September |
Human Dignity & Solidarity
Langston Hughes. Mother to Son. (LA) Maya Angelou. Woman Work. (LA) A Tale of Two Cities. (LA) Charles Dickens. (WC)Working conditions in early Industrial Revolution. |
"All for one and one for all." “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” |
October |
Temperance & Diligence
Rudyard Kipling. If. (LA) Apollo and Daphne. (LA) Jean Millet. The Gleaners (FA) |
“Rome wasn’t built in a day.” “Little strokes fell great oaks.” “A stitch in time saves nine.” |
November |
Gratitude & Wonder
George Gordon Byron. Apostrophe to the Ocean. (LA) William Wordsworth. The Daffodils. (LA) Robert Frost. Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening. (LA) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A Psalm of Life. (LA) Caspar David Friedrich. The Wanderer. The Chalk Cliffs of Rugen. (FA) Monet. Impression Sunrise. Bridge Over a Pool of Water Lilies. (FA) Vivaldi. Four Seasons. (M) Debussy. Claire de Lune. (M)
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December |
Moving Beyond Self
Paul Laurence Dunbar. Sympathy. (LA) Narcissus and Echo. (LA) Orpheus and Eurydice. (LA) Pygmalion and Galatea. (LA) |
January |
Courage/Fortitude
Homer. The Iliad and the Odyssey. (LA) William Shakespeare. Julius Caesar.(LA) Plato. Trial of Socrates. (WC) Jacques Louis David. Death of Socrates. (FA) Virgil. Aeneid. (WC) Alexander the Great. (WC) South American Liberators: Hidalgo, Bolivar, San Martin, O’Higgins, Marti. (WC) |
February |
Justice
Judaism. Concepts of law and justice. 10 Commandments. (WC) Greek polis and patriotism. (WC) Greeks on who is the good citizen? (WC) Trial of Socrates. (WC) French Revolution. Liberte, egalite, fraternite. (WC) Samuel Gompers. (AC) Labor conditions at turn of century. (AC) Ida B. Wells. (AC) Booker T. Washington. (AC) Theodore Roosevelt. (AC) Susan B. Anthony. (AC) Eugene V. Debs. (AC) Delacroix. Liberty Leading the People. (FA) |
March |
Compassion & Forbearance
Christianity: Two Great Commandments. (WC) Christianity: Sermon on Mount. (WC) Jane Addams. Hull House. (AC) Jacob Riis. How the Other Half Lives. (AC) |
“Time heals all wounds.” |
April |
Seeking Knowledge
Emily Dickinson. There is No Frigate Like a Book. (LA) Aristotle. (WC) Isaac Newton and Laws of Nature. (WC & S) Descartes. Cogito ergo sum. (WC) Charles Darwin. (S) Marie Curie. (S) Albert Einstein. (S) |
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“Eat crow.” “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” |
May |
Hope
James Weldon Johnson. Lift Every Voice and Sing. (LA) Handel. Water Music. (M) "Make hay while the sun shines." “It’s never over till it’s over.” “Hitch your wagon to a star.” |