“If you were designing a society from scratch, what would you protect — and why?” Review the following four lines from a Shakespearean poem. What win I if I gain the thing I seek?A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy.Who buys a minute’s mirth to wail a week?Or sells eternity to get a […]
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Return to Eureka lens for journeyman and masters homework
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Sep
Sep
***Reminder: Because we switched weeks, Journeyman and Master’s assignments for this week will be posted under the Eureka lens.*** “If you were designing a society from scratch, what would you protect — and why?” Memorize the following four lines from a Shakespearean poem. What win I if I gain the thing I seek?A dream, a […]
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Apr
Apr
Song and Poem This month’s song is a great American classic! Sing along with this video. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot or try this one that includes lyrics. Hopefully by now you have memorized the first half of our last poem. This week, please add the third stanza. And, remember to review the poems you have […]
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Mar
Mar
Here is your checklist Incentives Matter! Song and Poem This month’s song is a great American classic! Sing along with this video. Take Me Out to the Ball Game Has anyone been able to memorize “Can’t”? $5 vanbucks if you can recite it to me on Thursday! Has learning this poem impacted how you think […]
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Jan
Jan
Here is your checklist When the market competes, you win! Song and Poem Practice our song, I’m Gonna Mail Myself to You We’re starting off the year with a challenging, yet inspiring poem. How often have you said, “I can’t!” when something felt difficult? That very statement can serve as a prophecy, if we aren’t […]
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Nov
Nov
Here is your checklist Song and Poem Practice our song, Simple Gifts. Here’s a sing along video for you! This week, we’ll memorize the final stanza! Please also review the poems you have previously learned. How many can you still recite? Ingenious Little Old Man, Ooey Gooey, and the Vulture? You can find them listed […]
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Oct
Oct
Song and Poem Practice our song, You’re a Grand Old Flag. Here’s a sing along video for you! This week, we start a new poem! But don’t forget about the Ingenious Little Old Man, whom we met previously, or Ooey Gooey, or the Vulture! Please review those previous poems, too. You can find them listed […]
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Sep
Sep
This is our last economics class for the foreseeable future. (Cue weeping, wailing, sorrow and lamentation. I’m feeling it, too! And, even if you don’t feel that way, we can still be friends.) The format for this week is much the same as previous weeks, with one big difference. Because there are more readings (not […]
Welcome to another excited week of Economics! First, let’s put in a little plug again for why economics matters. (Just in case you forgot or you are new to economics this year and were wondering…) And, because he brought it up again, let’s review the idea of “that which is seen and that which is […]