Blog, weeks 8-10

The work:
We now enter into the final stretch of senior year (BB). For the past few weeks we have been reading Stephen Crane's novel The Red Badge of Courage. We have noticed the extreme use of themes that Crane uses throughout the novel (DM). We received a project on researching "youth" soldiers in current conflicts all around the world today (TJ). The point was to graph two people and compare and contrast their life stories (VC). A trip to the library aided our efforts to identify a youth that could be compared to Henry (RH). We reviewed Henry's ideas of becoming a man and what it takes (DG).

The workers:
Brendan pointed out the relationship between Jim Conklin and Jesus (NR).
Dan noted how "The Bride Comes to Yellos Sky" parallels the Red Badge of Courage in many themes (KK).
Rob reminded us that the sheriff fights scratchy (ER).
Erik says Henry never felt so weak. Chapin correctly cited an example on the board (MF).
Mike talked about the packet of letters (TJ).
Pat told the class that Henry encounters an enemy flag bearer (DM).
Brendan made a connection between Crane and his short story's setting...(RH).

Words to live by:

"A person can die from lack of...contact." ~Martha
"Let me into the darkness again"--Stephen Crane
"He recalled with a thrill of joy the respectful comments of his fellows upon his conduct." ~Stephen Crane
"He forgot he was engaged in combating the universe." ~Stephen Crane
"And they were men." ~Stephen Crane

Library visit, 4/7

To dig for children affected by war, brainstorm some search terms. Find articles on your country at google news. Once you find a name, search with the name. Once you find a region or city, search with the region or city. Once you find search recent news accounts, research.

Also try the BBC or BBC World or CNN World.

Check Amnesty International's and the Human Rights Watch and Unicef.

Read up on your country at the CIA factbook.

Bear in mind that your Works Cited page will list every statistic or quote that you reference. Anything that will not be your own thinking in this paper must be cited. For rules on in-text citation, read here.

RBC Research

Here is the link to current conflicts compliments of the Global Security thinktank. Click on your conflict to give you a little background before you start digging (here, perhaps) for a youth.