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Thursday, September 3, 2015

CPWC Day 4 - Geography & Culture

Objective: Identify and label oceans, continents, and cultural regions on a world map. Discuss the characteristics of culture.

Task: Happy Thursday! Its hard to believe that we've already arrived at the end of our first week. When you arrive to class, please get out your reading notes. We'll spend the first portion of class reviewing your reading homework. Then, we'll finish labeling and coloring our cultural regions map. Next, we'll head back to our regular seats to take some notes on culture. Finally, we'll end class with a GoogleSearch to find images illustrating the impact of geography on culture.

Homework:

TODAY- Geography chapter 1, section 2 reading notes due in class

HWC Day 4 - GGS Quiz

*Shortened Class - Digital Citizenship*

Objectives: Assess knowledge and understanding of Guns, Germs, & Steel.

Task: Happy Thursday! Its hard to believe we've made it to the end of our first week already! When you arrive to class, please get out your GGS reading notes in preparation for the quiz. You'll have 35 minutes to complete the quiz, including a 10 minute window to reference your notes. If you have time over the holiday weekend, try to work ahead on some of the homework assignments listed below.

Special Notes:

If you haven't done so already, stop by the library to pick up issues of History Today and Current History for questions 42 & 43 on the Foundations Investigation.
If you are interested in a specific topic or unit for the PDPs, PDCs, & SJSs, email me ASAP. If I have not heard from you, I will assign sources over the weekend.

Homework:

TODAY - Hand-written Primer reading notes (on paper or Notability) due in class
TODAY - Guns, Germs, & Steel reading quiz
Tuesday, September 8 - "Becoming Human" discussion
Wednesday, September 9 - Primer presentations
Thursday, September 10 - Foundations Investigation (questions 42 & 43 should be posted to class blog and completed PDF must be uploaded to Schoology assignment dropbox) due in Schoology by 3:00 pm
Friday, September 11 - UDHR Analysis due in class
Monday, September 14 - UDHR Comments posted to blog
Tuesday, September 15 - G&D chapter 1 reading quiz
Monday, September 14 - Unit 1 PDPs due on class blog by 3:00 pm
Wednesday, September 16 - Unit 1 PDCs posted on class blog by 3:00 pm
Friday, September 18 - Unit 1 Test (study guide will be posted to Schoology on or before Monday, September 14)
Friday, September 18 - Unit 1 SJSs posted on class blog by 3:00 pm

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

CPWC Day 3 - Mapping Our World

Objective: Consider the concepts addressed in chapter 1, section 1 of the text. Identify and label oceans, continents, and cultural regions on a world map.

Task: When you arrive to class, please get out your chapter 1, section 1 reading notes. I will answer any questions before you take a brief quiz on the content in Schoology. After everyone has finished the quiz, we'll complete the "Lines of Latitude & Longitude" worksheet together in class. Then, we'll spend the remainder of class labeling and coloring the major cultural regions on a world map.

Homework:

TODAY - Parent Information (GoogleForm via Schoology) and email to Mrs. Friday due by 3:00
Wednesday, September 2 - Geography chapter 1, section 1 reading notes due in class
Thursday, September 3 - Geography chapter 1, section 2 reading notes due in class

HWC Day 3 - Using The Library

Objectives: Identify and utilize library resources necessary for HWC. Select PDP, PDC, and SJS assignments for quarter 1.

Task: Today we'll spend most of our class-time in the library reviewing tools and sources that will be useful in HWC. However, before we head down to the library, 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. Further, the rubrics and PDFs/links of the primary documents are posted in Schoology in the "HWC Primary Documents" folder. Further, I've shared the Spreadsheet, "HWC Primary Document & Scholarly Journal Analysis - Fall '15" with you via GoogleDrive.