Hamlet
1. Notes on Oedipus myth.
2. Introduction to Hamlet.
- themes: reason vs. passion, revenge, disillusionment, madness, death, deception, family, corruption, loyalty, honour & morality
- motifs: uncertainty, political scheming, water, concealment, spring, disease
- symbols: Yorick's skull, flowers, war, fire, Denmark
3. Act I, scene I
- questions (completed in class).
Psychology 11
Nature vs. Nurture
1. Review 3-4 ("Genome Project").
2. Self-Awareness survey.
3. Homework:
- Write a paragraph answering the following:
What is ethnocentrism? What is cultural relativism? What are the negative effects? Provide an example (shared globally) of a culture that no one agrees/agreed with.
[This will be the first of several paragraphs examining culture, nature, and nurture... final project due date TBA].
- Points to ponder [for upcoming paper]: Does your culture reflect that of the region in which you live? Is your culture dominant where you live or are you a "minority"? What has influenced you or more: nature or nurture?
**Quiz on p. 39-40 Thursday**
English 10E
To Kill a Mockingbird
1. Quiz: Underground Railroad
2. Introduction to TKAM.
3. Book distribution.
4. Read Chapter 1; Questions: Chapter 1. (quiz tomorrow)
**Look up Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.**
