US 2
Second in a Series
For the great majority of mankind are
satisfied with appearances, as though
they were realities, and are more often
influenced by things that seem than by
things that are.
-- Niccolo Machiavelli
The man who never alters his opinion is
like standing water, and breeds reptiles
of the mind.
-- William Blake
That men do not learn very much from
the lessons of history is the most
important of all the lessons of history.
-- Aldous Huxley
The whole world of loneliness, poverty,
and pain make a mockery of what
human life should be.
-- Bertrand Russell
The future of a civilization depends on
our overcoming the meaninglessness
and hopelessness which characterizes
the thought of men today.
-- Albert Schweitzer
Is not the real business of the artist to
seek for man's salvation, and by
understanding his ingredients to make
himself less an outlaw to himself?
-- Loren Eisley
The invisible tensive straws that can save us
are those of individual human integrities -- in
daring to steer the individual's course only by
truth, strange as the realized truth may often
seem -- wherever and whenever the truths
are evidenced to the individual -- wherever
they may lead, unfamiliar as the way may be.
-- R. Buckminster Fuller
Just as an explorer penetrates into new
and unknown lands, one makes
discoveries in the everyday life, and the
erstwhile mute surroundings begin to
speak a language which becomes
increasingly clear.
-- Wassily Kandinsky
To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin
to understand.
-- José Ortega y Gasset
All the grown-ups were once children
although few of them remember it.
-- Antoine de Saint Exupery
Hang onto your dreams
For if dreams die
Life's a broken-winged bird
That will not fly
-- Langston Hughes
Human speech is like a cracked kettle
on which we tap crude rhythms for
bears to dance to, while we long to
make music that will melt the stars.
-- Guastave Flaubert
Your Assignment
Respond to the quotations.
Research one of the individuals quoted
in US 2.
Take notes in Microsoft Word.*
Create a PowerPoint Presentation.*
You must document your sources!*
*Copy hyperlinks in notes. Insert hyperlinks in PowerPoint.
Undocumented information is invalid.
Your Assignment (continued)
Essay response in Microsoft Word. One
page. Your opinions.
Notes may be cut and pasted but must
be documented! Factual information.
PowerPoint presentation is eight-page
(minimum), documented, factual
information.
Your Assignment (continued)
Create a folder.
Name it: US 2
Name your documents:
– response.doc
– notes.doc
– research.ppt
Put all documents in the folder titled: US 2
Your Assignment (continued)
Due Thursday (at end of class).
If you finish early research other
individuals from US 2 and make
secondary presentations.
On Friday we will have a brief
discussion followed by a PowerPoint
Open House. (Tour your classmates’
presentations.)