Friday Feb 27th Day 32

Rally Schedule Special Bell Schedule Day

We will continue with what we started Wed/Thursday. This is a short period where you should continue to annotate the Guns Germs and Steel article and write the new headlines as well as answer the 3 questions.  - Guns Germs and Steel

In addition, I will be checking your assignment sheet spreadsheet as the grading period ends today. You should check to be sure your spreadsheet agrees with the on-line posted grades I have for you.

Objective: Students will be able to hypothesize about why some countries have accumulated great riches over time while other remained historically poor and share these ideas with classmates in small and large group discussions. In addition, Discuss what they have learned by providing specific reasons, facts, and examples from the film and their notes.

Rationale: Students need to gain a better understanding of the factors that led some civilizations to develop the power to dominate and control other cultures.

Evidence: By summarizing Jared Diamonds theory on why some cultures dominated the world, students will evaluate his theory against other ideas regarding imperialism.

Wednesday and Thursday Feb 25th and 26th, Days 30 & 31

Imperialism

Guns Germs & Steel

Objective: Students will be able to hypothesize about why some countries have accumulated great riches over time while other remained historically poor and share these ideas with classmates in small and large group discussions. In addition, Discuss what they have learned by providing specific reasons, facts, and examples from the film and their notes.

Rationale: Students need to gain a better understanding of the factors that led some civilizations to develop the power to dominate and control other cultures.

Evidence: By summarizing Jared Diamonds theory on why some cultures dominated the world, students will evaluate his theory against other ideas regarding imperialism.

In preparation for the reading annotation activity, we will go over a new process called Skimming and Scanning.

Skimming and Scanning

Headline Example

The Prologue below is taken from Jared Diamonds Book Guns Germs & Steel. Make a copy of the article and place it in a new folder titled Imperialism.

Guns Germs and Steel


Example

Monday & Tuesday Feb 23rd and 24th Days 28 & 29

Start of Imperialism Unit

We will use today and tomorrow as a Mapping and Current Event Monday seeing this Friday is a Rally schedule.

For Monday and Tuesday, use the Block time to work on Current Events. The Mapping portion of the will be on Europe, so make sure one of your current events is from Europe.

The Political and Physical Maps (of Europe) you will use for the Mapping portion are located
here - Maps and List of Political and Physical items

I have also included some resources that may be helpful in filling-in the Political and Physical Maps.
Europe Political Atlas
Europe Political Atlas version 2
Europe Physical Atlas
Europe Physical (and Political) big map

Make sure you review the directions on how to label the maps - Map Labeling Directions

Mapping/Current Event Monday

This current event assignment will be titled Current Event 5 (week #5) - It will be due one week from today on March 2nd. (P3_LastName_CurrentEvent5)

Objective: Each student will be able to identify a current event story, summarize its key components into a summary paragraph, as well as plotting the location of the story on a map of the country in which it occurred.

Rationale: Students need to gain a better understanding of events occurring around the world and where those places are located.

Evidence: By summarizing a story and plotting it on a map, students will show evidence of a global perspective on events affecting the world beyond their immediate surrounding.

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Thursday & Friday Feb 12th & 13th Days 26 & 27

POPULATION Test Day

DUE: China One Child Policy Packet (Pro/Con, Article #1, Article #2, Primary Docs A-G)
P2_LastName_OneChild 

Part 2 of the Block

Objective: Given access to a web connected Chromebook, students will be able to download Pixlr Editor and add it to their Drive Acct

Rationale: Students need to use an image editing tool for future projects

Evidence: By downloading the app and using it to edit an image students will be able to show evidence that the tool will have a practical use in class.

Closure: At the end of the period, students should be able to demonstrate the use of One tool.

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Tues & Wed Feb 10th and 11th Days 24 & 25

USA Political and Physical Test Day

DUE: Turn-in your USA Political Map and Physical Maps

Part 2 of the Block

Objective: Given access to a web connected Chromebook, students will be able to play a Kahoot.it game generated by the teacher as a review of the population unit test to be administered during the next class block

Rationale: Students need to review the material presented in class in a fun competitive manner so they can measure their current understanding of population material.

Evidence: By attempting to answer the Kahoot.it questions, students will see where they currently stand as far as their knowledge of population material.

Closure: At the end of the game, students will reflect on the areas they felt confident in their knowledge and areas they need to review prior to the test.

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China One Child Section

Due Thursday/Friday: Pro/Con Chart, Article #1, Article #2, Primary Docs A-G
P2_LastName_OneChild

Monday Feb 9th Day 23

Today is Mapping Monday

Due: Today 

Current Events assignments (1 USA story, 1 International Story)

P0_LastName_CurrentEvents4 (the 4 = week #4)

Due: Today 
Infrographic Electronic version

P0_LastName_Infographic

Due Tuesday/Wed

USA Maps Both Political and Physical labeled and colored

Today's Assignments

This includes 2 (current event) stories.

1- needs to be within the USA and 1 needs to be international.

Objective: Each student will be able to identify a current event story, summarize its key components into a summary paragraph, as well as plotting the location of the story on a map of the country in which it occurred.

Rationale: Students need to gain a better understanding of events occurring around the world and where those places are located.

Evidence: By summarizing a story and plotting it on a map, students will show evidence of a global perspective on events affecting the world beyond their immediate surrounding.

Continuation from Last Week

After the video students will then access the One Child Policy Essay and Questions. These questions can be discussed at your table. China One Policy Intro Essay & Questions - Intro Article regarding One Child Policy

Students will split up responsibilities at their table with each student being assigned a separate DBQ document. Each document has a reading and questions. Each student will be responsible for their assigned documents and questions. When finished each table should share their findings and discuss the main theme of the document.

