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Dear class,
We continued looking at demographics today, through the recent documentary "Children of Syria" which does a great job giving a case study of the Syrian refugee crisis. Here's what we did today in class:
We continued looking at demographics today, through the recent documentary "Children of Syria" which does a great job giving a case study of the Syrian refugee crisis. Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 9: I can explain demographic changes in the world and their effects.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Knowledge LT 9: I can explain demographic changes in the world and their effects.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Soundtrack: "Ordinary People" by John Legend. Selected for today because demographics is the study of populations of people.
AGENDA 5/14/18:
News Brief – Peter
Children of Syria
Review
Trends
Children of Syria
Review
Trends
Homework: Read the blog! Continue working on your Country Profile Project revisions! Next news brief: Justin.
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News Brief: Peter had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about with the class: BBC.com - Gaza clashes: 52 Palestinians killed on deadliest day since 2014. We found Israel (and Palestine) in the world map and talked for a while in class about this story, along with some of the impacts of the United States moving our embassy to Jerusalem. Thank you for this discussion!
Here's the link to see the latest one minute update from BBC World News, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
The next news brief was assigned to Justin.
We also watched Wildcat News today. Here it is if you missed class or wanted to see it again:
Children of Syria: This was a fantastic documentary that recently came out on PBS Frontline. Part of the learning target for the unit is tying demographics in with current events, so this was perfect. Here is the assignment that I passed out with the movie:
Here is a link to watch the documentary, if you missed class, or wanted to watch it again at home with your family. An hour really well spent:
Review: After the documentary, a few random students were asked to answer questions from the documentary review. Thank you for your input and thoughts here! I hope everyone was really engaged with answering the questions and watching the film.
Here's an article that I showed about this:
We will continue working on this in class. Thanks, everyone!
Here's the link to see the latest one minute update from BBC World News, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
The next news brief was assigned to Justin.
We also watched Wildcat News today. Here it is if you missed class or wanted to see it again:
Children of Syria: This was a fantastic documentary that recently came out on PBS Frontline. Part of the learning target for the unit is tying demographics in with current events, so this was perfect. Here is the assignment that I passed out with the movie:
Here is a link to watch the documentary, if you missed class, or wanted to watch it again at home with your family. An hour really well spent:
Review: After the documentary, a few random students were asked to answer questions from the documentary review. Thank you for your input and thoughts here! I hope everyone was really engaged with answering the questions and watching the film.
Here's an article that I showed about this:
We will continue working on this in class. Thanks, everyone!
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