Tuesday December 10, 2019 & Wednesday December 11, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know the roots and main characteristics of the most common types of government.

Circle: If you and a couple of friends could do anything you wanted for a day, what would you do?

Model Government Project: You will be working on the Model Government project in class today. The project is due before Christmas break.

Friday December 6, 2019 & Monday December 9, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know the roots and main characteristics of the most common types of government.

Circle: If you had to sing karaoke in front of the school, what song would you pick?

Government Overview: We will be doing a recap of the types of government we have been talking about.

Citizens: We will be talking about who can be a citizen, what rights citizens have, and what responsibilities citizens have in America today. https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/educators/naturalization-information

Taxes: We will be talking about who pays taxes and what forms of taxes we have in America. https://www.policygenius.com/taxes/types-of-taxes/

Military: We will be talking about what roles military's play in the world today.

America an Oligarchy?: Students will be doing their own research to figure out whether America is a Democracy or an Oligarchy. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/sep/26/america-oligarchy-dominated-billionaires-big-money-series

Exit Ticket: Which type of government do you think is most effective and why?

Wednesday December 4, 2019 & Thursday December 5, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know the roots and main characteristics of the most common types of government.

Circle: If you had to get a tattoo, where would it go and what would it be of?

Types of Government: We will be going over Democracy, Oligarchy, Monarchy, and Tyranny in class today. We will be talking about the defining characteristics of each.

Newsela Article

Pro's & Con's: Students will be working to create a list of pro's and con's for each type of government.

Governments Today: We will be researching what present day countries have each type of government.

Is America an Oligarchy: We will be reading this article in class today https://bulletin.represent.us/u-s-oligarchy-explain-research/ and having a discussion.

Exit Ticket: Which type of government do you think is most effective and why?

Monday December 2, 2019 & Tuesday December 3, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know the roots and main characteristics of the most common types of government.

Circle: What is one highlight from your Thanksgiving break? Would you rather have a job you absolutely hate, but retire at age 40, or have a job you love but not retire until 65.

Nile River Papers: I will be passing back the Nile River Mini Q Essay's and students will have an opportunity to ask questions and to revise their papers.

Types of Government: We will be going over Democracy, Oligarchy, Monarchy, and Tyranny in class today. We will be talking about the defining characteristics of each.

Is America an Oligarchy: We will be reading this article in class today https://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/is-america-an-oligarchy and having a discussion.

Exit Ticket: Which type of government do you think is most effective and why?

Monday November 25, 2019 & Tuesday November 26, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will be informed of what is happening in today's politics.

Circle: What is one thing you would really, really want in your dream house?

Questions: Students will be working individually to answer questions about the impeachment.

BBC Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjXAxzddS4o

CNN Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mics0HktrrQ

Fox News Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YuEzD0IY7w

Sondland Opening Statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDNcnlaKIhk

Sondland Questioning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnEWYilDgcg

Thursday November 21, 2019 & Friday November 22, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will be informed of what is happening in today's politics.

Circle: What is your favorite color? What is one really bad haircut your remember from your childhood?

Review: We will be reviewing how impeachments and convictions work. We will also be reviewing what President Trump did.

Sides: Students will be reading this article from CNN. Half of the students will read The Case for Impeaching Trump, while the other half will read The Case Against Impeaching Trump. Both are in this link.

Questions: Students will be working individually to answer questions about the impeachment.

Tuesday November 19, 2019 & Wednesday November 20, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will be informed of what is happening in today's politics.

Circle: What is something that you are not currently very good at that you wish you were good at.

Branches: We will be talking about the three branches and what their responsibilities are.

Impeachment: Students will be looking at this infographic to learn about the impeachment process and how it works. We will be discussing the process as a class.

Trump: Students will be reading the article I posted on Newsela to understand what the Trump impeachment case is all about. We will be discussing as a class how this case came to be. We will be talking about Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, and President Trump.

Sides: Students will be reading this article from CNN. Half of the students will read The Case for Impeaching Trump, while the other half will read The Case Against Impeaching Trump. Both are in this link.

Friday November 15, 2019 & Monday November 18, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will be learning how to read a source and look for bias.

Circle: When you were a little kid, what was your favorite thing to do on a snowday? 

Revisions: We will be talking about some common mistakes made in our writing and will be doing some peer editing.

Writing: Students will have the rest of the class period to work on their Nile River Mini Q Essays.

Wednesday November 13, 2019 & Thursday November 14, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will be learning how to read a source and look for bias.

