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The GGS essay is due today for A days students, tomorrow for B day students! If you still have not completed your essay, please turn it in ASAP.
Today in class, students got to experience what it would be like if they were stranded on an island, without Mrs. Garfield and any form of government. We decided governments are necessary, and discussed the theories of John Locke. After reviewing the major concepts behind The Story of the Shapes of Continents, we watched Guns Germs and Steel Episode One and took video notes! Click the link to watch the episode. See the GGS tab for video notes.
HOMEWORK:
Students explored population data of their assigned country and then compared their data to other group's countries. We decided there is major inequality in the modern world, and we will be using Jared Diamond's theories in Guns, Germs and Steel to figure out the roots of inequality.
HOMEWORK:
I assigned students to read both assigned articles on Newsela about the two presidential candidates and then respond on Google Classroom about who their going to vote for during the TuHS mock election. After, students observed a Pack Day!
In class we had fun as students were divided into villages and had to take a chance with Destiny! Today was the beginning of our conversation of why the modern world is so unequal.
Temperate climate: In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of Earth lie between the tropics and the polar regions. The temperatures in these regions are generally relatively moderate, rather than extremely hot or cold, and the changes between summer and winter are also usually moderate
Latitude and longitude: Latitude is used together with longitude to specify the precise location of features on the surface of the Earth. Latitude runs east and west while longitude runs north and south. Domesticate: tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce Civilization: the process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and organization. Natural Resources: materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain. Specialization: a method of production where a business, area or economy focuses on the production of a limited scope of products or services to gain greater degrees of productive efficiency within an overall system. Indigenous: originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native Cultivate: prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening “Fertile Crescent”: the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape, from the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern Egypt. Hunters and Gatherers: a human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals), in contrast to agricultural societies, which rely mainly on domesticated species. Immunity: the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells. Epidemic: a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. Endemic: a disease regularly found among particular people or in a certain area Neolithic: of, relating to, or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed Tropical: the warm, hot areas located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn Virus: extremely widespread infections New unit - new vocab! Woohoo! In partners, students were assigned a vocabulary word from our upcoming unit to complete a Frayer model for. Students hung up their posters in the hall and everyone walked around learning about each other's vocabulary words. VOCAB QUIZ NEXT CLASS!
Students were handed back their final draft with edits and marks. We discussed things they needed to include in their reading assessment before passing out the new article they would need to read and respond to. After determining a few main points with a partner and as a class, students completed a reading assessment individually. If you were absent in class, you need to make up the assessment before or after school.
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