Sunset over Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was a great semester, everyone! Thank you for your hard work! Photo taken in 2011.
Hi everyone,
Today was our last day of class for the year! We had a lot of reflection time, then talked about life and what is coming up for a while. Here's what we did today in class:
Today was our last day of class for the year! We had a lot of reflection time, then talked about life and what is coming up for a while. Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets:
Communication LT 1: I can use language and style that is appropriate to the content area.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Knowledge LT 9: I can explain demographic changes in the world and their effects.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements. Knowledge LT 21: I can explain how religious ideas impact the shaping of societies.
Communication LT 1: I can use language and style that is appropriate to the content area.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Knowledge LT 9: I can explain demographic changes in the world and their effects.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements. Knowledge LT 21: I can explain how religious ideas impact the shaping of societies.
Soundtrack: "Thankful" by Kelly Clarkson. Selected for today because I always choose this song for the last day of class, since I am so thankful to get to teach you all. Thank you! Lyrics (some of which I read aloud in class) are here.
AGENDA 6/21/17:
News Brief – Alexander C.
Reflection
Adventure
Reflection
Adventure
Homework: Read the blog (if you want)! Have a great summer! Let me know if I can help you at any point in the future! I will be at the July 20 coffee shop meeting with Mr. Puterbaugh at the Barnes and Noble Starbucks in Tanasbourne, about summer reading (or anything else you want to), if you are going to that! :-)
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News Brief: Alexander C. had the news brief today, but was not in class, so I filled in and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - Gunmen attack Mali luxury resort, at least 2 dead. For the last time, we found Mali in the world map and noted this story. Thanks, everyone for doing this all year and getting better at geography in the process!
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):
Finally, we watched the trailer to the recently released documentary Disturbing the Peace (which is now on Netflix) on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which gave me a lot of hope after I watched it:
I talked in class about the importance of following the news and trying to stay up to date with what is happening in your city, state, country, and world. Knowledge is power! Try to stay plugged in to what is going on, if you can!
Reflection: After the news brief, I showed a video from Dr. Franco and student government about the end of the year, and expressed our desire to address a recent racist incident in a student bathroom here. The video we watched is here:
I then asked students who were comfortable to share out, and we had a good conversation. I look forward to reading your responses and I know that all of you are just as passionate as I am in making sure that we eliminate hate from our school.
The last part to the final was a reflection short answer about how the year went in Global Studies - what you learned, what you will put into practice in your life, and what you will remember five years from now. I look forward to reading these as well!
There is a fair amount of work involved in grading the finals, but the deadline to submit our grades is Friday by 3:00 PM, as a heads up.
Adventure: The final activity of the year for your class was the Sporcle country name game. And what a final activity it was! Largely thanks to the strength of Andrew's last minute heroics, your class scored 185/197 and took home the championship out of all of my classes by one country! This was absolutely awesome and I will fondly remember this as one of the most epic moments in a year end final for me. :-)
At the end of class, I talked about having the spirit of curiosity in life and whatever you do - that could involve traveling around the world, or even just going to a local stream and exploring. I showed this video, which I've watched probably a hundred times or more to illustrate this - I hope it is as inspiring to you as it is to me, and a good reminder of so much of what we learned this year:
Thank you all so much for being so wonderful to work with. I truly loved teaching each and every one of you, and I hope you know that I care about you and want you to be successful in the future. Take care of yourselves and I hope to see you around! Have a great summer! :-)
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):
Finally, we watched the trailer to the recently released documentary Disturbing the Peace (which is now on Netflix) on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which gave me a lot of hope after I watched it:
Reflection: After the news brief, I showed a video from Dr. Franco and student government about the end of the year, and expressed our desire to address a recent racist incident in a student bathroom here. The video we watched is here:
After the video, I asked students to write in response to: What can you do to make sure everyone is welcome here at Westview?
I then asked students who were comfortable to share out, and we had a good conversation. I look forward to reading your responses and I know that all of you are just as passionate as I am in making sure that we eliminate hate from our school.
The last part to the final was a reflection short answer about how the year went in Global Studies - what you learned, what you will put into practice in your life, and what you will remember five years from now. I look forward to reading these as well!
There is a fair amount of work involved in grading the finals, but the deadline to submit our grades is Friday by 3:00 PM, as a heads up.
Adventure: The final activity of the year for your class was the Sporcle country name game. And what a final activity it was! Largely thanks to the strength of Andrew's last minute heroics, your class scored 185/197 and took home the championship out of all of my classes by one country! This was absolutely awesome and I will fondly remember this as one of the most epic moments in a year end final for me. :-)
At the end of class, I talked about having the spirit of curiosity in life and whatever you do - that could involve traveling around the world, or even just going to a local stream and exploring. I showed this video, which I've watched probably a hundred times or more to illustrate this - I hope it is as inspiring to you as it is to me, and a good reminder of so much of what we learned this year:
Thank you all so much for being so wonderful to work with. I truly loved teaching each and every one of you, and I hope you know that I care about you and want you to be successful in the future. Take care of yourselves and I hope to see you around! Have a great summer! :-)
