Saturday is "Pi Day" (3.14...), so here's a picture of one of my favorite pies in Portland: Guava Cheesecake at Pambiche Cuban Restaurant!
Hi everyone,
It is with sadness and also determination that I now know I will not be seeing you all again until April 1 at the very earliest, due to schools going on an extended Spring Break because of coronavirus concerns. Please take care of yourselves and your families during this time. If you did not finish the Unit Project today in class, please turn it in over the break, as it will be due the first day back.
We continued our work with the unit project in class today for the Roaring 20s and Great Depression! Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 8: I can identify how technological knowledge and innovation shapes a society, place, or region.
Critical Thinking LT 5: I can justify and support arguments or interpretation with appropriate evidence.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Research LT 1: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Soundtrack: "American Pie" by Don McLean. Selected for today because of it being Pi Day this weekend and because the song has a lot to do with American culture. Lyrics
here.
AGENDA 3/12/20:
News Brief - Rose
Unit Project
Work Time
Homework: Read the blog! Continue working on the unit final project (REVISED DUE DATE: Wednesday, March 18). Know your grade (updated on StudentVUE) and how to improve it, if possible. Next news brief: Lucy.
News Brief: Rose had the news brief today, but was absent, so I filled in and selected an article about this story to talk about:
USAToday.com - Dow dives 1,000 points as virus concerns counter hope for fiscal steps. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Lucy was assigned to do the next news brief.
We continued to talk about Coronavirus and the impact on the United States and around the world. Here are two pieces of information that I showed the class:
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Unit Project/Work Time: I introduced this last week - this is final project for the combined Roaring 20s/Great Depression Unit, which is viewable here (it is also assigned on Google Classroom):
This project involves a lot of student choice over the physical product, as well as a write up between 850-1000 words.
The rest of the class was quiet work time for this assignment - the next few classes will follow this same pattern of a bit of new content, then work time, before this assignment is due on Wednesday, March 18 for Period 2 (Note that this is a change from the original date). Please be sure to email me if you have any questions and I will try to get back to you ASAP!
