1/22 Paired Discussion - Blog

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day which is posted in the classroom.

Today in class you will 

• develop your understanding of the world.
• associate words with key ideas about standard of living.
• analyze data to determine a country's standard of living.

Why?

• To better understand the world around you.
• To become more flexible in your thinking and writing.
• To develop your vocabulary.
• To develop your critical thinking.

1.  With another near you, discuss - in your own words - why you are in social studies today (see above). 2 minutes

2.  B&F:  Have a discussion about the third question for 2 minutes; then write your own response by yourself.  E: Finish your written response to the third question.  Paired discussion - Mr.d'E will tell you when to move on to the next question.   6 minutes

• Does a country's standard of living show how everyone in that country lives? Explain.
• What is the most interesting thing you have learned about standard of living? Why?
• How much obligation do you think people in a country with a high standard of living like the United States has to help people who live in a low standard of living?  Explain.

3.  Share the document with your responses to the above with your partner.   1 minute

4.  Give feedback.  Use the comment feature in Docs.  10 minutes 

• Read your partner's work
• Read your partner's work (again) aloud.
• Do the explanations make sense?
• Do they need to reword some areas?
• Do they need capital letters ( or remove some)?
• Do they need punctuation?
• Are there run - ons or fragments?

5. Revise your work.   10 minutes

• Ask your partner for clarification.

6.  Post your writing with your infographic image to your blog.  8 minutes

7.  Pull key points from Ch 32 in Geography Alive on globalization and trade.  Jot them down.  15 minutes

Parents
You could ask your child the following: 

• Does a country's standard of living show how everyone in that country lives? Explain.
• What is the most interesting thing you have learned about standard of living? Why?
• How much obligation do you think people in a country with a high standard of living like the United States has to help people who live in a low standard of living?  Explain.dis