AP Seminar: Understanding Stimulus Materials – Part 1

Summary

In this lesson, Alison Malloy from Carmel High School focuses on interpreting and synthesizing data from various perspectives using stimulus materials. The session covers understanding and connecting ideas across four sources related to happiness, exploring themes like utilitarianism, collective versus individual happiness, and contrasting perspectives on grief and joy. By analyzing texts such as 'On Virtue and Happiness,' 'The Story of an Hour,' and a Jazz funeral video, students are guided to identify essential connections and integrate these sources effectively into their arguments. The goal is to build a strong foundational understanding for deeper analysis and application in future research.

Takeaways

• 📝 The focus of the lesson is on breaking down the stimulus material and understanding its essential use.
• 📊 The goal is to interpret and synthesize data and information from various perspectives.
• 📚 Four of the seven stimulus materials will be covered in detail to build connections between sources.
• 💡 Essential use of stimulus material is critical for building a strong argument.
• 🧠 Utilitarianism is introduced as a key concept, emphasizing actions that promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
• 😊 The stimulus materials are connected by the theme of happiness and well-being.
• 📖 The story of an hour by Kate Chopin is discussed, highlighting themes of freedom, grief, and gender equality.
• 🎵 Big Daddy's Last Dance explores the cultural and emotional aspects of a Jazz funeral in New Orleans.
• 🔗 Students are encouraged to identify and articulate connections between different sources.
• ✅ Understanding what's on-topic versus off-topic is crucial for effectively using the stimulus materials in arguments.

Q & A

What is the primary focus of this lesson?

The primary focus of this lesson is on breaking down the stimulus material, interpreting and synthesizing data, and information from various perspectives.

Who is the instructor for this lesson, and where do they teach?

The instructor is Alison Malloy, a teacher at Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana.

What is the significance of using stimulus material in an essential way?

Using stimulus material in an essential way means integrating it into your argument effectively, beyond just the introduction, to support your response and demonstrate a deeper connection.

What are the four stimulus materials discussed in this lesson?

The four stimulus materials discussed are 'On Virtue and Happiness,' 'Have You Renounced Pleasure,' 'The Story of an Hour,' and 'Big Daddy’s Last Dance.'

How does utilitarianism relate to the stimulus material 'On Virtue and Happiness'?

Utilitarianism relates to 'On Virtue and Happiness' by emphasizing that actions are right if they promote the most happiness for the most people, which is a central theme in the material.

What are the two different kinds of happiness mentioned in the stimulus material 'Have You Renounced Pleasure'?

The two different kinds of happiness mentioned are the enjoyment of pleasure through our senses, which is brief, and a deeper, longer-lasting sense of fulfillment or true joy.

What is the main theme of 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin?

The main theme of 'The Story of an Hour' is the concept of freedom and self-identity, particularly how the protagonist, Mrs. Mallard, feels a sense of liberation upon hearing about her husband's death.

What cultural aspect does 'Big Daddy’s Last Dance' explore?

'Big Daddy’s Last Dance' explores the cultural aspect of a Jazz funeral in New Orleans, capturing its reverent yet jubilant nature.

How does the lesson suggest students approach making connections between the sources?

The lesson suggests that students ask themselves what ideas or themes connect the sources, consider what each source is about, and identify any connections or themes that arise as they compare the sources.

What is the importance of building connections between sources in this lesson?

Building connections between sources is important as it helps students develop a comprehensive understanding of the materials, allowing them to construct well-supported arguments in their papers.

Outlines

00:00

📚 Introduction to Stimulus Material Analysis

Alison Malloy welcomes students and introduces the focus of the lesson: breaking down and understanding the stimulus material. She emphasizes the importance of integrating the stimulus material in an essential way within responses, not just in the introduction. Alison outlines the objectives of the lesson, which include interpreting and synthesizing data from various perspectives, understanding four of the seven stimulus materials, and building connections between sources.

