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Ryan, Michael, Philip Cottrell, Michael J. Gorman, and Dorothy Cross. Leonardo da Vinci The Codex Leicester. Ed. Elizabeth Bacon. London: Scala Publishers Ltd, 2007.

This book contained secondary sources. It provided a timeline on the life of Leonardo da Vinci. Describes Leonardo da Vinci's life in different perspectives, his achievements, inventions, and art in the context of the Codex Leicester.

Many of Leonardo da Vinci's manuscripts were intended as preparatory sketches for future published works, and the Codex Leicester is one of the most advanced. Written densely on 18 sheets illustrated with geometrical diagrams and experiments imagined and real, it is a complex and fascinating meditation around a subject that enthralled Leonardo for much of his career: water. Named after the 1st Earl of Leicester who purchased it in 1717, it was later renamed after the wealthy industrialist, art collector and philanthropist Armand Hammer. In 1994, it was bought at auction by Bill Gates, who reverted it back to The Codex Leicester.

Thesis Statemant

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century. As a cultural movement, it encompassed a revival of learning based on classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform. Although the Renaissance saw revolutions in many intellectual pursuits, as well as social and political upheaval, it is perhaps best known for its artistic developments and the contributions of such polymaths as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo who inspired the term "Renaissance Men". Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath, being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. It is primarily as a painter that Leonardo was and is renowned. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. Two of his works, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, occupy unique positions as the most famous, most reproduced and most parodied portrait and religious painting of all time, their fame approached only by Michelangelo's Creation of Adam.

NHD 2009: Topic Selection

I chose Leonardo da Vinci for my NHD project because I am interested in the architecture and paintings created during the European Renaissance. The Renaissance is best known for its artistic developments and the contributions of such plymoths such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo who inspired the term "Renaissance Man".
This man is important to history because without their efforts both artistically and scientifically, there know telling how far back in the past we would be seeing as how alot of the inventions today are based around Leonardo da Vinci's concepts.
For this week's research I found an artical at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci . I will read and summarize it for next week.

Service Learning: extra credit/make-up assignments 01

What are superdelegates?
Superdelegates have been at every convention since they were created through Democratic National Committee (DNC) rules in 1982. As the delegate counts for Clinton and Obama stay close, it's clear that in the 2008 primary season, superdelegates will have a huge impact on which candidate the Democrates nominate for the run for the presidency. In the 1008 primary season, the idea that Democratic superdelegates could use their status to choos a candidate

Service Learning 01

This meeting we went around the city to find possible locations to hand out surveys, brochures, and other informational items.

1. mcdonalds
2. daycare
3. toy stores (kb toys)
4. kids clothing stores
   

Service Learning 00

1. what was successful and useful about the meeting?
ideas of how to advertise child safety (brochure, refrigerator magnet, advertisement cards)
what challenges or problems did you encounter?
finding emergency numbers (Poison Control Center, FDA, etc.), finding jobs for everyone, researching on our own time
what needs to be worked on for the coming weeks?
research, where to advertise, survey
what role will you play in the group?
researcher

2. Post any info, research, ideas, plans that you are working on.
Research:
http://www.nil.nih.gov/medlineplus/childsafety.html
about/what to do?
allergic reactions
animal bites
broken bones
burns
cuts
falls
frostbite
heat exaustion and heatstroke
insect stings
knock-out tooth
nosebleeds
poison ivy/oak/sumale
seizures
spider bites
strains and sprains
sunburn
tick bites
Poison Control Center (800)-222-1222
The Poison Control Center at the The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th & Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA
Emergency Phone: 1-800-222-1222
TTY/TTD: (215)-590-8789
Administrative Phone: (215)-590-2003
Fax: (215)-590-4419
Website: http://poisoncontrol.chop.edu/
Plans that you are working on:
design for magnet, where to advertise

College: achievements

Nominee for the Junior National Young Leaders Conference
Nominee for the National Young Leaders State Conference

Should Huckleberry Finn Be Taught In CHS?

Should Huckleberry Finn be taught in CHS? No I think that Huckleberry Finn should not be taught in CHS for many reasons. First because it is inappropriate for school. Second it has bad grammar for it to be a book for english class. My last reason is that this book is really boring.
My first reason why this book should not be taught in CHS is because it is inappropriate for school. My main points why Huck Finn is inappropriate for school is that it has cursing, racial slurs, and bad influences. This book has a lot of racial slurs and cursing such as "niggers is always talking about witches in the dark by the kitchen fire..." Although the students have no issue with this, it makes no sense that if we can't use these words that we're aloud to read them. Also most adults are always complaining about how the music we listen to and shows we watch are influencial but you make us read a book with negative influences such as gangs and robbery.
My second reason was that that this book has bad grammar. This is not an appropriate book to be reading in an english class when your suppose to be teaching us correct grammar.
My final reason why Huckleberry Finn should not be taught in school is that this novel is extremely boring. Majority of my classmates agree with me on this statement stating that they "didn't read the book" and those that did read the book "never finished it and only read the first few chapters". During class the students would be reading other books instead of doing the assignment. I think that if a book is going to be the main focus of our english course than it should be something that we are interested in, something that catches our focus, one of those books that once you pick it up u can't stop reading it. Some great suggestions are: "Romiette and Julio" by Sharon M. Draper, "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer, "Naughts & Crosses" by Malorie Blackman, "Emako Blue" by Brenda Woods, "Fake ID" by Walter Sorrells, all of these books are amazing and can be found in the teen section of the library so they are all appropriate for school.