{"id":16,"date":"2011-10-23T22:01:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T22:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otacharter.org\/fifthgrade\/?p=16"},"modified":"2011-10-23T22:10:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T22:10:06","slug":"5th-grade-%e2%80%93-seminar-readings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joyofteaching.lwn-stg.194-164-93-166.plesk.page\/fifthgrade\/2011\/10\/23\/5th-grade-%e2%80%93-seminar-readings\/","title":{"rendered":"5th Grade \u2013 Seminar Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fifth Grade Will Read or Study the Following Stories, Essays, & Paintings \u2013 from\u00a0Touchpebbles Volume B<\/em>\u00a0(<\/strong>the Touchstones Discussion Project):<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n

1. The Great Fire in the Northern Forest
\n(A Tale to Begin Seminar) ……………………. 1\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

2. About Revenge<\/p>\n

by Francis Bacon . <\/em>………………………… 3<\/p>\n

3. Diamond Painting in Red, Yellow, and Blue<\/p>\n

by Piet Mondrian <\/em>…………………………. 5<\/p>\n

4. Two Women and a Baby<\/p>\n

1 Kings <\/em>3: 16-27,from the Bible . <\/em>………………. 7<\/p>\n

5. A Case Study in Medical Ethics …………………… 9<\/p>\n

6. A Paradox of Motion<\/p>\n

by Zeno <\/em>of Elea <\/em>…………………………. 11<\/p>\n

7. The Missing Axe<\/p>\n

A Tale from China . <\/em>………………………. 13<\/p>\n

8. Proverbs …………………………………… 15<\/p>\n

9. The Wolf and the Dog<\/p>\n

A Tale from the Middle East. <\/em>……………….. 17<\/p>\n

10. The Judge’s Coat<\/p>\n

A Tale from North Africa . <\/em>………………….. 19<\/p>\n

11. Advice to a Teacher<\/p>\n

by Fanny Jackson Coppin . <\/em>…………………. 21<\/p>\n

12. The Song of Wandering Aengus<\/p>\n

by William Butler Yeats . <\/em>…………………… 23<\/p>\n

13. Common Ideas from The Elements<\/em><\/p>\n

by Euclid . <\/em>……………………………… 25<\/p>\n

14. Up from Slavery<\/p>\n

by Booker T. Washington . <\/em>………………….. 27<\/p>\n

15. A Pueblo Sandpainting ……………………….. 29<\/p>\n

16. The Declaration ofIndependence ……………….. 31<\/p>\n

17. The Velveteen Rabbit<\/p>\n

by Margery Williams . <\/em>…………………….. 33<\/p>\n

18. A Young Thief and His Mother<\/p>\n

by Aesop ………………………………. 35<\/em><\/p>\n

19. Two Heraldic Shields ………………………… 37<\/p>\n

20. Woman and Death<\/p>\n

A Tale of the Blackfeet . <\/em>……………………. 41<\/p>\n

21. My Boyhood and Youth<\/p>\n

by John Muir . <\/em>………………………….. 43<\/p>\n

22. The American Dream<\/p>\n

by Martin Luther King Jr .. <\/em>…………………. 45<\/p>\n

23. The Life of Alexander<\/p>\n

by Plutarch . <\/em>……………………………. 47<\/p>\n

24. Three Letters ………………………………. 49<\/p>\n

25. Why Parrots Mimic Humans<\/p>\n

A Tale from Thailand …………………….. 51<\/em><\/p>\n

26. Photographs and Cartoons of Charles Darwin ………. 53<\/p>\n

27. One Person’s Gain Is Another’s Loss<\/p>\n

by Michel de Montaigne . <\/em>…………………… 55<\/p>\n

28. African Wall Paintings<\/p>\n

from the Bangba Tribe . <\/em>……………………. 57<\/p>\n

29. The Fox and the Raven<\/p>\n

A Tale from Egypt . <\/em>………………………. 59<\/p>\n

30. The Autobiography of Malcolm X<\/p>\n

by Malcolm X . <\/em>………………………….. 61<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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