Socratic Odyssey

Socratic Odyssey

English 8 students went off-script a little today: we were supposed to start our next reading, “Under the Wire,” but as I read through students’ responses to the video we watched yesterday (“Harvest of Shame”), I realized we had an...
Opening Unit and Opening Lines

Opening Unit and Opening Lines

English 8 students began our new unit, which is about the search for home. We’ll be starting with some selections about immigration, so we prepared for those selections by watching 10 minutes from the legendary 1960 documentary Harvest of Shame. We also watched...
Cemetery of Memories

Cemetery of Memories

The first time I approached the cemetery in Lipnica Wielka was November of 1996, and I headed up for my first experience with All Saints’ Day in Poland. I took pictures and made mental notes for my journal: I left my apartment around 4:30 and headed up to the...