State Assembley of
Jeollanbuk-do.

We watches some promotional videos for the state. The cool thing is
that we saw nearly everything that te video promoted.

A visit to a Pepper Farm

After we left the Jirisan Mountain National Park we were treated to a
you of one of our new friend's farm. He grows green, red, yellow, and
orange peppers.

When you drive around Korea you see these small to large greenhouses
all over the place. They enable the Korean farmers to farm all kinds
of things that would be typically out of season.

The Koreans may not have a ton a land in their country but they use
eery inch of it.

A day in the life of a Hutchison Student

One of my students, Greer B. put this together after getting photos of the middle school so I could show it on my last school visit this Wednesday!

It's awesome!!

Tea with a monk

Today we visited one of the most simple yet most spiritual Biddhist
Temples. Ssanggyesa monastery is well known in Korea and in the
Buddhist world.

They have an organic farm and anyone can go and live there while they
learn to farm in an organic and "Zen" way. Sounds neat, for a week.

While there we were invited to have tea with the Head of the
Monastery. Even the Koreans we were with had never done this!

He was great. He spoke pretty good English and had a very warming
smile. We had a couple of cups of tea with him.

Lunch in the Mountains

After our walk in the mountains and the park we had lunch at a small
mountain resteraunt. They cooked a meal thatvis special for the region
called, "Black Pig".

They smoked the meat outside the place. I sat outside while they
cooked the meat. It was delicious.

Great meal and better people. The peope of Namwon have been fantastic.

A Walk in Jinsan National Park and Mt. Jiri

Although today was a bit chilly the sun was shining and the view was
great. We walked for about an hour and a half up the mountain. We
stopped were the photo was taken.

The view was spectacular!

On to Namwon

Namwon is a smaller town about an hour drive from Jeonju. It is known
as the, "City of Love". There is legend in this city about a couple
from different classes of society that falls in love. It's basically
the Romeo and Juliet of Korea.

They were finishing up their three day town festival which celebrates
the city's history and culture.

We walked around the fesrival. Even though it was in the rain it was
still quite nice. In the afternoon we had some delicious freshly
ground Ginger tea.

Dinner was amazing as usual. People imagine having Thanksgiving dinner
for three straight weeks. Welcome to my Korea dining experience.

Here is a photo of the city park. Namwon is a beautiful city.
Tommorrow we head for a walk through the Jirisan National Forrest.

See everyone soon!!!!!

Rotary District Conference - Video and Photos

Okay. Imagine an event one part student government convention, one part college football tailgate, one part family reunion, one part rock concert, and finally mixed with a black tie fundraiser.

We pulled onto Woosuk University campus I our yellow van. From the get go we were treated as VIP's. We drove right past all the barricades into preferred parking. Coffee and rice cakes were had in what can only be described as backstage.

We then made our way into the campus gym where the place was set up to seat @3,000. We were shown our front row seats and then brought to the back of the arena so we could be introduced as we walked in.

I felt like LeBron James. I wonder if Lebron ever feels like a chubby white middle school teacher.

After our speech in the morning session (1st half) we went outside and cruised the tents and their food. It was literally like an Asian Ole Miss Grove. The food was obviously very different, there was some fried chicken.

We bounced from tent to tent like celebrities. We were all running into our home stay families and other people we had meant over the last three weeks. We ate, a lot. After about 10 tents, we were invites to more. A Loud airborne signaled the end of lunch and for everyone to return to the auditorium.

It was great! We literally could not walk twenty feet without someone calling out or names and posing for photos. We even walked past one tent that had a banner of their club that included a photo of their members with Ruth and Laura at some festival they attended. It was surreal.

After halftime we were treated to group participation games and a concert that was a mix of traditional Korean music and K-Pop or Korean Pop.

The whole thing was both ridiculous and interesting.

Pine needle tea

After a rainy but beautiful walk in the grounds of a Buddhist Temple
in the woods we stopped in for a traditional tea service.

