11/18 SDG Evidence and Explanation

STUDENTS, FIRST COMPLETE THE FORM LINKED HERE.

Reminders

• 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).

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Today in class you will

• find and use evidence to support your claim about the Global Goals.
• generate explanations as to how your evidence supports your claim.

Why?

• To deepen your understanding of human and physical geography.
• To help you become better at supporting arguments.

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DIRECTIONS

If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting by students, PlaceSpotting , Google A Day, or this Google Maps Scavenger Hunt or create a meme for one of our social studies topics from the year. (Don't search for the question or use a Google A Day answer site.)

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

2. Revise/improve your explanations that support your evidence from last week.  Think "so what" about what you've written so far. You should not be restating your evidence.        10 minutes

3.  In your assigned group of three, two people will offer their claim (that a certain SDG is one of the most important), their evidence, and their explanation/reasoning.  The third person will act as judge. Roles will change each round.         35 minutes

4. Revise explanations for at least three goals.        10 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What is your best evidence and explanation for one of the SDG?

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Today in class you will

• find and use evidence to support your claim about the Global Goals.
• generate explanations as to how your evidence supports your claim.

Why?

• To deepen your understanding of human and physical geography.
• To help you become better at supporting arguments.

________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS

If you are ever waiting for a direction, please use PlaceSpotting by students, PlaceSpotting , Google A Day, or this Google Maps Scavenger Hunt or create a meme for one of our social studies topics from the year. (Don't search for the question or use a Google A Day answer site.)

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

2. If you haven't yet, insert a column to the right of the evidence column in your table (right click, insert column).        

3. By yourself, create an explanation for at least one piece of evidence for each SDG. The explanation should clearly show how the evidence proves the Global Goal to be important and necessary.        25 minutes

  

4. Wait (activity above) for the whole class: Give one get one. Wait for directions.        10 minutes

  

3. Revise what you wrote at the start of class.        10 minutes

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

Ask them.......

• What evidence did you find for your most important Global Goals?
• Explain how your evidence show the Global Goal is necessary.