Pop-Up Course Catalogue (May 2020) Please read through the following course descriptions to help you make your choices for independent work and pop-up courses during the weeks of May 11th through the 29th. You will complete a separate Google Form indicating your choices for pop-up ​ courses. Three-Week Offerings (These are classes that will run for all three weeks; you must take all three weeks unless otherwise ​ indicated.) Course Name Teacher Course Description Things Are Looking Up: Ms. Labieniec In this course students will explore some of the most fundamental aspects Astronomy and Your of astronomy with the goal of achieving a better understanding of our Backyard Sky place in the cosmos. Week 1: The scale of space, Week 2: The Scale of time, Week 3: We are stardust. Students will learn to recognize common objects in the night sky and will maintain a weekly observing journal. No telescope necessary! Kia Ora: The Films of Ms. Hatcher In February 2020, Taika Waititi became the first person of indigenous Taika Waititi descent to win an Oscar for his screenplay of Jojo Rabbit. Before he ​ ​ became a fixture in Hollywood, Waititi made a name for himself by writing, directing, and acting in quirky independent films in his native New Zealand. This course will cover three of his first full-length films: The Hunt ​ for the Wilderpeople (week 1), Boy (week 2), and Eagle vs. Shark (week ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 3). We will explore the ways that Waititi combines his Maori heritage, his Kiwi sense of humor, and his love of the natural beauty of New Zealand in his films. Students may take all three weeks or choose to study only one or two of the films. Beginning Chess Mr. Wensink A crash course in chess! This course will start with how pieces move and proceed through basic endgames, opening theory, and some middle game tactics. Students will learn, and possibly use, fancy terminology such as 'fianchetto', 'en passant', and 'zugzwang'. Students will be expected to attend online meetings for discussions as well as solve puzzles and play games outside of class. There will be lots of puzzle solving and logical thinking involved over the three weeks. Creative Writing (Prose) Ms. Pelmas Do you want to write short stories? Maybe a novel? In this class, we will work on the elements of good fiction-writing, while we also read a few classic examples of great stories. Students will write, read to each other, and workshop their pieces as well. Book Club Ms. Stern Students will discuss books they have been reading for pleasure, come up with recommendations for other readers, create book lists and read-alike lists, and share their love of reading in whatever way the group would like. Witchcraft and the Trial of Mr. Didier Few other events in American history have received as much popular and Salem academic attention as the Salem Witch Trials. In this course we will explore the phenomena of medieval and early-modern witchcraft and try to explain why so many people in Salem Village Massachusetts were prosecuted and executed over the false beliefs in witches. The Art of a Sketchbook Ms. Harrison In this three-week course, students will explore the world and keep a Travel Journal travel sketchbook to record the sites, sights, and other sensory delights that they discover. From memories, photographs, the backyard or balcony, online research, and virtual tours (of museums, restaurants, neighborhoods, etc), students will write and sketch about places they've already been and/or those they have yet to see. Working with an array of different sketch and writing prompts and techniques, students will create a visual and written record of all the places they choose to visit and share some of their favorite discoveries with classmates. Introduction to Sign Ms. DePalma This three-week course will introduce you to fingerspelling, a little bit of Language linguistics, the cinematography of sign language, basic conversation, idioms and interpretation. Living History: Modern Ms. Zhao I will share my own experience living through the 10-year-Cultural ​ China--My Story and Revolution, as I was sent down to the rural countryside living with Theirs peasants and doing hard labor, etc. What brought me here？