Monday Dec 12th Day 75

Assignments due Today 

 Current Events 25 & 26, Etiquette/Travel Brochure/World Current Event map 

Assignments due Tuesday-Friday

 Nothing due, work on Cultural Collage - Goal  is to have all collages submitted by Thursday Night

Total Points 1238
1238 - 1108 = A
1107 - 984 = B
983 - 860 = C
859 - 736 = D
736 and Below = Not Passing
96% = 1182

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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Culture Collage days 1-3

Objective(s):

Given a chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to build a culture collage poster representing 10 of 13 different culture categories with the use of images acquired through the web.

Rationale: Understanding the various aspects that make-up cultural uniqueness is essential to understanding one's historical cultural identify

Evidence: Being able to identify and explain the various traditional cultural artifacts that represent a culture will bring students a better understanding of their heritage.

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Today's schedule- Monday

Part 1 - Upload Current Events #24 & #25

Part 2 - Upload MyMaps Current Event Map

Part 3  -Upload Etiquette and Travel Brochure

Part 4  -Cultural Collage Directions        Cultural Fandango Directions
Cultural Collage and Fandango project