SOCIALS 7 DAILY PLANS
YEAR END BREAKOUTS
CHALLENGE ONES TO TRY VERY HARD - https://sites.google.com/site/escapetosummervacation/ Thinking Moderate - https://sites.google.com/w-delaware.k12.ia.us/disneybreakout/home LAST CLASS ONLY EASYISH - ALL TRY - https://platform.breakoutedu.com/game/embed/school-daze-48944-L85XT9MXDF Make a MEME Salish Art and Poetry
Assignment: produce your own authentic West Coast artwork about your won spirit animal. Use the links below to 1) find out what your spirit animal might be https://www.spiritanimal.info/spirit-animal-quiz/ 2) https://spiritsofthewestcoast.com/pages/native-american-symbols Use the link abobve and the one below to research some art designs, and check online with images. 3) Research art - https://www.pinterest.ca/marylousalter/coast-salish-artwork/ 4) your own art, see styles http://uvac.uvic.ca/gallery/salishcurriculum/coast-salish-design-elements/ Write a rhyming couplet why the Spirit animal is you! MAKING AN ABORIGINAL DREAM CATCHER! Follow this video Use the variety of supplies available, feel free to vary it up. We will use real red willow. Write a story about a dream catcher MID MAY Link to KLO GATHERS Complete the activity from the slideshow. The videos and podcasts drive this. EARLY MAY - TOC NOTES Working on First Nations regions Presentations- See 2 resources on the side. Classes always Silent Reading - 20 minutes except Wednesdays and presenting FN Regions days link for booked computers (mostly P5 and P5, except period 3) Work days are the 2nd of May with presentation (3 regions each day), on the 3rd and 6th. That will be it for the Socials side til May 15th. Colour code the rubric so that each person gets a relatively individual grade and as they go they should identify who's slides they are. Discussion and knowing what each element is, how created etc, is important. Save and I will enter grades. They need to fill in the big Catelogue page as best they can. They can use sketches and words for each box, have presenters allow time to do this. regions_tracking_sheet.docx and th Rubric April 15th Continue in your groups to create the first nations regions presentation. You will get one more class after this to finish the presentation, so keep at it. SHORT CLASS - Visit Library and search through the Texts provided to find at least 6 unique things related to your topic, based on pictures or illustrations. Search and read, really absorbing the First Nations Cultures of Canada. If you are done your own, go and learn about another for fun. Activity sheet for Library April 6th Finish your Haiku paintings Start the regional First Nations Study. - File on the right April 1st and 2nd SILENT READING BOOK EVERY DAY - 20 mins start of class! Except Wednesdays Indigenous exploration - students will be immersed and begin to explore ideas and culture related to our First Nations Peoples. An understanding of the value of their culture and their differing perspectives of the world will emerge. Field Trip Forms IN TUESDAY- Look at the principles of learning, from Prince Ea's version, to the more holistic version of traditional school. (completed Monday) In your table groups, address what how traditional learning actually looks in comparison to your First Peoples Principle of learning (timed - 13 minutes), and what it could or did look like if honoured today. (some block 3 groups kept theirs, distribute others on desk. HAND IN SHEET with names when done. In the end - share out your answers (1- 2 minutes each) FINALLY - Study the Art Terms - highlighting the ones you don't know. Study for 10 minutes - set timer Kahoot - LINK CLICK HERE (takes 10 minutes to complete) Winner gets $10 each team member, all others in top 5, $5 each player on the team. Alone? $10 Wednesday - prepare for our trip to the museum. Context (creation story). What will we be seeing. Experience the concept of art around important elements in your life (Pictographs and Petroglyphs). Find something important and symbolic in your life (an artifact). Let's create a pictograph of important things in your life...What would your wall look like. TEST ON WEDNESDAY Fifth- Trip to the Museum and art Gallery. THURSDAY - Right at lunch, come to class immediately. We return at the end of the day Sixth (Friday) - Feedback and debriefing. How did this impact you? Next Week Get a sense of the commonalities and diversity of First Nations Peoples in Canada. Remember this will be very broad. ACTIVITY - Thursday (28th) Blocks 6 and 8 EVALUATIVE - As we are seeing other people present on ancient cultures, I thought it good to get us to do a brief summary