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Thursday, January 26, 2017

HWC Day 4 -GGS Quiz, PDP Lottery, & Culture Application

Objectives: Assess knowledge and understanding of the arguments presented in  Guns, Germs, & Steel.

Task:  Good morning!  When you arrive to class, please get out your index card in preparation for your quiz.  You'll have 30 minutes to complete your quiz. When you finish, please work on one of the upcoming homework assignments.

After everyone has finished the quiz, I'll explain the Primary Document Posts, Primary Document Comments, and Scholarly Journal Summaries that you'll complete throughout the duration of the course.  You'll post these assignments to our class blog.  The rubrics and PDFs of/links to the primary documents are posted in Schoology in the "HWC Primary Documents" folder.  Further, I've shared the Spreadsheet, "HWC PDP, PDC, & SJS Analysis - Spring 2017" with you via GoogleDrive.

 Then, we'll hold the lottery for the quarter 3 PDPs & SJSs.  Finally, we'll finish our notes on culture and work in small groups to apply our knowledge of the characteristics and elements of culture.

Homework:
  • TODAY - GGS reading quiz (1 side of 3x5 index card permitted)
  • TODAY - PDP, PDC, SJS selections 
  • Friday, January 27 - Primer presentations due at the beginning of class
  • Wednesday, February 1 - "Becoming Human" discussion (watch interactive video on a computer (runs on Flash) or read the transcript)
  • Thursday, February 2 - Globalization & Diversity chapter 1 reading quiz (1 side of 3x 5 index card permitted)
  • Friday, February 3 - Imperialism discussion (complete Venn diagram and chart in preparation for our discussion)
  • Wednesday, February 8 - Unit 1 Test

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