Picasso and Eisenhower

Yesterday, in addition to going into more depth about how to turn those multi-flow maps into cause-and-effect essays, we talked about Picasso, his life and his art. All of the classes shared insightful observations of the painting Guernica. I want to especially thank those of you -- David K., Dan N., and Elaine are standing out in my memory -- for sharing your prior knowledge of history to help in the analysis.

For homework, you read Eisenhower's Farewell speech, and in class today you're working through the causes and effects of war that he highlights. Sadly, I cannot join you because my youngest is feverish. Alas.

The full-text of the speech, in case you were absent, is avaialable at this link.

In addition, here's an article on a PBS site about Guernica that also includes some images of the sketches Picasso made to prepare to paint.