on 4 big ones using some videos. Use the organizer sheet to list and describe the contributions that GREECE, EGYPT, CHINA and MESOPOTAMIA. Show - Signup now for a date between Feb 19 and March 1st Be sure to check your presentation dates and checkin dates Construct - Point 3 (5 classes) Signup now for a date between Feb 19 and March 1st Guiding Questions - "How can I transform my knowledge into activities/travel?" "What elements are most important in this culture and should be included in the 'Amazing Race'?" "What elements of the 7 pillars of civilization am I including in my presentation?" Outcome - To create an experience for other students that conveys key elements of an ancient culture - BCTLA (2010) catchwords are "Compare, contrast, synthesize, collaborate, interpret, create new knowledge, sequence, cause and effect." Students incorporate strong communication and logical and creative thinking skills. Check out this - it may help - (ancient sites google map plus 360 viewer)
- Amazing Race Challenge (45 minute max) - Carefully test each phase. Based on a Co-constructed Rubric January 29 and 31st
Thursday - don't forget good sources!!! - SQWORL Continue to become Experts in your field. Feeling like you have some info, but you are not experts nor is the information always clear, timely (ancient Civ right?) or presented right. Couple checks: 1) Do you understand everything you are writing about? 2) have you point form summarized with few words on the slide, and the rest you have presented using graphics, pictures, charts, etc? 3) Example civilization presentation which is pretty good and would require lots of you speaking to the importance and knowledge contained in the pictures. ( use the notes feature in google slides to write what you would say and keep most words off the actual slide.) 4) Be creative around thinking about how to construct your Amazing Race (starting CONSTRUCT next week) - What makes sense (Who wants to be a millionaire trivia game based on a reading about construction, get to the top of the trivia pyramid, for example.) Hit on their culture, but use puzzles, games, activities such as matching, races, word search, mazes, duplicate scenes, etc. from your childhood experiences to develop. January 21-25 The CRAAP test Worksheet You will be assigned 1 of the following sites below. Determine the credibility of the site. using the worksheet 1. Dihydrogen Monoxide , 2. GenoChoice: Create Your Own Genetically Healthy Child Online 3. Mankato, Minnesota 4. The First Male Pregnancy; 5. Dog Island 6. All About Explorers Then continue researching, remembering to save where you get the information. January 14th-19th Investigate phase - inquirywardman.weebly.com/ancient-civ-inquiry.html transferred here - Day 11/12 - Divide students into Inquiry groups by civilization (3-4 per group)
Separated into groups based on preferences. January 7-11th Amazing Race ideas - See sidebar Final Wonder and preparation Inquiry lesson - Multiple sources - needed SQWORL ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS HAS BEGUN
Days 4-9 Occurring in Library until Holidays (Blocks 1 and 3) Follow along at -inquirywardman.weebly.com/ancient-civ-inquiry.html Days 1-3 Nov 27-Dec 5th Warmup for Ancient Civ
https://sites.google.com/lcs.k12.va.us/ancientromebreakout https://sites.google.com/view/tomsdigitalbreakouts/world-history - younger grades if you feel brave and are done! October 16th through November REPORT FOR OTZI - GOOGLE DOC The OTZI CSI has arrived. You can discover how a 5,300 year old mummy died, once and for all. Recreate the crime scene, analyze the evidence, interpret the clues...It is up to you to find JUSTICE.. Materials iceman_csi.ppt otzi_lab_results.docx otzi_csi.doc main organizing document all_items.jpg otzi_clues.docx |
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Week of Oct 9th
myBlueprint reflections cannot be done yet by one class as we will need to sign in and get our portfolios going together. The other class in Careers also has it. This week is Map Quiz studying, some fun critical thinking games, and the MAP QUIZ FRIDAY! Be sure the 2 Archaeological/timeline sheets are done! You worked in partners and there is time THURSDAY to finish if you need. Week of OCT 1st
The Amazing Race to Civilization - One day of fun simulation about events leading to civilization. The other class - Map review (Kahoot, map pointer game, finish the Land of the Spirits and Debrief amazing race (post on myBlueprint (socials portfolio)). Sept 24th week