05:02

🧐 Understanding Utilitarianism

Alison explains the concept of utilitarianism, highlighting its principle that actions are right if they promote happiness for the greatest number of people. She uses contemporary examples like social distancing to illustrate this idea. The discussion includes the moral implications of utilitarianism and its application in decision-making, using the trolley problem and a hypothetical scenario involving Batman and Joker to exemplify these concepts.

10:05

🤔 Collective vs. Individual Happiness

Alison delves deeper into John Stuart Mill's perspective on utilitarianism, focusing on the idea that human actions aim to achieve happiness, which is considered the sole end of conduct. She contrasts individual happiness with collective happiness, emphasizing that utilitarianism prioritizes the latter. The discussion encourages students to think about real-life applications and connections to other concepts like social welfare and public policy.

15:07

📝 Connections and Reflections

Students are prompted to reflect on the connections between the stimulus materials and their own experiences. Alison uses examples like the COVID-19 pandemic and universal basic income to illustrate the practical implications of utilitarianism. She encourages students to jot down their thoughts and connections to better understand the material and prepare for further analysis.

20:09

📖 Exploring 'The Story of an Hour'

Alison introduces Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour,' summarizing the plot and its key themes. The story's exploration of grief, freedom, and gender roles is discussed, with a focus on the protagonist's reaction to her husband's death. The narrative's twist, where the protagonist's newfound freedom is abruptly taken away, serves as a basis for examining broader societal issues and personal reflections on freedom and happiness.

25:45

🎶 Big Daddy's Last Dance and Jazz Funerals

The lesson transitions to 'Big Daddy's Last Dance,' a video capturing a jazz funeral. Alison prepares students to observe and analyze the video, highlighting elements like music, movement, and cultural expressions of grief. She draws parallels between the jazz funeral and other cultural depictions of mourning, encouraging students to think about how different societies handle grief and celebrate life.

30:46

🔗 Building Connections and Understanding Topics

Alison wraps up the lesson by reinforcing the importance of identifying connections between different sources. She reiterates the goal of using the stimulus material to develop and support arguments, stressing the need to articulate these connections clearly. Students are encouraged to continue exploring the remaining sources and to think critically about how to integrate them into their papers.

Keywords

💡Stimulus Material

Stimulus material refers to the provided sources and content that students must interpret and synthesize in their work. In the context of the video, these are the seven different texts and media that students need to analyze to build their arguments and responses. Examples include 'On Virtue and Happiness' and 'The Story of an Hour'.

💡Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism is a philosophical theory that suggests actions are right if they promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. The video explains this concept using the example of social distancing during a pandemic, where actions are judged based on their overall benefit to society.

💡Happiness

Happiness is a central theme in the stimulus materials discussed in the video. It is explored in various contexts, such as in utilitarian philosophy, personal fulfillment, and societal well-being. The video emphasizes understanding different dimensions of happiness and how they connect across the sources.

💡Connections

Connections refer to the relationships and links that students need to identify between different stimulus materials. The video highlights the importance of building these connections to develop a coherent argument. For instance, finding common themes like happiness across multiple sources.

💡Synthesis

Synthesis involves combining information from various sources to form a comprehensive understanding or argument. The video stresses the need for students to synthesize data and perspectives from the stimulus materials to support their responses effectively.

💡Essential Use

Essential use means integrating stimulus material into responses in a meaningful way, beyond just introductory mentions. The video advises students to use the sources critically and centrally in their arguments to meet rubric requirements.

💡On Virtue and Happiness

'On Virtue and Happiness' is one of the stimulus materials discussed in the video. It introduces utilitarianism and the idea that actions should aim to maximize happiness for the most people. This source serves as a foundation for understanding utilitarian ethics in the context of the lesson.

💡The Story of an Hour

'The Story of an Hour' is another stimulus material analyzed in the video. It is a short story about a woman's reaction to the news of her husband's death, exploring themes of freedom and happiness. The video uses this story to discuss emotional and psychological dimensions of happiness.

💡Big Daddy's Last Dance

'Big Daddy's Last Dance' is a video stimulus material that depicts a jazz funeral in New Orleans. It contrasts traditional views of mourning with a more celebratory approach, adding another perspective on how people experience and express happiness and grief.

