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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Day 60 - Wednesday - Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!



I am so thankful for all the students and for making the first 60 days of school ridiculously happy :)

U.S. History I - Periods 1, 5, and 6: 
Essential Questions:
-What do we want from Government?
-Does our state government or federal government have more of an impact in our lives?
-Does the system of checks and balances provide us with an effective and efficient government? 
-Is a strong federal system the most effective government for the United States? Which level of government, federal or state, can best solve our nation's problems? 

Themes: Federalism, State Rights vs. Federal Government, Liberty vs. Hierarchy, U.S. Constitution, State Rights vs. Federal Rights, Bill or Rights, Checks and Balances, Amendments 11-27

1. We will watch the The Ratification of the Constitution and the New U.S. Government as a quick refresher.

2. Anti-Federalist vs. Federalist - DBQ based questions
3. Ratifying the Constitution Map - complete the map activity and questions with a partner in class.

4. U.S. Constitution Resources:
Anti-federalist vs. Federalist Chart
Map of the US Population in 1790
Massachusetts Vote on Ratification
United States Government Brief Slideshow
Current U.S. Government Slideshow

Homework:
1. Over the Thanksgiving Break please complete and learn the contents of pages 8-12 on the U.S. Constitution Packet by Monday, December 1st.  It will be absolutely necessary as a key study guide and perhaps an outline used for a test. It has been posted on Google Classroom.

2. Selling the Bill of Rights - You and a partner should begin working on this immediately.  It is due on Wednesday, December 3rd.

3. Examples of Marketing Campaigns - Check out the YouTube Videos
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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 4:

Essential Questions:
-Who was Herbert Hoover and how did his leadership affect the American people during the Great Depression?
-How did the Great Depression affect the lives of millions of Americans?
-What affect did the Dust Bowl have on Americans during the Great Depression?
-What was the New Deal and how did it affect the American people during the Great Depression?
-What affect did the Stock Market Crash of 1929 have on the American people during the Great Depression?
-What were the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), The Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and how did the affect the American people during the Great Depression?
-Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt and how did his leadership affect the American people during the Great Depression?

1. Causes of the Great Depression?

My list of the Great Depression Causes and the Digital Database to investigate the Causes of the Great Depression.

2. What questions do you have from the article titled Great Depression: A Struggle to Survive

3. We will watch these 2 videos today - Please review BOTH short movies below on the Causes and Effects of the Great Depression. Create a T-chart that reflects 5 CAUSE-AND-EFFECT situations based off the videos.


The Great Depression Movie


4. Great Depression Slideshow

5. Tips for Digital Story Telling:

A. What you have to say DOES matter!
B. Show US A STORY, don't just tell us a story!
C. Images should be quality, not quantity! You want your images to show emotion!!!
D. Size does matter, I recommend Flickr.com as a means to find quality pictures
E. Story boarding is a "Visual Outline" just as much as a written script
Story boarding allows students to "structure" their story and "sync" images to words. One advantage is that it enhances revision of the story once students see how the words work with the images.  At times, it is wise to rim, or even omit narration altogether if the image creates enough of an impact. There are several effective methods of storyboarding.  Powerpoint can rend a quick and easy version for you to follow along and to visually see the story.  A Word document or Google document using text and image boxes can also suffice.  All students need to do is insert images in order, and copy and past the corresponding narration into a digital story program such as iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Haiku Deck, Microsoft Photo Story 3, YouTube video, Move Note, Notability, EduCreations, or Touch Cast to illustrate a real movie like effect with you voice recording telling the story.  The most important advantage of story boarding is that it creates an effective blueprint for the movie. So please plan this stage of your Digital Story well by organizing yourself and following the rubric provided.

F. When recording your voice over - SLOOOOOOWWWW DOOOOWNNNN!
Your audience needs time to process the images and a slower pacing is a much more effective way to ensure they will see what you have studied in the image. 

G. Choosing a soundtrack: Instrumental vs. lyrical. 
Pacing, emotion, and point of view of the audience are all enhanced with appropriate music.  I would select one piece of music if you want to use it, but do not use more than one as frequent music changes can confuse the audience.

3. Please utilize your time wisely and WORK TOGETHER with your partners to PLAN this project.  You need to plan well in order to execute your project well. You MUST CREATE a google document that you share with me as an EDITOR so that I can review what and who has done the planning and can approve your storyboard.

Homework:
1. You and your partner need to create a Digital Story on the Great Depression project.  Please provide a Google Document that illustrates planning, organization, research, works cited page, and your actually Digital Story in it.
- Review of the expectations of the Digital Storytelling Project
-Digital Storytelling Rubric
-Digital Storytelling Resources and Topics

2. Let me know if you have any questions Digital Story Sample from Youtube on the Great Depression:
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International Studies - Period 2
Essential Questions:
1. How do we think about POWER in the 21st Century?

2. How should we deal with extremist?
3. Do you think ordinary people can create change or movement for a cause?

Themes: War vs. Peace, Sustainability Change, Hard Power, Soft Power, Smart Power, The Taliban, Islamic State in Syria (ISIS), Malala Yousafzai

1. We will finish up Malala Yousafzai Story: How Malala Became Famous?



2. Speech to the United Nations



3. Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 2014

4. Questions to discuss and answer regarding Malala Yousafzai's story:
A. How have the everyday live of girls in Pakistan changed during Malala's lifetime? What do you think caused these changes?

B. Why do you think Malala's family and other families in Swat Valley are willing to take such great risks to send their daughter's to school?

C. Why did Malala attract the attention of the Taliban?

D. What tactics did the Taliban use to gain control of the Swat Valley?

E. Do you think Malala understood the risks she was taking by attending school and talking to reporters about the importance of girls' education? What evidence in the Malala article or videos support s your view?

F. We will compare Malala's story to Sophie School, a  young German who defied the Nazi regime in 1943.
-What traits do they share?
-What sets them apart from others in their communities?
-What other similarities or differences do you note?

G. Do you think Malala deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Homework:
1. After watching Malala speak at the United Nations above, please answer the following questions:
A. Why do you think Malala's story has captured the world's attention?
B. When speaking the United Nations, Malala called books and pens "powerful weapons." What do you think she meant? Do you agree? Why or why not?

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