- Orange shirt week presentation in the Library about Residential schools attended. - Archaeological process puzzle solved - Land of the Spirits activity - Wed through Friday - Land of spirits data log, (and human/forest connection worksheet) - in Pairs FRIDAY IS ORANGE SHIRT DAY!!! Maps will be returned by Friday - any later than that submitted will receive no more than a 50% grade. Next Week - Map quiz Sept 17-Sept 21st (Maps now overdue if not handed in)
Maps will be returned mid week, and after some review a quiz early next week. Current events discussion (Block 8 only) - What implications does legalized Marijuana potentially have on lifestyle, investment and occupation choices of Canadians if they wish to maintain free movement in Canada? Is this fair? Discuss. Block 1 - Residential Schools presentation in the Library. Note - Sept 29th is Orange shirt day at KLO to recognize Residential School survivors. Map exercise - Follow the directions to create your world map Map Assignment DUE DATE: Wed Sept 19th (Block 1 will have another 30 minutes on the 19th to finish) Socials days 3/4 Now, let's check out the Atlas and find some interesting answers. 1. Atlas Exercise Socials 7 - Day 1/2 - Introduction of class and where to find the learning. General Rules 1. Cell phones = no by default, unless I ask. 2. Respect others, the class and the school 3. Try. Questions you may have What do you know about Ancient Civilizations? - Circle discussion with memory game Why do we care? Why study history? What is Social Studies? What does it involve? Let's discuss a very relevant issue today: NAFTA Write all the big things that are involved/influenced in NAFTA that you can think of. Do you know your world? Let's find out. Draw a map of the world from memory! Ignore anything below here for now. |
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Rosetta Stone Pyramid - Using 4 sides of a hollow pyramid, you will write you name in 4 languages - Demotic, Greek, Hieroglyphics and English. They will be dried, glazed and Fired in a kiln. Use the below links to complete the task.
Demotic and hieroglyphic Hieroglyphics Translator Greek - choose ancient www.omniglot.com/writing/greek.htm The Wi-fi Debate: A reminder that using wi-fi in the classroom for reasons other than class related activities during school hours is strictly prohibited. Especially streaming music and you tube videos. We are trying to minimize impacts of excessive wi-fi on our bodies. If you disagree - read the articles, research the topic on your own and come back to me with real arguments, better yet, definitive proof...of which you are unlikely to find. 10 shocking facts about Wi-fi and Health (Source credibility rating: somewhat bias towards health, not tech, written by a doctor, based on real evidence and studies, may extrapolate a bit, based on lots of credible sources) Wireless Education (Source credibility rating: appears unbiased, written by a PhD professor, tremendous scientific backup) April 2nd Week We have continued the coding project (see below) DUE DATE APRIL 15th. Work at home. Also, we are delving into stories of the past - epic battles, cunning politics, feats of heroism, technology and development. The first installment is Athen's great and impossible victory over The massive empire of Persia. And its implications on History Until 30 minutes. Up to March 16th Civilization Coding Tour Project - Due April 22nd coding_civilization_research_project.docx Think of the Coding project as making a very simplified version of the tour that you see in the Mesopotamia Video. There should be: Speaking characters (audio would be extending) Moving characters Changing backdrops Lots of information about the society More than singular backdrops, collages that show multiple things work best. Introduction to Mesopotamia - Video and Cuneiform writing art which combines our Character Strong Ideas. Week of Feb 13th Archaeology and the Fossil Record http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/esprits-spirits/English/Dig/arch101.html Students do the Archaeoology 101 activity of assembling how a dig goes, LINK and then explore their own dig on this site. Students will understand 1. How climate can influence what happpens at a location on earth. 2. How site factors influence development. 3. How we determine what life was like in the past. THROUGH A CRITICAL THINKING WORKSHEET (to be developed) Activity Dig Sheet - be an archaeologist! Weeks of Jan 15th - Feb 5 Ecosystem plans fine tuned and presented along with budget, materials and vision. Ecosystem presentation possible template (shared google doc link) Week of January 15th 1. The Amazing Race to Civilization - In teams students explored ideas around the start of man and civilization according to common scientific beliefs. 