Hopefully you feel like you just won a big game after completing your World War I final essay in class today. I took this picture on April 21, 2009, as our Portland Trail Blazers beat the Houston Rockets in a playoff game.
Dear class,
Hooray! If you were in class today, you completed the essay test for our World War I unit! I'm looking forward to reading them all. In the meantime, relax and enjoy some rest before we start the next unit. Here's the short class recap for today:
Learning Targets:
Critical Thinking and Analysis LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems, and concepts.
Communication 1: Communication is effective, organized, focused and compelling.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.
Soundtrack: "Over There" by George M. Cohan. Selected for today because it was an actual song used during World War I in the United States. Listen to the song here and read the lyrics here.
AGENDA 2/22/16:
News Brief - Caden
World War I Test
Turn in Work
Forecasting
Homework: Read the blog! Turn in missing work if you do not have it today. Complete your forecasting online by Thursday! Next news brief: Byron
News Brief: As usual, we started with a news brief. Caden selected an article about this story: NPR.org - Nearly 2 Dozen People Dead After Tropical Cyclone Hits Fiji. We found Fiji on our world maps (a new one, I think!) and noted that we did a news brief about it. I also talked about my short visit to Fiji in 2014. Thanks, Caden.
Byron was selected for the next news brief.
We talked about the weekend, and I showed some of the polling for what the head to head match up for President of the United States might look like in November, here: RealClearPolitics.com - Trump vs. Clinton.
For Black History Month, I showed (without the audio) this video of President Obama and Michelle Obama greeting a 106 year old woman at the White House.
World War I Test: I was VERY pleased with how this went. Almost every single student worked hard for over an hour, quietly writing and responding. Mostly, I tried to stay out of your way with this, aside from occasional updates on how much time was left in the period. Again, I am really looking forward to seeing how everyone did. Thank you so much for your hard work and focus!
Turn in Work: After the essay test, I had everyone turn in all of their World War I work. Here's the checklist/rubric that should be stapled to the top of your work packet:
2) Franz Ferdinand assassination answers (separate sheet of paper)
3) Rough Draft/Practice Essay on start of WWI, with brainstorm/graphic organizer (see last slide here for the essay prompt). Please also get this peer reviewed, as well. It does NOT need to be finished as a final draft - all I am looking for here is that you have the writing process.
4) Letter from the Trenches assignment
5) US Entry into WWI paragraph (bottom of the second page, in TS/CD/CD/CM/CS format)
6) Treaty of Versailles Worksheet (see example on second page, then follow format for the rest of the points).
Forecasting: At the end of the class, as students were finishing their essays, I went around and was happy to talk about forecasting, which is due Thursday during 4th period. Please fill out your online forecasting, as well - make sure you are forecasting for 16 credits, with 5 alternates! Come see me if you have any last questions!
Thanks, everyone! Next class, we will start a new unit and I think it will be a fun day. :-)
Please tell me this the last essay test type deal we have to do for the rest of the year
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Your historical investigation assignment is not a timed test, so yes, that is probably the last timed test!
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