Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Human Impact Quote
Class Assignment. Read the following famous quotations. Pick one quote and write 1) what it means and 2) why was it said? Upload an image of the famous person. An example has been provided.
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
Abraham Lincoln
"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."
Nelson Mandela
"We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love."
Mother Teresa
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Martin Luther King
"All You Need Is Love"
John Lennon
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
Benjamin Franklin
"If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain."
Winston Churchill
"Never, never, never, never give up."
Winston Churchill
"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."
Mark Twain
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Albert Einstein
"You see things that are and say why. I dream things that aren’t and say why not."
George Bernard Shaw
"The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
Chinese Proverbs
"Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself."
Chinese Proverbs
EXAMPLE
Quote: "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind."
1.What does it mean?
Man has done one small thing for himself but something great for ALL of mankind
2. Why was it said?
He probably said this to remind people about the first time man put foot on the moon and to remind people about the person that took the courage and went up there, in other words, himself. The world (and the USA) would never be the same again.
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
Abraham Lincoln
"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."
Nelson Mandela
"We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love."
Mother Teresa
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Martin Luther King
"All You Need Is Love"
John Lennon
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
Benjamin Franklin
"If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain."
Winston Churchill
"Never, never, never, never give up."
Winston Churchill
"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."
Mark Twain
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
Albert Einstein
"You see things that are and say why. I dream things that aren’t and say why not."
George Bernard Shaw
"The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
Chinese Proverbs
"Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself."
Chinese Proverbs
EXAMPLE
Quote: "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind."
1.What does it mean?
Man has done one small thing for himself but something great for ALL of mankind
2. Why was it said?
He probably said this to remind people about the first time man put foot on the moon and to remind people about the person that took the courage and went up there, in other words, himself. The world (and the USA) would never be the same again.
Where We Are in Place and Time
Dear Students,
Welcome to the blog site for our 6 week unit about how people impact communities.
Our Central Idea:
Ideas and actions of people in the past have impacted people and communities.
Our Lines of Inquiry
Welcome to the blog site for our 6 week unit about how people impact communities.
Ideas and actions of people in the past have impacted people and communities.
Our Lines of Inquiry
- Whose ideas and actions changed the lives of other people in particular times and places
- What were the consequences of these ideas and actions
- How people view historical events differently and how these views change over time
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