February 7

IB 30/35

You did the debate on the decision to drop the atomic bomb today. We'll be starting the Cold War on Monday.

Social 10-1

I assigned your Global Connections Essay today. It is due on Wednesday. Your Global Connections Map is due on Monday. Your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday, February 11th. 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 10th.

If you have any questions about it, post a comment below using the following format: K.G. in Social 10-1.

IB 20

I went through an overview of the IA. I'll post the PowerPoint on the wiki under Internal Assessment as soon as we finalize the due date for the outline sheet. You also got your IA topic. Your rough draft of your IA will be due on September 30th and your good copy is due on October 31st. Please remember that your "Vantage Point" film study is due on Monday.

September 12

Social 10-1

We talked a little bit about the impact of media transnationals on everyday life today by doing a class survey of favorite TV shows, movies and music.We look further at media giants in the days to come. You also had class time to work on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions. Your "Global Connections Essay" is due tomorrow. You have a World Geography Test on Friday, please see yesterday's post for the complete study guide.

IB 20

You wrote a current events quiz at the beginning of class today. We started watching a film called "The Age of Light" on the Enlightenment period in European history. I started the second part of "The Age of Enlightenment" PowerPoint presentation as well today, which I will be able to finish tomorrow.

IB 30/35

You wrote a current events quiz at the beginning of class. We started examining slavery today. We looked at a PowerPoint presentation on slavery in the United States, which I will put up on the wiki. You can find this presentation on the wiki in the United States Civil War page. We started watching a video from the United States History series called "Slavery and Freedom" which we will continue tomorrow.

September 10

IB 30/35

We spent most of today's class in the library working on your IA. This may have been your only class period to work on the IA, so I hope you made it worth the trip to the library. Tomorrow you will be writing a Paper 1 on the Mexican-American War.

Social 10-1

I gave you some time to do a rough draft of the first paragraph of an informative essay on your global connections. Think of how you'd answer/address the following questions in your essay: what impact does globalization have on your individual identity? How do you affect the world economically, socially, environmentally, and technologically? Your final copy (good copy) of this essay is due on Thursday. You have a world geography test on Friday and the study guide will be posted here on the blog tomorrow.

I talked a little about your mapping assignment which is due tomorrow. Here are the instructions for your global connections map:

• 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 the circle, 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)

IB 20

We finished watching "Vantage Point" today. We had a little bit of time to talk about the various perspectives in the film and the limitations of each of the witnesses to the assassination. I want you to go through the Evaluating Sources PowerPoint on the wiki (it's in Unit 1 Historiography), as well as read over the Paper 1 and OPVL Document Analysis sections on the wiki tonight. Tomorrow we should have time to discuss OPVL a little bit more.

February 7

Social 10-1

I gave you your first writing assignment today: the Global Connections Essay. In this informative essay, you are to answer the following essay question: What are my impacts on the world? You are really trying to personalize your essay by indicating what are some social, economic, political and environmental effects that you have on the world. What impact is globalization having on you, and what impact do have on globalization (in other words, how do you contribute to globalization)? Are you having a positive or negative impact on the world? This Global Connections Essay is due on Thursday. Your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday as well. Your World Geography Test is on Friday, February 11th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 30-1

I went through how to be successful on a WRA II (in-class position paper) for most of today's class. You have a copy of the "Recipe for Success" and "Analyzing Quotes" which I think will be really helpful in preparing for essays. Tomorrow, we'll look at writing an outline for an essay that will be similar to your Unit 1 WRA II (you write this on Tuesday of next week). I also gave you time to work on your Individualism vs. Collectivism booklets. These booklets are due tomorrow. Please remember that simple "yes" or "no" answers are NOT enough on the last chart activity in that booklet. Your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday. Your Chapter 1-2 Test is on Thursday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it) and your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Friday (please see the study guide here; scroll down to find it).