The Slow Food Manifesto

Check out this manifesto.

Leave a comment about what you think about it. Does it make sense? Do you think it will create change? Explain.

More Ideas for the Manifesto

For some time NPR has produced a series called "This I believe." Inspired by the 1950s show of the same name, NPR provides an outlet for Americans to share their personal philosophies and stories with others. Take a look at the following link so that you can gather some more ideas about how to organize your personal manifestos.

Tao Lin shows his blog and art at the Whitney.

The (Hu)manifest Project

1. Just as the artists whose work you have seen responded to their world, you will create your own ideas, or manifesto, that represent your personal response to some aspect of the contemporary world.

2. You may choose to comment on any aspect of the world today, including war, violence, technology, industry, politics, human relations, family, education, or government.

3. Your manifesto's tone may be hopeful, admiring, critical, ambivalent, or simply observational.


In addition to the manifestos we will be reading and discussing in class, you may find a helpful and practical guide to writing a manifesto here.

Also, be sure to look at the links section on this blog and open "manifestos" to see even more.

New Announcement

1) Several of you need to visit The Owl at Purdue to review MLA formatting. If you have any further questions, please see me.

PREP

Topics to Know:

• Causes of WWI—proximate and distant cause(s)
• Why the “Powder Keg” metaphor?
• Allied (Entente) forces?
• Central Powers?
• Can you identify the western and eastern fronts on a map?
• Woodrow Wilson: “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
• Why did the U.S. sympathize with England?
• Lusitania?
• The Zimmerman telegram (note)
• How were troops mobilized
• Life in the trenches
• Battles: Verdun, Somme, etc. Note: Only those discussed in class
• The War at Home: women and the war, the 19^th amendment, the Espionage and Sedition Acts
• Why “Total War?”
• Schlieffen Plan?
• The Paris Peace Treaty and “The Big Four”
• The Treaty of Versailles

READINGS

• Article “Aftermath of the War”
• Wilson’s 14 Points
• Chapter 44: World War I and its Disputed Settlements
• “War is the Health of the State”

"IF YOU WALKED A MILE IN MY SHOES"

"If You Walked A Mile in My Shoes..."

The next poem you will write will be a personal poem in which you reveal something about yourself. Thematically, this poem can include family, personal triumphs and/or challenges, dreams, etc.

We will be looking at several models in class from which to bridge our own work.

Here are the requirements:

1) 8-10 stanzas
2) 4 lines min. per stanza
3) Each stanza should begin with the anaphoric "If you walked a mile in my shoes..." or something comparable. Please see me if you are planning on using something different.
4) Use of literary devices, such as metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, irony, etc.
5) Poem should be typed.

NOTE: Remember, this poem will accompany your shoe art. In other words, it will be showcased to the public, so you really want to consider this as you're composing this ambitious work.