HWC Day 2 - Critical Thinking, Collaboration, & GGS

Objectives:  Identify the characteristics of collaboration and a critical thinker.  Analyze and critique the arguments presented in Guns, Germs, & Steel.

Task:  Good morning!  When you arrive to class, please get out your i-Pad and DRAW the characteristics of a critical thinker.  We'll spend the first portion of class discussing the process of critical thinking.  Then, we'll extend our examination to consider the definition of collaboration in the classroom.  Next, I'll assign and explain your first group project.

Finally, we'll spend the last portion of class in a discussion of Guns, Germs, & Steel.

Homework:

• TODAY - Student Information (GoogleForm in Schoology) due by 3:00
• TODAY - Bring GGS, reading notes & questions, and completed book reviews to class
• Wednesday, September 2 - Parent Information (GoogleForm in Schoology) & email contact due to Mrs. Friday by 3:00
• Wednesday, September 2 - Hand-written Primer reading notes (on paper or Notability) due in class
• Thursday, September 3 - Guns, Germs, & Steel reading quiz
• Tuesday, September 8 - "Becoming Human" discussion
• Wednesday, September 9 - Primer presentations
• Friday, September 11 - G&D chapter 1 reading quiz