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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

HWC Day 2 - Critical Thinking & Collaboration

Day 2 - PAW 2

Objectives:  Identify the characteristics of critical thinking and collaboration.  Collaborate to create a "lesson" on essential social science concepts.

Task:  Greetings!  When you arrive to class, I'll spend the first few minutes of class answering any questions about the course or class rules.  Then, we'll work together to define critical thinking and collaboration.  Finally, you'll form groups to begin our first project.

Primer Group Task - Create an informative, engaging 10-minute lesson to teach your classmates your section of the text.  Be sure to create a digital component for review and/or any student who misses the presentation:

  • History - Daniel, Monem
  • Geography - Aquinnah, Savannah
  • Economics - Colleen, Tommy, Kurt
  • Government - Eric, Kiera
  • Beliefs & Values - Emma, Josh

Homework Due Dates:
  • TODAY - Read "Rules & Regulations" BEFORE class
  • TODAY - Period 2 PAW
  • TODAY - Student Information Sheet due by 3:00 pm
  • Wednesday, August 30 - Socratic Seminar on summer reading & current events
  • Wednesday, August 30 - Parent Information Sheet & parent email to Mrs. Friday due by 3:00 pm
  • Thursday, August 31 - Primer lessons due at beginning of class
  • Sunday, September 3 - "Getting to Know Me" statements due in Schoology 
  • Tuesday, September 5 - "Considering Periodization" due at the beginning of class
  • Wednesday, September 6 - Globalization & Diversity chapter 1 reading quiz (vocabulary list may be used on quiz)
  • Thursday, September 7 - Watch "A History of the World in 18 Minutes" (David Christian, TEDTalk) BEFORE class
  • Thursday, September 7 - Period 2 PAW
  • Friday, September 8 - "Becoming Human" discussion in class (Watch interactive video or read the transcript)
  • Monday, September 11 - Imperialism discussion (follow directions on Schoology)
  • Friday, September 15 - Unit 1 Test
  • Friday, September 15 - Period 2 PAW


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