Circle: What was one highlight from your long weekend?

Writing: Students will have the whole class period to work on their Nile River Mini Q Essays.

Thursday November 7, 2019 & Friday November 8, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will be learning how to read a source and look for bias.

Circle: Name something or someone that can always make you laugh.

Claim: We will be working together as a class to put together a list of potential claims.

Breakdown & Rubric: We will be talking about the breakdown of the paper as well as the rubric/scoring guide.

Writing: Students will start writing their essays in class today.

Tuesday November 5, 2019 & Wednesday November 6, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will be learning how to read a source and look for bias.

Circle: What do you think is the best age to be? Would you rather be able to get away with any lie you tell, or be able to detect any lie you hear?

Nile Mini Q: We will be doing Documents B, C, & D in class today. Students will be working together at their table groups to answer the questions about each document. 

Road Map Thesis: Students will be learning about what a Road Map Thesis is and how to write one.

Claims: After each document, we will be talking about potential claims we could make about how the Nile shaped Egypt.

Exit Ticket: What is one good piece of evidence you think you want to use in your paper?

Friday November 1, 2019 & Monday November 4, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will be learning how to read a source and look for bias.

Circle: What do you think is the best age to be? Would you rather be able to get away with any lie you tell, or be able to detect any lie you hear?

Nile Mini Q: We will be doing Documents B, C, & D in class today. Students will be working together at their table groups to answer the questions about each document. 

Road Map Thesis: Students will be learning about what a Road Map Thesis is and how to write one.

Claims: After each document, we will be talking about potential claims we could make about how the Nile shaped Egypt.

Exit Ticket: What is one good piece of evidence you think you want to use in your paper?

Wednesday October 30, 2019 & Thursday October 31, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will be learning how to read a source and look for bias.

Circle: What is your favorite kind of Halloween candy?

Nile Mini Q: We will be doing Documents A, B, and C in class today. Students will be working together at their table groups to answer the questions about each document. 

Claims: After each document, we will be talking about potential claims we could make about how the Nile shaped Egypt.

Exit Ticket: What is one good piece of evidence you think you want to use in your paper?

Monday October 28, 2019 & Tuesday October 29, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will be learning how to read a source and look for bias.

Circle: What is your favorite winter activity?

Nile Mini Q: We will be going through the steps of the Nile Mini Q together as a close. We will be reading the documents silently, talking about the documents in our groups, and reporting out as a whole class.

Wednesday October 23, 2019 & Friday October 25, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be able to evaluate a source using point of view and bias. Students will be to effectively write an argument using claim, evidence, warrant.

Circle: If you were a famous actor or actress, what genre of movies would you star in?

Your Enigmatic Self: Students will be writing down two or three little known facts about themselves. Each class, one table group is going to share out these facts and the rest of the class must try and guess which person the facts are for.

Football Game DBQ: Students will start by reading over the situation description and we will make sure everyone knows what the objective of this activity is. The process for then going through the documents will look like this:

-Students silently read the document as well as look at who it’s written by.

-Students discuss at their table groups what the document is telling them as well as what potential biases the author may have.

-One student from each table group will stand up and report out what their group discussed.

Writing: Students will be writing a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph arguing how great (or not so great) the catch really was. They will also be color coding the claim, evidence, and warrants in their paragraph.

Homework: Finish Football Game DBQ

Thursday October 17, 2019 & Friday October 18, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be able to evaluate a source using point of view and bias. Students will be to effectively write an argument using claim, evidence, warrant.

Circle: What was your original favorite video game?

Your Enigmatic Self: Students will be writing down two or three little known facts about themselves. Each class, one table group is going to share out these facts and the rest of the class must try and guess which person the facts are for.

Primary vs Secondary: We will be having a brief conversation about the difference between a primary and secondary source.

Bias & POV: Students will be turning and talking in their table groups about what bias and POV are, and how they relate to primary and secondary sources.

Football Game DBQ: Students will start by reading over the situation description and we will make sure everyone knows what the objective of this activity is. The process for then going through the documents will look like this:

-Students silently read the document as well as look at who it’s written by.

-Students discuss at their table groups what the document is telling them as well as what potential biases the author may have.

-One student from each table group will stand up and report out what their group discussed.

Writing: Students will be writing a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph arguing how great (or not so great) the catch really was. They will also be color coding the claim, evidence, and warrants in their paragraph.

