In the first class, on Sept. 18, 2007, we drew pictures to show why we need English in our lives. Click on a picture to see a larger image. (Sorry for the poor photo quality.)
A little hard to see -- but there is a tree behind all those cards.

When we discussed the "Organic Goodies" activity, people created this diagram to show the way they would organize production after taking over the machine. The list on the right is a quick brainstorm of possible obstacles to this type of cooperative control.