The sun has set on the Rwanda unit! Hopefully it had a great impact on you. Next week, we will move on to the last (shorter) unit before finals! Photo taken in Washington, 2009.
Dear class,
Today was spent finishing Hotel Rwanda and talking about grades, to see what could be improved in the lead up to finals. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 20: I can identify the critical components of imperialism.
Behavior LT 2: I can self-direct my learning.
Soundtrack: "Million Voices" by Wyclef Jean. Selected for today because it is a powerful song from the Hotel Rwanda soundtrack. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 1/8/16:
News Brief - Christian L.
Finish Hotel Rwanda
Movie Assignment
Make Up/Late Work
News Brief: Christian L. had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - U.N. poised to act against North Korea after latest nuclear test. We talked for a while in class about North Korea, whether or not they actually have a hydrogen bomb, geopolitical relationships in the area, and the possibility of North Korea launching a strike against the United States.
Christian H. was selected to do the next news brief.
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Next, I passed back the graded Rwanda speeches, being careful to go over how I scored using the rubrics. In essence:
1) If you did not address imperialism in Rwanda at all, you received a score of 1 on that target.
2) The communication target was the score for your actual speech in front of the class, as well as how well your individual paper followed the format we talked about in class. I included my notes as well as everyone else at the table listening, so you can see what I wrote about how you did.
3) The critical thinking/multiple perspectives target was for talking about the United Nations own definition of genocide, and talking about the perspective of the people of Rwanda during the genocide in your written speech.
If you have individual questions, I would be happy to answer them in person. As with any assignment, you can always revise it (or resubmit it, if you haven't turned it in) to demonstrate a higher level of proficiency, if needed.
Finish Hotel Rwanda: We finally were able to completely finish the movie today! Here is the worksheet of questions to answer as we watched:
I hope you enjoyed the film and found it powerful. I've now seen it dozens of times and I am always struck by how good it is - especially about showing the stages of genocide. Thank you for your focus and attention here!
Movie Assignment: After finishing Hotel Rwanda, I gave students most of the rest of class to be working on the notes that went with the movie. I had students turn the assignment in at the .
Make Up/Late Work: We didn't have time in class to check in about grades on a 1-1 basis. I will try to find time to do so next week! Grades have been updated on the back wall and on StudentVUE, as well. Please know what you need to be working on to improve your grade.
Have a great weekend! Next week, we will start a smaller unit on the Holocaust, which ties in with Mr. Puterbaugh's class and your reading of "Night" there.
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