Humans of Istanbul
HUM: Being Ready for Monday
In Humanities this week, we started and continued interviewing subjects for our Humans of Istanbul Summative Assessment. Using what we learned with Mrs. bond in English class with how to interview, we pushed our questions and followed up with “What do you mean?” or “Can you explain that a bit more?” Some of you even STEPPED … [Read more…]
Hum: Humans of Istanbul Summative Assessment
This week, I introduced to you the Summative Assessment for Humanities– Portraits and Interviews: Humans of Istanbul. See the Google Slides presentation to learn more about the task and timeline. By MONDAY, 5 October, you will have: brainstormed examples of paradigm shift thinking that Istanbul-based people you know have experienced identified two people and– in your own words– described their experiences with PST … [Read more…]
7, Important Information in Your Testimonies
Here is what you say makes the Humans of New York (HONY) stories so powerful. These components help make the personal testimonies clear: the who, what, when and where each testimony is POWERFUL by itself. (There is enough substance to make it inspiring, sad, hopeful, positive, interesting, heartbreaking, realistic, relatable, etc., just like the pieces from … [Read more…]
7, Personal Testimonies: Humans of Istanbul
On Monday, we looked at a New York Times article from 1927 as a primary source. After answering the questions that followed, we discussed how media coverage has changed today. Here is what you said: News today is in real time, they are live-streamed There are more eyewitnesses to events because you can see it live on … [Read more…]