CPWC Day 45 - Introduction to East Asia

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY:  You can earn extra credit for attending and participating the "Great Decisions" discussion series.  Please see the email I sent last week for details.  If you would like to come to any of the discussions, please let me know so that I can add you to the Schoology group.

Objective:  Examine the ideas and influence of indigenous and diffused religious and philosophical traditions in East Asia.  Investigate the historical and cultural significance of the Silk Road.

Task:  Ni hao!  When you arrive to class, please submit you homework to the appropriate Schoology dropbox.  After everyone submits their homework, you'll choose new seats for the fourth quarter.  While I'm creating the new seating chart, you'll label the countries, cities, and islands on the East Asia map.  Then, we'll begin our examinations of the religions and philosophies of East Asia with a short video.  Finally, you'll spend the last portion of class investigating the Silk Road.

Homework:

• TODAY - Mid-Term Exam
• TODAY - Chapter 27, section 1 reading notes due in class
• Friday, April 8 - Chapter 27, section 3 reading notes due in class
• Friday, April 8 - Current Events extra credit due in NoodleTools by 3:00 pm (see below)
• Thursday, April 7 - GDDS "International Migration"
• Monday, April 11 - East Asia map due in Schoology dropbox by 4:00 pm
• Tuesday, April 12 - Chapter 28, section 2 reading notes due in class
• Wednesday, April 13 - Chapter 29, section 1 reading notes due in class
• Wednesday, April 13 - GDDS "Korean Choices"
• Thursday, April 14 - Chapter 29, section 2 reading notes due in class
• Friday, April 15 - Unit 5 reading quiz (27.1, 27.3, 28.2, 29.1, & 29.2 - two-sided, hand-written index card may be used)
• Tuesday, April 19 - Unit 5 Test
• Thursday, April 21 - GDDS "The UNs Post 2015 Development Agenda and Leadership"
• Thursday, April 25 - GDDS "Climate Geopolitics"
• Tuesday, May 3 - GDDS "Cuba & the US"

CPWC Current Events - Extra Credit Opportunity (due in NoodleTools by 3:00 pm on Friday, April 8)  NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED!!!
Use one or more of the news sources below to find recent news articles relating to topics we've studied in quarter 3.  Create citations and annotations in NoodleTools.  The annotation MUST include a summary AND an explanation of how the article relates to our studies.  Share your work with the "CPWC Quarter 3 Extra Credit" dropbox.

• Al-Jazeera America
• BBC World Service
• Christian Science Monitor
• The Economist
• Euronews
• The Guardian
• National Geographic News
• New York Times
• Newseum
• NPR
• Reuters
• The Washington Post
• The Week
• The World

Each citation/annotation is worth up to 5 points and you may complete up to 3 per unit (Foundations, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Europe).