2. Ecosystem presentation work. 3. Fun game using ancient civilizations and Google instant streetview, where students had to find information out about landmarks of ancient times and facts surrounding them. Week of January 8th 1. Finish all Creation Stories 2. Prepare for defending your ecosystem projects and funding requests by Jan 30th. Complete to the end of page 12 in the booklet. Fully understand your topic, any pitfalls, dangers of your interventions and develop strong plans and proposals. To be viewed by our administration. If you need money for your project, you need to get approval, if you don't, you need to get your project cleared as helpful and worthy. student_booklet_ecosystem.docx Week of December 11th -
finish up your story presentations. Dig deep, research characters, as well as some cultural elements. Understand all aspects. Presentations begin Dec 14th. Week of December 4th - Finish up all work and presentations below. The Age of Man - Build up to early civilizations Critical thinking activities 1. We have watched and catalogued major events in the formation of Earth according to Science. http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/earth_timeline Students will divide into the information into similar major events. As we discuss ancient civilizations, it will be important to address how their view of the world and how they came to be influences how they interact with the world around them. ACTIVITY - Explore ancient cultural stories about creation. We will seek to find commonality between them and see what processes the stories may relate to in the scientific theory. CHOOSE 1 - (research and share out) - Have fun with it --You decide on format. Real storytelling/presentation/interaction, you decide. 2. According to the science based "The History of Earth" video on the right, science treads a fine line between knowledge and ignorance. What does this mean? Where have generally accepted views of our world been off in the past? How should that affect our acceptance of generally accepted "facts" and theories today? - Only 1 group of 2 per class can do this one. EXTENSION - Watch the "History of Earth" Video with your Family. Discuss your personal viewpoints on the ideas presented.Week of Nov. 20th Support: Common views of creation myths - Common stories of creation (Use ones below) http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_13.html (Australian Aboriginal) http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_15.html (Hebrew) http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_16.html (Greek) http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_12.html (Iroquois) Smithsonian Creation http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CS/CSHawaii.html Polynesian) http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CS/CSCorn&Medicine.html (Cherokee) http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CS/CSCreation&Emergence.html (Apache) OTHER http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-creation-story.html (complex but powerful) http://www2.nau.edu/~gaud/bio301/content/iscrst.htm (Islamic Creation) http://www.bigmyth.com/download/CHINESE_CREATION.pdf (Chinese) http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CS/CSMarduk.html (Mesopotamia) http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/creation-phil.html#howtheworld (Phillipines) Sites that allow for openmindedness towards other cultures/ideas. National Geographic - Creation theories and Science can Co-exist -top-10-most-spectacularly-wrong-widely-held-scientific-theories/ Week of Nov. 20th - 1. Any last minute presentations for Passion Vacation Projects?
2. Start the Ecosystem Passion Project. Page 3 complete and then work on discuss options for your project. What is your favorite part, what do you want to fix, enhance, create? The Age of Man - Build up to early civilizations 2. Critical Questions to look at based on video - We will watch from 1h15: - This is a scientific viewpoint - What other viewpoints exist about the start of earth/man, or views in other cultures that explain our "existence". (research and share out) - According to the science based "Beginning of Life on Earth" video on the right, science treads a fine line between knowledge and ignorance. Where have generally accepted views of our world been WAY off in the past. How may or should that affect our acceptance of generally accepted "facts" and theories today? Week of Nov. 13th - Presentations for Passion Projects.