💡Morality

Morality in the context of the video refers to the principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. Utilitarianism, as discussed, ties morality to the outcomes of actions, specifically their contribution to overall happiness.

Highlights

Introduction of Alison Malloy, a teacher at Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana, focusing on interpreting and synthesizing data from various perspectives.

Objective to understand four of the seven stimulus materials and build connections between them.

Importance of using stimulus material in an essential way for constructing arguments.

Discussion on the difference between 'on-topic' and 'off-topic' as it pertains to stimulus material.

Utilitarianism defined as actions being right in relation to how much happiness they promote.

Example of utilitarianism using the 'trolley problem' to illustrate moral decision-making.

Mills' perspective on happiness as the sole end of action and its role in morality.

Analysis of the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu's views on happiness beyond sensory pleasure.

Two types of happiness: temporary sensory pleasure and lasting fulfillment.

Story of an Hour: Mrs. Mallard's journey from grief to a sense of freedom after her husband's death.

Contrast between Mrs. Mallard's initial grief and subsequent feeling of liberation.

Big Daddy's Last Dance: A depiction of a Jazz funeral and its cultural significance.

Observation of how music, colors, and movement in the Jazz funeral contrast traditional funeral customs.

Encouragement to make connections between different stimulus materials and their broader implications.

Reiteration of the goal to use the stimulus material to support and develop arguments effectively.