Tuesday October 15, 2019 & Wednesday October 16, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be able to evaluate a source using point of view and bias. Students will be to effectively write an argument using claim, evidence, warrant.

Circle: What room in your house do you spend the most waking hours in?

Seating Chart: Students will be getting a new seating chart today.

Your Enigmatic Self: Students will be writing down two or three little known facts about themselves. Each class, one table group is going to share out these facts and the rest of the class must try and guess which person the facts are for.

Primary vs Secondary: We will be having a brief conversation about the difference between a primary and secondary source.

Bias & POV: Students will be turning and talking in their table groups about what bias and POV are, and how they relate to primary and secondary sources.

Football Game DBQ: Students will start by reading over the situation description and we will make sure everyone knows what the objective of this activity is. The process for then going through the documents will look like this:

-Students silently read the document as well as look at who it’s written by.

-Students discuss at their table groups what the document is telling them as well as what potential biases the author may have.

-One student from each table group will stand up and report out what their group discussed.

Writing: Students will be writing a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph arguing how great (or not so great) the catch really was. They will also be color coding the claim, evidence, and warrants in their paragraph.

Wednesday October 9, 2019 & Thursday October 10, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know and be able to apply the five themes of geography. Students will know local and global geography.

Circle: What color of clothing do you like to wear the least? Which theme of geography do you have the hardest time remember/understanding?

5 Themes Postcard: Students will have the whole class period to work on their 5 Themes Postcard projects. You were given a paper rubric last class, but here is the online version as well.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cEf6o3P3Bz9fyhdFNgCGQberMfETDmO9fU6uTawN5Z0/edit?usp=sharing

As always, if you do happen to finish the project before the class ends, you need to find something productive to do (reading a book, doing homework for another class).
If you do not finish them in class, they are due by the end of class on Wednesday for Green day students and Thursday for Gold day students.

Monday October 7, 2019 & Tuesday October 8, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know and be able to apply the five themes of geography. Students will know local and global geography.

Circle: What color of clothing do you like to wear the least? Which theme of geography do you have the hardest time remember/understanding?

5 Themes Postcard: Students will have the whole class period to work on their 5 Themes Postcard projects. You were given a paper rubric last class, but here is the online version as well.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cEf6o3P3Bz9fyhdFNgCGQberMfETDmO9fU6uTawN5Z0/edit?usp=sharing

As always, if you do happen to finish the project before the class ends, you need to find something productive to do (reading a book, doing homework for another class).
If you do not finish them in class, they are due by the end of class on Wednesday for Green day students and Thursday for Gold day students.

Thursday October 3, 2019 & Friday October 4, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know and be able to apply the five themes of geography. Students will know local and global geography.

Circle: Would you rather have a runny nose or dry eyes? Do you step up to make decisions or let decisions be made for you?

5 Themes Test Part 2: Students will be taking the test in class.

5 Themes Postcard: Students will be starting work on the 5 themes postcard. The rubric will be handed out as well as linked here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l-Qhve93SPc2vCppqfrAvffc9XSyr71kBMDM4ClAQPs/edit

Tuesday October 1, 2019 & Wednesday October 2, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know and be able to apply the five themes of geography. Students will know local and global geography.

Circle: What would your ideal vacation look like?

Kahoot: We will be playing a Kahoot as a class to prepare for the upcoming test.

Continents & Oceans: Students will be working individually to locate the 7 continents, 5 oceans, and 5 major countries on a blank map.

Specialty Maps: Students will be working in groups to identify what different specialty maps are showing, and what they can prove using the information from the maps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_income#/media/File:Countries_by_gross_median_household_income_in_Int$_(PPP).png

http://www.mapsnworld.com/temperature-and-pressure.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population#/media/File:Countries_and_Dependencies_by_Population_in_2014.svg

Study Groups: Students will be working together to study using the note cards they created.

Relative Location: Students will be working together in groups to describe states using relative location.

Exit Ticket: Which part of this test are you most unsure about/going to need to study the most for?

Friday September 27, 2019 & Monday September 30, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know and be able to apply the five themes of geography. Students will know local and global geography.

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

Continents & Oceans Game: Students will be working in teams to find the seven continents and five oceans the fastest.

5 Themes Practice Test: We will be working through the five themes practice test together as a class.

Note Cards: Students will be making note cards to prepare for the upcoming test.

Major Countries Game: Students will be working in teams to find the major countries of the world the fastest.

