Objective: Examine the effect of geography, resources, and early history of Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and North Africa.
Task: As you come into class, please get out your North Africa map. After I check homework, we'll spend the first portion of class labeling the North Africa section of our master map for this unit. Then, you'll be assigned to read and diagram one of the three sections of chapter 21. Finally, for the last portion of class, you'll meet with other students who read the same section to ensure accuracy and completion of notes.
Homework:
TODAY - North Africa map due
Tuesday, October 1 - Southwest Asia map due
Wednesday, October 2 - Central Asia map due
Thursday, October 3 - Comment due to "Unit 3 Current Events" forum on Moodle by 3:00 pm
Friday, October 4 - Reading notes due Chapter 16 (sections 2 & 3), Chapter 19 (section 2), & Chapter 22
Monday, October 7 - Reading quiz on Chapter 16 (sections 2 &3), Chapter 19 (section 2) & Chapter 22 (notes may be used)
Wednesday, October 9 - Unit 3 Map Quiz
Friday, October 11 - Unit 3 Test
Friday, October 18 - Field trip to Museum of Jewish Heritage
Objective: Assess knowledge and understanding of Sub-Saharan Africa. Task: When you arrive to class, please clear your desks and get out a pencil. After I distribute the tests and the answer sheets, you'll have the remainder of class to complete test. If you finish early, please turn in the test at the back table and quietly work on homework for the next unit or FCP. Homework:
Tuesday, October 1 - FCP Ning personalization, "greeting" blog post, & handshake video due by 3:30 (see Moodle for checklist/rubric; email Mrs. Friday if you would like an Animoto account)
Tuesday, October 1 - Unit 2 Regional Study Extensions (news posts in NoodleTools) due by 3:00 pm
Wednesday, October 2 - Whole New Mind summary posted to VoiceThread by 3:30 (5 bonus points for audio or video post)
Wednesday, October 2 - Unit 3 Map due
Thursday, October 3 - Chronology & Connections packet due in class
Thursday, October 3 - Part I of Regional Study due in class
Friday, October 4 - "Roots of Muslim Rage" reading quiz
Friday, October 4 - Whole New Mind reflections posted to last page of VoiceThread
Monday, October 7 - Perspectives in History charts due
Monday, October 7 - Part IV of Regional Study due in class
Monday, October 7 - Rwanda extra credit due by 3:00
Tuesday, October 8 - Unit 3 Map Quiz (includes blank Africa map)
Wednesday, October 9 - G&D chapter 10 reading quiz (reading notes may be used)
Thursday, October 10 - Parts II & III of Regional Study due in class
Friday, October 11 - Unit 3 Test
Friday, October 18 - Field Trip to Museum of Jewish Heritage
Objective: Assess knowledge and understanding of geography, culture, and history of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Task: When you arrive to class, please get out your planners and make note of the due dates for our next unit. Next, you'll clear your desk, get out a pencil, and pick up the test answer sheets from the back of the room. After I distribute the test, you'll have the remainder of class to complete the test. When you finish, please turn it in at the back of the room and pick up the map packet for the next unit.
Homework:
Monday, September 30 - North Africa map due
Tuesday, October 1 - Southwest Asia map due
Wednesday, October 2 - Central Asia map due
Thursday, October 3 - Comment due to "Unit 3 Current Events" forum on Moodle by 3:00 pm
Friday, October 4 - Reading notes due Chapter 16 (sections 2 & 3), Chapter 19 (section 2), & Chapter 22
Monday, October 7 - Reading quiz on Chapter 16 (sections 2 &3), Chapter 19 (section 2) & Chapter 22 (notes may be used)
Wednesday, October 9 - Unit 3 Map Quiz
Friday, October 11 - Unit 3 Test
Friday, October 18 - Field trip to Museum of Jewish Heritage
Objective: Explain the six senses of the conceptual age presented by Dan Pink in A Whole New Mind.
Task: As you come into class, please pick up the unit 3 materials from the back table. I'll go over the due dates for each assignment. Then, we'll wrap-up our studies of Africa with a discussion about Zimbabwe, Congo, and contemporary trends.
After we finish our examination of Africa, you'll get out your computer to create a VoiceThread account. Then, I'll spend a few minutes explaining how we'll be using the Dan Pink in FCP (see below).
Finally, if there is any time remaining, we'll play a game to review for Monday's test.
Homework:
Saturday, September 28 - FCP topic preferences due on GoogleSpreadsheet by 8:00 pm
Monday, September 30 - Unit 2 Test (study guide on Moodle)
Tuesday, October 1 - FCP Ning personalization, "greeting" blog post, & handshake video due by 3:30 (see Moodle for checklist/rubric; email Mrs. Friday if you would like an Animoto account)
Tuesday, October 1 - Unit 2 Regional Study Extensions (news posts in NoodleTools) due by 3:00 pm
Wednesday, October 2 - Whole New Mind summary posted to VoiceThread by 3:30 (5 bonus points for audio or video post)
Wednesday, October 2 - Unit 3 Map due
Thursday, October 3 - Chronology & Connections packet due in class
Thursday, October 3 - Part I of Regional Study due in class
Friday, October 4 - "Roots of Muslim Rage" reading quiz
Friday, October 4 - Whole New Mind reflections posted to last page of VoiceThread
Monday, October 7 - Perspectives in History charts due
Monday, October 7 - Part IV of Regional Study due in class
Monday, October 7 - Rwanda extra credit due by 3:00
Tuesday, October 8 - Unit 3 Map Quiz (includes blank Africa map)
Wednesday, October 9 - G&D chapter 10 reading quiz (reading notes may be used)
Thursday, October 10 - Parts II & III of Regional Study due in class
Friday, October 11 - Unit 3 Test
Friday, October 18 - Field Trip to Museum of Jewish Heritage
Wednesday, October 30 - Mid-Term Exam
Dan Pink Assignment: The Flat Classroom Project "mashes" the 10 "flatteners" presented by Friedman in The World is Flat and six senses of the conceptual age from Dan Pink's A Whole New Mind. We've already examined the flatteners, now we need to look at the six senses. Thus, you've been assigned an excerpt from A Whole New Mind. Read this excerpt, identify the main argument/thesis and evidence used to support this argument. Post your summary on the VoiceThread.
Directions for VoiceThread:
If prompted to create an account, create a FREE account using your SVHS e-mail address.
Create an "identity" by replacing the iron with the same image that you used as your profile picture on the FCP Ning.
Press "play." Listen to the directions in the title slide and go to the slide that corresponds with the "sense" that you read about.
Press "comment" on your slide to post an audio or video summary of your section.