Transcripts

hi AAP seminar teachers and students

thanks for joining us for a lesson - for

those of you who didn't join in Lesson

one we are so happy to have you and our

focus for today which I'll get into in a

minute is going to be on breaking down

the stimulus material so my name is

Alison Malloy I am a teacher at Carmel

High School in Carmel Indiana which is

just north of Indianapolis and and so

for today what we're going to focus on

is to interpret and synthesize data and

information from various perspectives

specifically we are going to make sure

that you understand the contents of four

of the seven seven excuse me stimulus

material we're going to make sure that

you're starting to build connections

between those sources and we're going to

deep dive further into a topic covered

in lesson one which is understanding the

difference between off and on topic as

it pertains to the current stimulus

material so if you remember from video 1

or if you're just joining us one thing

that is important to keep in mind is for

that first row of the rubric we have to

really think about essential use we have

to be able to integrate the stimulus

material as a part of our response

outside of just the introduction right

shouldn't just set up our question it

should be used in an essential way so as

you're thinking about that keep that in

mind once we go into the stimulus

material because that will help give you

a clear definition of how far you can go

if you can't imagine how to use these

sources in your argument or in a topic

then it may not be the right topic for

the purposes of this paper so keep in

mind that we want to be able to use the

stimulus in some essential way all right

so let's get into today's lesson as

you're looking into the stimulus

material it's important that you ask

yourself what are the ideas or themes

connecting all of the sources what's

this individual source about can I and

would I be able to give a brief and

accurate overview of the essential

information what topics or ideas does

the source talk about and

my favorite question 3 what topics or

ideas does the source make me think

about if I'm reading this and I'm

thinking about something else I'm

building connections and that's what we

want to be able to do here and then how

do I see a connection between one source

and another source versus that first

question which is asking what's uniting

all of the sources so keep those in mind

as we proceed into the stimulus ok we're

gonna start with on virtue and Happiness

but before we do I think it's really

important to use your context clues and

get some pre reading in so if you just

glanced at the titles have you renounce

pleasure on virtue and Happiness high

income improves evaluation of life but

not emotional well-being Big Daddies

last dance genes economics and Happiness

the story of an hour and the Happiness

Project what word or category of word do

you see repeat it now if we were in the

classroom I know what you'd say because

I could hear you number one but number

two you would all say the same thing so

I'm gonna assume you said it I'm gonna

repeat it so thank you to the one of you

out there who actually said it right you

notice the repetition of the word

happiness right we've got pleasure

happiness well-being we don't know what

Big Daddy's last dance is necessarily

just from the title

we've got happiness and we've got

happiness so if I were educated as I

know all of you are then we can think

from the beginning what's maybe uniting

all of these sources I don't know I saw

the word happiness a bunch so I have a

hunch that maybe that's what's going to

connect them but we'll see as we go

forward so if you don't have the

stimulus you can pause this and make

sure you get that out or take it from

the beginning of this video ok we're

gonna look at on virtue and happiness so

let's get in there

on page 12 is where this actually starts

but before we get in there it's

important to talk about utilitarianism

and what it means now for those of you

who want to go in much greater detail

those history buffs out there you

absolutely can but we just need a basic

working definition so we can understand

the sources because if you remember from

our objectives we can deep dive later

it's just to make sure we have that

basic overview of the essential

information so utilitarianism is a

belief that actions are right in

relation to how much happiness they

promote the more people in action helps

the better or more right that action is

so if we think about our current times

right now right the idea of social

distancing is because it's the best

decision for the most people so even if

you are having a hard time in your house

which Indiana has had a lot of rain so

it's the Midwest is not been ideal

weather wise but it doesn't matter

because it's good for the most people

it's the right decision our actions are

based on how many people they help so if

you think about those of you who are

fans of the good place which is one of

my favorite shows CD one of the main

characters have some trouble making

decisions so they use this trolley

problem which is a very famous problem

in psychology where if there are five

people on a track and a train's coming

and there's one person on the other

track do you switch the track and kill

the one person do you kill one to say

five or do you let it go the way it was

supposed to and kill the five people

that's the idea here

utilitarianism would say well we say

five because five is more than one okay

so if we look at what Mills is actually

saying let's look at paragraph two on

page 12

happiness is a good that each person's

happiness is a good to that person and

the general happiness therefore a good

to the aggregate of all person's

happiness has made out its title as one

of the ends of conduct and consequently

one of the criteria of morality so here

we have this idea that happiness is a

good right but it's a good to the total

or aggregate of all people so the end of

conduct why we act is because we're

trying to achieve happiness and how do

we know it's happiness because it brings

the most happiness to the most people to

the aggregate of all persons the other

part of this that's really significant

is that one of the criteria of more

is how we act is the actions that we

