Wednesday October 31, 2018 & Thursday November 1, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will know and understand the physical and human geography of Europe.

World Issues Projects: You will have 15 minutes to work on your world issues projects.

Europe Geography: Take 10minutes to use these two links to learn about the physical geography of Europe... Link 1 

Link 2

Human/Environment Interaction Papers: For the remainder of class you will be working to finish up your summative papers. Here is the rubric.

Monday October 29, 2018 & Tuesday October 30, 2018

Learning Target: Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. Students will know and understand the physical and human geography of Europe.

Circle: What is your favorite memory that involves snow?

World Issues Projects: You will have 15 minutes to work on your world issues projects.

Make a List: I want to know what you know about Europe. Take 5 minutes to create a list of everything you know about this continent. This may include countries, tourist attractions, physical features, current issues facing the region, historical information, and anything else you can think of.

Europe Geography: Use these two links to learn about the physical geography of Europe... Link 1 

Link 2

Human/Environment Interaction Papers: For the remainder of class you will be working to finish up your summative papers.

Thursday October 26, 2018 & Friday October 27,2018

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What would your ideal vacation look like?

Summative Country Paper: You will be working on your summative paper today in class. Here is the rubric.

Tuesday October 23, 2018 & Wednesday October 24, 2018

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What was your favorite Disney movie as a kid?

World Issues Projects: This is the beginning of Quarter 2, which means it's time to start our new projects. We will be going over the rubric quickly to make sure we are all on the same page. We will then take 15 minutes to make sure you have a topic you really want to research.

Sox in 4: We will be looking at a sample claim, evidence, warrant paragraph. 
Step 1: 5 minutes to color code the paragraph individually
Step 2: 5 minutes to discuss in groups the color coding. Can you come to an agreement on how it should be coded? Each group will report out.
Step 3: 2 minutes to individually look through and spot sentences that are unnecessary.
Step 4: 2 minutes as a group to agree on sentences that aren't necessary. Groups report out.

Thesis vs Claim: The Thesis is what your whole paper is trying to prove. You then have supporting Claims that back up the Thesis. Make sure that you all have a thesis stated in the introductory paragraph as well as supporting claims to start each paragraph.

Edit Work Time: The rest of class is yours to work on edits for your papers. If you finish early, work on your World Issues Projects.

Exit Ticket: What do you know about Europe? What countries are there? What issues is Europe facing currently? Do you know anything about the history of Europe or any of the countries within it?

Thursday October 18, 2018

Green

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: When was a time that you discovered someone was different from the negative assumptions you first made about that person?

World Issues Project: You will be presenting your world issues projects in your groups.

Summative Country Paper: You will be working on your summative paper today in class. Here is the rubric.

Tuesday October 16, 2018

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: If you were reborn, would you rather be born in the past or the future?

World Issues Project: You will be working on your world issues projects for 15 minutes. The rubric for these is posted under Class Links.

Class Activity: We will be going over claim, evidence, and warrant.

Summative Country Paper: You will be starting your summative paper today in class. Here is the rubric.

Presentations for World Issue Project Thursday!!!

Monday, October 15, 2018

Gold

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: Would you rather have a horrible job, but be able to retire comfortably in 15 years or have your dream job, but have to work until retirement age?

World Issues Project: You will be presenting your world issues projects in your groups.

Summative Country Paper: You will be working on your summative paper today in class. Here is the rubric.

Friday October 12, 2018

Green 

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What is one highlight from this week?

World Issues Project: You will be working on your world issues projects for 30 minutes. The rubric for these is posted under Class Links.

Class Activity: We will be going over claim, evidence, and warrant.

Summative Country Paper: You will be starting your summative paper today in class. Here is the rubric.

Thursday October 11, 2018

Gold Day

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What is your biggest pet peeve?

States Practice: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003 

World Issues Project: You will be working on your world issues projects until they are completed.

Summative Country Paper: You will be working on your summative paper today in class. Here is the rubric.

State Quiz Next Class!!!

Tuesday October 9, 2018

Gold Day

 Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: What is one thing that you are excited about for this week?

World Issues Project: You will be working on your world issues projects for 15 minutes. The rubric for these is posted under Class Links.

Class Activity: We will be going over claim, evidence, and warrant.

Summative Country Paper: You will be starting your summative paper today in class. Here is the rubric.

Wednesday October 3, 2018 & Thursday October 4, 2018

Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.


Circle: What is one thing you would not want to change about your life?

World Issues Project: You will be working on your world issues projects for 15 minutes. The rubric for these is posted under Class Links.

Group Country Presentations: You will have 20 minutes working in your groups to finish up your presentations. If you have finished your slides, this would be a good opportunity for you to practice.

Open Work Time: The rest of the period is yours to work. If you have not completed the 9/11 paragraphs, this is a must for you during this time. Otherwise, you can be working on your world issues project OR can be studying for the states quiz that will be coming up. This is a good link for you to use. I also have printed off maps you could use to study as well.

Monday October 1, 2018 & Tuesday October 2, 2018

Today's Learning Target: Students will be able to locate people, places, and things throughout the world. Students will understand how humans impact the environment and vice versa. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues.

Circle: If you were to live in one state for the rest of your life, and you couldn't leave that state, which one would you pick?

Anchor Activity: You will have ten minutes to work on your world issues projects.

Five Themes Summative Project: You will be working in your groups to complete the five themes summative project. The final product will be a slide show, with at least one slide per theme. Here is the product descriptor for this assignment. Please make sure to answer ALL questions on the product descriptor. You should be using pictures and maps in your slideshows. The presentation should be 3-5 minutes long. Here are the expectations and the grading criteria for the project.

Homework:  Presentations next class!