Tuesday and Wednesday Sept 17th and 18th Days 24 & 25

Day 3 of the Fairy Tale Project - 

Objective: Given access to a fully functioning Chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to apply the 5 themes of geography to rewrite a classic Fairy Tale and have it occur in a completely different culture from the original

Rationale: Understanding how the 5 themes affect different locations and therefore would affect how stories are told in those locations allows students to see the world from a different perspective.

Evidence: Building the Fairy Tale to accurately reflect the new location will demonstrate evidenc tha the student undeetands the 5 themes of geography
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You will be paired with another student, you will collectively decide on a Fairy Tale as well as a new location in which to depict the story.

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Today should be spent finishing your project and submitting to the Google Classroom Folder

Mapping Unit

The next unit we will be starting is the Mapping Unit - for those of you who finish early you can start the "Early Map Making article and questions" go to Google Classroom to get the materials

Monday Sept 16th Day 23

Current Events/Mapping Monday's

Volunteers for Current Events #7 & #8

Objective: Given access to a Chromebook, students will be able to access Google MyMaps App and a Google Drive based Current Events Template from the class Blog. Using the MyMaps app and the template, students will be able to look-up current events and summarize their selected story on the template. In addition, students will be able to use the MyMaps app to plot the location of these current event stories. 

Rationale: Students need to utilize the tools taught to them to ensure the learning becomes a part of their skill set. In addition, students need to become geographical aware of the world around them.

Evidence: Filling-in the Current Events template as well as using MyMaps to plot the location of the stories, will demonstrate that students have acquired the basic skills of fulfilling the  assignment.

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Thursday & Friday Sept 12th and 13th Days 21 & 22

Day 2 of the Fairy Tale Project - 

Objective: Given access to a fully functioning Chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to apply the 5 themes of geography to rewrite a classic Fairy Tale and have it occur in a completely different culture from the original

Rationale: Understanding how the 5 themes affect different locations and therefore would affect how stories are told in those locations allows students to see the world from a different perspective.

Evidence: Building the Fairy Tale to accurately reflect the new location will demonstrate evidenc tha the student undeetands the 5 themes of geography
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You will be paired with another student, you will collectively decide on a Fairy Tale as well as a new location in which to depict the story.

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Today should be spent on the rewrite and basic foundational steps in building the final product 

( Rewrite Directions )  ( example )


Make a Key for your rewrite, select a color for each Theme, put the story in a table in a doc (2 Columns, 1 Row). Place all the updates in the right column (see below for example)

Culture Grams Page from the class blog is where you can get a valuable resource to find the replacement items (the ones you fill-in on the questionnaire) for your story.

Tuesday and Wednesday Sept 10 & 11th Days 19 & 20

Day 1 of the Fairy Tale Project - 

Objective: Given access to a fully functioning Chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to apply the 5 themes of geography to rewrite a classic Fairy Tale and have it occur in a completely different culture from the original

Rationale: Understanding how the 5 themes affect different locations and therefore would affect how stories are told in those locations allows students to see the world from a different perspective.

Evidence: Building the Fairy Tale to accurately reflect the new location will demonstrate evidenc tha the student undeetands the 5 themes of geography
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You will be paired with another student, you will collectively decide on a Fairy Tale as well as a new location in which to depict the story.

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5 Themes Fairy Tale Project ( Overview)
 ( Questionnaire Sheet ),  ( Rewrite Directions )  ( example )


Make a Key for your rewrite, select a color for each Theme, put the story in a table in a doc (2 Columns, 1 Row). Place all the updates in the right column (see below for example)

Culture Grams Page from the class blog is where you can get a valuable resource to find the replacement items (the ones you fill-in on the questionnaire) for your story.

Monday Sept 9th Day 18

Current Events/Mapping Monday's

Volunteers for Current Events #5 & #6

Objective: Given access to a Chromebook, students will be able to access Google MyMaps App and a Google Drive based Current Events Template from the class Blog. Using the MyMaps app and the template, students will be able to look-up current events and summarize their selected story on the template. In addition, students will be able to use the MyMaps app to plot the location of these current event stories. 

Rationale: Students need to utilize the tools taught to them to ensure the learning becomes a part of their skill set. In addition, students need to become geographical aware of the world around them.