take which are then based on happiness

right so our actions should always be

rooted in the idea of what's going to

create the most good for the most people

so one of the things I think is kind of

interesting to look at and this is

something I had my students look at in

the classroom let's imagine back to the

TMP for those of you who who did that or

were in the process of doing that right

the idea of the team multimedia

presentation was to come up with an

argument as a team a problem solution so

let's hypothetically imagine that our

problem was Joker right

what should Batman do about Joker to

ensure the safety of Gotham City that's

a really interesting question right

because to break that down if we we're a

team we'd say well what are about man's

options what are those possible

solutions and then one of the strengths

and limitations at each well Batman

could kill Joker well what's the

strength of that well Joker can't wreck

any more havoc on gotham city but what's

the limitation batman would feel sad he

doesn't like to kill that's not that's

not part of his character so if that

would bother Batman how does that weigh

in terms of the strength okay so let's

look at it that way if Batman doesn't

kill the Joker the strength is it makes

that man happy right he didn't have to

kill anybody

but the limitation is now the Joker can

put more lives in danger as he continues

acting the way he does so this is a very

complicated question but if I were

thinking about it from the perspective

of utilitarianism the answer is very

simple

what's going to do the most good for the

most people right and it's not

complicated killing Joker would actually

do the most good now some of you may say

and which my students did well what if

we put him in a maximum-security prison

what if we had a sensor on him you know

a GPS tracking device and there's all of

these different things sure but at the

end of the day what's going to do the

most good

according to utilitarian

it's going to be to kill Joker that's

what's going to save the most lives and

be best for the whole population so

although this feels very black and white

it really is right what's best for the

most people so let's dig further into

Mills here so paragraph 2 on page 15 if

human nature is so constituted as to

desire nothing which is not either a

part of happiness or a means of

happiness we can have no other proof and

we require no other that these are the

only things desirable if so happiness is

the sole end of action ok so let's break

that down

human nature is constituted to desire

nothing

that isn't a part of happiness so all we

desire is happiness so every time we act

the sole end of our action is happiness

all right so every action we're taking

is to make us happy but not individually

but happy collectively okay so really

there's a lot here about collective

happiness versus individual happiness

because utilitarianism is saying that

that individual happiness doesn't matter

they're also saying that the end of our

action the reason why we do everything

we do is because it's going to make us

happy and that happiness is going to

help us give an indication of or our

morality okay that makes sense

hopefully it is because the idea here is

that this is how we then make decisions

so if we think about this in terms of

the questions that I asked you earlier

on a piece of paper next to you or on

the stimulus if you have it in paper

copy what are those things this makes

you think of when you think of the good

for the whole what does it make you

think of I know I gave you the example

earlier of the coronavirus or social

distancing right what are those other

things those of you who have followed

the news lately right like when I think

about things this makes me think about

universal basic income right team yang

if any of you were fans of andrew yang

that idea what does that look like those

are things that I'm making connections

what are the connections that you are

making here as you hear and think about

the things that middle is saying all

right while you are jotting those down

we're going to move on to the next

stimulus material and again the idea is

as you think of those things just write

them down at the end of the video you'll

have time to process and put all of this

together but for now it's just those

quick things that are on your mind that

you're thinking of okay we're gonna go

back now in your stimulus to the first

source which is on page five and this

source is called have you renounce

pleasure I think the overarching idea

starting with Mills is this idea we see

what essentially he's saying and that

helps shape how we look at these

other sources going forward so the Dalai

Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu are

going to talk to us about this source so

if you go to page five in your stimulus

material um

paragraph one they start talking about

at this idea of happiness big thing here

in this first quote we cannot discover

lasting happiness through our senses if

we then go to page six I wondered about

the boundary between enjoyment and greed

those were both really really

interesting lines and they're going to

hit that idea of happiness through

senses in much greater detail as we move

forward but I think that line about

enjoyment and greed is a really

interesting point especially those of

you who are living in areas of the world

right now where toilet paper you can't

find right and maybe that's not

enjoyment maybe you don't think about

toilet paper is an enjoyment put that

idea of hoarding and greed or maybe even

its billionaires that you think of here

what are these lines what are these

sources making you think about those are

the connections you should be making

paragraph seven or sorry paragraph two

page seven there are actually two

different kinds of happiness the first

is the enjoyment of pleasure through our

senses okay but they told us on

paragraph one on page five that we can't

discover lasting happiness through our

senses but that is a type of enjoyment

okay through our senses

so let's actually look further out what

that means happiness at this deeper

level is the sense of fulfillment that

you experience while the joy of the

senses is brief the joy at this deeper

level is much longer lasting it is true

joy so the two different kinds of

