February 4

IB 30/35

We finished up the activity from yesterday, so you should now have jot notes on the results of World War II. One of those results was the origin of the nuclear age, which begins during WWII, and obviously the work to build the atomic bomb leads to its usage to end the war in the Pacific. We started an HBO documentary today called "White Light/Black Rain", which we will finish off tomorrow.

Social 30-1

I gave you back the results of the Social 30-1 diagnostic test today. I gave you the course workbooks today as well, and started teaching the course content by looking at the ideas of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. As I lectured from the PowerPoint presentation "Introducing Government", you were to take notes in your workbooks. Please remind me tomorrow to get you signed on to the Social 30-1 wiki. Once you're on the wiki, you can find all of the PowerPoint presentations that I'll be delivering in class.

Social 10-1

We played a fun game of global bingo today, where you were asked to circulate around the room and meet 16 new people and get information from them. Eventually you will use this information and put it on a world map. You have a homework assignment tonight that is due tomorrow: you must find 25 items from 25 different countries. these items could be put into different categories, such as: food, clothing, electronics, household items, vehicles, musical instruments, entertainment, beauty products/make up, etc. The smart way to put together your chart would be to classify your items into categories in your chart right from the start. Once again, you will eventually have to put all of this information into a map. I will be doing a homework check on this chart tomorrow. I also gave you time to work on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Tuesday, February 9th.

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.