The Statue of Liberty in New York, which is a symbol of immigration to the United States.
Photo taken in 2011.
Dear class,
Welcome to your weekend! Thanks for doing your homework and checking in on the blog to see what we are up to. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 17: I can explain how and why world societies organize themselves and how power is established and maintained.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Soundtrack: "Kings and Queens" by 30 Seconds to Mars. Selected for today because of the connection to monarchy, and this song gets me fired up because it reminds me of watching ESPN tennis tournaments. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 11/20/15:
News Brief – Ethan
Finish "Who Rules?"
Government Test
Lost!
Homework: Read the blog. Have a great Thanksgiving! Next news brief: Kai.
News Brief: Ethan had the news brief today and selected an article about this story: CNN.com - Russia bombards Raqqa, ISIS headquarters in Syria. We found Russia on the world map (in Asia/Europe) and an extended conversation about the situation in Syria, with lots of questions about what is happening and the different people wanting power. I love it when news brief sections are like that, with multiple questions from all over the class! We also talked about the upcoming weekend.
Kai was selected to do the next news brief.
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Who Rules?: Before the government test, I wanted to give the class time to review the reading and answers in the packet:
I gave about five minutes before the test for study of the PowerPoint notes, as well.
Government Test: I do not think this was especially difficult, if you have been in class and following along with what has been going on the last few days! Obviously, I have lots to grade, with culture and forced choice, as well, but it is likely that these will be on your progress report grades, which are due after Thanksgiving.
Lost!: At the end of class, we had a little fun with a scenario inspired by "Lord of the Flies" and the TV series "Lost." I asked everyone to get back into the same groups as last class, based on the forms of government being analyzed and skits performed, and then passed out one of these papers to each group, which contain the scenario and questions for the group to answer:
We will continue with this next class and talk about the different group proposals, then probably have some fun. :-)
See you next week!
how many question can we get wrong and still get an A?
ReplyDeleteHi there!
DeleteThe answer, as with most proficiency questions like this, is that it depends. Your short answer and short free response do weight more heavily than the 10 multiple choice. It's not like if you did poorly on the free response, and got a 10/10 on the multiple choice, you would still be guaranteed an A.