Today, I wanted students to envision themselves at a beach. This is one of my favorite beaches in the world: Maho Beach, St. Martin, in the Caribbean. Home to one of the greatest places to photograph planes on Earth! Photo taken in 2009.
Hi everyone,
It was a fun class today - I am glad that we were able to go outside for a bit, to enjoy the weather! Thanks for participating in our class activities today! Here's what we did today in class:
It was a fun class today - I am glad that we were able to go outside for a bit, to enjoy the weather! Thanks for participating in our class activities today! Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 22: I can explain how religious ideas impact the shaping of societies.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Knowledge LT 22: I can explain how religious ideas impact the shaping of societies.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Soundtrack: "Beach Chair" by Jay Z and Chris Martin. Selected for today because of the breathing exercises we did, envisioning ourselves at the beach! Lyrics here.
AGENDA 4/20/15:
News Brief - Aiden
Failing Religion
Breathing
Judaism
Breathing
Judaism
Homework: Read the blog! Know your grade and how to improve it - Russian Revolution (found on this post) and finishing Historical Investigation if you have not. All late/incomplete/missing work for progress report grades is due this Thursday. Next news brief: Rachel.
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News Brief: Gavin had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: WSJ.com - Hundreds of Migrants Believed Dead in Shipwreck Off Libya. We discussed why people are continuing to flee areas of conflict in Africa and the Middle East and what happens to them at sea, or when they get to Europe. We also checked in about the weekend.
We also watched VICE News for the day (which actually from last Friday, because it had a section on India and cows - exactly what we were talking about last week - SO cool!), before moving on.
The next news brief was assigned to Rachel.
I also talked about errors I was noticing in Historical Investigations in Period 3. Here's a link to that, if you want to see (and possibly start revising already).
Failing Religion: This section was looking at an article on American's knowledge of religion. Students were able to work in small groups, pairs, or by themselves to read the article and answer the questions at the end:
We also watched VICE News for the day (which actually from last Friday, because it had a section on India and cows - exactly what we were talking about last week - SO cool!), before moving on.
The next news brief was assigned to Rachel.
I also talked about errors I was noticing in Historical Investigations in Period 3. Here's a link to that, if you want to see (and possibly start revising already).
Failing Religion: This section was looking at an article on American's knowledge of religion. Students were able to work in small groups, pairs, or by themselves to read the article and answer the questions at the end:
I randomly called on a few students to talk about their responses on this. Basically, the point here was that we need to learn more about religion.
As part of this section, I showed this clip of a bar owner in Myanmar being accused of insulting Buddhism by having an online advertisement with headphones on a Buddha, connected to a dance party with alcoholic drinks:
As part of this section, I showed this clip of a bar owner in Myanmar being accused of insulting Buddhism by having an online advertisement with headphones on a Buddha, connected to a dance party with alcoholic drinks:
This is another relationship of religion to society, which is our learning target for this unit. I showed this article about the man being sentenced to two years in prison, as well: NYTimes.com - Myanmar Sentences 3 to Prison for Depicting Buddha Wearing Headphones.
Breathing: I was really excited to try this today - especially as it meant a trip outside! :-) Thank you for being willing to participate in a walk out to the football field to do some breathing and meditation type exercises! The sun was so nice! The whole point of this was to just relax. Hopefully, it did the trick!
Judaism: At the end of class, we came back to the room and continued with the religion notes, using the Cornell Notes format. Here is the PowerPoint again:
Today, we finished the third religion in the PowerPoint - Judaism. This was somewhat lengthy, so I appreciate your focus to it! :-)
Please make sure you are working hard to review your notes, and improve your grade if at all possible! I have updated your grades online to reflect whether or not you have turned in your Historical Investigation, as well. Let me know if there is anything that I can do to help! Thank you!
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