KCC -- THURSDAY

On Thursday students finished their work on their assigned essays as detailed yesterday -- finish for homework as needed.  Reminder -- Socratic discussion is tomorrow.  Chapter 13 will be discussed Monday or Tuesday.  Chapter 14 is due next Friday.

U.S. History -- THURSDAY

On Thursday, students were reminded that we will do follow-up to the Socratic discussion tomorrow.  Students viewed the "Antietam" episode of "10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America" while adding EQ notes and CQ questions.

World History -- THURSDAY

On Thursday, students were given the Unit-Closure Work Packet to complete -- finish for homework if needed.  Tomorrow (Friday) is Socratic discussion over the E.Q.

KCC

The scored A/V C&E skill on Crash Course was returned, edited, and discussed.  We viewed Scene 34 through to the end of the film while adding notes to the note page as detailed yesterday.  Students were each assigned, then to analyze one of two essays in the "red book" -- "Life in a Totalitarian System" (Barragree, Bauer, Bowling, Conley, DeHaro, Hardebeck, Harris, Krones, Pueschell, Quinn, Ruiz, Schippert, Wallace, Wingren, & Zack) or "'Call Me Mister': The Black Experience During Reconstruction." (Canady, Castonguay, Crouch, Dixon, Fegan, Haskins, Ketchum, Lyons, Lyznicki, McTaggart, Peters, Rabideau, Schunke, Suver, Thompson, & Wonch).  Prepare the essay like a Claim & Evidence; it will be used in the Socratic discussion.  Class time will be given tomorrow to continue this work, but then it will need to be finished for homework as needed, as the discussion will be on Friday.  (Chapter 13 will be discussed Monday or Tuesday; Chapter 14 is due next Friday.)

U.S. History

Socratic discussion!  If you were absent, use the "Socratic Replacement" assignment in Google Classroom to earn points for this scored assessment.

World History

Research day 2 of 2 -- 88 minutes of focused research from expert sources is due in Google Classroom by the start of class tomorrow.  Use the "Research Cheats" document for instructions and tips/tricks for maximizing your score..in Ggl Clssrm.  

KCC

We began our preparation for Socratic Discussion -- pick up (or see Google Classroom) for the three handouts -- "12 Years a Slave" note page, the Human Rights helper page, and "Simplified Timeline and Slavery and Racial Issues" handout.  Copy from a reliable classmate the context notes we took via SMART Board onto the back of the note page.  Then, take notes from the following scenes...(be prepared that this is an intense film and is not for younger viewers)...Scene 8 through to the point when the plantation mistress has spoken to the female slave in the cart; Scene 12 through to when the plantation mistress turns to walk away on the porch; Scene 27 through to the letter burning; and Scene 31 until she is tied to the post (we stopped before the actual whipping).  There is one more set of scenes that we will view tomorrow.

U.S. History

Finish the C&E on Loewen's Chapter 5 and also recording your thoughts and questions...in preparation for Socratic discussion.  The scored discussion is tomorrow -- over that chapter and also over "12 Years a Slave."  See the "Socratic Cheats" document in Google Classroom to help yourself prepare!  The scoring rubric is also in Ggl Clssrm is you want to do a review of it. ; )

World History

Finish the Layering-to-Later Reading Claim & Evidence -- if you were absent, see me to set up a time to make up this scored assessment.  Most of the hour was spent researching -- see the "Research Cheats" document in Google Classroom for instructions and tips/tricks for success!  The quantity is a matter of time-on-task expectation: 40 minutes today and 48 minutes tomorrow -- 88 minutes total of research.  If you needed more than ~8 minutes today to finish the reading before you got started on the research or if you were absent, make up today's 40 minutes of research as homework.  It is due in Google Classroom by the start of class Thursday.

KCC

Students finished their Reading Claim & Evidence for a scored assessment.  If you were absent, see me to set up a time to make up this work.  Reminder -- Chapter 13 is due this Friday.

U.S. History

We continued using excerpts from Loewen's Chapter 5 to prep for a Socratic discussion:  your insightful questions, your connections to your experiences and those of others, the author's claim, the author's researched evidence...to be finished in class tomorrow.  

World History

We went to the "Research Cheats" section of Google Classroom (in the "About" tab) to review the instructions and helper documents that are there...  We then got back into our Reading Claim & Evidence skill assessment on the student's choice of one of three articles that layers our studies of ancient urban cultures to issues of today -- if you were absent, see me to set up a time to make up this scored work.  As students finished, if time permitted, they began their Curiosity Research -- to be continued tomorrow.

KCC

We collaborated on themes from Chapter 12.  Chapter 13 is due next Friday.  We also finished "Hayfoot, Strawfoot" -- if you were absent, see me to set up a time to finish this scored assessment work. 

U.S. History

We viewed these remaining planned scenes from "12 Years a Slave" as detailed yesterday.  Be mindful that this is an intense film, and so, when finding the parts on You tube or Netflix, please prepare yourself; not for viewing by younger children.  Scene 31 until Patsy is tied to the post (stopping before the actual whipping) and Scene 34 through to the end of the film.  (See me during Advisory if you haven't been able to access it online.)  I shared some images of the character Patsy in contrast to the actress Lupita Nyong'o for notes of observation that can also be used in Socratic discussion.  We then began doing a Claim & Evidence on Loewen's Chapter 5 -- the last piece that will be used for Socratic discussion -- to be finished in class on Monday.

World History

We finished note-taking from the slideshow as detailed yesterday and then collaborated in small groups to discern EQ notes from the slideshow notes.  We began a scored Reading Claim & Evidence -- if you were absent, see me to set up a time to make up this in-class assessment.

KCC

More work on "Hayfoot, Strawfoot" -- to be finished in class tomorrow.

U.S. History

We discussed a timeline of "Slavery and Racial Issues in the U.S.."  Then, for more specific context, we took some notes via SMARTboard onto the back of the "12 Years a Slave" note page -- if you were absent, copy these from a reliable classmate.  We then viewed select scenes from "12 Years a Slave" while recording notes on the four categories on the note page provided (and a helper page handout of the 30 UN Human Rights was also provided).  These notes (and notes of your questions) from viewing will be used for a Socratic discussion next week!  NOTE: the film is incredibly intense, as it depicts unflinchingly the horrors of slavery; be prepared before you open any video on You tube...Today we watched (see if available on You tube) Scene 8 through when the plantation mistress has finished talking to Eliza, Scene 12 through when the plantation mistress on the porch turns and walks away, and Scene 27 through to the end of the letter burning.  You can also make up missed viewing during Advisory.  We will view two more scenes tomorrow.

World History

The Context & Lens work on Hammurabi's Code was returned, charted, discussed, & edited.  We began taking notes into a new packet via slideshow of Mrs. Cluver's -- to be finished in class tomorrow.  If you were absent, pick up a packet, copy notes from a reliable classmate, and view the images in the slideshow that you missed.  

KCC

We annotated the timeline together and then did the same with a copy of the primary source document of South Carolina's claim to secession.  We then began an in-class assessment for a Reading Claim & Evidence skill -- to be continued in class tomorrow.

U.S. History

The scored Crash Course Civil War Part II was returned to students, charted, edited, and discussed.  Work time was then given for the "Hayfoot, Strawfoot" Claim & Evidence -- the option to come in during Advisory to finish was given for those who needed additional work time.  If you were absent, see me to set up a time to finish this assessment for a score.  Three handouts were provided to aid us in our study of the specific topic of slavery -- we began reviewing/discussing the timeline -- more discussion in class tomorrow...