OBJECTIVE: After watching the documentary Guns Germs and Steel, students will be able to identify the various factors which led western European countries to flourish and dominate the rest of the world
RATIONALE: Students need to understand the factors (environmentally and animal availability) which allowed for certain cultures to develop dominance, and realize that it was based on chance (where you lived and what crops and animals were present) which led to domination, and not race religion or ethnicity.
EVIDENCE: By listing and understanding the factors, students will demonstrate an enlightened knowledge about race, ethnicity, culture, ingenuity, and luck.
Journal Entry -$15 minimum wage VS the rights of business owners to set their wage.
After reading the two articles below, answer in defense or opposition to setting a minimum wage.
1st - read the article addressing this issue - Calif Wage
2nd read the counter argument - Min Wage is bad
Lets Watch Elizabeth Warren (Senator from Massachusetts) Video here
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Correct the Population Test, then correct the Latin America Mapping Test
Once that is finished we will start on Guns Germs and Steel reading -Prologue here
You assignment is to do skimming and scanning of the prologue. You will be asked to write a Heading for each section based on the content of the paragraphs in that section. Read the material and create a headline/heading that would summarize its main point. Secondly, you will be asked to underline the key points in each paragraph, that contain the paragraphs key point(s)
Here is the Book
Guns Germs and Steel - Questions for Episode #1
Once that is finished we will start on Guns Germs and Steel reading -Prologue here
You assignment is to do skimming and scanning of the prologue. You will be asked to write a Heading for each section based on the content of the paragraphs in that section. Read the material and create a headline/heading that would summarize its main point. Secondly, you will be asked to underline the key points in each paragraph, that contain the paragraphs key point(s)
Here is the Book
Guns Germs and Steel - Questions for Episode #1
