A big part of American culture is sports. This was taken at the 2010 Holiday Bowl, before Oregon played Oklahoma State, and won! :-)
Dear class,
Most of today was taken up with working on your Culture Project, which is due next week on Tuesday! Here's the recap for today:
Learning Targets:
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Critical Thinking LT 1: I can explain multiple perspectives and viewpoints.
Knowledge LT 15: I can explain how culture both reflects and shapes society.
Behavior LT 1: I can manage my responsibilities as a student.
Soundtrack: "Party in the USA" by Miley Cyrus. Selected for today because we talked about American culture, as well as Halloween upcoming. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 10/24/17:
News Brief – Derek
Time for School Updates
Culture Project
Work Time
Homework: Read the blog. Continue working on the Culture Project - due next Monday! Next news brief: Jackson.
News Brief: Derek had the news brief today and came in early to find this article with me before class: BBC.com - IS foreign fighters: 5,600 have returned home - report. We found Iraq on our world maps and talked about this ongoing story, as ISIS faces pressure from all sides in Iraq and Syria. We also checked in about the weekend and what students were up to outside of class.
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):
BBCNews.com - One-minute World News
Culture Project/Work Time: After watching the updates, the rest of class was devoted to work time, in completing the Time for School questions, and continuing to work on the culture project. There are a lot of options of what to do - it could be writing, a visual, a presentation, or something else. Here's the assignment:
Time for School Updates: After watching Part 2 (just the parts having to do with the students, not the interview at the end), I showed the updates that PBS recently put out about 6 of the 7 students in Time for School. Here are links to see them again (the video should start playing at the new sections of the video):
It was really interesting to see how everyone is doing now, and what they are up to in their lives!
Here is the most recent version of the Time For School documentary (including Shugufa) if you want to see what everyone is up to!
Here is the most recent version of the Time For School documentary (including Shugufa) if you want to see what everyone is up to!
This will be due in class next week on Monday, so be working on it at home, bring work into class to do next class, and ask questions if you need help! I went around the class and answered questions about it, or helped brainstorm ideas. Please continue to be working on this at home! See you next class. :-)
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