Congratulations! If you passed the class, you have completed a semester of Global Studies! Photo taken at Niagara Falls in 2010.
Today was finals day in class and, as promised, we did a DBQ style test on the Ladakh, with multiple different possibilities for learning targets to address. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets:
KN LT 6 - Location and Region
KN LT 11 - Human and Physical Systems
KN LT 16 - Culture
KN LT 18 - Structures of Power
Soundtrack: "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin. Selected for today because Ladakh is located in Kashmir, India. A classic song! Lyrics here.
AGENDA 1/23/15:
News Brief – Zac V.
Ladakh DBQ Final
Quiet Work Time
News Brief: Zac V. forgot to bring in an article for the news brief, so he was assigned to do it again next class. In the mean time, I talked about this story from Saudi Arabia: CNN.com - Thousands say farewell to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah. An important country in the world, going through a difficult day. We talked a bit about how the King tried to reform Saudi Arabia, and how there are a lot of his brothers in line, waiting to become King some day.
Zac V. was selected to do the next news brief.
Ladakh DBQ Final: This was the assignment for the rest of class. As promised, I let students use notes from the previous class(es) on Ladakh. The test itself was six documents (all the questions needed to be answered), followed by a short response essay. The essay was structured to be one paragraph, following an analytical structure that Mr. Lathrop and I want you to use. There were four different learning target possibilities that the final addressed (written out above). This final could also count towards a writing process score for Mr. Lathrop's class. I am looking forward to reading these over and assessing where you are at!
Quiet Work Time: If students finished early, there was time to quietly work in class.
Final grades for the semester are due by Tuesday morning. Thanks for your hard work, everyone! See you next week! :-)
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