Chapter 6, Historical Documents, and NEW material.

Due from last week:

- Chapter 6 #15-23
- Assessments for Sensitive Historical Reading - Avoiding the Pitfalls

Today we.....


1. Explore the Issues p. 131 #2 A & B. Complete on your own.

2. Recognize Relationships between Content and Issues #2 A (only for Genocide definition), B, & C. Complete in partners and ensure you have your own copy. Genocide or Depopulation??

3. The Story of Sacred Mountain - from Youtube (I will show you this!)

4. To what extent does cultural contact affect people? Write a paragraph using detailed examples from ch. 6 to explain your point of view.

Be prepared to hand in tomorrow Activity #1, 2, and 4.

Ch. 6 Questions and "Historical Document Assessments"

Today we...

1. completed the Sensitive Reading of Historical Documents Assessments - most students completed in class time. Those that did not need to complete and hand in tomorrow.

2. reviewed Ch. 6 questions 1-14 and assigned for homework questions 15-23 and these questions are due tomorrow also.

Unit I Exam

Today we wrote the Unit I Exam.

Tomorrow we will begin Unit II.

Unit I Exam

Tomorrow we will wrap up the unit and begin to review for the Unit Exam.

Ch. 5 Part 2 is due tomorrow.


The Unit I Exam will be Friday March 23, 2012.

Chapter 5 Global Opportunities

Happy Friday!

Today we....

...worked individually to complete;
1. Notes - stop at the Voices: Susan Aglukark (don't do)
2. Ch. 5 questions part 1 #1-7
3. Vocabulary: Urbanization, Metropolis, Cosmopolitan

Also for the last 40 minutes...

...worked in small groups to complete a group current events analysis

Immokalee Farm Workers Still Fighting