Monday September 23, 2019 & Tuesday September 24, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know and be able to apply the five themes of geography. Students will know local and global geography.

Circle: Who is your favorite musical artist?

5 Themes Practice Test: We will be working through the five themes practice test together as a class.

Kahoot: We will be playing a Kahoot as a class to study for the Five Themes of Geography test. 

Partner Up: Each student will grab a piece of paper with a random word on it. Their goal is to find the other person in the room with the same word. Once students are paired up, they will ask each other the question of the round. The last group to find each other has to share out each others answers.
- What is your least favorite food?
- What is your favorite genre of music?
- What is your favorite type of ice cream?
- What is your most used emoji?
- What is your favorite video game?

Exit Ticket: Which theme are you having the hardest time understanding?

Thursday September 19, 2019 & Friday September 20, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know and be able to apply the five themes of geography. Students will know local and global geography.

Circle: What is the worst injury you've ever had? 

Kahoot: https://create.kahoot.it/details/continents/14ec0c0b-f6a1-43f1-9da9-b9a2d43ca735

5 Themes Practice Test: We will be working through the five themes practice test together as a class. 

Exit Ticket: Which theme are you having the hardest time understanding?

Tuesday September 16, 2019 & Wednesday September 17, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know and be able to apply the five themes of geography. Students will know local and global geography.

Circle: What was your favorite activity to do on the playground?

Human/Environment Interaction: Students will be taking notes on the basics of Human/Environment Interaction. They will then be doing an activity where they will be asked to brainstorm a list of ways people in Maine adapt to their environment.

Terms Needing Defining: Latitude, Longitude, Equator, Prime Meridian, Hemisphere

Mapping: We will be talking about the differences between types of maps and what their uses are. Physical, Political, and Special Purpose maps will be included.

Special Purpose Maps: We will be looking at a couple of different special purpose maps to try and figure out what the map is trying to tell us.
https://maps-usa.com/united-states-population-map

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/archive/us/julavgt15.png

https://visual.ly/community/infographic/economy/median-household-income-us-county

Kahoot: https://create.kahoot.it/details/continents/14ec0c0b-f6a1-43f1-9da9-b9a2d43ca735

Friday September 13, 2019 & Monday September 16, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know and be able to apply the five themes of geography. Students will know local and global geography.

Circle: What is your favorite show to watch on TV?

Mapping Game: We will be playing a mapping competition game to learn where the major countries are in the world. 

Movement: We will be doing an introduction and note taking on Movement. We will then be doing a group activity looking at what Maine imports and exports.

Region: We will be doing an introduction and note taking on Region. We will then be doing a group activity looking at all the possible regions in Maine.

Human/Environment: We will be doing an introduction and note taking on Human/Environment Interaction. We will then be doing a group activity looking at how people in Maine interact with their environment.

Exit Ticket: What's one thing you had a hard time understanding in class today?

Wednesday September 11, 2019 & Thursday September 12, 2019

Today's Learning Target: Students will be learning about 9/11 and will understand the impact that it still has on our society today.

Circle: If you could only live in one state for the rest of your life, which one would you choose and why? What do you know or have you been told about 9/11?

9/11 Video Series: We will be watching this series of videos from the day.

9/11 Summary Video: We will be watching this summary of the day.

Seating Chart Activity: Students will be working together in groups to research and discuss the ways that 9/11 still impacts us today. This is a great article to read!

Writing: Students will be writing a paragraph arguing the 3 most important ways they think America has changed as a result of 9/11.

Movement: We will be doing an introduction and note taking on Movement. We will then be doing a class activity looking at what Maine imports and exports.

Monday September 9, 2019 & Tuesday September 10, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know and be able to apply the five themes of geography. Students will know local and global geography.

Circle: When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Mapping Competition: We will be playing the team mapping competition with the first team to ten points being the winner.

Five Themes: We will be taking notes and doing activities for the five themes of geography.

- Using Longitude and Latitude Activity

- Describing something using relative location

- Describing something using place

- Claim, evidence, warrant paragraph on Maine

- Movement introduction and notes

- What does Maine import? What does Maine export?

Exit Ticket: Try to name to seven continents and five oceans.

Thursday September 5, 2019 & Friday September 6, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to create a classroom community. Students will know and be able to apply the five themes of geography. Students will know local and global geography.

Circle: What is your favorite season and why?

Student Interviews: You will be interviewing one of your fellow classmates and then reporting out their answers. There will be two rounds, questions 1,2,3 will be asked in the first round and questions 1,4,5 will be the second round.

