Week 9 Slides

Week 9 Viva Slides

Week 10

                                                                  Erik Satie

Week 10

In June 1914, Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot by Serbian nationalists in Sarajevo. As a result of the escalation of threats and mobilization orders following the assassination, in mid-August of that same year World War I began. A war which pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) against Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy (the Allied Powers). The Allies were joined in 1917 by the United States of America. The Great War brought about unprecedented levels of carnage, due to its use of trench warfare and modern weaponry such as machine guns, tanks and mustard gas. By the time World War I ground to a halt in November 1918, approximately nine million soldiers had been killed and 21 million more wounded. The Treaty of Versailles, signed the following year, set post-war borders from Europe to the Middle East, established the League of Nations as an international peace organization, and forced Germany to pay for the war via reparations and the loss of territory.

      We are now about to accept…battle with [Germany] and shall, if necessary, spend the whole force of the nation to check and nullify its pretensions and its power. We are glad, now that we see the facts with no veil of false pretense about them, to fight thus for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included: for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them.

       We [Germans] are a nation that wishes to lead a quiet and industrious life.  This need hardly be stated to you Americans.  You, of all others, know the temper of the German who lives within your gates. Our love of peace is so strong that it is not regarded by us in the light of a virtue; we simply know it to be an inborn and integral portion of ourselves.  Since the foundation of the German Empire in the year 1871, we, living in the center of Europe, have given an example of tranquility and peace, never once seeking to profit by any momentary difficulties of our neighbors. Everyone is aware that we have produced great philosophers and poets; we have preached the gospel of humanity with impassioned zeal.  America fully appreciates Goethe and Kant, looks upon them as corner-stones of elevated culture.  Do you really believe that we have changed our natures, that our souls can be satisfied with military drill and servile obedience? We and all our soldiers have remained, however, the same lovers of music and lovers of exalted thought.  We have retained our old devotion to peace. Firmly believing in the justice of our cause, all parties, the conservatives and Christians; liberals and the socialists, have joined hands. All disputes are forgotten, one duty exists for all, the duty of defending our country. The war has severed us from the rest of the world; all our cable communications are destroyed.  But the winds will carry the mighty voice of justice even across the ocean.  We trust in God, and have confidence in the judgment of right-minded men. 

Week 9

                                                                    The Rite of Spring

Note: The first performance of this piece caused the audience to riot. Check out this discussion of dissonance which delves into that riot.

Sound as Touch

Week 9

                                                                After the Ball is Over

Week Seven Slides

Week Seven Viva Slides

Week 8

How to create an infographic

Seven Common Infographic Styles

How to use Canva for your Infographic

How to use Google Drawings for your Infographic

The Greatest Infographic Ever


Please bring a copy of your infographic or email it to me by class time. Also, please be prepared to discuss the following in class next week! 

• Who are you thinking about interviewing for the personal impact section?
• How do most people misunderstand your topic?
• What is your central argument? 
• How does your data defend that argument? 
• Do you know of an expert you could discuss the topic with? 
• What information do you still absolutely need? 
• What information would be helpful for your article? 

Week 7

Joy, beautiful spark of divinity,
Daughter from Heaven,
We enter, drunk with fire,
Heavenly, thy sanctuary!
Your magics join again
What custom strictly divided;
All people become brothers,
Where your gentle wing abides.

Who has succeeded in the great attempt,
To be a friend's friend,
Whoever has won a lovely woman,
Add his to the jubilation!
Indeed, who calls at least one soul
Theirs upon this world!
And whoever never managed, shall steal himself
Weeping away from this union.

All creatures drink of joy
At nature's breast.
Just and unjust
Alike taste of her gift;
She gave us kisses and the fruit of the vine,
A tried friend to the end.
[Even] the worm has been granted sensuality,
And the cherub stands before God!

Gladly, as His heavenly bodies fly
On their courses through the heavens,
Thus, brothers, you should run your race,
As a hero going to conquest.

You millions, I embrace you.
This kiss is for all the world!
Brothers, above the starry canopy
There must dwell a loving Father.
Do you fall in worship, you millions?
World, do you know your creator?
Seek him in the heavens;
Above the stars must He dwell.

Week 6

By now you have read at least four texts on your journalism project. You should be getting to understand your topic at a broad level. For the next step in your process, you will need to collect hard data on your topic. 

This week you will need to find the raw data that backs up your case. If you are talking about burglary, you will need to find the crime records that prove your argument, if you are talking about climate, you will need to find the weather data. 

I’ve collected some information to help you in the data portion of this process.

What is data-driven journalism?

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jul/28/data-journalism

How do you go about getting data?

http://datajournalismhandbook.org/1.0/en/getting_data.html

Once you have some data, how do you go about making sense of it?

http://datajournalismhandbook.org/1.0/en/understanding_data.html

Data journalism examples: 

https://www.import.io/post/8-fantastic-examples-of-data-journalism/

Lastly, talk to me if you need help finding data for your story! This is a great time to schedule a meeting during my office hours.

Week 6

Week Five Slides

Week 5 Slides