Thursday, June 6, 2019

Foreign Policy, Day 12 - Class Recap


Today marks 75 years exactly since the Allied invasion of Normandy, France (codenamed Operation Overlord) during World War II. This is a photo from Pointe du Hoc on Omaha Beach - the steep cliffs were particularly challenging for American forces. Photo taken in 2017.

Hi everyone,

This was our last work day in class on the conflict presentations, before it is due next class! 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: "Merci" by Stromae. Selected for today because of the D-Day invasion anniversary and because of the Women's World Cup in France, starting tomorrow! This is a techno song with no lyrics.

AGENDA 6/6/19:
News Brief - Trennen
Work Time
Presentations?

Homework: Read the blog! The conflict presentation is due next class! Turn in your current foreign policy assignment if you have not already. Next news brief: Andrew.

News Brief: Trennen had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - One person dead, 22 injured in accident near West Point training site. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.

Andrew was assigned to do the next news brief.

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):


Work Time: The rest of class (if there was any time) was devoted to work time on the conflict presentation - assigning roles for what to do, creating 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

Presentations?: If there were any student groups that were ready to present today to get it out of the way, I took volunteers to go. Next class, I will start with volunteers and then we will move to randomly selecting groups. One more week to go, everyone!

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