The questions will be:

- Whats your name?

- What town are you from?

- What's your favorite movie?

- How many pairs of shoes do you own?

- If you were a superhero, what power would you have?

Mapping the World: I will be projecting a blank world map up on the wall. We will be working together as a class to fill in the map. We will then have a class competition where students will be paired into teams and compete to find locations on the map the fastest. 

7 Continents

5 Oceans

USA

Canada

Mexico

Russia

China

India

UK

Five Themes: I will be introducing the five themes of geography. I will be explaining to the class what each of the five themes is and why it's important. Students will then work together in groups to describe Maine using the five themes of geography. They will then write a claim, evidence, warrant paragraph arguing whether Maine is or isn't a great place to live.

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are excited about for high school and what is one thing you are nervous about?

Tuesday September 3, 2019 & Wednesday September 4, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be working to build a classroom community. Students will be able to identify major landmarks on a map.

Circle: If you could have one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Learning Targets: We will be talking about what a learning target is and what impact it has on our classroom.

Birthday Lineup: Students will be attempting to lineup according to their birthdays without talking or writing. They will then attempt to lineup in alphabetical order by last names.

Mapping Pretest: Students will be working individually to complete a pretest over world, regional, and local mapping.

Tower Building: Students will be given toothpicks and marshmallows. In their small groups, students will work together to try and be the group with the tallest free standing tower after 10 minutes.

Reflection: If you had the chance to do the tower building competition again, what would you do differently and why?

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are excited about for high school and what is one thing you are nervous about?

Thursday August 29, 2019 & Friday August 30, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be learning how to build a classroom community.

Circle: Come up with an item that you would bring to a picnic. The item must start with the same letter as you first name. You will have to say the name and picnic item for the 3 people ahead of you.

Seating Chart: You will be getting your first seating chart of the year. Once everyone is situated at their table, each group member will share out their favorite pet they have every had.

Discuss & Report Out: We will be going over the procedure of discussing as a small group and then reporting out as a large group. We will be doing this a lot in class.

Classroom Rules: You will be working together in small groups to come up with a set of classroom rules. You will then be reporting out to the class. The oldest person in the group will be recording and the youngest will be reporting out.

Seating Charts: You will be working together in your groups to make a t-chart for the positives and negatives of having a seating chart. The tallest person in the group will take notes, the person with the darkest hair will report out.

Claim, Evidence Warrant: We will be clarifying together as a class what claim, evidence, warrant is.

Seating Chart Paragraph: Using the t-charts you just put together, you will have 7 minutes to write a claim, evidence warrant paragraph arguing whether or not you would use seating charts if you were a teacher.

Two Truths and a Lie: You will be playing two truths and a lie with the people at your tables.

Birthday Lineup: Without talking or writing, line yourselves up in order of your birthdays from January to December.

Exit Ticket: What is one thing you are excited about for high school and what is one thing you are nervous about?

Wednesday May 15, 2019 & Thursday May 16, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know where the 50 states are. Students will know the physical and cultural regions of the US.

Circle: What is your single favorite place to go in the summer time? What is the first book you ever remember reading?

Pre Test: You will be taking the 50 states map quiz pre test.

Online Map Quiz: https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003  Here is an online map quiz to practice.

Class Competition: We will be breaking the class into 2 or 3 groups and competing in the map quiz competition.

Infinite Campus: We will be looking at Infinite Campus and writing down any assignment we are currently missing.

World Issues/ Make-up Time: The remainder of class will be spent working on your World Issues Projects as well as any assignments you are missing.

Thursday May 2, 2019 & Friday May 3, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know the roots and the beliefs of the five major religions in our world today.

Circle: Would you rather have to hunt & gather for your own food for the rest of your life, or only be able to eat fast food for the rest of your life.

World Issues Project: Students will have 30 minutes to work on their World Issues Projects.

World Religions Brochure: We will be starting to work on our World Religions Brochures in class today. The rubric for these is on the assignment on Classroom. We will be using Venngage to create our brochures.

Due: 
Green Day: Friday May 10th
Gold Day: Monday May 13th

Tuesday April 30, 2019 & Wednesday May 1, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know the roots and the beliefs of the five major religions in our world today.

Circle: Would you rather have to hunt & gather for your own food for the rest of your life, or only be able to eat fast food for the rest of your life.

