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Happy Fourth From Burke.Word!
Posted in Community, History on July 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition
Posted in Art, Community, Education, History, Musings on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This summer the featured exhibition at the National Building Museum is, LEGOs!! [...]
Our Last Night and Why It’s Important to Keep on Giving to New Orleans.
Posted in Activism, Community Service, Environment, History on March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On our last night in New Orleans, the 19 students and 6 faculty of this year’s Service trip are taking some time to reflect on our experiences. Seeing the lower 9th ward – with some new construction from Habitat for Humanity and the Make it Right Project, but also many houses still in a state [...]
Hip-Hop-onomics
Posted in History on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Check-it, check-it – A rap video showing the economic battle between John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek. They were the Jay Z and M&M of 20th century economics. In the video they go out for a night of stylin’ and gettin’ crunk on the meaning of the boom & bust cycle we’ve come to inhabit. [...]
You Keep A-Knockin’…
Posted in History on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, as at other State of the Union Addresses, the Vice President led all the Senators from the Senate Chamber to listen to the speech in the House. In Britain things are a bit different – and symbolically far less cordial. The Parliamentarians of yesteryear ritualized the House of Commons’ distrust of the [...]
Abolition Day At Burke
Posted in Activism, Community, Education, History, Math on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Abolition Day Assembly was the culmination of several weeks of work by students throughout the school to research and learn more about Modern Day Slavery. We heard poetry written to express the truth about prostitution and watched a YouTube video created to publicize the horrors and the reality of human trafficking. Another student talked [...]
Way Out
Posted in History on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As time accelerates into the holidays, we looked for a brief way out on an incredible Sunday afternoon. So, we left the dishes, raking and bills behind for a bit and made our way over to Dumbarton Oaks. It’s hard to imagine that this old estate, with roots that date back to the 1700′s, is [...]
Abolition Day December 2, 2009
Posted in Activism, Community, Community Service, History on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“If you thought slavery had been abolished for good with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, you’re not alone. Most people don’t know that today the buying and selling of humans is the second most profitable illicit trade in the world. It is estimated that more than 27 million people are currently held in some [...]
Burke Fights Human Trafficking
Posted in Activism, Community, Education, History, tagged Community on October 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday at lunch, we were visited by Mr. Robert Benz and Mr. Ken Morris from the Frederick Douglas Family Foundation (www.fdff.org). Mr. Morris is a direct descendant of Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington, and is using his influence to raise awareness of modern day slavery through reaching out to schools. It was incredible to [...]
scrambling for that open-mic
Posted in History, Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ahh, the last assembly before Spring Break. For teachers at Burke, it’s always a rush to the mic to try to make important announcements. I was preparing to do a history department Women’s History Month homage to women’s suffragist Emmaline Pankhurst (arrested and force fed in prison too many times to count.) But, the Assembly [...]
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