KCC

Ditto U.S., and also collaborate on Chapter 16 themes.

US History

The Lincoln C&L was returned -- chart your score, correct any incomplete or incorrect answers, and as always, see me if you have any questions.  The "The Other Lincoln" claim & evidence group work pages were returned (each student had their own copy), winning group announced and prizes awarded, and all students asked to edit their thesis per the answer key on the Smart Board.  We then did a practice round of the A/V Claim & Evidence skill on Alfre Woodard's rendition of Sojourner Truth's speech, "Ain't I A Woman?"  See a reliable classmate for the basic context & lens notes they wrote, and then use the video link for the claim & evidence analysis.  The answer reveal will be tomorrow.

World History

Hours 1 & 4 viewed the "Eastern Australia" episode of "Bizarre Foods" while adding some CQs to their pages.  Hour 7 got caught up from the early dismissal last Wednesday -- view the Dalai Lama slides, and watch the video found in the link on the last slide (8min.) while adding notes to your "Religion Basic Notes" page.  Then, look through all of your many Buddhism notes and pull a handful of E.Q. notes for E.Q. 1 and for E.Q. 2.  We then took notes from the Judaism slideshow on the "Religion Basic Notes" page -- to be finished in class tomorrow.

KCC

Ditto U.S.  ; )

U.S. History

Students were given time to finish their collaborative work on the article "The Other Lincoln."  CQs were added to the C.Q. page as we did a quick intro on a number of Lincoln-related topics and sources...that can be looked into in depth individually at research time.

World History

Reminder -- finish reading and note-taking on the Buddhism packet (4 Noble Truths, 8-Fold Path, and 2 examples from the sample chapters) and also the Dalai Lama packet.  I then shared a few images and quotes of the Dalai Lama and an 8-minute video -- add notes from these.  Students then collaborated to pull examples for EQ 1 and then EQ 2 regarding Buddhism.  Finally, we began our study of Judaism by note-taking from a slideshow with discussion.

KCC

Ditto U.S....

U.S. History

Students finished or nearly finished their collaborative C&E work on the article "The Other Lincoln" -- a few minutes will be given at the start of class tomorrow to finish.

World History

7th hour finished the Buddhism slideshow and notes.  In all hours students read the packet from 2 sources on Buddhism and recorded notes on the 4 Noble Truths, the 8-Fold Path, and 2 example excerpt verses of their own choosing from the Dhammapadda portion.  We viewed the Tibet map with brief discussion of the contemporary issue between Tibet and China and it's relevance to the Dalai Lama.  Students then read the Dalai Lama article and recorded bullet-point notes.

KCC

We finished and discussed "Lincoln."  Groups checked in with each other on key themes that emerged in Chapter 15.  Chapter 16 is due Friday.

U.S. History

We finished viewing "Lincoln," and then discussed our thoughts, observations, and questions and the "Mystery Quote" (by Tony Kushner, screenwriter).  We then began a Claim & Evidence on the article "The Other Lincoln" -- this one collaboratively in assigned groups to take a big of pressure off as we secure the information and practice this skill with peers...to be finished in class on Tuesday and prizes awarded to the winning group Wednesday.

World History

Prizes were awarded to the "Bhagavad Gita" Context & Lens group winners!  We then discussed and edited our individual pages.  We began taking notes about Buddhism on our "Religion Basic Notes" page or doc...First, from my slideshow, and then from the reading packet -- the reading packet to be finished on Tuesday for hours 1 & 4...The slideshow to be finished and then reading begun for 7th hour on Tuesday.

KCC

"Lincoln" continued until 2:00:09.

U.S. History

"Lincoln" continued...until 2:16:16.

World History

We completed the competitive group work on the Bhagavad Gita, and then any remaining time was given for students to 1. Get caught up with any remaining make-up work from illnesses/absences, 2. Do the same for other classes, or 3. Read for AR.

KCC

Ditto U.S., except 45:55-1:16:55.

U.S. History

We viewed "Lincoln" and took notes from ~55:30-~1:42:25.

