Wednesday/Thursday 2/25-2/16

Agenda:

1. Warm up question review: Why do you think some countries are more prosperous than other countries?
2. Introduce GGS & Jared Diamond
3. Read GGS together - 1st 2 pages
4. Watch Episode One (through the end)
5. Homework: read pages 3-4 and annotate (annotations with be checked) Due block one next week. 

žObjective: Hypothesize about why some countries have accumulated great riches over time while others have remained historically poor.

žWarm up: Why do you think some countries are more prosperous than other countries?

žHomework: Europe Maps due 3/2/15. Map quiz on 3/2/15.

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Monday/Tuesday 2/23-2/24

Agenda:
-Europe Maps

Map quiz on 3/2/15. Maps due on 3/2/15

Guns, Germs, and Steel Intro Lesson

Start with this: Skimming and Scanning
        Answer the questions with your group. 

1.What is skimming?

2.What do you think are the most important steps when skimming?

3.What is Scanning, how is it different that skimming?

4.What are the most important/meaningful aspects of scanning?

5.What is a way to digitally scan a document?

6.Which of the techniques is faster, why?

Make a copy of this: Questions to answer as we watch/read GGS

Make a copy of this: GGS Intro to annotate

Please name each file appropriately: P_ Your Name "Assignment Name"

Have A Nice Break!

Remember to check your grades over break (I will be entering a lot of them)!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Thursday/Friday 2/12/15-2/13/15

Agenda:
-warm up
-thesis statements
-One Child Policy
    -write with your table
    - we will share out at the end of the class.

In Class with your group:
Answer in essay form: Is China's one child policy beneficial or detrimental to the country? Explain your answer using the primary sources provided.

    You are writing a group five paragraph essay. Work together to finalize a thesis statement and then work on the outline together. Once your outline is complete, get to writing. You have basically the entire period besides the last 15 minutes to do this. Digital copy of outline

Include, population vocabulary, documents that we discussed as a class, and citations for those documents. This means putting (Document A) after each fact. Be sure to analyze and avoid writing in first person.

There will be both group and individual grades for this assignment.

Tuesday/Wednesday 2/10/15-2/11/15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-One child policy DBQ (see post below) 

•Objective: SWBAT review primary sources and explain significance by creating a presentation and teaching the class.

•Warm up: What are some components to writing a good thesis (hint: yellow sheet from last semester)? If you were going to argue whether or not China’s one child policy was good or bad idea how would you begin to formulate this.

•Homework: Current events!!

Monday 1/9/15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-One Child Policy
     -finish video
     - article
-Europe Maps

•Objective: SWBAT explain their opinion on the one child policy using primary sources.

•Warm up: Given the information that we learned last week about the One Child Policy, has your opinion changed? Why or why not?

•Homework: Current Events.

One Child Policy from Class

We watched this in class on Thursday/Friday. Please take notes on the back of the graphic organizer about the consequences of the one child policy.
One Child Policy Video

One Child Policy DBQ

Objective: Given access to several primary source materials dealing with the various components effecting the One Child Policy in China, students will be able to explain with supporting detail their opinion on if the policy was a good idea or a bad idea, using a chart to identify the various strengths and weaknesses of the system.

Instructions: 
1. The class will be divided into seven groups
2. Each group will be assigned one of the documents found in this folder: One Child Policy Documents 
3. Each group will create a presentations about their document 
Before you make a presentation, open your document, open the note taking guide. With your group, answer the questions for YOUR document on the copy of your note taking guide. 
When you finish answering the questions, begin to make a presentation.
   Presentations need to include: 
       - a screen shot of your document
       - the significance of your document
       - any other specifics found on the note taking guide
      - how does your document relate to the one child policy. 
           (remember to "make a copy" of the note taking guide) 

4. While each group is going please take notes on the note taking chart (students who are off topic will incur the wrath of Cohen) :) 
5. Group activity

Thursday/Friday 2.5.15/2.6.15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-finish population trends and graphs
-submit graphs to classroom.google.com
-one child policy
      -pro con list
      -video

•Objective: SWBAT finish creating population trend graphs as well as analyze the origins of China’s one child policy.

•Warm up: Based on what we have already discussed in class, do you think the one child policy is a good idea? Why or why not?

•Homework:Work on current events.

Population Packets

These packets are due on Monday 2/9/15. 

They include: 

1.Info sheet USA

2.Info sheet (your country)

3.Map of five most populated countries

4.World Data Sheet at a Glance

5.Analyzing Data

6.Population Trends

7.A World In the Balance (documentary questions)

8.15 facts

Thanks Wing!

Tuesday/Wednesday 2.3.15/2.4.15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-map quiz
-population trends graphing

•Objective: SWBAT show mastery of the US map and analyze population trends by creating graphs.

•Warm up: (do not write this down). Put everything away except for your maps and a writing utensil. Prepare for a test!

•Homework: Continue working on current events.

Survey for tutorial

http://goo.gl/kQ8MBR

Monday 2/2/15

Agenda: 
-warm up
-review last week
-review population pyramid questions 

•Objective: SWBAT work on current events as well as turn in USA Maps.

•Warm up: What did you like most about creating population pyramids? What did you like least? Was it easy or challenging? Why?

•Homework: Map test during block one this week. Continue to work on current events.

Mappint Practie

Shout out to Isabel's twin for finding this site:

Practice mapping