Current events. If students have not presented they have this week and next to complete. Week of Nov 6th
Students are involved Monday in a Breakout, and Wednesday we have an ecosystem plant expert visiting. Students are to continue working on their: 1. Mars Patel Paragraph (see below), 2. Journals, with this week starting with the Colonel Sanders Quote 3. Preparing for their Passion Project Presentations which will occur on FRIDAY. (As best they can based on attendance) WEEK OF HALLOWEEN
1. MAIN THING IS TO FINISH PASSION VACATION - 100% Presenting next week. READY by NOV. 7th. 2. PAGE 3 of the Creek booklet completed. Each student needs to ensure they have one and keep it safe. Copies at front. Page 3 collected Nov. 6/7th. Have it ready. 3. IS IT YOUR TURN FOR CURRENT EVENTS? - Present in Socials. (again, double check back table for Haikus and submit completed. Still many there.) 4. If all done, then work on your English Paragraph. DUE DATE - NOV. 6th. Wednesday - Block 1 and 2 computers booked in class, Block 3 is Library computers. OCT 27 - Desk in pairs facing front (this is first block of the day) 1. Anyone doing current events, ask. Rubrics are with sheets by speakers. 2. Work on Passion Vacation Project. Should be 3/4 done by today, don't forget the 5 character strong stories to include. Computers are booked and numbers 11-15 as well in portable 5, return after the block. Due week of Nov. 6th. 3. HAIKU DONE??? - Be sure it is. check back desk if unsure. 4. It is a nice day, if you would like to check in with the teacher and PULL some weeds down by the pond, that would be kind. But you must be well on the way to completion in #1. Week of Oct 23rd - Students work on Passion Vacation Projects (PDF) WORD. Also, the unveiling of the Ecosystem project (PDF) WORD has begun. Students will have by OCT 31, Page 3 completed. And start thinking about their project and how they may best execute it. Research begins soon. Also, Students will learn about Directions, and incorporate into their Passion Project. See video on the side for understanding. A treasure hunt also awaits. Week of Oct 16- FSA testing in English and Socials. Students work on their projects if not writing FSAs.
Week of Oct 10 Current events for student signed up
Direction treasure hunt across the school grounds. Brainstorming Ecosystem projects and committing to one. Very preliminary work begins. Continue with the Passion Vacation projects (goal - all stops located, start compiling project with pictures and geographically required elements) Oct 3rd, 4th - Current event for students who signed up (may be next day or English this week for times sake)
FIELD TRIP TO FASCIEUX CREEK (posted on site Sunday Oct.1) Notes have been sent home with students Friday and Monday. They will only be out for the block, looking at a more established and very similar ecosystem. Document to guide them. |
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Sept 24-Sept 29th - Students will learn about latitude and Longitude, hour differences, impacts of elevation,
Direction, and also have time to work on their Passion projects, see below. QUIZ on Map - Be Prepared! Wednesday or Thursday. Year long Ecosystem project to be unveiled. September 18-22 - HAND IN MAPS FOR EVALUATION - (returned by Wednesday) Week's end is QUIZ - Be Prepared!! Start your PASSION PROJECT. Find a passion and pursue it across the Globe. Rough worksheet (this will be interspersed with Current Events and the Ecosystem Inquiry Project). Lat and Long Games |
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September 11-15
Looking at Current Events... 1. Atlas Exercise 2. Global Mapping Assignment - Basics of Earth 3. Connecting with the Ecosystem in the I wonder and I wish sections of i_wonder.docx OPENING WEEK Sept. 5th and 6th
Getting to know our Creek i_wonder.docx We completed our Original assessment of our space with an "I notice" exercise. We also looked at the Hurricanes brewing and students are to keep track of it. |
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THIS WAY THAT WAY May 10 -25 Welcome to the Greek Olympics - You are to represent your city state in our own version of the Greek Olympics. welcome_to_the_olympic_games_of_476_a.docx Watch the videos on the side to get a sense of what the games were about. Divide the tasks up so each person has 1 thing and 1 thing only to accomplish. Do your part for the team and play on each others strengths. rubric_for_olympics_combined.docx GREECE APRIL 20th on