Evidence: Filling-in the Current Events template as well as using MyMaps to plot the location of the stories, will demonstrate that students have acquired the basic skills of fulfilling the  assignment.

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Thursday and Friday Sept 5th and 6th Days 16 & 17

5 themes Projet

Today well will continue to work on your 5 themes project and uplaod it by the end of the block

5 themes presentation

5 Themes Project Directions

Tuesday and Wednesday Sept 3rd and 4th Days 14 & 15

Hope you enjoyed your Labor Day Holiday

Today well will start the 5 Themes of Geography presentation. Once that is finished you will have the remainder of the block to work on your project

5 themes presentation

Design Principles

5 Themes Project Directions

Friday Aug 30th day 13

5 Themes of Geography Start

Step 1 we will build the test form for the 5 themes test this week.

We will assign you your groups for the 5 themes project.
Here's what you should decide on today:
1. Which student is doing which theme fo the project.
2. Decide on a style guide for the project. (What colors shapes, text style, and size, etc will be used for th project.
See below two resources, including the directions page

Design Principles

5 Themes Project Directions

Wednesday & Thursday Aug 28th & 29th Days 11 & 12

Google Slides/5 Themes of Geography

A great video of the features of Google drive presentation can be seen by following this link ( Presentation tool in Drive) (it may be a little dated)

(this is not an assignment, just a resource if you are interested in getting more info)

A great video that explains the important design principles in making a presentation. There are additional directions to this video that explain certain features that are advanced, so pay close attention to this first few minutes and the ending summary ( design principles )

5 Themes of Geography Presentation (this will be used to build your 5 themes Project, AND is what your first test will cover)

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT -
Textbook Page 42 Q's 1-6

5 Themes presentation
5 Themes Project

Monday and Tuesday Aug 26th & 27th Days 9 & 10

Current Events - 

We will conduct our 1st Current Event activity of the year

Google Slides Introduction -

Google Slides/Grit

The next tool you will be introduced to is Google Slides. 1st I will demonstrate the various tools within Slides, then we will have you build a sample slide using the various tools available.

challenge slide for Google Slides (after slides demo)

Growth Mindset and Grit

Once that is finished we will watch a short video from Angela Duckworth

Video about Grit -Grit vid

Video Open Mindset - (vid)

Start the 5 Themes Project

5 Themes Of Geography - Chapter 1 Section #1 Pages 35-42, Answer Questions #1-6 on Page 42

Intro to 5 Themes Project

Thursday & Friday Aug 22nd & 23rd Days 7 & 8

"4 Paragraphs about me" share-out

Skills Objective: 

*Each student will be able to access their drive, open a new Doc, and share their work with a classmate.

*Each student will be able to use the commenting/sharing tool within Google Docs to provide commentary on their classmate's story.

5 Themes Of Geography - Chapter 1 Section #1 Pages 35-42, Answer Questions #1-6 on Page 42

Current Events - 

The class will fill in the 1st Current Event story of the year together (using a current event story of your selection). Secondly, we will use Google MyMaps to record the location of your 1st Current Event stories.

CURRENT EVENTS #1 & #2 WILL BE DUE BY THIS SUNDAY NIGHT BY 11:59 PM

On Monday's (of next week) we will have our 1st Current Event Monday.  The stories should be "news-worthy" meaning it's not something that would only be shown on TMZ or a gossip magazine/website.

Current Event Template

Rally Schedule Next Week

(for Monday and Tuesday of next week)

Google Slides Introduction -

Google Slides/Grit

The next tool you will be introduced to is Google Slides. 1st I will demonstrate the various tools within Slides, then we will have you build a sample slide using the various tools available.

challenge slide for Google Slides (after slides demo)

Growth Mindset and Grit

Each student will take the Grit "test" to see where they place along the grit scale.

Grit Worksheet - ( grit worksheet )

Once that is finished we will watch a short video from Angela Duckworth

Video about Grit -Grit vid

Video Open Mindset - (vid)

Grit Reflection Form

Start the 5 Themes Project

Tuesday & Wed Aug 20th & 21st days 5 & 6

Let's find out about you....

