Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Weekly Agenda

Monday 9/21 to Friday 9/25
  1. Checkpoint #1. Self-check DUE Tuesday. Peer-check, in class Tuesday.
  2. QUIZ - Media Bias. Makeup - Wednesdays in Tutorial.
  3. HOMEWORK - Geography Worksheets, DUE Wednesday/Thursday
  4. Notes: Introduction to the Five Themes of Geography.
  5. Collage: People, Places, Ideas, and Interactions.
  6. HOMEWORK - Geography Worksheets, DUE Friday.
  7. Geography of Cleveland - Mapping Cleveland and the surrounding area.
  8. Where in the World? - Using latitude and longitude to find locations in the atlas.

Mr. Leo

I'll will be one paternity leave until October 19th. My trusted sub, Jesse Leo will be taking over for the duration. I'll still update the blog, although with less frequency.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Outfoxed

Students finished watching Outfoxed. They answered questions from the film guide.

HOMEWORK:
Writing Biased History DUE Monday (9/21)
QUIZ - Types of Bias, Vocab, Outfoxed

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Fox News and Outfoxed

Today we continued our conversation about bias. Students listened to the Eagles' song Dirty Laundry. They chose passages to discuss and made conclusions about the meaning of the song. We discussed news, information, entertainment and info-tainment in the media. Students watched the the beginning of the film Outfoxed which explores bias in Fox's presentation of the news. Students completed this film guide as they watched. Students are also expected to detect the bias of the filmakers.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Types of Bias

Today students took notes over different types of bias. We discussed examples of each type.

HOMEWORK: DUE MON. (9/21) Writing Biased History