My dad took this photo of me at a "Turkey Bowl" on Thanksgiving, in 2011. I hope you enjoyed your break!
Hello everyone,
Welcome back from your Thanksgiving break! Thanks for doing your homework and checking in on the blog to see what we are up to. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 17: I can explain how and why world societies organize themselves and how power is established and maintained.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Soundtrack: "Thank You" by Dido. Selected for today because last week was Thanksgiving. I am very thankful to get to be your teacher, and for all of you! Lyrics here.
AGENDA 11/27/17:
News Brief – Josiah
Who Rules?
Lost!
Study for Quiz
Homework: Read the blog. Study for your Forms of Government Quiz, next class! Complete any missing work and have it ready to turn in. Next news brief: Bella.
News Brief: Josiah had the news brief today and selected an article about this story: TheGuardian.com - Russian man sent to penal colony for insulting officials online. We found Russia in the world map and we talked about what is happening in Russia for a bit.
Bella 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):
Finally, we checked in about the break and what everyone was up to. It is good to be back working with everyone!
Who Rules?: The next part of class was devoted to going through this packet, designed to be a review before the forms of government test:
The first page has a good overview of the types and classifications of governments that we are studying. The following pages are practice, to help compare and contrast the systems of government. A question from the test, for checking the blog, is: What form of government ...is ruled by a small group of people, usually the wealthy elite?
a. oligarchy, b. theocracy, c. communism, d. anarchy. Guess in the comments and I will tell you if you are correct!
Lost!: At the end of class, we had a little fun with a scenario inspired by "Lord of the Flies" and the TV series "Lost." I asked everyone to get into small groups and then passed out one of these papers to each group, which contain the scenario and questions for the group to answer:
We will continue with this next class and talk about the different group proposals, before moving on to our next unit. Please be ready for the quiz! See you next class!
The first page has a good overview of the types and classifications of governments that we are studying. The following pages are practice, to help compare and contrast the systems of government. A question from the test, for checking the blog, is: What form of government ...is ruled by a small group of people, usually the wealthy elite?
a. oligarchy, b. theocracy, c. communism, d. anarchy. Guess in the comments and I will tell you if you are correct!
Lost!: At the end of class, we had a little fun with a scenario inspired by "Lord of the Flies" and the TV series "Lost." I asked everyone to get into small groups and then passed out one of these papers to each group, which contain the scenario and questions for the group to answer:
We will continue with this next class and talk about the different group proposals, before moving on to our next unit. Please be ready for the quiz! See you next class!
Oligarchy?
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Correct! Thanks for reading the blog! :-)
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