Thursday, May 16, 2019

Foreign Policy, Day 5 - Class Recap


The World War I group simulation was a big hit last class! Here are Period 1's Secretaries of State, in the middle of negotiations.

Dear class,

As promised, today was another work day on the foreign policy conflict presentation with your small groups. Here's what happened in class today:

Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 8: I can identify how technological knowledge and innovation shapes a society, place, or region.
Knowledge LT 22: I can describe the influences, impacts and resolutions of historical conflicts.
Critical Thinking LT 4: I can evaluate information and explanations within a given context and develop a relevant conclusion.
Critical Thinking LT 5: I can justify and support arguments or interpretation with appropriate evidence.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Research LT 1: I can effectively conduct and apply research.

Soundtrack: "War of Man" by Neil Young. Selected for today because students are researching conflicts in United States history. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 5/16/19:
News Brief - Idi
Zimmerman Note
Conflict Work Time

Homework: Read the blog! Complete and submit the United States Imperialism assignment if you did not in class. Continue working on your conflict presentation! Next news brief: Yasir.

News Brief: Idi had the news brief today, but was late to class, so I filled in and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - Alabama governor signs nation's most restrictive anti-abortion bill into law. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.

Yasir was assigned to do the next news brief.

My update for what I was up to outside of class involved noting that there is a 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide commemoration in Portland this Sunday, from 1-3 PM. I am planning on going and I would love if any students (especially those who were really interested in the unit last year) were to come! Here are the details:


Let me know if you would like to go and/or would like me to email your parents with details about the event!

As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):


Zimmerman Note: Part of the presentation last class had to do with the Zimmerman Note, sent by Germany to Mexico to propose an alliance during World War I. We did a short analysis (with OPVL) in class on this document, here:


After students completed this, we talked in class about what we thought for the analysis and had a conversation about the role of the United States in World War I.

Work Time: The rest of class was devoted to work time on the conflict presentation - assigning roles for what to do, starting to create the presentation, etc. Here is the assignment for the United States conflict presentations, which is the final major project of the year (hopefully not too stressful, though):


Here is the PowerPoint that shows who is in what conflict presentation group:


Here is the calendar of what I think we will be doing for the rest of the year in American Studies, to help students plan. That calendar is linked here (and may be updated, so use the link over the paper copy you were given):

Google Drive - American Studies 10 Foreign Policy Calendar 2019

See everyone next week, when we will talk about World War II on Monday! Have a great weekend and Go Blazers!

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