January 19, 2021 - January 22, 2021

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will understand the reasons why people live where they live.

QOD: How many stars are on the United States flag? What country were the olympics created in?

Circle: What's something in your closet that you won't wear? If you could take over and become the owner of any company in the world, which company would you choose?

Immigration Summative: This week you will be working on your Immigration Slideshows. You will be working on them both in class and out of class. 

Week of January 11, 2021 - January 15, 2021

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will understand the reasons why people live where they live.

QOD: What spell that Harry Potter is famous for is used to fight Dementors?

Circle: Do you think your personality has been shaped more by your family or your friends?

Syria Webquest: In class you will be working to complete the Syrian Webquest that is posted on Google Classroom. You have the option to work on this as an individual or as a small group of 2-3 max.

Upfront Article: If you get done with the Syrian Webquest, you will read "A Deadly Journey" starting on page 13. After reading, you will write a short reaction to the article.

Virtual Students

History of US Immigration: You will be watching the video and answering the questions on Google Classroom.

Refugee Crisis Research: You will be following the instructions for this assignment on Google Classroom. 

Week of January 4, 2021 - January 8, 2021

Learning Target: Students will be working to create a classroom learning community. Students will be working to get better at essential reading, writing, and analyzing skills. Students will understand the reasons why people live where they live.

QOD: What is the tallest mountain in New England? What is the tallest dog breed in the world?

Circle: What is one highlight from your vacation? Would you rather be able to get away with any lie you tell, or be able to detect any lie told to you?

Five Big Things: What are five places you really want to go sometime in your life?

Push & Pull Factors: I will be introducing what push & pull factors are. You will then be researching & brainstorming what possible push and pull factors might be.

American Immigration: We will be working with the article below to discuss the current trends of American Immigration. We will be trying to find out where people are coming from, and WHY they are coming to America. 

https://immigrationforum.org/article/push-or-pull-factors-what-drives-central-american-migrants-to-the-u-s/

"Death Train": We will be watching this video that follows a group of people's journey to America.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSwwO00qeB0

Discussion: We will be having group discussions and then a class discussion about the video we watched. What do we think the United States should do about what is going on in these South American countries?

Writing: You will be writing a reflection in Google Classroom based on what you have learned today.

Virtual Students

After circle, you will be leaving zoom and working on your own.

Exploration: You should explore this website. Some of it may be a little confusing and that's okay, just do your best! Your goal is to learn about the process for becoming an American citizen. After looking through this website, take a look at this link which will show you the civics test you have to pass in order to become a citizen.

Here is another link that may also be helpful.

Please make sure to take a look through all of those websites. You are more than welcome to do you own research as well and look at other websites!

Writing: After looking through the links above, you will go to Google Classroom and complete the assignment on there titled "Citizenship Process".