happiness we have this first level where

it's pleasure through our senses if we

think about that right those of you who

are big fans of a certain thing maybe

you like like for example and love ice

cream okay the idea here is the first

bowl of ice cream is really exciting but

the second bowl maybe doesn't taste

quite as good right and then by the

third bowl maybe I have a tummy ache

because what we're enjoying through our

senses is temporary it's not lasting it

is not true joy

versus happiness at a deeper level

actually being something that lasts

beyond that very moment so is it

actually something that's gonna last

beyond you know just that temporary

moment right I love dogs too we have to

and so that idea of like petting a dog

is supposed to make you feel better but

does it make you feel better permanently

so if you look at page eight this is

where all of this stuff starts to come

together and you can see my annotations

where I've highlighted some of the

things that stood out to me so I'm gonna

start from when you are joyful okay when

you are joyful and happy at the mental

level physical pain doesn't matter very

much but if there is no joy or happiness

at the mental level too much worrying

too much fear then even physical

comforts and pleasure will not soothe

your mental discomfort so those of you

who are fans of reality TV so maybe you

love to watch Survivor or Big Brother or

even the challenge on MTV right they

have a lot of competitions where they

are endurance and they probably hurt but

what they're saying here is if you

actually feel joy at a deeper level that

physical pain isn't gonna matter you're

not even gonna notice because you are

genuinely happy it's a really really

interesting concept so if we keep going

with this is the mental happiness or

mental pleasure that you're talking

about lasts for 24 hours is it lasting

because if it not if it doesn't it's not

this second level of joy but they're

talking about so how do we get there

what does that look like here's where

they put that all together if you

develop a strong sense of concern for

the well-being of all sentient beings

and in particular all human beings this

will make you happy in the morning even

before coffee so if you actually care

about other people if you are a

compassionate tolerant grounded person

who you know is an advocate and a

supporter of Manatee you can reach that

deeper level of happiness but you can't

reach that deeper level of happiness if

you rely completely on your senses

it's just really really interesting so

what does this make you think about what

are those connections that you see

because we have stuff without happiness

and senses we have stuff about lasting

happiness we also had stuff about greed

what are those look like now one of the

questions that I know students always

have is well could I talk about things

that maybe are the opposite or in

contrast absolutely you know if this

makes you think of post-traumatic stress

and how people handle that that's okay

you can look at it from a different

perspective because the use of the

stimulus can be to enhance to complicate

to confirm to counter your points so if

you've noticed this connection so far of

happiness based on the title like we

guess then it's okay to look at it from

a different perspective you don't have

to use that that keyword in your

question right we are all intelligent

people and when we look at the rubric we

know that you're scored based on

articulating your connection but also

being able to use it in essential way so

if you wanted to look at something that

is different but you feel like you can

use this source to support it that's

totally fine right we have this whole

idea of physical pain right and so

there's something there

that maybe we can look at or maybe this

makes me think about athletes and

playing through pain or pain medicine or

things like that what does that look at

think about those connections what you

see in this source it makes you think

about and what you see as you compare

this source to the middle source all

right so look at that we've covered two

sources so let's keep going and we will

cover this next source so if you um look

at the story of an hour which is 142

and/or 141 and one

because this is literature but all of

you who have English teachers as your AP

seminar teachers are super excited about

the piece of literature that you get to

see the other good part of this is that

it is only two pages so those of you who

were struggling a little bit more with

what this is going to look like it's

okay it is a totally manageable piece of

literature and a capstone and seminar is

you know committed to making sure you

see a variety of texts so those of you

don't like it just kind of suck it up at

this point it's actually a really good

piece of literature okay so if we look

at story of an hour let's start at the

beginning

knowing that mrs. Mallard was afflicted

with a heart trouble so from the

beginning of the story we find out that

mrs. Mallard had heart trouble she had

problems with their heart okay so what

we know is that people are very

sensitive and thoughtful in how they

talk to her because she has struggles

with this affliction of the heart okay

but then we find out that her husband

has died

Genta right and so upon finding this out

we see that she wept at once with a

sudden wild abandonment in her sister's

arms when the storm of grief had spent

itself she went away to a room alone so

she finds out her husband dies and she

wept at once with a sudden wild

abandonment so she you know she was

crazy wild in her grief okay however the

line is really interesting here is when

the storm of grief had spent itself

she's done grieving the storm of grief

is gone she to her room and she went to

a room alone so there should be some

clues and predictions of what you see is

going to happen here but the idea is the

grief is over on page 41 paragraphs 9

and 10 we start to see this change in

her there was something coming to her

and she was waiting for it fearfully

what was it she didn't know free free

free so she's sitting there alone by

herself

thinking about this grief when all of a

sudden she can feel something new coming

but what she gets to is this idea of

free so is this really a negative thing

for her that her husband died well no

