Culture, Day 7 - Class Recap

A big part of American culture is sports. This was taken at the 2010 Holiday Bowl, before Oregon played Oklahoma State, and won! :-)

Dear class,

Most of today was taken up with working on your Culture Project, which is due next week on Wednesday! Here's the recap for today:

Learning Targets:
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Critical Thinking LT 1: I can explain multiple perspectives and viewpoints.
Knowledge LT 15: I can explain how culture both reflects and shapes society.
Behavior LT 1:  I can manage my responsibilities as a student.

Soundtrack: "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel. Selected for today because Matthew suggested it, as the song has a ton of lyrics relating to American culture.

AGENDA 10/27/16:
News Brief – Moses
Culture Project
Work Time

Homework: Read the blog. Continue working on the Culture Project - due next Wednesday! Next news brief: Samuel Ro.

News Brief: Moses had the news brief today and came in early to find this article with me before class: BBC.com - Dreamworld: Four killed on Australian theme park ride. We found Australia on our world maps and talked about this horrifying story for a bit, before moving on.

Samuel Ro. was randomly drawn to bring in 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):

BBCNews.com - One-minute World News

Culture Project/Work Time: After watching the updates, the rest of class was devoted to work time, in completing the Time for School questions, and continuing to work on the culture project. There are a lot of options of what to do - it could be writing, a visual, a presentation, or something else. Here's the assignment:

Google Drive - Culture Project Assignment

This will be due in class next week on Wednesday so be working on it at home, bring work into class to do next class, and ask questions if you need help! I went around the class and answered questions about it, or helped brainstorm ideas. Please continue to be working on this at home! See you next class. :-)