Today, we started preparing for our final unit of the semester, which features many of the learning targets that we have worked on this year. We will be looking at a region of India - this is a photo that I took at the Taj Mahal on Spring Break of 2015!
We had our Socratic Seminar and began preparing for the semester final today in class! As such, there is a lot to talk about. Here's what happened in class 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 10: I can demonstrate an understanding of the connection between the physical and human systems.
Knowledge LT 15: I can explain how culture both reflects and shapes society.
Knowledge LT 17: I can explain how and why world societies organize themselves and how power is established and maintained.
AGENDA 1/19/18:
News Brief – Kiran
Socratic Seminar
Final Unit
News Brief: Kiran selected an article about this story for the news brief today: UN.org - UN poised to scale up support for Libya’s post-conflict transition, Security Council told. We found Libya in our world map packet and talked about this story for a bit, as well as what has been happening in Libya since the "Arab Spring."
Bob 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):
Socratic Seminar: Next, we had the discussion that we started preparing for the last few classes. This was the first time we have attempted to do this in class, and I think it went well! I was proud of everyone participating.
This was the reading that we were discussing in class:
1) What happened so that Hitler could get power?
2) Make three discussion questions (not yes or no answers) about the reading. Try to base your questions on specific quotes from the reading.
To help with this, I passed out these tips for helping the conversation flow:
I explained that I wanted the discussion to be student led and directed, and then I tried to get out of the conversation as much as possible. Overall, I was pleased with the conversation and I think you touched on some really important issues and questions! Thanks for being willing to participate. I also told everyone that the Behavior Learning Target grades (students did a self assessment for this in class today) for the mini-unit on the Holocaust will be in the grade book soon and can be looked at on StudentVUE. I think it is a good indication of where everyone is at! Thank you for participating!
Final Unit: As I explained in class, your final will be based on a case study of what happened in Ladakh, which is an region in India. Students will be asked to write about many different aspects of the Ladakh, using almost all of the learning targets we have been through this semester. To begin with this process, I asked students to make a grid in their notes to practice what we would be doing later in class. The four learning targets are: Location and Region (where is it? what is it like?), Human and Physical Systems (how does it work?), Culture (Surface and Deep Characteristics), and Structures of Power (Government and Economic Systems). Here is the video we practiced with:
This was the reading that we were discussing in class:
The questions and answers that I wanted the class to do in preparation for the discussion on this were:
2) Make three discussion questions (not yes or no answers) about the reading. Try to base your questions on specific quotes from the reading.
To help with this, I passed out these tips for helping the conversation flow:
I explained that I wanted the discussion to be student led and directed, and then I tried to get out of the conversation as much as possible. Overall, I was pleased with the conversation and I think you touched on some really important issues and questions! Thanks for being willing to participate. I also told everyone that the Behavior Learning Target grades (students did a self assessment for this in class today) for the mini-unit on the Holocaust will be in the grade book soon and can be looked at on StudentVUE. I think it is a good indication of where everyone is at! Thank you for participating!
Final Unit: As I explained in class, your final will be based on a case study of what happened in Ladakh, which is an region in India. Students will be asked to write about many different aspects of the Ladakh, using almost all of the learning targets we have been through this semester. To begin with this process, I asked students to make a grid in their notes to practice what we would be doing later in class. The four learning targets are: Location and Region (where is it? what is it like?), Human and Physical Systems (how does it work?), Culture (Surface and Deep Characteristics), and Structures of Power (Government and Economic Systems). Here is the video we practiced with:
We talked as a class about what we saw with the four targets and analyzed the connections as practice. We will continue preparing for the final next class! Have a good weekend!
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