4 Paragraphs about me assignment

Monday Aug 19th Day 4

Textbook check-out 

Assignment sheet set-up... here is the formula for auto-grade display (place this formula in the 1st cell of the Grade column. Once in place copy it down the length of the sheet to include all assignments)

=index({0,"F";60,"D-";64,"D";67,"D+";70,"C-";74,"C";77,"C+";80,"B-";84,"B";87,"B+";90,"A-";94,"A";97,"A+"},match(G2*100,index({0,"F";60,"D-";64,"D";67,"D+";70,"C-";74,"C";77,"C+";80,"B-";84,"B";87,"B";90,"A-";94,"A";97,"A+"},0,1)),2)

Let's find out about you....

4 Paragraphs about me assignment

Thursday and Friday Aug 15th & 16th Days 2 & 3

Course Syllabus -

Here is the form that includes a copy of the class syllabus as well as your acknowledgment to its expectations. Please read the syllabus carefully and fill-in the form with the appropriate information.

This form should be completed by both you and ( at least ) one of your parent(s) and or guardian(s).

Syllabus and Google Form

World Cultures 1,2

This is the Classroom Blog - you will log-in to this site each day when you arrive. http://gilliswc.blogspot.com/

(Monday’s ) - these are shorter days the bell schedule changes on Monday’s. Monday’s are known as Mapping and Current Event Monday’s. Each Monday you will search and write a summary about two current events. There is a  Current Events Template that you will use to write-up your current event story.

In addition, you will establish a MyMaps (from mymaps.google.com) world map to place the location of your current event.

Finish Intro presentation - 

Chromebook process of checkout and check-in
Chromebook/SJUSD  login

Step 1. Join Google Classroom
Step 2. organize your Drive and set it up for the semester

Setting up file structure for your sjusd acct - File Structure

Assignment sheet set-up... here is the formula for auto-grade display (place this formula in the 1st cell of the Grade column. Once in place copy it down the length of the sheet to include all assignments)

=index({0,"F";60,"D-";64,"D";67,"D+";70,"C-";74,"C";77,"C+";80,"B-";84,"B";87,"B+";90,"A-";94,"A";97,"A+"},match(G2*100,index({0,"F";60,"D-";64,"D";67,"D+";70,"C-";74,"C";77,"C+";80,"B-";84,"B";87,"B";90,"A-";94,"A";97,"A+"},0,1)),2)

4 Paragraphs about me assignment - Link (start Monday if we don't get to it in class)

Wednesday Aug 14th Day 1

Course Syllabus -

Here is the form that includes a copy of the class syllabus as well as your acknowledgment to its expectations. Please read the syllabus carefully and fill-in the form with the appropriate information.

This form should be completed by both you and ( at least ) one of your parent(s) and or guardian(s).

Syllabus and Google Form

World Cultures 1,2

This is the Classroom Blog - you will log-in to this site each day when you arrive. http://gilliswc.blogspot.com/

(Monday’s ) - these are shorter days the bell schedule changes on Monday’s. Monday’s are known as Mapping and Current Event Monday’s. Each Monday you will search and write a summary about two current events. There is a  Current Events Template that you will use to write-up your current event story.

In addition, you will establish a MyMaps (from mymaps.google.com) world map to place the location of your current event.

(Tuesday's-Friday's) These are block days. After your table group has retrieved the chromebooks, logon toyour sjusd acct, and go to the class blog for daily activities/assignments/etc

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Today we will get temporary seating assignments, go over the course syllabus, classroom expectations, procedures, etc, etc.

Each day students will go to the chromecart as a table group. Each student is assigned a Chromebook based on your seat number.

Students will never get their chromecart when they enter the room, it will always be as a table group

You will log-in and access the class blog - SJUSD student log-in

We will also be using Google Classroom for assignment submission (if the assignment is electronic in nature) On the class blog are the class codes for Google Classroom.

My contact: sgillis@sjusd.org

Summer Break ending school starting

Yes, that day is approaching...

Monday June 3rd - Thursday June 6th

FINALS WEEK

Per 1 - 7:55 - 9:55 - 

Per 2 - 10:11 - 12:11 - 

Wednesday: 

Per 3 - 7:55 - 9:55

Per 4 - 10:11 - 12:11 - 

Thursday: 

Per 5 - 7:55 - 9:55

Per 6 - 10:11 - 12:11- Period 6 FINAL