World Issues Project: Students will have 30 minutes to work on their World Issues Projects.

World Religions: We will be finishing up our World Religions chart today in class. Each student will be assigned a type of religion to research and report answers back to the class.

Different religions, same God Newsela

Wednesday April 24, 2019 & Thursday April 25, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know the roots and the beliefs of the five major religions in our world today.

Circle: Would you rather only be able to eat breakfast or dinner foods for the rest of your life? 

World Issues Project: Students will have 30 minutes to work on their World Issues Projects.

World Religions: We will start filling out the World Religions chart today in class. Each student will be assigned a type of religion to research and report answers back to the class.

Thursday April 4, 2019 & Friday April 5, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow America.

Circle: What is your go to pizza order? Would you rather only be able to eat other peoples left overs or only be able to eat burnt food.

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Apartheid vs Jim Crow Venn Diagram: You will be working in class to fill our a venn diagram with the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow.

Apartheid vs Jim Crow Paper: We will be creating potential claims for both body paragraphs together in class. You will then be writing the paper.

Tuesday April 2, 2019 & Wednesday April 3, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow America.

Circle: What is the best practical joke you've ever been a part of? If you had 1 shirt to wear for the rest of the year with one word on it, what word would it be?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Apartheid vs Jim Crow Venn Diagram: You will be working in class to fill our a venn diagram with the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow.

Apartheid vs Jim Crow Paper: We will be creating potential claims for both body paragraphs together in class. You will then be writing the paper.

Friday March 29, 2019 & Monday April 1, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow America.

Circle: When a decision has to be made, do you prefer to step up and make the decision, or do you prefer to be told what to do? What is one thing you are looking forward to this weekend?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Apartheid Research:
https://searchblackandeducation.com/stories/2017/2/5/selected-laws-from-apartheid
http://scnc.ukzn.ac.za/doc/HIST/Apartheid%20Legislation%20in%20South%20Africa.htm
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html

Jim Crow Laws:  We will be watching this short video that talks about a specific family and the way they were affected by racism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSaq5d_2TEs

Jim Crow Pictures: You will be going on Google to find pictures that show what Jim Crow laws were.

NY Times Population Maps: We will be looking at these population maps to show how housing segregation is still an issue in America today.

Comparing Apartheid and Jim Crow
Group Areas Act (1950) vs Fair Housing Act (1968)
Separate Representation of Voters Act (1951) vs Voting Rights Act 1965
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (1953) vs Plessy v Ferguson (1896)

Exit Ticket: What is one way Apartheid and Jim Crow were similar?

Wednesday March 27, 2019 & Thursday March 28, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow America.

Circle: Would you rather have a runny nose or dry eyes?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Apartheid vs Jim Crow: For the next couple of classes we will be comparing the laws and norms of Apartheid and Jim Crow to find the similarities and differences.

Apartheid Research: You will spend some time in class today in your groups putting together a list of restrictions that Africans had to deal with under Apartheid law. We will then be making a list on the board as a class.
https://searchblackandeducation.com/stories/2017/2/5/selected-laws-from-apartheid
http://scnc.ukzn.ac.za/doc/HIST/Apartheid%20Legislation%20in%20South%20Africa.htm
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html

Jim Crow Laws: https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws
We will be talking about the Jim Crow laws and what rights African Americans were denied during this time.

Comparing Apartheid and Jim Crow
Group Areas Act (1950) vs Fair Housing Act (1968)
Separate Representation of Voters Act (1951) vs Voting Rights Act 1965
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (1953) vs Plessy v Ferguson (1896)

Exit Ticket: What is one way Apartheid and Jim Crow were similar?

Monday March 25, 2019 & Tuesday March 26, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow America.

Circle: What is your favorite and least favorite part of spring?

World Issues Project: You will have 15 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Apartheid vs Jim Crow: For the next couple of classes we will be comparing the laws and norms of Apartheid and Jim Crow to find the similarities and differences.

News ELA Article on Johannesburg.

You will be looking on this website for Apartheid Laws that you think are really bad.

Comparing Apartheid and Jim Crow
Group Areas Act (1950) vs Fair Housing Act (1968)
Separate Representation of Voters Act (1951) vs Voting Rights Act 1965
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (1953) vs Plessy v Ferguson (1896)

Exit Ticket: What is one way Apartheid and Jim Crow were similar?

Wednesday March 13, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how and why African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know what Apartheid was and will be able to compare it the American racism of the 20th century.

