Wildcrafting Research Project

Where the Lilies Bloom

Look up the following herbs and find their modern uses, habitat, etc.

Use the resources below to find:

• Scientific Name and Habitat
• Medicinal and Other Uses
• Part of the Plant Used and Appearance

* Include a sketch of the plant.

Create a chart in Excel with the herbs listed below on the left and a column for each bulleted aspect: Scientific Name and Habitat, Medicinal and Other Uses, and Part of the Plant Used and Appearance. Use a separate sheet of blank, unlined paper for your sketches. You can sketch more than one plant on each sheet of unlined paper that you need.

Foxglove

Ginseng

Goldenseal

Snakeroot

Lobelia

Lady Slipper

Ginger

Once you have completed your chart, use the information to answer the following questions. Use complete sentences.

What items would you want with you to survive on your own for a period of weeks? What would you need? How much? How would you get it if funds were limited?

Online Resources:

Botanical.com A Modern Herbal

Reference Guide for Herbs

Plants for a Future

Medicinal Herb Uses and Picture Gallery

Print Resources:

The books listed below have been placed on Hold for your class in the Library and are on the Reserves shelf.

Duke, James A. The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook -- 615.321 DUK

Foster, Steven. A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America -- 581.634 FOS

Foster, Steven. A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs -- 581.634 FOS

Hill, Tony. The Contemporary Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices: Seasonings for the Global Kitchen -- 641.6383 HIL

Howell, Patricia Kyritsi. Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians -- 615.32 HOW

Mars, Brigitte. The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide -- OS 615.321 MAR

Literary Magazine

You will now be working together to create the class literary magazine. You need to decide the types of works you want to include in the magazine: poetry, short stories, essays, etc. There are many different types of works to choose from those submitted by our class.

Post your suggestions for works and ideas for the theme for the magazine.

We are still looking for illustrations to include in the magazine. Yesterday, the suggestion came up in class for using Photoshop to edit some of your photos. For those of you who stated you had experience using Photoshop, please write your name on the white board at the beginning of class tomorrow. We'll be looking to our resident experts for help.

Village of Umuofia - Preparing for the Trip

On Tuesday we will begin our three-day adventure in the Village of Umuofia. http://www.literaryworlds.wmich.edu/umuofia/You must complete reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe before Tuesday, if you haven't done so already.

Before we begin, as a class you will decide which characters will participate in the role-play. Remember it is important to have as many points of view from the novel represented in the role-play environment.

1. Review the list of characters listed on the site: http://www.literaryworlds.wmich.edu/umuofia/umuofiacharacterroles.html
2. Post which characters you believe must be represented in the role-play and why
3. List three characters that you would like to be during the role-play
4. What event do you want to characters to react to during our visit? Create your own scenario or describe one from the novel.

Darfur and Boycotting the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games

We have discussed in class the history of the conflict in Darfur. Many groups which provide aid to Darfur are calling for world leaders to boycott the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing.

1. Read the information provided in the following link: http://www.enoughproject.org/node/757
2. Post a response to what you have read, including answers to the following questions:

What are the reasons for the boycott? What do they hope to achieve?

What impact will the boycott have on the Darfurian people?

Should President Bush boycott the Opening Ceremonies? Why or

why not?