Brooklyn History 413

Monday, September 9, 2013

9-9-2013 BK History Lesson 1

Course Introduction

How do you see yourself in relation to where you live? What do you value about NYC and your neighborhood? What would you like to change?

DO NOW:
Choose ONE of the following questions and free write a response.

1. Do you see yourself as a New Yorker; a Brooklynite; or something else? Why?

2. What do you value about NYC?

3. What do you value about your neighborhood?

4. What would you like to change about NYC or your neighborhood?

AGENDA:
Work on Do Now
Discussion of Do Now answers.
Explain HW
Introduce Map Activity
Work on Map Activity
Share ideas and discuss the Map

HW1: DUE TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 2013
Choose someone to interview using 2 of the questions from class, and one you make up. Summarize their answers and be prepared to share tomorrow.

MAP ACTIVITY DIRECTIONS:
1. With the person next to you, come up with several (at least 3) facts about Brooklyn.
2. After generating facts, come up with several perceptions you hold about Brooklyn.
3. Choose your strongest fact and write it on the yellow/green post-it.
4. Choose your most interesting perception and write it on the pink post-it.
5. Write your name and your neighborhood on the blue post-it.
6. Come up to the large BK map and place your post-its on the map.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

While Salak is out...

While I am out please decide what you need to do in class to make sure you meet your Annotated Timeline deadline. Below are some options for you to consider.

1. Read through neighborhood history looking for turning points (most students should be past this)

2. Additional research using the internet to find turning points for your neighborhood (see previous blog post).

3. Begin writing your annotated timelines, you can do this in your notebook or by starting to type if you prefer.

4. Look at historic photos of your neighborhood that you may wish to include in your project (see previous blog post for links to historic photo websites).

Materials students should have in class:

· Neighborhood Assignment sheets with models for your reference.

· Neighborhood History Article: you need to read this to identify turning points.

· Timeline chart: tool to prep you to write your annotated timeline.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Research Barclay's Center Video Links

Today you will view a number of videos that focus on the Barclay's Center. For each video (in your notes) be sure to answer the following prompts/questions:

Write down the Title, Author and date made of the Video
Who do you think the target audience for the video is?
Does the video portray the Barclay's Center in a positive or negative light? Explain.
What new information did the video provide to you about the Barclay's Center?
According to the video how will the Barclay's Center impact the nearby neighborhoods, Brooklyn as a whole?

Tour the Barclays Center with Curbed NY

http://vimeo.com/43467493

Barclays Center Groundbreaking

http://vimeo.com/45620095

Brooklyn Nets 2012 Open

http://vimeo.com/52645062

Barclays Center and Local Businesses

http://vimeo.com/40925345

Curbe Presents, “Street Seen” at The Brooklyn Nets Barclays Center

http://vimeo.com/48315013

Hundreds Protest at Barclays Center Site

http://vimeo.com/10100058

Sidewalks

http://vimeo.com/40983806

Press Conference Announcing Federal Lawsuit Against Ratner and BUILD

http://vimeo.com/32205162

Arena Spurs Hopes of a Net Gain

http://vimeo.com/49948444

Atlantic & Fifth & Ft. Greene Place

http://vimeo.com/11591186

One Minute Voices – Episode 1 – Abdul

http://vimeo.com/24335441

One Minute Voices – Episode 2 – Doug

http://vimeo.com/24751475

What’s the 411: Bertha Lewis on the Red Carpet at Barclays Center Opening

http://vimeo.com/50804810

What’s the 411: Magic Johnson on Red Carpet at Barclays Center Opening

http://vimeo.com/52176439

What’s the 411: Praises for Jay Z on the Red Carpet at the Barclays Center Opening

http://vimeo.com/52503500

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

What makes a strong visual image? What is the thing a photograph can capture that is unique?

Our goal today is to identify what makes a strong visual image and to think about what makes a photo unique compared to other types of media.

We will examine these questions by looking at the following websites from the The Times Lens Blog. Each capture NYC from a different photographer.

Pick one blog to look through and identify 2-3 photos that you find to be visually strong/appealing.

What do you like about it?
What did the photographer do that made it appealing to you?
Why do you think it is a strong photo?

Be prepared to share with the class.

1. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/breaking-down-the-beast/

2. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/they-know-they-are-being-watched/

3. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/finding-the-moments-new-yorkers-ignore/

4. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/dark-light-and-constant-change/

5. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/10/the-lonesome-ghosts-of-a-citys-past/

6. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/big-pictures-for-a-big-city/

Monday, October 22, 2012

Historic Photos of Park Slope

Your task today is to search through the Broklyn Collection: a digital gallery of Historic photos of Park Slope. Follow the link below and look through as many photos as possible.

The goal of this is to help us to understand what we will be photographing as we walk through Park Slope on Thursday.

While we are on our walk we want to keep two things in mind:

1. We are gathering more research about the story of the neighborhood -- where can we see the past in our walk? What is the story of the present?

2. What is the neighborhood's character? The historic photos will help you see what the neighborhood character used to be like. http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/brooklyncollection Type Park Slope into the search