Willamette Promise/WOU Registration Day - Class Recap

I attended Western Oregon University in college - here is my intramural basketball team after winning the championship!

Dear class,

Today was the start of our in class journey towards college credit together! There will be many more details in the coming days and weeks, but I wanted to make sure we had all of our students register for the opportunity. Here's what happened today in class:

Learning Targets: 
Critical Thinking and Analysis LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems, and concepts.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.

Soundtrack: "The Second Coming" by Juelz Santana and Just Blaze. Selected for today because of the connection with my basketball team at WOU and also because this opportunity will not be likely to come around for you a second time! Lyrics here.

AGENDA 2/28/18:
News Brief – Alexis
Willamette Promise
Registration
Forecasting Questions

Homework: Read the blog. Make sure all of your World War I work for the Collection of Evidence is completed and in order! See below for links! Your final essay will be in class on Friday! Next news brief: Anita.

News Brief: Alexis had the news brief today and selected this story to talk about: CNN.com - Meghan Markle to 'hit ground running' to empower UK women. We found the United Kingdom again on our world maps and talked about this story.

Anita has 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):

BBCNews.com - One-minute World News

Willamette Promise: To start this process, I explained to the class what the Willamette Promise program is and how it is an opportunity to earn college credit (through Western Oregon University) for a project we are doing in Global Studies. Here is the PowerPoint that I went through with the class as an overview:

Google Slides - Willamette Promise Dual Credit Overview

I added plenty of my own commentary to this presentation, but basically: this is an incredible opportunity for students. I know we will be able to make good use of it.

Registration: The main point of the day was to register for the Willamette Promise course and also as a student at Western Oregon University. I passed out student State Testing ID numbers for the first part (if you missed class, I can provide you with your number as requested). Remember that you must register with your exact name as it is on StudentVUE with your home address that is on file with the school. Here is the video that we watched in class to help with this process:

Hopefully this process made sense and went smoothly for you. Remember that you need to register for both Willamette Promise AND Western Oregon University using the links provided here:

WESD.org - Willamette Promise Student Registration

Forecasting: The end of class was set aside for any forecasting questions that I could answer or help with! Please remember that next class (on Friday for Period 3) will be your timed in class final essay on World War I - bring all of your notes to use and your Chromebook if you would rather type than write! See you then!

World War I, Day 7 - Class Recap

One of the conditions put on Germany at the end World War I was to have no navy ships. Here's a sailboat in Hawaii. Photo taken in 2011.

Hi everyone,

I really enjoyed playing Jeopardy to review World War I with everyone today! Hopefully, you had some fun, as well, and learned again about the important aspects at the end of the war. Here's what happened today:

Learning Targets: 
Critical Thinking and Analysis LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems, and concepts.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.

Soundtrack: "Be Prepared" from The Lion King. Selected for today because of the World War I final essay on Friday (on Wednesday, we will be registering for the college credit aspect of this class), and all the work that is due along with it. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 2/26/18:
Wildcat News Brief – Bianca
Jeopardy Review
Work Time
Prepare for Final Essay

Homework: Read the blog. Bring student registration information and Chromebooks next class on Wednesday. Make sure all of your World War I work for the Collection of Evidence is completed and in order! See below for links! Next news brief: Alexis.

News Brief: Bianca had the news brief today and selected this story to talk about: BBC.com - Syria conflict: Putin orders Eastern Ghouta 'humanitarian pause'. We found Syria again on our world maps and talked about this story, along with what has been happening in the United Nations with Syria.

Alexis has 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):

BBCNews.com - One-minute World News

If you missed class or wanted to watch it again, here is Wildcat News for the week:

Jeopardy Review: This was just to help with the concepts and information we talked about the last few classes, with the end of World War I. I am not going to post the entire slideshow here, but I did have a lot of fun, and I think most students in the class did, too. Congratulations to Team 1 for their come from behind victory!

Work Time: I passed out this checklist for students to organize their WWI work:

Google Drive - World War I Checklist for Collection of Evidence

Here's all the work you need to have ready to turn in on Friday, when you will be completing your final essay in class (you will have about an hour to write five paragraphs):

1) Cornell Notes on MAIN reasons WWI started, US entry, and The End of WWI: A Flawed Peace.

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).

Prepare for Final Essay: If you want to prepare, think about possible thesis statements about what happened at the end of World War I and be able to use vocabulary words that you took notes on in class.

Please be ready to turn your completed work in with your in class essay on Friday!

World War I, Day 6 - Class Recap

The World War I Memorial Stonehenge replica in Goldendale, Washington, overlooking the Columbia River Gorge and Mt. Hood. Photo taken in 2015!

Hi everyone,

I know that today was mostly a take notes and work day. I did enjoy the questions and discussion we had in class, though! Today was important because next week, you will be asked to write about the end of World War I - which we learned about in class today! Here's what happened today:

Learning Targets: 
Critical Thinking and Analysis LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems, and concepts.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.

Soundtrack: "In The End" by Linkin Park. Selected for today because we talked about the end of World War I in class! Lyrics here.

AGENDA 2/22/18:
News Brief – Alondra
A Flawed Peace
Treaty of Versailles
Work Time

Homework: Read the blog. Finish all World War I work (see below)! Next news brief: Bianca.

News Brief: Alondra had the news brief today and selected this story to talk about: CNN.com - Package sent to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle treated as 'racist hate crime'. We found the United Kingdom in our world map and discussed what happened in the article. Bianca was assigned 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):

BBCNews.com - One-minute World News

A Flawed Peace: Thank you so much for your focus on taking notes! I think it will really help you during the prep for the final essay. Here is the presentation again, in case you missed it, or if you wanted to review for your final (a VERY good idea):

Google Drive: The End Of World War I - A Flawed Peace PowerPoint

You will be asked to write about these topics for your final essay, so make sure that you know them and have good notes! One of the terms I showed you (and you will be expected to know for your final essay) was President Wilson's Fourteen Points (that is a link to the actual 14 points). "Armistice" is another term you will absolutely need to know how to use in your essay. You also might want to know the Armenian Genocide and the 1918 Influenza Virus (so, you know, like all of the important stuff from the PowerPoint).

Treaty of Versailles: The last slide of the PowerPoint was about the Treaty of Versailles, which is an easy link to see how World War II started. I want to make sure that everyone understands what the elements of the treaty were, so we started a brief in class worksheet about the main points. Here it is if you missed class or lost your paper:

Google Drive - Treaty of Versailles Worksheet

This was the last handout and assignment for the World War I collection of evidence that will be turned in next week, after the final essay!

Work Time: Here's all the work you need to have ready in preparation for your World War I final essay:

1) Cornell Notes on MAIN reasons WWI started, US entry, and The End of WWI: A Flawed Peace.

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.

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).

That's everything that you need for the Collection of Evidence, so there's plenty to work on! Next class, we will play Jeopardy to review, then the rest of class will be work time. See you then!