Day 69 - Wednesday

U.S. History I - Periods 2, 5, and 6: 
Essential Question:

-What does it mean to be an "American"?
-What are the rights, liberties, and responsibilities of U.S. citizens?
-Is the U.S. Constitution a living document? If so, how is it a living document?
-Does our state government or federal government have a greater impact in our lives?
-Do separation of powers and checks and balances make our government work too slowly?

Themes: Republicanism, US Constitution, Bill of Rights, Articles, Liberties, Citizenship, Checks and Balance, Separation of Powers, digital story-telling, writing out scripts.

1. A quick recap and examination of your next project - A digital story on the U.S. Constitution
-Due Date
-Google Folders
-Tasks for student groups
-Rubric
-To Do List

2. We are in the Library 1/2 day today, full days the rest of this week, AND next week => A grand total of 5 1/2 days + a weekend = means you can definitely get this done BEFORE the Winter Break and have no homework over the break. Presentations DO START ON January 4, 2016.

Homework:

1. This is the LAST AFTERNOON/EVENING you have to complete the pages 5-12 on the U.S. Constitution Packet. This examination and collection of different activities is due by TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT - Wednesday, December 16th.

2. Begin your research on your topic - PLEASE use the BHS Databases and your textbook first. Additionally, please check over your "Procedures" or student tasks under The Digital Storytelling Constitution Project.  Create an "working outline" based of these procedures tonight for your group.

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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 1:

Essential Questions:
-Was the decade of the 1920's a time of innovation or conservationism?
-How did a war fought to "save the world for democracy" end up threatening civil rights in America?
-Should the USA limit immigration?
-What were the most important themes of the 1920's?

Themes: Getting back to Normalcy, Pop Culture, The Jazz Age, The Red Scare, Limitations on Immigrants, Consumerism, The Scopes Trial

1. The Class will be split into 4 groups (Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D) - Your job will be to read and organize the new information from last nights reading/research using your 2-column notes on the section you will be assigned. You must SHARE YOUR 2-COLUMN NOTES and understanding of these topics on the 1920's. In your groups you will need to find at least 5 visuals (photos, graphs, charts).

2. For designing your playing cards: one side will represent an image of the person or concept, the other will be the facts, connections, details you researched) that represent your topic and put it in a google document with a clear titled to PRINT OUT for your visuals. BONUS POINTS FOR those of you who want to draw it out on your playing cards.. Your job will be to create 1920's Playing Cards and here is your mini-project with your group.

Group A - The Twenties Woman - pages 646-651
Group B - Education and Popular Culture - pages 652-657
Group C - The Harlem Renaissance - pages 658-663
Group D - Miscellaneous Group - See the mini-project sheet and Digital History's 1920's

3. Themes of the 1920's

4. On Friday, we will complete The Presidents of the 1920's Video Questions - Please download and be ready to complete on Friday during class.

Homework:
1. Remember you need to finalize your design and information for your playing cards from the 1920's Playing Cards and here is your mini-project with your group. Please make sure you understand EXACTLY what is due on Friday, December 18th, BEFORE CLASS!

Group A - The Twenties Woman - pages 646-651
Group B - Education and Popular Culture - pages 652-657
Group C - The Harlem Renaissance - pages 658-663
Group D - Miscellaneous Group - See the mini-project sheet.

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International Studies - Period 7
Essential Questions:
1. What does "hard power" and "soft power" capability and how does it impact foreign policy?
2. Should Europe and the United States accept more refugees from the Middle East and Africa? 

Themes: Humanitarianism, World Peace, War vs. Peace, Sustainable Change, Non-Government Organizations

1. Documents and Primary Sources for today's jigsaw group activity
Expert Groups will discuss and share ideas.  Additionally, expert groups will conduct a little more research on their student-choice topics and deliver this information to the other groups using a jigsaw approach.  This means each group will meet with another topic group to teach about the main ideas of their topic. Each group meetup will include 4 students and each student will have a task - Summarizer, Predictor, Classifier and Questioner. When all groups have completed the jigsaw activity with all for tasks completed we will have an open-class discussion about the topics summaries, predictions, clarification of issues, and questions students still have.

2. Resources on the Syrian Refugee Crisis:
-World Affairs Organization and the Syrian Refugees Crisis, February 2015
(Use the Table of Contents on Page 2 to pick the topics you want to read and learn more about)

-Wall Street Journal "A Frontline Solution to Europe's Refugee Crisis," September 2015

-"Stories from Syrian Refugees," UNHCR United Nations Refugee Agency, 2015

-"The Smartphone completely completely changed the Refugee Crisis," WIRED, December 2015

-"The Refugee Crisis in Europe: Bridging the Educational Gaps for Syrians in Turkey," The Brookings Institute, November 2015

-"Is this Humanitarian Migration Crisis Different," Organization for Economic Co-Operation Economic Development, September 2015

-"Hungary Today" Hungary Today Blog, September 2015

Homework:
1. Review your notes and the article on "Why Are They So Angry with Us?" Please create a summary that answers the question in the article titled based on your Two-Column Notes and review of the article and post it to Google Classroom.

2. Review and get familiar with the website, layout, and scope of what you will be diving into as we study The Middle East and the West, National Public Radio, 5-part series, December 2015