Friday, March 15, 2019

The Great Depression, Day 6 - Class Recap


The Cliffs of Moher in Ireland. Sunday is St. Patrick's Day, which is celebrated (mostly in America) as an Irish holiday. Photos taken in 2015.

Dear class,

If you are reading this, you are most likely done with the Roaring 20s/Great Depression DBQ. Hooray! 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: "Shipping Up to Boston" by Dropkick Murphys. Selected for today as a pump up song for the DBQ and because of the Irish connection for St. Patrick's Day on Sunday. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/15/19:
News Brief - Logan
Questions?
DBQ Work Time

Homework: Read the blog! Finish and submit your DBQ ASAP if you did not in class (the final day I will accept anything related to the DBQ is next Tuesday, 3/19). Next news brief: Vicky.

News Brief: Logan had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: SandHillsExpress.com - Nebraska family built a lifelike Ford Mustang out of snow, and a state trooper gave it a ticket. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.

Vicky was assigned to do the next news brief.

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):


Questions/DBQ Work Time: For the rest of class, students used their notes and documents A-H from the packet we have used the last two classes, to complete their answer to the DBQ essay and submit on Google Classroom. I was happy to answer any questions that came up during this process. The documents (also available on Google Classroom) are here:


The first page of the linked document was passed out as a physical copy in class last week, and was also due today as a part of the grade for this assignment.

Just to be clear: if you were not in class today, you have the equivalent of one class period (about 90 minutes) to finish and submit the DBQ. This will be the major assignment on your quarter 3 grade report!

Next class, I am planning to have some fun by playing Jeopardy with the class to review concepts from the unit, then we will move on to the next big assignment of the year! Thanks, everyone!

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