February 5

IB 30/35

We finished watching "White Light/Black Rain" today, and you should have also finished the film study sheet that went along with the documentary. I gave you a reading on the decision to use the atomic bomb, which you need to read over the weekend. The reading is connected to a debate that we will be doing on Tuesday. You have been split into three different option groups for the debate, and each group has its own Google Doc to organize arguments, evidence, and counter-arguments. You will have some class time on Monday to organize with your group members face-to-face.

Social 10-1

Your Global Connections Map is due on Monday, February 8th. Your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday, February 9th. Please check out the instructions for your Global Connections Map below.

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS MAP ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS:

Here are the instructions for the map (which is due on Monday):

• your map must have a title ("Global Connections Map")
• you do not need compass directions on your map
• you do not need a border for your map
• you must have a simple key on the front of the map and a detailed key on the back on the map
• your simple key will consist of the following: 5-6 colored boxes (depending on how many categories you had for your 25 item chart) which will be labeled-food, clothing, electronics, entertainment, household goods, miscellaneous AND you must also draw a colored dot and label it "people" (for the information from the Global Bingo game that we played)
• you will only color countries and label ones that you have a connection to through the 25 item chart (for example, you own a sombrero that is from Mexico, you would color Mexico and label it "Mexico")
• there will only be 5-6 colors on the map, you don't need to have 25 different colors for each of your 25 items
• you also have to label the 16 people that you talked to during our Global Bingo game, they will be represented by colored circles (pick a common color for all people) and numbers (1-16, if you didn't talk to 16 people, you label as many as you talked to)--you do not color the countries that are represented on your Global Bingo card, you simply draw a circle on the country, color it, put a number beside it, and label the country (for example, if the only connection you have to Australia is that one of your classmates went on a vacation there, you draw the circle, write the number beside the circle, and label the country "Australia"-- you don't color the country)
• on the detailed key on the back of your map, you will be recreating your 25 item chart (make sure that you have the categories clearly colored and matching the simple key on the front of the map) and the information from the Global Bingo card (clearly identify people by number) Your Global Connections Map is due on Monday, February 8th.

Your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday, February 9th. I gave you some class time to work on your Chapter 1 work, and you could have started on your Chapter 2 work as well. 

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms. Please complete your Chapter 1 Questions for Monday. Please read the Ideology Notes (pages 12-17 in your workbooks), you should highlight the reading, and make annotations in it. I started the PowerPoint presentation "Identity and Ideology" (which I probably won't finish), because I like to draw out the political and economic spectrums (which I'll do on Monday). I taught you the principles of individualism and the principles of collectivism. I also got you to sign up for the Social 30-1 wiki (check you e-mail inboxes for the invitation, it may have gone into a spam or junk folder), please let me know if there are any issues with this.