Today, we started preparing for our final unit of the semester, which features many of the learning targets that we have worked on this year. We will be looking at a region of India - this is a photo that I took at the Taj Mahal on Spring Break of 2015!
We began preparing for the semester final today in class! As such, there is a lot to talk about. Here's what happened in class 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 10: I can demonstrate an understanding of the connection between the physical and human systems.
Knowledge LT 15: I can explain how culture both reflects and shapes society.
Knowledge LT 17: I can explain how and why world societies organize themselves and how power is established and maintained.
AGENDA 1/18/18:
News Brief – Brin
Seminar Debrief
Final Unit
Traditional Ladakh
News Brief: Brin selected an article about this story for the news brief today: BBC.com - Kazakhstan bus fire kills 52 with few survivors. We talked briefly about this horrific crash and a bit about the geography of the region, before moving on.
Max 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):
Seminar Debrief: I wanted to talk a little about how the Socratic Seminar on the Rise of Hitler reading went last class. I was super pleased with how students were able to take control and lead the discussion! I also randomly chose a few students today in class to give their opinion on the activity. It did seem like the consensus was that it was worthwhile and interesting, so I will look for ways to incorporate it again in the future!
I also told everyone that the Behavior Learning Target grades (students did a self assessment for this in class today) for the mini-unit on the Holocaust will be in the grade book soon and can be looked at on StudentVUE. I think it is a good indication of where everyone is at! Thank you for participating!
Final Unit: As I explained in class, your final will be based on a case study of what happened in Ladakh, which is an region in India. Students will be asked to write about many different aspects of the Ladakh, using almost all of the learning targets we have been through this semester. To begin with this process, I asked students to make a grid in their notes to practice what we would be doing later in class. The four learning targets are: Location and Region (where is it? what is it like?), Human and Physical Systems (how does it work?), Culture (Surface and Deep Characteristics), and Structures of Power (Government and Economic Systems). Here is the video we practiced with:
Traditional Ladakh: Next, we started with the actual final unit. Here is the reading packet I passed out in class. Students were taking notes on the first section, about traditional Ladakh:
We watched the first part of this famous documentary, looking at traditional Ladakh (through about 24:45 in, before stopping). Students are analyzing how the region has changed, and how geography, culture, and structures of power play a role in the society.
This is an old movie, for sure (I remember watching it when I was in high school), and also so good at going over the themes we have been talking about all semester. We will pick back up next week with learning about Modern Ladakh!
I also told everyone that the Behavior Learning Target grades (students did a self assessment for this in class today) for the mini-unit on the Holocaust will be in the grade book soon and can be looked at on StudentVUE. I think it is a good indication of where everyone is at! Thank you for participating!
Final Unit: As I explained in class, your final will be based on a case study of what happened in Ladakh, which is an region in India. Students will be asked to write about many different aspects of the Ladakh, using almost all of the learning targets we have been through this semester. To begin with this process, I asked students to make a grid in their notes to practice what we would be doing later in class. The four learning targets are: Location and Region (where is it? what is it like?), Human and Physical Systems (how does it work?), Culture (Surface and Deep Characteristics), and Structures of Power (Government and Economic Systems). Here is the video we practiced with:
This is a similar region as Ladakh, and with similar sorts of issues with a new road being built!
Traditional Ladakh: Next, we started with the actual final unit. Here is the reading packet I passed out in class. Students were taking notes on the first section, about traditional Ladakh:
We watched the first part of this famous documentary, looking at traditional Ladakh (through about 24:45 in, before stopping). Students are analyzing how the region has changed, and how geography, culture, and structures of power play a role in the society.
This is an old movie, for sure (I remember watching it when I was in high school), and also so good at going over the themes we have been talking about all semester. We will pick back up next week with learning about Modern Ladakh!
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