Circle: If you could become famous for anything, what would it be? What is the one thing you've accomplished in my class that you are most proud of?

World Issues Project: You should work on your World Issues Projects until 1:00pm.

Triangular Trade Explained and Simulation: I will be putting a map on the board to illustrate the aspects of Triangular Trade and we will also be doing a quick simulation.

Lasting Affects: We will quickly be going over the lasting affects that the Transatlantic Slave Trade had on Africa.

Types of Colonization: We will quickly be going over the difference between economic and settler colonization.

Apartheid: We will be taking time in class to introduce the idea of Apartheid and how it worked. We will be talking about the White minority having power over the Black minority as well as looking at the separation of different black tribes within South Africa.

Trevor Noah: We will be reading some chapters out of the book Born a Crime.

Monday March 11, 2019 & Tuesday March 12, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent.

Circle: No circle today.

World Issues Project: You should work on your World Issues Projects until 1:00pm.

Transatlantic Slave Trade Article: You will be reading this article about the transatlantic slave trade in class. While you are reading, you should be completing the assignment on Google Classroom called "Transatlantic Slave Trade Questions." Please note that these questions are asked in the order that you will read about them.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/transatlantic-slave-trade

If you finish this with class time still remaining, you should go back to working on your World Issues Projects or any assignments you are currently missing. If you do not finish this in class, you should complete this assignment for homework. 

Thursday March 7, 2019 & Friday March 8, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent.

Circle: If you could have any kind of pet in the whole world, what would you have?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Atlantic Slave Trade: We will be watching this video as a class.

Slave Trade Simulation: We will be doing a simulation to demonstrate how the Atlantic Slave Trade worked.

Timeline: We will be working together as a class to construct a timeline of European Colonization, starting with the Atlantic Slave Trade and ending with complete European Imperialism after the Berlin Conference. I will be explaining key vocab along the way.

Video on Colonialism: We will be watching a video that supports the idea we read about in the Newsela articles. You will be learning about how a why Europe took over Africa in this video.

Colonialism Simulation: We will be doing a simulation in class that will allow you to see how colonialism happened. We will be looking at the differences between Settler Colonialism and Economic Colonialism.

Africa vs America: We will start looking at the similarities between the colonization of Africa and of America.

Tuesday March 5, 2019 & Wednesday March 6, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent.

Circle: What is your favorite fruit? What did you do with your snow day?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Newsela Articles: The class will be breaking up into two sides. One half will become experts on one article, while the other half will become experts on the other. After about 10 minutes of silent reading time, students will share what they learned in the article they read with students who read the other article. You will be doing this in pairs.

Atlantic Slave Trade: We will be watching this video as a class.

Timeline: We will be working together as a class to construct a timeline of European Colonization, starting with the Atlantic Slave Trade and ending with complete European Imperialism after the Berlin Conference. I will be explaining key vocab along the way.

Monday February 11, 2019 & Tuesday February 12, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand what the eight physical features are of Africa.

Circle: Of the four core classes in high school, which do you think is the most important? Which Greek God/Goddess would you most like to be?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Trip to Africa: You will be starting your Trip to Africa project today. We have 3 class periods left until break (including today) which means you will have three class periods to get it done before the deadline. Reminder: The rubric for this project is on the assignment on classroom.

What You Should Get Done Today:
- Finish hotel, car, and flight if not already finished
- Create and finish a slide for all five fun things you will be doing
- Start working on your three restaurants you want to go to.

Trip to Africa Due: 
Gold Day: Wednesday (Feb 13)
Green Day: Thursday (Feb 14)

Thursday February 7, 2019 & Friday February 8, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand what the eight physical features are of Africa.

Circle: 

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Trip to Africa: You will be starting your Trip to Africa project today. We have 3 class periods left until break (including today) which means you will have three class periods to get it done before the deadline. Reminder: The rubric for this project is on the assignment on classroom.

What You Should Get Done Today:
- Pick a place to travel to in Africa.
- Book a flight.
- Book a hotel.
- Book a car.
- Start finding fun places and restaurants to go to.

Trip to Africa Due: 
Gold Day: Wednesday (Feb 13)
Green Day: Thursday (Feb 14)

Tuesday February 5, 2019 & Wednesday February 6, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand what the eight physical features are of Africa.