because she feels free like that's the

feeling that she has after her grief has

left she has this sense of freedom

okay then paragraph two on page 42 there

would be no one to live for during those

coming years she would live for herself

how exciting

right this is the archetypal female

story a man has held down a woman she

feels trapped by him and now he's dead

and she is free right maybe a little bit

darker than the things that you read but

the idea is here that she doesn't need

anything she can live for herself right

so for those of you who are fans of to

all the boys I've loved right John or

Peter the idea would be that large eeeem

can live for herself she doesn't need a

man she's now free so that's what we're

looking at here with mrs. Mallard but

then let's look at where the story

starts to shift a little bit

okay so Josephine was kneeling before

the closed door with her lips to the key

hold imploring for admission

so her sisters outside saying let me in

let me in I beg you

you're gonna make yourself ill so she's

worried about her sister because she

thinks she's grieving terribly but her

sisters response analysis go away

I'm not making myself I'll she was

drinking in the very elixir of life

through the open window I think about

how powerful that line is the very

elixir of life she is finally feeling

like she is living and she's drinking it

and she loves it okay her fancy was

running riot along those days ahead of

her spring days and summer and all sorts

of days that would be her own here's one

of my favorite lines she breathed a

quick prayer that life might be long so

now for the first time she hopes that

her length will be longer because she is

freeing me from this man and from this

cage and she can actually live for

and then if you go to the next paragraph

another really cool line is that she was

like a goddess of victory and look they

capitalized the victory because again

she is free and if she is free right she

can live for herself but then there's an

opening at the door with a lash key it

was her husband who had traveled um home

he had been far from the scene he didn't

even know there was one

he walks in she sees him right

or at least we think she sees him he

amazed but here's her piercing cry now

why is she crying is it because she's so

happy that her husband's home no she

just had freedom she's about to live her

own life and now she is back stuck in

that cage so then we have this jump so

we hear the piercing cry quick motion to

screen him from the view of his wife so

you know they're trying to block him

after she has this cry but then they

bring the doctors in and they say that

she had died of that heart disease

remember she had it she

it's me they're right we think that

she's dying of the joy that kills but

really she's dying because the freedom

that she felt she no longer has and if

she doesn't have this freedom why does

she want to live so what are the things

that you think about that make you think

here about freedom or about equality

right those are the things that are

coming out here so we've got stuff about

grief because right she's got the

mourning of her husband we've got things

about this gender equality glass ceiling

type thing right women should make as

much as men we've got stuff on heart

disease potentially and we've got stuff

on relationships there's there's so many

things here that you could potentially

draw connections to but it's a matter of

you being able to put those pieces

together okay so before we go on to the

next one I want to give you a minute and

I know I've been doing these kind of

quickly but again I want to give you big

picture and I want to make sure we get

that brief overview of all of these

sources but write down any of those

connections you're saying between story

of an hour and renounce pleasure or

story of an hour and unhappiness and

virtue give you one minute to do that

you

you

you

all right so hopefully you're starting

to see connections or at least it's

making you think of certain things and

then you can deep dive later into the

sources to see those connections so the

last source that we are gonna cover

today is called Big Daddy's last dance

and I'm sure you will be as excited as

my students were when we talked about

this in class isn't it comes with a

video but before we get to the video I

want to talk about what exactly we're

going to see so that you have that

preview before we get there so if you

read the prompt but I'm just going to

focus on the last line but in what

director Kaitlyn Greene describes as a

love letter to New Orleans Big Daddies

last dance captures the arc of a Jazz

funeral in all its reverent jubilant

glory so this is a Jazz funeral for

those of you familiar with the idea of

funerals right for most of us it doesn't

look as jubilant depending on how you

you know the funerals that you've been

to and what that looks like so as you

watch through I want you to really pay

attention to the colors the facial

expressions the music the movement and

how this compares but just before we see

the video if you think about this being

a funeral and then in the last source

they looked at story of an hour where

we're talking about grief maybe there's

some connections that you're starting to

see already I know for me one of the

things and I have a six-year-old

daughter who is obsessed with frozen -

right and so we've watched that movie

more times than I probably can count but

there is a big scene in that movie in

which Anna is grieving the loss of two

particular characters that she thinks

have died so I won't spoil it for you

but the idea there is that you know

she's thinking about what's the next

right step how do I move on how do I

handle my grief it's a really really

powerful song but there's a real

contrast in potentially how Disney

handles grief versus maybe how this is

going to look as we look at this funeral

so and I do want to warn you though as I

give you this information that

technology has been a little bit slow so

if it is slow I

you apologize for that but I do hope

that it will play for you if not you can

check out this video on your own okay so

here we go and I'm not going to show you

the whole thing but mr. about thirty

seconds in

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all right so I'm not going to show you

