Friday, March 6, 2015

Revolution! Day 4 - Class Recap

The flag of Vietnam (a communist country), flying on a boat in Ha Long Bay. Notice the red and the star as symbols! Photo taken in 2011.

Hi everyone,

Today, we looked more into the concept of propaganda and persuasion (matching up well with what you are doing in Mr. Lathrop's class). Here's what happened in class:

Learning Targets:
Critical Thinking LT 1: I can explain multiple perspectives and viewpoints.
Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.

Soundtrack: "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado. Selected for today because of the quiz in class, and being able to write the correct answers! Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/6/15:
News Brief - Xavier
OPVL/Quiz
Propaganda
Create Posters

Homework: Read the blog! Finish propaganda poster (due next class). Revise and resubmit any missing or incomplete World War I work. Joyce has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by Xavier, who selected this article to talk about: CNN.com - ISIS bulldozes ruins of ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, Iraqi ministry says. Yet another example of an awful event involving ISIS. History is so important! Destroying it is not a good look.

Joyce, you are up for next class.

 We also watched VICE News today (which related to International Women's Day!) before moving on.

OPVL/Quiz: After the news brief, we looked at the OPVL activity from last class. This needs to be done for next class, when you are turning in your Russian Revolution work! Your updated grades are posted by student ID number on the board. No excuses for you to not know exactly what you need to do - especially with the World War I packets!

I'm not going to recap the quiz itself, other than to say that I hope everyone did well. If you were following along during the presentation and did your homework to review, I'm sure you were fine.

 Propaganda: The next part of class was devoted to checking out some examples of Soviet Union propaganda (it is nice that you already knew what propaganda meant from studying Rwanda and from Mr. Lathrop's class about persuasion) and filling out a worksheet with each slide, then creating your own example on the back. To introduce this section, I played this video from my mom's last campaign:

   

My mom rocks. :-)

Here is the presentation on Russian Revolution propaganda, if you missed class, or need to complete your worksheet:


Here is the worksheet that goes along with the presentation:


After viewing all of the slides and filling out the worksheet, I gave the class this assignment: 

On the back side of the propaganda poster worksheet, you are creating your OWN Russian poster. Please use at least two symbols. Try to connect to at least one of the vocabulary words. You do not have to use Russian. Use a English caption, please.

 Create Posters: The rest of class was devoted to creating the Russian Revolution propaganda posters, to emphasize the connection between persuasion and the revolution. These will be due at the start of next class.

Have a great weekend!
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Revolution! Day 3 - Class Recap

The Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin. Vladimir Lenin took a secretive train ride from Germany to Russia, and took power in Russia with his Bolshevik party upon his return.

Dear class,

We started really looking in depth at the Russian Revolution today in class. It is one of the more important events in Modern World History! You will be using the same sorts of information that you learned in this unit for your historical investigation project on another country. Here's what happened in class:

Learning Targets:
Critical Thinking LT 1: I can explain multiple perspectives and viewpoints.
Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.

Soundtrack: "Mother Russia" by Renaissance. Selected for today because of the connection with Russia, obviously. Lyrics here. 

AGENDA 3/4/15:
News Brief - Kelsey
WWI Grades
Peace, Land, and Bread
OPVL
Study for Quiz

Homework: Read the blog! Study Russian Revolution vocabulary for quiz. Xavier has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by Kelsey, who selected this article to talk about: CNN.com - Hundreds of skeletons found under Paris supermarket. We found France on our world maps, and also talked about the UNICEF tap website (thanks, Kendall)!

Xavier, you are up for next class.

 We also watched VICE News today before moving on.

 Peace, Land, and Bread: This was the continuation of last class (we stopped two slides in the previous class). Here is the vocabulary list that students were filling out during the presentation (the quiz will be on these terms, next class):

Here is the main event - the PowerPoint of the basics of what happened during the Russian Revolution:

I know this is a lot of information. If you are in need of extra clarification or support, please ask me! I would love to help!

OPVL: I introduced a new way to think about various different documents in history. We used the textbook as an example. OPVL stands for Origin, Purpose, Value, and Limitation. Your assignment was to take the paper I handed out in class and go through two of the four documents on each side of the room to assess them. If you missed class, or needed to complete this outside of class, here are the links to both the OPVL sheet and the documents I posted:



Finally, here's another way to understand how to do OPVL analysis using specific types of documents:


Let me know if this assignment is at all unclear. You will be turning this in as part of the Russian Revolution packet later, so please keep it with you!

Study For Quiz: There was not a whole lot of time at the end of class, so please treat this as homework. Study your vocabulary sheet (linked to above) to know the key terms from the Russian Revolution!
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Monday, March 2, 2015

Revolution! Day 2 - Class Recap

This is a picture I took of Maria Sharapova carrying the flag of the Russian Federation at the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics. The flag is different from the one the USSR had after the revolution!

Hi everyone,

Another sort of relaxed day in class today, with finishing and presenting our togetherness posters, and starting to learn a little bit about the Russian Revolution. Here's what happened in class:

Learning Targets:
Critical Thinking LT 1: I can explain multiple perspectives and viewpoints.
Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.

Soundtrack: "I Lived" by OneRepublic, because another thing we have in common is that we are all alive together. :-) Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/2/15:
News Brief - Martin
Finish Posters/Present
Newsflash
Peace, Land, and Bread

Homework: Read the blog! Kelsey has the next news brief.
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News Brief: The news brief article for today was brought in by Tyler A, who selected this story to talk about: CNN.com - ISIS releases 19 Assyrian Christian hostages. A rare bit of good news out of Syria! The article mentions that there has been no reason given yet for the release. We talked in class about the importance of Syria to beginning Christianity. We also talked a bit about the weekend, including some pretty crazy "fugitive" game stories.

Kelsey, you are up for next class.

 We also watched VICE News today (which referenced Rwanda!) before moving on.

Finish Posters/Present: The first 20 minutes or so of class was used to finish the artistic representations of what brings the world together - left over from last class. I enjoyed seeing what everyone created, and I will try to do some decorating with them in our classroom! :-)

Newsflash: This is absolutely my favorite way to start a new unit. Good teachers always try and assess where students are at before they teach any specific content (otherwise, we would have no idea if you had actually learned anything or not). If you wanted to see the hilarious "Whose Line is it Anyway?" clip again, here it is:


So awesome. Next, I passed out the "pre-assessment" paper that was geared around going back in time to Russia in 1917. If you did not complete this in class, you absolutely need to do this BEFORE going on to reviewing the presentation. If you missed class, or lost your copy (I will have you turn this in later), here it is to download and print:

Again, it does not matter if you do not know very much: make an educated guess!

 Peace, Land, and Bread: After the newsflash activity, I started up the Russian Revolution content. Here is the vocabulary list that students were filling out during the presentation (the quiz will be on these terms, next class):

I helpfully three hole punched these, as well. See? I listened to your feedback about making notes easier!

 Here is the main event - the PowerPoint of the basics of what happened during the Russian Revolution:

We only made it through the first two slides of this in class, so we will get back to it and finish next week. Enjoy your weekend, everyone! :-)
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