Circle: What was your favorite moment for the superbowl? If you didn't watch, what were you doing instead?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Africa's Human Made Beauty: You will be looking at this website to explore some of the most beautiful cities in Africa. Once you are done looking through the cities, you must pick one to do some more research on. This research is going to be finding 3 attractions in that city that you think you would like to go to.

Expedia: You will be learning how to use Expedia to book a flight, hotel, and rent a car. We will also be looking at how to find attractions for different places as well as looking at the example I created.

Friday February 1, 2019 & Monday February 4, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand what the eight physical features are of Africa.

Circle: What is one rule that you would like to see changed or taken away all together at this school?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Africa's Natural Beauty: You will be going to this website to explore some of the most beautiful places in Africa. When you are done, you will pick your favorite. You will then find 3 images for it and write a paragraph explaining what it is about this place that catches your eye.

Africa's Human Made Beauty: You will be looking at this website to explore some of the most beautiful cities in Africa. Once you are done looking through the cities, you must pick one to do some more research on. This research is going to be finding 3 attractions in that city that you think you would like to go to.

Thursday January 31, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand what the eight physical features are of Africa.

Circle: Would you rather make school days longer but go less days or go shorter school days but have more of them? What is one early memory from your childhood that your not sure is true?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Africa's Physical Regions: You will be finishing up your maps you started last class.

Africa's Natural Beauty: You will be going to this website to explore some of the most beautiful places in Africa. When you are done, you will pick your two favorites. You will then find 3 images for each and write a paragraph on each explaining what it is about this place that catches your eye.

Monday January 28, 2019 & Tuesday January 29,2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand what the eight physical features are of Africa.

Circle: What's the farthest you've ever been from home?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

African Physical Geography: You will have 15 minutes to finish this up from last class.

You will be going to newsela.com to read an article that talks about each of the eight physical regions of Africa. When you are done reading, you are going to find an image on the internet for each of the physical regions and give a short blurb as to why you think this image does such a great job of representing that region.

The Africa Stereotype: After completing the newsela article, we will be talking about what kind of stereotypes we just proved false about Africa.

Google Earth: Your goal is going to be to map out the eight regions of Africa using the article you read from newsela as well as using Google Earth. Remember to use a different color for each of the 8 regions.

Thursday January 24, 2019 & Friday January 25, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand what the eight physical features are of Africa.

Circle: Would you rather live in a Dictatorship or in an Anarchy?

World Issues Project: You will have 15 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

African Physical Geography: You will be going to newsela.com to read an article that talks about each of the eight physical regions of Africa. When you are done reading, you are going to find an image on the internet for each of the physical regions and give a short blurb as to why you think this image does such a great job of representing that region.

Tuesday January 22, 2018 & Wednesday January 23, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be able to exhibit their understandings of governments and societies by reflecting on their decisions they made in the game and will be able to relate these decisions to the real world.

Circle: What is one highlight from your weekend? What is your favorite movie of all time?

Game Debrief: We will be discussing the game we played all of last week and what we learned as it pertains to this class. The first question you will be answering is "Why did we play this game?" Then we will be discussing in class the idea that everyone played the game with a Monarchy as well as a Totalitarian government. From this understanding, we will be discussing how things would have gone differently in the real world if the people had a say in the game. 

Game Reflection: You will be writing a reflection on the game in class. This is a summative reflection and is due by the beginning of next class. Here is the rubric.

Homework: Finish your Game Reflection if you did not finish in class. 

Friday January 11, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand the different forms of government and their roots. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. 

Circle: What's the first video game you remember playing? Would you rather be the best student at CMCC or the worst student at Harvard?

Model Government Project: For the rest of class, you will have free work time to finish up your Model Government Projects. If you have already completed this assignment, or finish during class, go back to working on your World Issues Projects.

Model Government Projects Are Due Saturday January 12th at Noon if you want to get $100 for the game next week. If you get a 90% or better on this assignment, you will be awarded $200 for the game. 

Monday January 7, 2019 & Tuesday January 8, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand the different forms of government and their roots. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. 

Circle: What rule at your house would you like to put an end to? For the rest of your life, would you rather have to talk like Yoda or breathe like Darth Vader?

Model Government Project: For the rest of class, you will have free work time to finish up your Model Government Projects. If you have already completed this assignment, or finish during class, go back to working on your World Issues Projects.

Model Government Projects Are Due At The End Of This Week!!! Due to us having our civilization simulations next week, there will be no extension for this. This means that if we have a snow day this week, you need to be prepared to work on this project during that snow day to make up for lost class time.