Each student will interview a person that has similar experiences like me and write a story of that person. They will also watch a movie. Creative Writing Poetry Ms. Vitow This three-week class will focus on students’ original poetry as a complete Workshop process. The course will include strategies for approaching first drafts, a structured workshop environment, and a rigorous framework for revision. Students will explore contemporary poetry, and experiment with different structures and techniques in their own work. Students will be expected to hone their skills through a daily writing practice throughout the duration of the class. Pop-Up Italiano Indi Aufranc, Ms. Italophiles seek to create more Italophiles. Gangi, and Mr. This pop up course seeks to offer a fun and engaging introduction to Henningsen Italian language + culture. Students will get a crash course in essential Italian phrases, slang and the importance of hand gestures. Students will also get a window into the history and regional diversity of Italian culture, including a sense of authentic Italian cuisine. The teachers will draw on some of their own personal connections to Italy, and students are encouraged to share some research on their own Italy/Italian-related interests. OK, Boomers! Mr. (Ringo) We heard this snarky slam, “OK, Boomers” leveled against the Baby Murdock Boom Generation recently, but just who are the Boomers? What were the events, historical and cultural, that influenced them? Were they great or horrible—or maybe both! The Baby Boom Generation ranged from those born in 1946, right after WWII, to 1964, the start of “The Sixties.” Are recent criticisms of their generation—that they wrecked the environment, stole later generations’ chances at prosperity, broke Social Security, and invented Rock ‘n Roll!— fair critiques, or ridiculous whining? Many of the cultural and historical happenings that affected this generation happened, of course, in their childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, so we will look at the 50s, 60s, and 70s. The process will be collaborative. Students will do independent research and present to the group in ways that I hope will be fun and creative! Theater that Raises Tough Ms. Jackson In this mini-course we will read two interconnected plays that explore Questions shifting demographics in urban neighborhoods and that raise important, difficult questions about race, class, community, and belonging. The classic, Tony-nominated play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is based on the playwright’s family’s experience as the first black family to move into an all-white neighborhood in Chicago in the 1950s. The second play, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park, written decades later by Bruce Norris, reimagines Hansberry’s 1959 story from different characters’ perspectives in Act 1 and then in Act 2 jumps ahead to 2009 and explores reactions to a white family’s effort to move into the same now predominantly black neighborhood. After reading and discussing both plays, we'll read and discuss a few articles about gentrification in contemporary Boston. (This course might complement some sort of independent research on urban planning and community building.) Graduate with the Music Ms. Brady-Lopez Have you ever wished you learned some basic music skills at Winsor but Skills You’ve Always you didn't have time for it? This course is for seniors like you! After Wanted surveying the desires of the students, we will cover topics like note-reading, understanding rhythms, matching pitch, beginning singing skills, even guitar, ukulele, and piano, depending what you have. No instruments required though and know experience required! We can also look at making music online using collaborative software. One-Week Offerings: May 11-15 TikTok Toes Ms. McKinley This is an opportunity to be creative, physical and social with your classmates. What we'll do is: 1) Put on your favorite dancing shoes or socks. 2) Point the camera at your feet. 3) Put on your favorite tunes. 4) Jump in, dance, jump out. We'll Zoom it, experiment in breakout rooms, and move on to video editing in WeVideo to make fun videos we can share. Citizen Who? Unraveling Ms. Caspar The American Film Institute’s 2007 “Top 100 Movies...One Hundred the Mysteries of One of Years” ranked Citizen Kane the top American movie of all time, yet few ​ ​ the Greatest Films Ever have actually seen the 1941 film by Orson Welles. In this one-week, Made pop-up class, we will explore the cinematic richness of the film and its place in history as one of the most technically innovative movies ever made. Kane’s influence on modern filmmaking has stood the test of time, ​ ​ but it is the narrative emphasis on the corruption of wealth and power that makes the film especially relevant today. The Show Must Go On Ms. Ramos In this course, we will watch full-length performances that are being streamed and made available to the public during this time by companies like Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Hispanico, and the New York City Ballet. We will learn about the choreographers and companies, as well as the contexts in which the pieces were created and premiered. We will consider the lasting effects of these works, as contemporary dancers and audiences continue to look toward them for inspiration as well as reflection about the nature of human connection and our place in the world. (Students may opt to take the course both weeks.) Cooking for Yourself and Ms.