One of the quotes at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC. Photo taken in 2011.
Thank you for your efforts today in class and this semester as a whole! Next week is finals week. Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Behavior LT 3: I can work effectively within a team or group.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place, or region.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place, or region.
Soundtrack: "Pride (In the Name of Love)" by U2. Selected for today because of the song's connection to Martin Luther King Jr, who we honor on Monday with a day of service (and no school). Lyrics here.
AGENDA 1/17/20:
News Brief – Rachel
MLK Day of Service
Presentations?
Work Time
News Brief: Rachel had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: NYTimes.com - U.S. and Iran Are Trolling Each Other — in China. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Ariel 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):
MLK Day of Service: There is no school on Monday, to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who would have turned 91 this year and we talked about during our Civil Rights unit this year. I always encourage students to see this day as a day of service, not a day off. In light off that, here is a great list of local events that are happening in our area:
Let me know if you are planning of doing anything or end up serving the community in some way over the weekend!
Presentations?: I wanted to be sure to give students the opportunity to do their immigration presentation early, to get it out of the way before next week, and to make it easier on the class schedule during finals day. I appreciate anyone who was willing to volunteer to go!
Final Project: A couple of classes ago, I introduced what the final project will look like for this semester (a group presentation due on finals day, or before, if the group wants to get it done with):
Groups were formed last week and immigrant groups were selected. Here is the list of groups:
Work Time: The rest of class was devoted to work time in researching the immigrant group the team selected, and continuing to create and practice the presentations. These will be due next class, as it is our finals day together!
Work Time: The rest of class was devoted to work time in researching the immigrant group the team selected, and continuing to create and practice the presentations. These will be due next class, as it is our finals day together!
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