1. Watch the "Ancient Greeks - the Crucible of Civilization" on the side. Watch for 36 minutes. Answer sheet questions. crucible_of_civilization_video_accompany.docx 2. Root Words from Greece - Words sheet is provided. using the clues, see if you can define each of the terms. 3. Understanding the role of the Greek Gods - Worksheets provided in class TO BE HANDED IN when completed. Week of April 10th
We have worked together to create a montage of Early Greek civilization from the Early period to the Classical. The point here is to have an overview of civilizations in Greece prior to its glory days in the Classical period. Visit the timelines and maps of the time. Week of April 3rd
Mesopotamia Wrap-up - Mr. Wardman will present a few of the key learnings of the lessons that you have showed us. There will be a quiz on Day 3. Basic Mesopotamia knowledge. Day 1 - Finish your peer reviews of your Mesopotamia Group project. A series of videos/images combined with a sheet to fill in with key learnings...mesopotamia_wrapup_and_test_prep.docx Included is interactive .gif And...Jeopardy! Students will receive a Crossword to study to help with the final test also. Day 2 - And...Jeopardy! Students will receive a Crossword to study to help with the final test also. Day 3 - Mesopotamia final Test. - based on notes sheet and crossword. Start Greece - Driving Question - How did Greece advance "Civilization"? Day 1 of Greece - Where is it, how was it generally divided up in its "Heyday?" Day 2 of Greece - the Uniqueness of city states Day 3 - Threat of War - Brains over Brawn Day 4 - Inventions and ideas/Daily Life Day 5 - Myths - Exploration of reasoning, Gods Structure (Percy Jackson), a Myth or 2. Change a myth into a poem with rhyming couplets, perform for us at the opening ceremonies. Day 6 - The Olympics - Start your own challenge to create an Olympic event (adapted) Day 7 - Olympic preparation/Story telling/Flag Creation/City state explanation/Change a myth into a poem with rhyming couplets, perform for us at the opening ceremonies. Day 8 - Research and Work Day Day 9 - Completion and practice day Day 10-12 - The Olympics (Outside) AFTER THIS - Look at one aspect of Another Ancient Culture and compare it to Greece or Mesopotamia. Warfare/Empire Building, Daily Life, Religion, Trade and commerce, Agricultural Practices, Innovations, Leisure activities. (3 classes to Research, 2 to present. Can work in Partners) Week of March 12th MESOPOTAMIA PROJECT PRESENTATIONS SIGNUPS IN CLASS - Be ready to present, no delays will be accepted. Be prepared to have someone away and cover for them also. Share the resources. Happy Spring Break and well done! Feb 3rd - 28th 1. Current events (word) (pdf version - current_events.docx.pdf) handout and reminder (click on blue text to view). 2. What is Mesopotamia - Map and Timeline - Teacher to show 3. Group project using your Battle of the Book Groups. (If you forget, colour coded on back wall) 4. Epic of Gilgamesh - In class activity - What makes an EPIC story? Try and create an interesting and fun way to present information about Mesopotamia. Each of you will do 1/4 of the presentation. Lots of time will be given in class. Be ready to present by the 23rd of February. After presentations we will engage in the 2nd Leg of the Amazing Race. Knowledge gained in presentations will be needed to be successful in the Race! ASSIGNMENT - mesopotamia_civilization_research_project.docx Use key words in Google to research your topics. I have not included a links list for 2 reasons - 1. You need to learn to do credible research on your own and 2. I do not want everyone's the same. SUBMIT OTZI work |
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OTZI THE ICEMAN PROJECT Weeks of Jan 16th and Jan 23rd --
NOW DUE!!! SUBMIT WHEN COMPLETE. (Research, cataloguing research, 3 short theories, 1 letter to the Judge paragraph)
Open the powerpoint and then the word document. Work within the word document. Perhaps even open in google docs so you can work at home.
