Prayer flags in Kathmandu, Nepal - a region very similar to Leh and Ladakh! Photo taken in 2015.
We continued preparing for the semester final today in class! Plenty to go through. 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 1/25/18:
News Brief – Logan
Modern Ladakh
Reading Analysis
Finals Prep
Homework: Read the blog. Continue preparing for your finals! Next news brief: Naomi.Finals Prep
News Brief: Logan selected an article about this story for the news brief today: DailyPost.ng - POLITICSObasanjo’s statement on Buhari: APGA blasts former president. We found Nigeria in our world map packet and talked about this story for a bit, as well as a little bit about the geography regarding religion in the country, which is the most populated in Africa.
Naomi 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):
Modern Ladakh: Next, we continues with the final unit of the semester. Here is the reading packet I passed out in class on Tuesday. Students were taking notes today on the second (pages 4-6) section, about modern Ladakh:
We watched the second part of this famous documentary, looking at traditional Ladakh (starting at about 24:45 in and finishing the rest of the video). Students are analyzing how the region has changed, and how geography, culture, and structures of power play a role in the society since the modernization of Ladakh.
This is an old documentary, for sure (I remember watching it when I was in high school), and also so good at going over the themes we have been talking about all semester. Thanks for your hard work here!
Reading Analysis: As with last class, students had plenty of time at the end of class to be reading through the handout about traditional and modern Ladakh, writing notes on the learning targets, and getting prepared to write for the final next week.
Finals Prep: At the end of class, we did an activity that focused on preparing for your first finals of high school. Here is the worksheet we went through and discussed:
As a heads up, the top of the worksheet is incorrect - Friday is your Period 7 final and Monday is Period 8. Here is the actual schedule for finals this year:
Next class, we will have as a study period, because I do not want to introduce new content before finals. See you then!
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