During today's class, Elliot and I had a "debate" about the weather outside - is it cloudy, or partly sunny? Who was right? The answer is that unless someone can bring facts to the debate (being objective), both of us could make good arguments based on our opinions (being subjective). I took this picture on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten in 2009. Partly cloudy? Partly sunny? You decide.
Hi everyone,
So much talking from me today in class! I hope I didn't bore you out of your minds (I don't think I did). We were almost able to get through everything - there are two presentation slides for next class. If you want to review all of the material, this is the recap for you!
Essential Question: Why do wars happen?
Soundtrack: “Enter Sandman”
by Metallica. Chosen because it is played when famous Yankees "closer" Mariano Rivera comes into a baseball game to "save" the win. Somewhat like the US entering World War I. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 2/11/13:
News Brief/Blog Recap
US Entry into WWI
Objective/Subjective
A Flawed Peace
Homework: Read the blog! Review your "CDs" for the final essay (probably on Friday)!
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News Brief: Denise had the news brief for us today. Here is the article she chose: France24.com - Air France sued after pilot 'insults' King of Morocco. Especially funny to me, as I love airlines and traveling.
The major world news story of today was that the Pope is resigning. He is the head of the Catholic Church, which has an estimated 1 billion or so followers. This Pope becomes the first to resign since 1415. Here's an article about that: CNN.com - Too tired to go on, Pope Benedict resigns. It will be very interesting to see who the next Pope is.
We also talked about North Korea using the video game "Call of Duty" to threaten the United States: CNN.com - North Korea accused of ripping off 'Call of Duty' in propaganda video. Tell your parents you are doing research next time you want to play the game! Eric, you have the next news brief, please! Any article about something happening outside the United States.
The major world news story of today was that the Pope is resigning. He is the head of the Catholic Church, which has an estimated 1 billion or so followers. This Pope becomes the first to resign since 1415. Here's an article about that: CNN.com - Too tired to go on, Pope Benedict resigns. It will be very interesting to see who the next Pope is.
We also talked about North Korea using the video game "Call of Duty" to threaten the United States: CNN.com - North Korea accused of ripping off 'Call of Duty' in propaganda video. Tell your parents you are doing research next time you want to play the game! Eric, you have the next news brief, please! Any article about something happening outside the United States.
US Entry into WWI: This portion of class was devoted to learning how the United States became involved with the war. Hopefully this made sense - if not, please ask questions in the comments! For your final essay, it will probably be good to know the terms "Lusitania," "unrestricted submarine warfare," and "the Zimmerman Note." Here is the presentation to review if you missed class or want to see it again:
This is the first of two presentations today. Dang! I don't think I've ever done back to back presentations (or at least two in one class). So much to cover! I think someone in this class asked about the boxer Muhammad Ali and what happened after he refused to go into the war in Vietnam after being drafted. Here's a website with a great history of that incident.
Objective/Subjective: Again, this started out with Elliot and I debating the weather. The two terms here are objective = facts/concrete details and subjective = opinions/commentary. I went over who wrote the Modern World Textbook in class (were multiple different perspectives engaged in writing it?) and then handed out this sheet of quotes of possible reasons why the United States entered World War I, and had students respond at the end with thoughts:
Please bring these next class (as well as everything else that we have done during this unit - I will have you turn in a big packet of work, right before writing the final essay).
A Flawed Peace: We did not get all the way through this, so we will finish next class. Hopefully, this was interesting and eye-opening information about the end of World War I. If you want to review (or are interested in seeing the two slides I will go over next class), here it is:
Thank you so much for your focus on taking notes! I think it will really help you during the prep for the final essay. I mentioned that Kim Kardashian has spoken out about remembering the Armenian genocide and making sure that it is called a genocide. Here is the tweet that I was referring to.
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Phew. So much happened today in class! I hope it all made sense. Definitely ask in the comments or via email if it was confusing. Have a great weekend!
Thank you for having this hear because I still needed the notes
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Brennen! Thank you for making sure to review everything again. It will help on Friday when you are doing your essay!
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