TALONS in the City
Click the above image to enjoy the blogged narrative learning of the TALONS research adventure in downtown Vancouver, as we visited MacLeod’s Books and the Vancouver Public Library in pursuit of Eminent Person research materials.
Collected Blogged Learning Centers 2009 – 2012
As we begin to move from researching Eminent People to presenting significant aspects of their lives on Night of the Notables, current TALONS and other visitors to this blog may enjoy a trip through the last few years’ documented Learning Centers at Night of the Notables, collected in the Storify linked in the above image.
Eminent Introductory Posts
Now in – almost – their entirety you can view the collected TALONS Eminent Person Introductions in the Storify linked in the above image (click to view the whole thing). Our focus in the coming days will be to solicit feedback on the project’s starting point by posing questions to eminent researchers as comments on their blogs.
Some of the questions that might further help us explore our studies are the following, but don’t feel limited! Feel free to complement or encourage, question or provoke the thinking of the TALONS if you have time and a few kind words; we are always appreciative to receive comments!
A few questions that might deepen our eminent thinking could be:
- How will your Eminent Person be remembered in fifty years? What about one hundred years from now?
- How is the world different now that your Eminent Person has lived?
- What goals do you have for yourself that you hope the Eminent Person Study may help you realize?
- What personal connection do you feel to your Eminent Person?
- Gender Question: Is / are there women who have worked in and contributed to the same field as the male you have chosen? (If not, why do you think this is?) If so, how do you feel about the life and accomplishments?
Stay tuned for more updates from the TALONS Eminent Person Study!
TALONS “Word” Resolutions: Collected!
Click the image below to view the collected class blog posts on our “Word” Resolutions for the year.
TALONS Blogs and Comment Bundles 2013-2014
Blog Bundles
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Grade Ten Blogs
Grade Nine Blogs
Comment Bundles
You can follow the discussion that has begun across the TALONS blogs by subscribing to each of these feeds, as well.
How hot was it?
As the temperature soared in the TALONS classroom during today’s Socials test, I offered the following prompt on the board:
Best figurative language describing how hot it is in class gets +2 on the test.
Here are a few highlights:
The heat isolated us in discomfort, as if we were Mr. Unger living in Mexico, wrapped in Pink Panther Fibre Glass Insolation.
Being steam-cooked into a TALONS™ Dumpling isn’t cool.
The Last Best West Vacation for the Inuit!
The heat is so extreme that… I couldn’t compare it to anything.
The weather melts me like a slowly withering candle in the fire of a scorching hot dragon’s breath.
This class is as hot as a sweaty block of cheese after five days in our go-gear packs.
You know that one marshmallow that always manages to catch on fire when you’re making s’mores? I feel that the occupants of room 204 are the burned remains of that marshmallow. And we’re being burned again. [ps. If we bought 10+ new tents last year, and have 7 new iPad 2s, why can’t we buy a fan? Mr. J note: Indeed.]
The room is hotter than I was the night before today’s test when I woke up in a cold sweat after dreaming about what some of the questions might be.
The heat in this room is as hot as Mr. Jackson’s beard set ablaze by a stove on the third day of the Adventure Trip, as it illuminates the starry night.
The room is as hot as Tartarus in a large, boiling pot being cooked at an unimaginable temperature. It is almost as if the sun developed a personality of its own and is plotting revenge on the world with a raging passion. In addition, it is highly plausible that the TALONS room’s windows actually produce more heat for us to “enjoy” than doing the opposite. [ps. If anyone shows up at school tomorrow, call the police and inform them that the zombie apocalypse is underway.]
A few soft cookies doth sit united
as doth they bake in the oven of death.
The heavy heat fills the room unbearably like the incessant sound of steadily dripping water, gradually turning from a distraction into a means of insanity.
My insides heat up like a pot of boiling water left forgotten on the kitchen stove. It bubbles under the intense heat and the condensation becomes trapped against my forehead. There is no stovetop fan in this class, so the steam begins to settle, lining my fingertips with tiny pools of water. As the temperatures rise, we begin to wonder how much longer it will take for these pots to boil over.
The classroom is hot enough to melt people I have made contact with in the past.
It’s so hot that the test tube animals in the back room have come alive and jumped through the windows seeking fresh air.
There was also this entry, which wouldn’t be the same if transcribed:
The Controversial 11 Treaties
Intro:
Our lovely host Isaac M. will bring up some small talk and a current event (The Boston Marathon Bombings: Brothers arrested) like usual, and will then steer the show into the question of the day: “With the original treaties signed (between the Natives and Canada), what do both sides think they have “honoured” and what do they think the other side has failed at?”
Act 1:
Two of the guest experts and Isaac will give background information on the “Numbered Treaties”. As usual, if any information that Isaac believes the viewers would like to hear is missing, he will inquire and prod the experts for answers.
Act 2:
Isaac knows that something is unfair with the treaties so he drills the guests for answers. He believes that the treaties had miscommunications and were unfair to a degree so he questions the guests in hopes they will answer.
Act 3:
Any more pressing questions that were not answered in Act 2 are asked and answered.
Conclusion:
A few of the experts give one last point on anything they think that needs to be said.
-Isaac, Angela, Sierra, and Duncan
Socials – 2 for 1 Beaver Pelts
Act 1 – The rise of the HBC
Act 2 – HBC’s peak
Act 3 – The HBC’s downfall
*Note: All audio is ours
– Jess, Emily, Tyler, Katie, Galen
A new look at the effect of Europeans on Native Americans
SHOW NOTES
Introduction- Ideas are introduced, theme is revealed.
Act 1– The effects of Europeans on the Native’s trade
Act 2– The effects of Europeans on the Native’s lifestyle
Act 3– The effects of Europeans on the Native’s culture
Conclusion- Wrapped up main points and finalized.
-Avery, Liam, Raymond, Daniel
NOTE: “A whole new world” removed due to Disney copyright. Sorry about that.
A Fresh Perspective on the Northwest
Join us for a wonderful adventure looking at how time has changed our perspective on history.
SHOW NOTES
Introduction- Hosts Marie and Cheslie invite guests Devon and Max to cover people’s shifting perspectives on the Metis, Hudson’s Bay Company and Louis Riel.
Act 1– Marie and Cheslie post questions about the Hudson’s Bay Company to invited guest Devon Findley
Transition
Act 2– Max Pang explains and answers questions about the Metis
Transition
Act 3– Cheslie and Marie talk about people’s perspectives on Louis Riel
Conclusion- Restating main ideas and giving thanks
THANKS TO:
Les Michell from the Metis Society in Fraser Valley for letting us interview him!
Anamanaguchi for making good music that we used!
Production Music, for remaking some vintage songs that we used!
Clint Mansell, form making the song Lux Aeterna, a song that we used!
-Cheslie, Devon, Max, Marie
Defying Normality 