11/4 Sustainable Development

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 (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

• categorize cultural terms.

Why?

• To build background information
• To begin understanding key vocabulary terms.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.  E Period: Class share - word sort          7 minutes

• open your word sort doc and be ready to share

3.  Use your search skills to find out about sustainable development. Work on being able to have a full definition that has depth. Not just a definition you have found with words you don't understand.           7 minutes

4. Class share           7 minutes

5. Make a copy of the Frayer model linked here. Use the folder icon next to the doc title to move it to your social studies folder.  We will work with this together.          10 minutes

6.  Use the following steps of Rules for Producing Questions about the topic sustainable development, and put your questions into the Padlet linked in Google Classroom:           5 minutes

• Ask/write as many questions as you can
• Do not stop to discuss, judge, or answer any questions - don't ask whether or not it is a good enough question
• Write down every question exactly as it is stated - don't worry about wording
• Change any statement into a question

7.  Class share.           7 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• Explain what sustainable development is.
• What open questions do you have about sustainable development?

11/3 Cultural Groups; Student Council Election

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 (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

• categorize cultural terms.

Why?

• To build background information
• To begin understanding key vocabulary terms.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.  Voting:          25 minutes

• Secret ballots are used in the United States to cast votes.
• Votes are anonymous to protect citizens from being intimidated, harmed, or excluded.
• Citizens are not obligated to share how they vote with anyone and should not feel pressured to do so.

please wait

3.  Go to the word sort doc you copied yesterday.         7 minutes

• With your group do the word sort. (You are not doing searches for the terms - use your collective understanding.)
• By yourself, answer the questions at the bottom. 

5. Class share          10 minutes

6. Find out about each of the terms assigned your group using your search skills.          10 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What are ethnic groups, linguistic groups, and religious groups?
• What was your experience voting today?

11/2 UN Overall Goals; Cultural Groups

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 (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

• discover the goals of the United Nations.

Why?

• To build background information
• To be exposed to other areas of the world.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.  Use your search skills to find out about the goals of the United Nations recording your information in the graphic organizer from yesterday.          10 minutes

3. Class share.           5 minutes

4.  Word Sort          15 minutes

• Make a copy of the document found at this link. Use the folder icon next to the doc name to move it into your social studies folder.
• With your group do the word sort. (You are not doing searches for the terms - use your collective understanding.)
• By yourself, answer the questions at the bottom. 

5. Class share          10 minutes

6. Find out about each of the terms assigned your group using your search skills.          10 minutes

__________________________________________

Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What are ethnic groups, linguistic groups, and religious groups?
• What are the goals of the United Nations?