Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Liu Ling Journal

Agenda 5/15:

  1. Students took the Southeast Asia map quiz.
  2. Students finished reading and taking notes about life in the village of Liu Ling.
  3. Students began writing a journal from the perspective of someone living in the village before and after the communist revolution.
HOMEWORK:
Liu Ling Journal - DUE Tuesday 5/21

Monday, May 13, 2013

Life in China Before and After the Revolution

Agenda 5/13:

  1. Students worked on maps of Southeast Asia.
  2. Students reviewed 20th century Chinese history by matching quotes with different time periods.
  3. Students began reading and taking notes about life for Chinese before and after the communist revolution in 1949.
HOMEWORK:
Map: Southeast Asia - DUE Wednesday 5/15
MAP QUIZ - Wednesday 5/15

Thursday, May 9, 2013

China - From Dynasty to Communism

Today students learned about major events in 20th century China. Students took notes from the lecture below. They reviewed the material watching the clip below.

HOMEWORK:
Map QUIZ - South Asia - DUE Wednesday 5/15

China - From Dynasty to Communism:

Crash Course China:

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Arabs in the Media



Today students presented their Promises dialogues and began looking at stereotypes of Arabs in the media. They began watching the film Reel Bad Arabs [below].
















Reel Bad Arabs:

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Promises and Dialogues

Agenda 4/29:

  1. Students finished the film Promises.
  2. Students began writing creative dialogues and conversations from the perspective of one or more students from the film.