Doc A

Doc B

Doc C

Doc D

Doc E

Doc F

Doc G

The last step is to read and answer the last "summary" article regarding the One Child Policy - Part 2 Article & Q's

All assignments will be turned-in as one "Shared Doc" when we are finished.

P2_LastName_OneChild

Thursday Friday Feb 5th & 6th Days 21 & 22

China's One Child Policy (Day 2)

Objective: Given access to several primary source materials dealing with the various components effecting the One Child Policy in China, students will be able to explain with supporting detail their opinion on if the policy was a good idea or a bad idea, using a chart to identify the various strengths and weaknesses of the system.

Rationale: Overpopulation is a very real issue effecting the world today, and will become a bigger issue for countries if they are unable to support their population. China faced this real problem in the 1980's, and students should understand the decision china took and the consequences (both good and bad) for those decisions.

Evidence: By arguing through evidence that the One Child Policy was good or bad, the student will demonstrate their understanding of the various factors which went into the Policy and the effects of its implementation.

The below assignments will be due During the Next class block (Thursday/Friday). The block Thursday and Friday will be dedicated to completing the Digital version of the Infographic.

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Procedure:

We will finish the Video and proceed with the other assignments (below) students will also be given time in class to work on their Infographic.

INFOGRAPHIC (Digital Version) is Postponed until Monday (end of Period)

Step 2:
The next step in the process is to watch the short Video on the One Child Policy
One Child Policy Video -  DTM and the One Child Policy
When watching this video, student will be required to take notes regarding the details of the Policy. Within the video the narrator shows several presentation slides with information each student should copy down in their Population notes.

Step 3:
After the video students will then access the One Child Policy Essay and Questions. These questions can be discussed at your table. China One Policy Intro Essay & Questions - Intro Article regarding One Child Policy

Step 4: Students will split up responsibilities at their table with each student being assigned a separate DBQ document. Each document has a reading and questions. Each student will be responsible for their assigned documents and questions. When finished each table should share their findings and discuss the main theme of the document.
Doc A
Doc B
Doc C
Doc D
Doc E
Doc F
Doc G

Step 5: Once this is completed, students will group the document based on a common theme into sections of the chart  - Grouping Chart - Grouping Chart. This activity will allow students to group similar ideas addressing the One Child Policy.

Step 6: The last step is to read and answer the last "summary" article regarding the One Child Policy - Part 2 Article & Q's


All assignments will be turned-in as one "Shared Doc" when we are finished.
P2_LastName_OneChild

Tuesday & Wednesday Feb 3rd & 4th Days 19 & 20

Population Control

 Due Today: The first section of the Block you will read and answer the questions to this introduction article regarding limiting population -

Should we limit population Article and Questions - Article & Questions

Once you have finished the above article, we will start the China One Child Policy Section.

China's One Child Policy

Objective: Given access to several primary source materials dealing with the various components effecting the One Child Policy in China, students will be able to explain with supporting detail their opinion on if the policy was a good idea or a bad idea, using a chart to identify the various strengths and weaknesses of the system.

Rationale: Overpopulation is a very real issue effecting the world today, and will become a bigger issue for countries if they are unable to support their population. China faced this real problem in the 1980's, and students should understand the decision china took and the consequences (both good and bad) for those decisions.

Evidence: By arguing through evidence that the One Child Policy was good or bad, the student will demonstrate their understanding of the various factors which went into the Policy and the effects of its implementation.

The below assignments will be due During the Next class block (Thursday/Friday). The block Thursday and Friday will be dedicated to completing the Digital version of the Infographic.

________________________________________________________________________

Procedure:

Step 1:
We will start with the intro chart. each table (4 people) will collectively answer the chart with their opinions as to the Pro/Con of each category on the chart as it relates to  the One-Child Policy.
China One Child Policy Introduction Chart - Intro Chart Assignment

One  the chart has been filled-in, tables will share-out their answers and compare to the rest of the class.

Step 2:
The next step in the process is to watch the short Video on the One Child Policy
One Child Policy Video -  DTM and the One Child Policy
When watching this video, student will be required to take notes regarding the details of the Policy. Within the video the narrator shows several presentation slides with information each student should copy down in their Population notes.

Step 3:
After the video students will then access the One Child Policy Essay and Questions. These questions can be discussed at your table. China One Policy Intro Essay & Questions - Intro Article regarding One Child Policy

Step 4: Students will split up responsibilities at their table with each student being assigned a separate DBQ document. Each document has a reading and questions. Each student will be responsible for their assigned documents and questions. When finished each table should share their findings and discuss the main theme of the document.
Doc A
Doc B
Doc C
Doc D
Doc E
Doc F
Doc G

Step 5: Once this is completed, students will group the document based on a common theme into sections of the chart  - Grouping Chart - Grouping Chart. This activity will allow students to group similar ideas addressing the One Child Policy.

Step 6: The last step is to read and answer the last "summary" article regarding the One Child Policy - Part 2 Article & Q's


All assignments will be turned-in as one "Shared Doc" when we are finished.
P2_LastName_OneChild

Monday Feb 2nd, Day 18

Today is Mapping Monday

Due: 
Current Events assignments (1 USA story, 1 International Story)
P0_LastName_CurrentEvents3
Look in your Google Classroom act to get the assignment

Due Thursday/Friday:
Should we limit population article and Questions - Article & Questions

Today's Assignments

This includes 2 (current event) stories.
1- needs to be within the USA and 1 needs to be international.

Objective: Each student will be able to identify a current event story, summarize its key components into a summary paragraph, as well as plotting the location of the story on a map of the country in which it occurred.

Rationale: Students need to gain a better understanding of events occurring around the world and where those places are located.

Evidence: By summarizing a story and plotting it on a map, students will show evidence of a global perspective on events affecting the world beyond their immediate surrounding.