11/10 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 

• generate questions about the sustainable development goals.
• brainstorm solutions to problems.

Why?

• To begin understanding the sustainable development goals.
• To build your sense of empowerment.

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

2.  Review your main ideas with your group from yesterday.            2 minutes

3.  Review the "sustainable development" Frayer that you created last week.          2 minutes

4. Watch the following video and think about why the UN Sustainable Development Goals would be important to attain:          7 minutes

5.  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

6.  Wait for class share.           7 minutes

7. Video discussion & brainstorm.           15 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

11/9 Immigration

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 

• extract details from a text.
• determine main ideas from details
• identify push and pull factors for immigrants.
• identify the impact of immigration.

Why?

• To understand reasons behind human migration.

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

2.  Why celebrate Veterans Day? Watch the following video:

3.  By yourself, complete the vocab preview linked here.           6 minutes

Please Wait.

4.   Complete the two-column notes linked here as instructed.            15 minutes

5. Class share.           10 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What are push factors?
• What are pull factors?
• How does immigration affect the U.S.?

11/8 Election Day!

Encourage your parents to vote today!

11/7 Election; Self-Reflection

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 

• vote in a mock presidential election.
• reflect on your individual influence.

Why?

• To build your sense of empowerment.

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.  By yourself, complete the survey linked here.           7 minutes

4. Brainstorm a list in your scrap paper:            7 minutes

• What rules / guidelines / expectations should there be when having discussions?
• What rules / guidelines / expectations should there be when things don't go as you would like them to (Something unfair or bad happens to you; how should you react?)?

5. Class share.           7 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• For whom did you vote in the mock election?
• What made this candidate appealing to you? What issues did you agree on with this candidate?