Mr. Kuykendall's online classroom
Oh yea, get excited! Humanism matters! It’s not just some annoying, old, esoteric term that has no relevance to you beyond term dropping it on some exam! To see what I’m talking about, read the excerpt titled, “The Humanist Revolution” from Yvul Noah Harari’s book, …
Take out a pencil and a piece of paper. This will be step 1 to elevating your analytical skills! Write clear directions regarding how to make a paper airplane Read your directions to your partner while they follow them. Repeat the process for the other …
No Way! We’re WAY too educated and enlightened for that right?! Plus, america is a democracy, that could never happen in a democracy….. Not so fast…read the beautifully historic piece written by Robert Kagan of the Brookings Institute in the Washington Post below: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-how-fascism-comes-to-america/2016/05/17/c4e32c58-1c47-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory When …
Analyze how Individuals Create and Change Culture, Authority, or Governance For your final project, you and your group will have to create a mini museum exhibit that answers the above question. Please see link below on how exactly you’ll execute that task as well as …
Fear is indeed a tool of political control. The question is the degree to which the marketing of fear and subsequent exploitation is purposeful. There are some very famous examples of purposeful exploitation of fear for political control and personal gain. I’m sure Hitler comes …
IS morality in war an oxymoron? Answer this. Now think back, was there a time when war was practiced within the confines of moral laws of engagement? Was there a time when war was total and absolute? Where does the world stand today in opinion …
We’ve been discussing in class the intellectual reaction to the industrial revolution. As thinkers, you know that every major historical event can be viewed via multiple perspectives, and depending on the perspective through which you view the event, your interpretation of that event/phenomena will vary. …
Review for French Revolution Exam!! Jeopardy Questions for French Rev Test: Jeopardy The following is a list of terms and concepts that you should know for the exam…what it is and why it is significant. This is NOT a comprehensive list! Terms: San colouttes, girondins, …
Based off our last document analysis of Robespierre’s speech to the national assembly legitimizing the terror, it’s clear that we need to increase our Doc Analysis Fluency! So, download the file below containing the documents to be analyzed as well as the file below containing …
Napoleon’s rise to power mirrors that of many modern day dictators. In order to better understand Napoleon’s rise, i want you to also investigate the former dictator of Egypt, Hosni Mubarek’s, rise to power (that is not him in the above picture 😉 Download the …