Calendar Week of September 30th

Today we explored WTP: Lesson 30: How citizens can participate in action and completed the ***questions WTP Lesson 30 Worksheet What is not finished is homework due Thursday.

Today in class students organized their station work and completed a self reflection. Click here for the Station Organization & Self- Reflection

ALL STATION WORK IS DUE MONDAY!!!

Today we start the Citizen Stations! We will be working on these for the rest of the week.  ALL STATION WORK DUE MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30th!!

Station 1: Please watch the videos and take this Google Form Becoming a US Citizen Videos & Questions
Station 2: Just the Facts Cloze Activity using the Citizenship Just the Facts Reading
Station 3: icivics game Responsibility Launcher
Station 4: Voting Rights K-W-L Chart and Voting Rights Timeline
Station 5: This Land is Your Land Mapping Activity. Use the maps below to help you fill in your map!

This week's calendar:
Calendar Week of September 23rd

Today we brainstormed what rights and responsibilities we have at different levels of society: national, state, local, school, and home.

Citizen Me PPT

Welcome!
Today's Directions: Google Slides for today's class on Citizenship
1. Do Now: What does it mean to be a citizen? What have you heard about citizenship?
2. Partner read  We The People Lesson 29: What Are the Rights & Responsibilities of Citizenship?As you read write a 1 sentence summary for each paragraph.
3. Individually or with a partner cut out the rights listed on the last page of the WTP Lesson 29 packet and sort them into Economic, Political, and Civic Rights
4. Read together "What are your responsibilities as a citizen?" and discuss
5. If time allows watch and discuss the video below:

Welcome! Today we will set up some technology & TIMELINE SELF REFLECTION

1. Highlight your rubric

2. Complete the Timeline Self-Reflection & turn in both

3. Enter enroll code for https://enroll.goguardian.com

period 2:MSSK21

Period 3:D95S62

Period 5:Y4MDZM

Period 6:5Y7VW2

Period 7:NJPEH7

4. Go to Google Drive & make a folder for history, science, ELA, Math for 2019-2020 school year

5. Check your email

6. Check your ASPEN

If any of these options don’t work for you please add your name to the list with the correct title and write a note about the problem!

7. When you finish go to www.sheppardsoftware.com and practice the USA!

Today you will be getting your chromebooks! I hope it goes better than the DDL!

1. Do Now: students come in and pick up handout and independently read & write about the do now question
2. Discuss do now together as a class
3. Watch PBS The Difference Between Us VIDEO up until 15:32. Students should jot down ideas & notes on the Video Handout for Notes as they watch
4. Discuss in small groups the video so far
5. Watch and pause to discuss Eugenics
6. Watch and pause to discuss the significance of Jesse Owens
7. Watch & take notes on the science & impact of skin color and race 
8. Watch and pause to discuss: According to scientists in the film, what accounts for most differences in people? (37:42-41:04)
9. Watch and pause to discuss: Why has there been so little genetic variation in humans? (41:04-end of film)
10.  Discuss and write about: After watching & discussing these research developments about the genetic reality of race how has your understanding of race changed?  What impact does this research have on you? What impact does it have on the issue of race here in America? What questions does it leave you wondering?

This week's calendar: HERE!
Sorry I will be out Monday, Tuesday, and Friday this week.
If students need help please feel to email me!

Now that you are here please:
1. Add this page to your favorites...we will use it ALL THE TIME!
2. Follow the link to take your DDL: Digital Drivers Licence Google Form
3. Let me know your score when you finish!
4. Work on your Timelines

The skill we are working on this week is time management!

-Find the calendar HERE On the second page it outlines how much time each class will be devoted to working on the timelines so students can stay on track in order to complete the project on time, also listed is enrichment. 

-Today we brainstormed the changes that have taken place in America in the last 100 years, especially focusing on what we have now that they didn't back then.

Today we explored what our names mean to us.  We watched and read "My Name" from Sandra Cisneros House on Mango Street.  My Name Google Slides

We continue to work on the timeline project.  Here are important due dates:

• 9/11 historic events due
• 9/13 personal events due
• 9/19 TIMELINE PROJECT DUE! 

Today we discussed how change is made and brainstormed changes in American history. We read "The Low Road" by Marge Piercy and connected these ideas with changes in our personal lives recorded on our timelines as well as how many of the historic events are changes as well. Here are the slides from class: Low Road Slides

Today we introduced the Timeline Project.  For details click HERE!