The tea they chose for us, we told them to pick, was pine needle tea.
Now before you think, "Ewwww gross!", hear me out.

The take the pine needles from saplings, baby trees, and soak them in
local honey for six months. The pine needles infuse the honey with a
pine scent an taste. It was deleicious. It would be perfect for a cold
winter day near Christmas.

The coffee house was on the grounds of re Buddhist temple and was all
natural wood. It was a great way to spend the afternoon.

Out!!!

Homestay families and eel!

On the road again this morning. Our stay on Gochjang was one night. It
was brief but very enjoyable.

We had a dinner of grilled (at our table) eel. You take a price of eel
place it on a big piece of lettuce. You the. Add a slice of raw Gaelic
dipped in spicey Korean sauce, some Ginger, and finally some mountain
herbs an then you shove th whole thing in your mouth. Honestly, it
tastes pretty good.

After dinner I hung out around the living room with my homestay
family. They had three kids, a boy who was 14, a girl who was 12, and
the youngest boy who was 9. They were great. The oldest did home work
most of the time except when he has to translate for us. The youngest
boy was hilarious, he crawled all over me like I was a Jungle Gym. He
woke me up this morning by jumping on me in the bed like some sort of
professional wrestler.

I'm sad the visit wasn't longer. We dropped the kids off at their
respective schools this morning.

Great day!!!!

Turtles and Dragons

We visited a montain shrine the other day. Near the temple was a
cemetery. The photo represents a typical marker in Korea. The bast of
the marker is. Turtle which represents longevity and the top is a
dragon which represents kingly power or leadership.

Gamma rays and radiation technology

Intersting day today/yesterday. We visited a radiation technology
research and product development company.

They do all kinds of interesting things with radiation and gamma rays.
Shockingly after that description I must remind everyone that I am not
a science teacher.

They research develops everything fro
space food to cancer cures. We saw inside a beam accelerator. They had
Geiger counters and lead walls. It was safe, ok I'm pretty sure it was
safe

The picture is of Cobalt-60 been beamed. That's the bulk of my science
knowledge, sorry Mr. Clancy.

Later!

Fun and Crazy Day

One our friends singing Karoke

Cool eatery

Tae Kwan Do

Crazy advertisement

Today has been one of the best days we have had so far. We started the day at the Jeonju Provincial Police Headquarters (think state police). While here we saw the Jeonju CSI lab and met with some of their investigators. They displayed their profiling and computer sketch abilities. They even hooked one of us up to lie detector machine, not me for once. I then shot a gun in their shooting range. Ok, it was a gun that shot electronic bullets and after getting a feel for the target on my second round scored rather well.

A visit to Woosuk University was next and there we toured the campus and met with a professor who is doing research in Kim Chi, the fermented and spicy cabbage that Koreans are famous for. Kim Chi is commonly thought of as one of the world’s healthiest foods. See article link here (LINK). He is basically looking at replicated and improving upon the amino acids that Kin Chi has. It’s basically better for you than yogurt, less fat!

We were also treated to an impromptu Tae Kwan Do performance. It was spectacular. Their performance told the story of the Donghak peasant revolution in late 19th century Korea. Think River Dance meets the Karate Kid, with really athletic and violent ballet. Now that’s a mental picture. Woosuk University is famous for their Tae Kwan Do program, it’s a major and required study by every Korean soldier. SO it was like walking up to tour Duke and then getting to watch them scrimmage before the NCAA tournament.

We visited a museum and then went to a great noodle restaurant. Afterward the families took us out to a little whole in the wall dive for food. It’s like a meat and three in Memphis, except they have fish, Kim Chi, and …, live cut up octopus. I ate some…, of course. From there we hit the town for the typical Karaoke performance. I revisited my performance of Elvis’, Suspicious Lies to a thunderous crowd.

After getting “home” I slept for about 4 or five hours and then had a Skype class with the 8th and 5th graders of Hutchison. They asked great questions and it was good to see everyone.

I’m out!!