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.

February 6

IB 20

I did a homework check on the questions from the Brown reading "Why Study or Write History?" We finished watching "Vantage Point" today, and we were able to have a brief discussion of the eight different perspectives in the film and what the limitations of those vantage points might be. The film study questions for "Vantage Point" are due on Monday. Tonight I would like you to visit the wiki, look under Unit 1 Historiography for a PowerPoint presentation called "Evaluating Sources". Please read this presentation over. If you want to print off a hard copy of the presentation that might be helpful. Your reflective essay on the IB learner profile is due tomorrow. It must be either hand written using blue or black ink, or it can typed. You will get your IA question tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your 25 item chart at the beginning of class, and it was returned to you at the end of class. I gave you instructions on how to complete your global connections map, and I will post the instructions here on the blog as well. I also talked a little bit about the World Geography Test that you'll have on February 19th. I will post the official study guide for that test on Monday. I gave you the Unit 1 Worksheet today and assigned your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions for Tuesday, February 11th.

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 30/35

Today's entire period was turned over to you to work on your TOK presentations. Don't forget that we're doing the three option debate tomorrow on the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII.

February 5

Social 10-1

We finished looking at the graphics from yesterday's activity and their connection to globalization. We played a game of global bingo today, and collected information from classmates. DON"T LOSE THIS INFORMATION!! You have a homework assignment tonight: find 25 household items from 25 DIFFERENT countries. Some potential categories for the items that you will probably find in your house includes: food, clothing, electronics, entertainment, and miscellaneous. Please record all of your information in a 3 column chart. I will be doing a homework check on this 25 item chart tomorrow.

IB 20

We continued looking at issues related to historiography today. I talked briefly about primary versus secondary sources, and we also discussed your personal timelines. Our discussions led us into a film study of "Vantage Point" which looks at an assassination of the President of the United States from 8 different perspectives (vantage points). As you're watching this film please think about what limitations there might be from their perspective. We'll finish this film off tomorrow.

Please remember that your IB learner profile reflective essay is due on Friday. It might be a good idea to pick the 3 attributes from the IB learner profile tonight and start brainstorming ideas/examples of how you have demonstrated that attribute in your academic career. Try to write a rough draft of essay as well tonight.

IB 30/35

I did a homework check on the "White Light/Black Rain" film study sheets. You had time in class today to prep for Friday's 3 option debate on the decision to use the atomic bombs at the end of WWII. You got the results of your IA back today. You'll have all of tomorrow's class to get your TOK group presentations organized.