If I were to do the "togetherness" poster, here is a picture that I would choose to talk about. Everyone in the world should be able to appreciate beauty in nature. I took this at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in 2008.
Hi everyone,
Thanks for another good and interesting class! I am really looking forward to next week and the real start of content for the revolution unit. Until then, here's what we did:
Essential Questions: What brings people together? What tears people apart? - A good example of that in today's class!
Soundtrack: “Get Up, Stand Up” by Bob Marley. Selected for today's class because you were making tough decisions about where you stand in regards to certain issues. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 2/22/13:
News Brief/Blog Recap
Finish Posters/Present
Feedback
Forced Choice
Homework: Read the blog! Turn in missing work. Giovani, you have the news brief next.
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News Brief: The news brief today was brought in by Stephen A, who selected this article to talk about: CNN.com - Peru gang targets people stuck in traffic. I noted that I have been to many places in Latin and South America that have had really awful traffic, so this did not surprise me much.
Another news story that was touched on is this crazy one about a dead body being found in a hotel water tank: CNN.com - How did woman's body come to be in L.A. hotel water tank? Such a crazy (and disgusting) story!
Finish Posters/Present: Again, a lighthearted activity - just to try and remember that not everything in the world is war/genocide/violent revolutions. I appreciated your effort here and I will put the posters up around the classroom.
Feedback: After finishing the posters and presenting them, I had the class write out some anonymous feedback, since today marked one month and one day since I began to be your teacher for Mrs. DeFrance Gilman (baby Brandt was born a month ago today). Here's what I asked - again, this activity was done without putting your name on the paper, in the hopes of you feeling like you could be as honest as possible:
1. What do you like about this class and what is this class good at?
2. What does the class need to improve on?
3. What do you like about Mr. Fritz as a teacher?
4. What can Mr. Fritz improve at?
I really value your feedback and we will review it together next week. Thank you for your honest opinion!
Forced Choice: This next section was about choosing yes or no (not maybe or "I don't know") to various different moral and ethical choices (we were able to do about half of this list before the end of class). Here is the list, if you wanted to see them again. Next class, you will be asked to take a stand and talk about why you made a particular choice.
1) Giving up some of our rights (like our phones being listened to without a warrant) is a necessary for our own protection.
2) I would always support my country, whether it’s right or wrong.
3) There is only one correct religion in the world.
4) Religion is worth fighting for.
5) We have to have violence in order for there to be change and peace in the world.
6) Oppression of any type should not be tolerated anywhere.
7) The government of a country should have the power to make decisions that the majority of the people in it do not support.
8) Under no circumstances should someone take land away from someone else.
9) Someone is always at fault for beginning a conflict.
10) Democracy is the best form of government, no matter where you are in the world.
11) Killing a person for killing somebody else is not right.
12) I would be willing to fight and give my life to stand up to oppression.
13) Being patriotic, means having absolute loyalty to America; no matter what.
14) It is worth it to take the lives of a few to save the lives of many.
15) People in power are always corrupt in some way.
You absolutely have to have your answers for these for next class. Please just try to answer in a way that is true for you - not anyone else.
Have a great weekend. See you next week!
Hi everyone,
Thanks for another good and interesting class! I am really looking forward to next week and the real start of content for the revolution unit. Until then, here's what we did:
Essential Questions: What brings people together? What tears people apart? - A good example of that in today's class!
Soundtrack: “Get Up, Stand Up” by Bob Marley. Selected for today's class because you were making tough decisions about where you stand in regards to certain issues. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 2/22/13:
News Brief/Blog Recap
Finish Posters/Present
Feedback
Forced Choice
Homework: Read the blog! Turn in missing work. Giovani, you have the news brief next.
---
News Brief: The news brief today was brought in by Stephen A, who selected this article to talk about: CNN.com - Peru gang targets people stuck in traffic. I noted that I have been to many places in Latin and South America that have had really awful traffic, so this did not surprise me much.
Another news story that was touched on is this crazy one about a dead body being found in a hotel water tank: CNN.com - How did woman's body come to be in L.A. hotel water tank? Such a crazy (and disgusting) story!
Finish Posters/Present: Again, a lighthearted activity - just to try and remember that not everything in the world is war/genocide/violent revolutions. I appreciated your effort here and I will put the posters up around the classroom.
Feedback: After finishing the posters and presenting them, I had the class write out some anonymous feedback, since today marked one month and one day since I began to be your teacher for Mrs. DeFrance Gilman (baby Brandt was born a month ago today). Here's what I asked - again, this activity was done without putting your name on the paper, in the hopes of you feeling like you could be as honest as possible:
1. What do you like about this class and what is this class good at?
2. What does the class need to improve on?
3. What do you like about Mr. Fritz as a teacher?
4. What can Mr. Fritz improve at?
I really value your feedback and we will review it together next week. Thank you for your honest opinion!
Forced Choice: This next section was about choosing yes or no (not maybe or "I don't know") to various different moral and ethical choices (we were able to do about half of this list before the end of class). Here is the list, if you wanted to see them again. Next class, you will be asked to take a stand and talk about why you made a particular choice.
1) Giving up some of our rights (like our phones being listened to without a warrant) is a necessary for our own protection.
2) I would always support my country, whether it’s right or wrong.
3) There is only one correct religion in the world.
4) Religion is worth fighting for.
5) We have to have violence in order for there to be change and peace in the world.
6) Oppression of any type should not be tolerated anywhere.
7) The government of a country should have the power to make decisions that the majority of the people in it do not support.
8) Under no circumstances should someone take land away from someone else.
9) Someone is always at fault for beginning a conflict.
10) Democracy is the best form of government, no matter where you are in the world.
11) Killing a person for killing somebody else is not right.
12) I would be willing to fight and give my life to stand up to oppression.
13) Being patriotic, means having absolute loyalty to America; no matter what.
14) It is worth it to take the lives of a few to save the lives of many.
15) People in power are always corrupt in some way.
You absolutely have to have your answers for these for next class. Please just try to answer in a way that is true for you - not anyone else.
Have a great weekend. See you next week!
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