the whole thing and you can watch more

of that on your own

but the big idea here that we are

looking at is what did you notice right

what stands out to you if this is the

the Jazz funeral this is what this looks

like how does that compare what does

that make you think about and like I

said I gave you that example from frozen

- and honest things as a part of her

grief we have a ton of music in here so

I know for me I immediately think about

music and grief and what relationship

that has and maybe there's something I

could impact within that but again just

like with all of the other sources the

idea is what are those connections this

makes me think about what make that list

and then see how those connect to other

sources what connections can I build

between two sources so the music the

clothing the dancing the facial

expressions how they're reacting to

grief it's it's very different than some

of us are used to so maybe there's

things that we could examine within

there and ultimately all of these

sources you're gonna have to deep dive

into them later but right now it's just

can I get the gist can I understand big

picture so that I can decide which ones

I want to further investigate and go

deeper into as I go forward so if we

remind ourselves of everything we

covered remember that our goal today was

to use the information that was

presented from a variety of perspectives

to help us develop and support an

argument obviously we're not at the

point yet to develop our own argument

but we are at the point to see where our

connections are how far we can go with

the stimulus and how far is too far

hopefully now you understand the

contents of four of the seven stimulus

materials essentially the big picture is

do I have a basic understanding like I

said previously you're gonna have to go

back in and read these and analyze them

in much greater detail but the idea was

I wanted to make sure that you had a

gist that we were on the same page and

that there was just clarification on

what kinds of things you could be doing

as you approach these sources I also

wanted to make sure that you could begin

to identify connections

between the stimulus Tyrael and then

lastly understand what's off-topic

verses on topic one of the things I want

to emphasize and I know my colleague and

partner who will be doing the next

couple sources mr. J Gonzalez from Lane

Tech in Chicago is going to cover with

you it's just this idea of how far can I

go with the stimulus and with generating

my research and that will come in

lessons 3 and 4 but the big idea here is

if we look back at thee as you guys said

because I heard you from into your

home's right you talked about how

happiness was common across all of these

sources and so if that's the thing it

doesn't mean that I can't talk about

depression it doesn't mean I can't talk

about anxiety it doesn't mean I can't

talk about injury right what it means

though is that I have to be able to

clearly articulate a connection between

two sources and then use one of those

sources in an essential way so if I'm

thinking about what's on topic I know

it's on topic because it's connected to

stimulus sources and I plan to use

minimally one outside of my introduction

in my argument ok so don't feel like you

have to and this is a misconception by

some students you do not have to use the

word happiness or any variation of that

in your research question it's not that

what it is is you have to be able to

articulate your connection and then use

the source in a central way so I hope

that gives you clarification and I hope

that we met our objectives for next

steps just a reminder the importance of

making sure you are connected to two so

as you're going through and thinking

about the remaining sources make sure

you're thinking about how this is

connected between two that's again our

definition okay in terms of next steps

continue to familiarize yourself with

the stimulus material again we can do a

deeper dive later it's just a matter of

a basic understanding because we can

start to build connections once you

start to build connections then you can

go further into those material after you

finish the video a recommendation I have

for you is just to take some time and

jot down on a piece of paper or on your

all of the connections you're seeing

across and among the forest sources that

we covered today that will help you have

that running lists because again you're

not taking quizzes on these stimulus

material it's just that you need enough

understanding of them to be able to use

them in your paper now your teacher may

decide to have you take a quiz just to

make sure you understood everything and

that's totally fine that's up to them

but in terms of the College Board side

they just want you to show that you get

it by how you use it within your paper

okay for the next video like I said mr.

Gonzales is going to talk to you about

high income jeans economics and

happiness and the happiness project so

we hope that you will join us that again

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