Thursday, November 2, 2017

Culture, Day 10 - Class Recap

One of the ways culture both reflects and shapes society is through religion. This is a church in Budapest, Hungary, in 2013. I just loved the lighting here! No special effects!

Dear class,

We are almost done with the Culture unit! One more day of DBQ writing to go. Here's what happened 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: "Get Ready for This" by 2 Unlimited. Intended as a pump up song to begin writing the DBQ essay today in class! Here's a link to the version I played in class, from ESPN's "Jock Jams" CD.

AGENDA 11/2/17:
News Brief - Varsha
DBQ Scaffolding
Questions?
Work Time

Homework: Read the blog. Bring all Culture unit work next class to turn in after writing the essay section of the DBQ! As a reminder, this is:

1) Surface culture worksheet (National Geographic photos PowerPoint)
2) Cornell Notes on Culture definitions/iceberg PowerPoint
3) Nacirema writing (neatly written or typed, 200 words minimum)
4) Time for School Notes/Answers

Next news brief: Kylie.

News Brief: Varsha had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about with the class: JapanTimes.co.jp - Trump likely to meet families of abductees to North Korea on November visit to Japan. We found North Korea in the Asia map and talked for a bit in class about this story and President Trump's upcoming 12 day visit to Asia. We also checked in about what people were up to outside of class this weekend.

Kylie was selected to do the next news brief.

If you wanted to watch the one minute BBC World News update, here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day:


DBQ Scaffolding: Today was almost entirely devoted to answering the scaffolding questions portion of the culture DBQ (which is on Google Classroom or was handed out as a paper copy in class if students did not have their Chromebooks).

We began this process as a class, with this handout going through the steps to writing a DBQ:


We had about 60 minutes in class to be completing the document analysis. Next class, we will write the essay response in class, so please come prepared with all of your notes!

Have a great long weekend!

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