We learned about the country of Bhutan (and Gross National Happiness) today in class. Bhutan has an endangered population of tigers. Photo taken in 2007 at the Denver Aquarium.
Dear class,
Today marked the end of the short and sweet demographic unit. I introduced a last assignment, then there was work time in class to finish everything and turn it in, as I checked in with students that still have Historical Investigation work to get to me. Here's what we did today in class:
Today marked the end of the short and sweet demographic unit. I introduced a last assignment, then there was work time in class to finish everything and turn it in, as I checked in with students that still have Historical Investigation work to get to me. Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 10: 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 10: 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: "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. Selected for today because we were talking in class about Gross National Happiness. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 5/15/15:
News Brief – Ben
Bhutan
Gross National Happiness
Demographics Work
Bhutan
Gross National Happiness
Demographics Work
Homework: Read the blog! Demographic unit work (see below) due today in class. If you have not turned in your Historical Investigation, please do so immediately. The last day to turn anything related to the Historical Investigation in is due by 2:40 PM today, printed and handed in to me in person. Next news brief: Austin.
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News Brief: Ben had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - Chinese baby rescued after being buried alive. What an incredibly depressing story. As I was reading this over before posting, it appears that the baby boy was abandoned due to being born with a cleft lip. So awful.
We also watched VICE News for the day and checked in about what is going on this weekend, before moving on.
The next news brief was assigned to Austin.
Bhutan: To start this section of learning about a country we have not talked much about, I showed where Bhutan is on the map, and then this video about the country creating a "Gross National Happiness" demographic indicator:
Gross National Happiness: The last assignment of the demographics unit was based on the GNH indicator we learned about in the video. Here is the assignment, which is a reading and questions related to it:
This was the final assignment out of four used in the collection of evidence for your Knowledge Target 10 score for demographics.
Demographics Work: The rest of class was devoted to quiet work (as I checked in with students about grades and the Historical Investigation) on the demographics unit, which was due at the end of class. Here are the assignments in the unit, if you are needing to finish them:
Assignment #1:
Assignment #3:
This was a NOVA documentary (link here) that we watched together in class (up until close to the end). I was asking students to write about the three countries in the film: India, Japan, and Kenya, and what their population/demographics is like. Here is the assignment that goes with this:
Assignment #4:
As linked to above, this was about Gross National Happiness and Gross Domestic Product:
We also watched VICE News for the day and checked in about what is going on this weekend, before moving on.
The next news brief was assigned to Austin.
Bhutan: To start this section of learning about a country we have not talked much about, I showed where Bhutan is on the map, and then this video about the country creating a "Gross National Happiness" demographic indicator:
I explained that Gross National Happiness was a way at looking at different demographic factors so that the happiness of the people in the country is emphasized, over how much money people have.
Gross National Happiness: The last assignment of the demographics unit was based on the GNH indicator we learned about in the video. Here is the assignment, which is a reading and questions related to it:
This was the final assignment out of four used in the collection of evidence for your Knowledge Target 10 score for demographics.
Demographics Work: The rest of class was devoted to quiet work (as I checked in with students about grades and the Historical Investigation) on the demographics unit, which was due at the end of class. Here are the assignments in the unit, if you are needing to finish them:
Assignment #1:
Students needed to find the statistics for countries on the CIA World Factbook (some of the statistics might be found from other sources, too).
Assignment #2:
Assignment #2:
Here is the reading that goes along with the assignment:
Assignment #3:
This was a NOVA documentary (link here) that we watched together in class (up until close to the end). I was asking students to write about the three countries in the film: India, Japan, and Kenya, and what their population/demographics is like. Here is the assignment that goes with this:
As linked to above, this was about Gross National Happiness and Gross Domestic Product:
All of these were due in class today. If you did not finish, please turn them in to me (stapled together). If you have any questions about any of this and what to do, please let me know and I will try to help! Have a great weekend! We are almost to the finish line! :-)
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