demise_of_the_ice_man.ppt
otzi_trial.doc
NOTE: Are you loving archaeological digs, try this one online.
http://www.interactivedigs.com/
NOW DUE!!! SUBMIT WHEN COMPLETE. (Research, cataloguing research, 3 short theories, 1 letter to the Judge paragraph)
Open the powerpoint and then the word document. Work within the word document. Perhaps even open in google docs so you can work at home.
demise_of_the_ice_man.ppt
otzi_trial.doc
NOTE: Are you loving archaeological digs, try this one online.
http://www.interactivedigs.com/
Week of January 9th
Archaeology and the Fossil Record http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/esprits-spirits/English/Dig/arch101.html Students do the Archaeoology 101 activity of assembling how a dig goes, LINK and then explore their own dig on this site. Students will understand 1. How climate can influence what happpens at a location on earth. 2. How site factors influence development. 3. How we determine what life was like in the past. Activity Dig Sheet (due January 15th) - Week of January 3rd 1. The Amazing Race to Civilization - In teams students explored ideas around the start of man and civilization according to common scientific beliefs. 2. Record in Freshgrade your reflections on your performance. Questions can be revealed by clicking the MORE tab on the assignment. 3. Kahoot on the learnings done in teams which will adjust timings to start leg 2. Keep posted...On the way soon. 4. Critical Questions we looked at: 1. What other viewpoints exist about the start of earth/man, or views in other cultures that explain our "existence". 2. According to the science based "Beginning of Life on Earth" video on the right, science treads a fine line between knowledge and ignorance. Where have generally accepted views of our world been WAY off in the past. How may that affect our acceptance of generally accepted "facts" and theories today? EXTENSION - Watch the "History of Earth" Video with your Family. Discuss your personal viewpoints on the ideas presented. |
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Remembrance Day Week (Nov. 7-10) -
1. Debrief First Nations presentation from Friday
2. Journalling catchup and strategies
3. Getting to know your Brain.
4. More of Inside Out film (may carry over to next week) - Associated activities with brain development and emotions traps.
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1. Debrief First Nations presentation from Friday
2. Journalling catchup and strategies
3. Getting to know your Brain.
4. More of Inside Out film (may carry over to next week) - Associated activities with brain development and emotions traps.
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Halloween Week is Dream Vacation Time!! Whoohoo!
This week will be dedicated to presentation prep and peer evaluations of your performances! PRESENTATION POINTERS |
Inside/Out video as a personal history/exploration (journaling exercise) CLICK HERE FOR PAGE FOR JOURNALLING
Attach/staple new hemp string to your journal. Select a bead for your first emotion to remember since the start of school. Do you think you created a core memory yet? Now select varying symbols and catalogue your history. Every Class we meet!
Week of Sept 12th - 16th
Activities this week:
1. Map the world - sketch it from memory - Let's Check
2. Exploring opinions and values about the world around us.
3. Videos below, first 2 to excite you about our amazing world.
4. Explore current events and what makes strong one's and others not so strong.
Week of Sept. 6th-10th - Adventure write - See English
Attach/staple new hemp string to your journal. Select a bead for your first emotion to remember since the start of school. Do you think you created a core memory yet? Now select varying symbols and catalogue your history. Every Class we meet!
Week of Sept 12th - 16th
Activities this week:
1. Map the world - sketch it from memory - Let's Check
2. Exploring opinions and values about the world around us.
3. Videos below, first 2 to excite you about our amazing world.
4. Explore current events and what makes strong one's and others not so strong.
Week of Sept. 6th-10th - Adventure write - See English