Today we started the Country Profile Project, which is about countries around the world. You cannot pick the United States, but here is a symbol of our country: the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.! I took this picture during Spring Break in 2010.
Today was the start of a really big assignment: the research project at all freshmen need to do at Westview (most sophomores will, as well). Here's what happened in class:
Learning Targets:
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Research LT 1: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
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.
Soundtrack: "At the Beginning" from Anastasia. Selected for today because of the movie's connection to the Russian Revolution, and our work starting on the Country Profile Project. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 3/21/18:
News Brief - Ree
The Country Profile Project
Current Event
Work Time
Current Event
Work Time
Homework: Read the blog! Look at the CPP Calendar. Continue your Current Event research and writing! Haddie has the next news brief.
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News Brief: Ree had the news brief today and selected this article to talk about: CNN.com - Priest publicly wishes for Pope's quick death because of his views on immigration and Islam. We found Poland in the world map packet and noted we did a story about it, as we talked about what it was about.
We checked in about what people were up to outside of class, before moving on.
Haddie was selected for 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):
The Country Profile Project: Alert, alert! This is the start of a massive assignment that you have the opportunity to earn college credit for. Here is what I passed out in class today (or had students go through on Google Classroom with me):
We checked in about what people were up to outside of class, before moving on.
Haddie was selected for 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):
The Country Profile Project: Alert, alert! This is the start of a massive assignment that you have the opportunity to earn college credit for. Here is what I passed out in class today (or had students go through on Google Classroom with me):
1) The overview of the assignment with each part/step laid out (this corresponds to the calendar):
We went through both of these thoroughly (at least 20 minutes) in class. Basically, the assignment consists of multiple parts that will be due throughout the next month.
In class, I asked students to research possible countries from this list and come up with a Top 5, before we selected in class. Here are the possible countries to choose from and student selections:
2) Instructions for how students will be able to complete the dual credit requirements for the college credit through Willamette Promise (which most students are registered for at this point):
3) The calendar for what we will be working on for the next month (at least, this is what I THINK we will be following - having never taught this particular version of the research project, it is possible things could change):
In class, I asked students to research possible countries from this list and come up with a Top 5, before we selected in class. Here are the possible countries to choose from and student selections:
As I was saying in class: if you want to do well on this project (and you should, considering it is one of the biggest assignments of the entire year), you will probably have to be working on it at home, as well as working very hard in class on it.
Current Event: Today's assignment was to start working on finding a current event from your chosen country, after we selected them in class.
Here is the overview for the Current Event portion of the assignment (about 25% of the value of the assignment when it is graded for college credit):
We talked in class about identifying important information, analyzing the information, and evaluating the source (which we recently did in class with the OPVL activity). Here is a template for students to be using in writing notes on their current event:
Finally, here are two teacher examples of completed Current Events, so students can see what the final product should look something like:
Work Time: For the rest of class, we worked in class using Chromebooks to start researching our countries and choosing a current event to begin analysis.
Please let me know if you have questions, comments, or concerns! I would be happy to help you begin this project. I am confident that all of you will do well on this! We will continue working on this as we approach Spring Break - the Current Event will be due after the break.
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