World History

1st hour finished the Amma article and then collaborated to pull E.Q. examples (for #1 & #2) specific to Hinduism -- try to get 2-3 for each question.  Students then began collaborative work on a Context & Lens about a Hinduism primary source -- the Bhagavad Gita -- as a competition for a treat (in lieu of an assessment score); we just did this skill on Hammurabi's Code not too long ago ; )  

KCC

Ditto U.S., except view through the 50-minute mark. ; )

U.S. History

We continued viewing "Lincoln" while adding Who? What? Why? notes specific to the process of the 14th Amendment.  To make smoother student analysis of the What? and Why? while viewing a Hollywood-paced film, I gave the students the names of the most key players:  Lincoln, Secretary of State Seward, Thaddeus Stevens, Preston Blair, Fernando Wood, Alexander Stephens, & James Ashley.  View through the 62-minute mark.  To be continued in class tomorrow.

World History

We finished taking notes from the slideshow and then added notes from the Ganesh and Amma articles ...images were also provided on the SMART Board.  Students then collaborated to pull ideas from their notes onto their EQ page -- EQ 1 & 2.

KCC

Ditto U.S. History except only to ~6:00 in the film.  Also, collaborate on key themes from Chapter 14.  Chapter 15 is due next Friday.

U.S. History

We finished the C&L assessment work and then began screening "Lincoln" while recording who, what, and why to keep track of the different key players involved or against the 13th Amendment -- we viewed through ~26:00.

World History

The Urban Reading C&E was returned, charted, and edited.  In 1st hour we finished editing our symbols work page.  In 1st and 4th hours we finished setting up our EQ pages.  In all hours we read over the Outline of Popular Details and selected a few items from the last 1 1/2 pages (Taoism and after) for possible research interests for the CQ page.  We viewed and discussed the Map and Dates for World Religions.  We then set up a "Religions Basic Notes" page and then a subheading "Hinduism" -- record very short, bullet-point notes there while reading "Hinduism Background Article" and the first 7 slides of the "Hinduism Slideshow" -- to be finished in class Monday.

KCC

Ditto U.S. History, except today we started the Context & Lens.  (The Socratic scores were returned to the students, also.)

U.S. History

We finished the last bit of the episode as detailed yesterday and then got back into our Context & Lens work from Tuesday to work on...to be finished in class tomorrow.

World History

Urban EQ paragraphs were collected today.  Be sure you also have it submitted to turnitin.com.  We finished the bit of "Bizarre Foods" that was not yet viewed yesterday.  We then began our World Religions unit with a slideshow and then a symbols work page -- on the wp, record the religion or philosophy you think (guess if needed) goes with each set of symbols and then also indicate the name of each symbol and it's meaning (again, infer/guess as needed).

KCC -- WEDNESDAY

See U.S. post.

U.S. History -- WEDNESDAY

Due to Mrs. Cluver's illness we viewed the "Murder at the Fair" episode of "10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America" while adding CQs to our CQ page.

World History -- WEDNESDAY

Due to Mrs. Cluver's illness, we watched the Japan episode of "Bizarre Foods" and added CQs to a new C.Q. page.

KCC

We finished our Socratic discussion.  "Hayfoot, Strawfoot" Reading C&E was returned with scores -- chart, edit, discuss.  Students collaborated on Chapter 13 themes and a reminder was given that Chapter 14 is due this Friday.  Students then collaborated on their thoughts they recorded last week on the "Mystery Quote."

U.S. History

In 3rd hour we discussed their thoughts on the Mystery Quote and I gave a preview of the last bits of this unit that are left to explore.  In all classes we began work on a scored Context & Lens assessment in preparation for our use of the film Lincoln -- C&L work to be finished in class tomorrow.

World History

Socratic score sheets were given to the students with feedback.  Writing!  Follow the instructions posted yesterday AND be sure to have this work due before the start of class tomorrow -- a hard copy printout ready to hand to me that has themes and matching evidence color-coded and also a digital (UNhighlighted) copy submitted to turnitin.com.

KCC

Socratic discussion continued -- group 1 finished and group 2 began.

U.S. History

We finished our informal Socratic follow-up discussion together.  The scored "Hayfoot, Strawfoot" Reading Claim & Evidence was returned, charted, edited, & discussed.  In 6th hour we also discussed our varied answers from the mystery quote and went over the remaining agenda for the unit.

World History

4th & 7th hours finished their Socratic discussions.  All hours began day one of two for the end-of-unit writing on the E.Q.  Use the instruction and helper documents in Google Classroom (About section).  

KCC

Socratic!  If you are in the "Life in a Totalitarian System" group and were absent today, then complete the "Socratic Replacement" option found in Google Classroom.

U.S. History

We finished the video as detailed yesterday and then continued with the Socratic discussion from Wednesday.  

World History

Socratic discussion!  If you were absent, complete the "Socratic Replacment" option available in Google Classroom.