Thursday November 29, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. Students will understand what the strengths and weaknesses were of the Spartan educational system.

Circle: Would you rather live the rest of your life never seeing another person or live the rest of your life never having a moment by yourself? Would you rather be famous when you are alive but then forgotten or would you rather be unknown when alive but famous forever once dead?

World Issues Project: You will have fifteen minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

DBQ: We will be going through the documents 1 by 1.

The Steps:

1- Look at the author information.
2- Discuss the point of view of the author and the potential biases he/she may have.

3- Report out.

4- Read and discuss the content of the document and answer the questions in your groups.

5- Report out what the strengths and weaknesses were of Spartan education based on this document. 

6- On a separate piece of paper, use a t-chart to record notes on what the strengths and weaknesses were.

7- Repeat for the next document. 

Next Class: We will once again be devoting the full class period to the DBQ. No homework for next class.

Wednesday November 14, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. Students will understand what the strengths and weaknesses were of the Spartan educational system.

Circle: What room in your house or apartment do you spend the most waking hours in per day?

World Issues Project: You will have ten minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

DBQ Intro: We will be discussing what our educational values are as a warm up exercise for the DBQ.

DBQ: We will be going through the documents 1 by 1.

The Steps:

1- Read the document individually.

2- Discuss the point of view of the author and the potential biases he/she may have.

3- Report out.

4- Discuss the content of the document and answer the questions in your groups.

5- Report out what the strengths and weaknesses were of Spartan education based on this document. 

6- On a separate piece of paper, use a t-chart to record notes on what the strengths and weaknesses were.

7- Repeat for the next document. 

Next Class: We will once again be devoting the full class period to the DBQ. No homework for next class.

Friday November 9, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will understand the ideas of "POV" and of bias and will be able to use these ideas to evaluate multiple sources. 

Circle: What person in your life has made the biggest impact on who you are today?

World Issues Project: You will have ten minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Football Game DBQ: We will be looking at and evaluating a series of documents together as a class. We will be trying to figure out each sources point of view and what the potential bias is of the source. At the end of this exercise, you will be writing a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph.

The Steps:

1- Read the document individually.

2- Discuss the document as a group. You should be discussing what you think the persons point of view is and what some potential biases may be. 

3- Report out.

When we have finished looking at each document, your groups will be deciding which two documents you believe the most and which two you believe the least. You will be reporting out and we will be keeping a tally on the board. 

When we have completed this, you will be writing a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph on Google Classroom. This once again is broken down into the three parts. Make sure your evidence is in full sentences. The warrants should be ATLEAST three sentences. They should be formatted as follows... "first of all" and explain one way your evidence supports your claim, then say "second of all," then "finally."

Homework: Football Game paragraphs are due next class so they are homework if you did not complete them in class.

Tuesday November 6, 2018

Learning Target: Students will understand the role Alexander the Great played in spreading Greek culture. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What scares you the most.

World Issues Project: You will spend 15 minutes working on your World Issues Projects.

Is Question 1 a Good Idea? https://ballotpedia.org/Maine_Question_1,_Payroll_and_Non-Wage_Income_Taxes_for_Home_Care_Program_Initiative_(2018)

Was Pericles Rule a Golden Age?: Take five minutes in your groups and discuss your answers to question number 7. What reasoning do you have for your thinking?

Argument Outline: You will then be writing Claim, Evidence, Warrant outlines. Your claim should either be that Pericles rule was a golden age OR that it was not a golden age. You need three pieces of evidence to support your claim. You then need at least two sentences for your warrant. This paragraph will be broken down. 

Greek Philosophers: Each group will get one of the three great Greek Philosophers (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle). Your goal is to become an expert on what your philosophers ideas were. At the beginning of next class, you will become the teacher. You will be teaching the rest of your classmates about the philosopher you were given. The format you choose to go about this is completely up to you.

Homework: You're the teachers at the beginning of next class, come in ready to teach your 3-5 minute lessons. 

Friday October 2, 2018

Learning Target: Students will understand the differing governing methods used by the Athenians and the Spartans. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

World Issues Project: You will spend 15 minutes working on your World Issues Projects.

Chapter 5 Section 3: For homework you should have read chapter 5 section 3.... Now you will be answering the questions to that section. Answer all the questions except for the final question which is an essay... I'm not that mean! Do this on classroom... It's titled Chapter 5 Section 3.

Chapter 5 Section 4: When you complete the questions, read chapter 5 section 4 and take notes. This would have been your homework so if you complete this there is no homework for Tuesday.

If You Have Time: If you complete all of this, work on your World Issues Project... UNLESS you still have corrections to make to your Human/Environment Essay, then this would be a good time to do that.

Homework: Chapter 5 Section 4 reading and notes (if not completed in class)

Next Class: We will be doing some activities//going over section 4 which you should have all read by next class.