Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Historiography, Day 6 - Class Recap


The Apollo program was researched by some students as a part of the textbook examination. A few students chose Neil Armstrong or other astronauts as their "Great American" for the comparative biography assignment, as well. This is one of the lunar models build for the Apollo program, now on display at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.

Hi everyone,

Today was mostly a work day in class on the Comparative Biography assignment, which is due on Friday at the start of the day. Here's what we did today in class:

Learning Targets Addressed: 
Behavior LT 1: I can self direct my learning.
Research LT 1: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Critical Thinking LT 5: I can justify and support arguments or interpretation with appropriate evidence.

Soundtrack: "American Woman" by Lenny Kravitz. Selected for today because many students selected American women for their Comparative Biography assignment, due next class! Lyrics here.

AGENDA 10/2/19:
News Brief - Reece
Comparative Biography
Work Time
Names and States

Homework: Read the blog. The Comparative Biography assignment is due Friday at start of class!  The next news brief is assigned to: Ekansh.

News Brief: Today's news brief was brought in by Reece, who selected an article about this story to share with the class: NYTimes.com - North Korean Missile Delivers a Message: There’s Little Japan Can Do. We talked about this story for a bit (especially as it relates to the United States), and then moved on.

Ekansh was selected to do the next news brief.

We also watched the BBC World News update in class. 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):


Comparative Biography: The last part of the "notable Americans" worksheet asked for the name of someone you consider to be a "Great American" - students were allowed to define that however they wanted, however, the person had to be someone that was 1) real, and 2) multiple biographies existed of. With this person in mind, this is the assignment that I introduced last class (also posted in Google Classroom):


We talked about the importance of finding good sources for this (Wikipedia is allowed for this assignment!) as well as how to cite your sources using EasyBib.com or another generator.

This assignment should end up being about 2-3 pages in length, as you look in depth at the biographies you find on your Great American.

Work Time: The rest of class was devoted to work time on the comparative biography assignment,. Please email me or comment with any questions, as this assignment will be due at the start of class on Friday!

Thanks, everyone - see you next class!

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