Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Wed 5/18 Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill

Chapter 4 The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill

Learning Target

Daily Activity:
Journal (Who Am I?):
Alice wanted to figure this out as she was trying to find her way into the garden. Is it rally possible to know oneself? And why did Socrates say, "Above all, know thyself."?
Alice thinks about lessons she has learned (or not learned), advice she's received, people (and critters--Dinah) in her life--What else? Who are YOU? 

Read/listen to Chapter 4

Video: The Children Who Built Victorian Britain (6 minutes upto 14:33)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6ByG7q74qg
Contrast this documentary look at childhood in the Industrial Revolution with the vision portrayed by Lewis Carroll. The Victorian version of childhood in Alice is an invention. . . .

Sources for Free Books
www.openculture.com (free audio and ebooks)
Project Gutenberg   www.gutenberg.org
Original illustrated version: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/carroll/lewis/alice/
Classic version with varied illustrations: http://www.the-office.com/bedtime-story/classics-alice-1.htm
literature.org
Lit2go (audio and text)
Handout: assignment for Friday, June 3: You will need to bring a favorite children's book to class. Look for one at home or go to the library and check one out.
Jabberwocky: time remaining

Reminders/Due Dates:

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