Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Diversity and Uniformity in Africa

Today students viewed a series of images from around Africa, taken from the last 40 years. Students looked for similarities and differences between the countries. I emphasized that Africa is a continent, not a country, full of diversity. I urged students not to generalize the entire continent. Below is the slideshow. They used this worksheet to write down their observations.
HOMEWORK:

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Africa Maps

Today students worked on maps of Africa. Yesterday I discussed their grades, showed them show to read the class score sheet, and urged them to come into tutorial this Wednesday for any help.

HOMEWORK:
Africa Maps - DUE Wed./Thurs. 9/29-30

Friday, September 24, 2010

Guns, Germs, and Steel


Students continued watching Guns, Germs, and Steel. Students completed worksheets as they watched. If you were absent you can use this transcript to help answer the questions.

HOMEWORK:
Writing Biased History Final Draft - DUE Monday 9/27

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Students discussed the Maori / Moriori reading. They looked for reasons why the Maori wound up so much more powerful than the Moriori. After the discussion, students started watching Guns, Germs, and Steel, focusing on the conflict between European colonists and the Africans they encountered.

HOMEWORK:
Writing Biased History - DUE Monday 9/27
*I'll hand back logbooks tomorrow so you can use your rough drafts.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Maori vs. Moriori

Students read an excerpt from Jared Diamond's book, Guns, Germs, and Steel. They focused on the evolution of two groups of people: the Maori and Moriori. They highlighted characteristics of each as they read.

HOMEWORK:
Finish article questions - 9/23

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Quiz

Today students took a quiz on bias. After, they continued working on the rough drafts of their assignment, Writing Biased History.

HOMEWORK:
Writing Biased History - Final Draft Due Monday 9/27

Monday, September 20, 2010

Quiz Tomorrow

Today students completed their first checkpoints. Make sure you have organized your logbooks. They will be collected tomorrow!

HOMEWORK:
Self-check - Checkpoint #1, DUE Tomorrow, 9/21
QUIZ - Bias - Tomorrow, 9/21

Friday, September 17, 2010

Outfoxed

Students watched clips from the documentary, Outfoxed. They discussed the argument made by the film and whether the film itself was biased.

HOMEWORK:
QUIZ - Tuesday - Media Bias

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Dirty Laundry

Students listened to the Dirty Laundry. The discussed the messages in the song and applied them to today's news and media sources.

Then students took notes on vocabulary and a types of bias from the powerpoint below.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Political Spectrum Test

Today students considered their own bias, taking a political spectrum test.

Monday, September 13, 2010

The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs

Today students looked at bias through an analysis of the story of the Three Little Pigs. Students compared and contrasted the traditional story with one written from the Wolf's perspective. The point was that history can be written with bias as well. Students also set up the assignment logs in their logbooks.

HOMEWORK:
If you haven't already, get a composition book and turn in your album covers!!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Welcome class of 2014!

Welcome to Modern World History! Bookmark this page for future reference. I'll post all sorts of information about assignments, due dates, grades, etc here. Check back soon!