FRIDAY 1/31/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER, BLOG and GOOGLE CLASSROOM

FRIDAY SCHEDULE 

EVERY DROP COUNTS PROJECT WEBSITE

1.  HOW TO ZOOM (google classroom):  Tech to communicate

2.  FRANCIS DE LOS REYES TED TALK: SANITATION IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT :
5 DETAILS and 2 QUESTIONS FOR DR. REYES PER GROUP

HOMEWORK DUE:

MONDAY 2/3/20  WHY CIVILIZATIONS FALL or FAIL TASK 6 SAVE A CIVILIZATION PRESENTATIONS

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

THURSDAY 1/30/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER, BLOG and GOOGLE CLASSROOM

WHY?   ID, EVALUATE, problems in the past. ANALYZE cause and effect. CONNECT the past to today by CHOOSING how civilizations could have been saved by the 14 GRAND DESIGN CHALLENGES

1.  SAVE A CIVILIZATION!  Task 6 review DIRECTIONS and QUESTIONS?

2.  A LONG WALK TO WATER: Book Club: PAIR UP (Odds and Evens) and SHARE UP

3.  WATER AND CIVILIZATIONS: TASKS 1,2,3

HOMEWORK DUE:

THURSDAY 1/30/20  A LONG WALK TO WATER: Book Club Guiding Questions

MONDAY 2/3/20  WHY CIVILIZATIONS FALL or FAIL TASK 6 SAVE A CIVILIZATION PRESENTATIONS

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

WEDNESDAY 1/29/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER, BLOG and GOOGLE CLASSROOM

WHY?   ID, EVALUATE, problems in the past. ANALYZE cause and effect. CONNECT the past to today by CHOOSING how civilizations could have been saved by the 14 GRAND DESIGN CHALLENGES

1. COLLAPSE EXPERT GROUP PADLET: ID and REVIEW  Sit with your EASTER ISLAND, ANASAZI or NORSE groups.  Using the collapse checklist at the top of the article, list each one and explain IF your civilization had this cause.  YES/NO and WHY?

2. COLLAPSE:  WHY CIVILIZATIONS FALL or FAIL?  
TASK  5 Jigsaw Pair Annotate /Expert Group Check and Present  and ADD
PREVIEW Task #6 
CLASSWORK DUE BY THE END OF CLASS 

3.  A LONG WALK TO WATER: Book Club Questions: Divide, ID and Investigate 

HOMEWORK DUE:

WEDNESDAY 1/29/20 COLLAPSE:  WHY CIVILIZATIONS FALL or FAIL TASK 5 and BRING YOUR COPY OF "A LONG WALK TO WATER" 

THURSDAY 1/30/20  A LONG WALK TO WATER: Book Club Guiding Questions

MONDAY 2/3/20  WHY CIVILIZATIONS FALL or FAIL TASK 6 SAVE A CIVILIZATION PRESENTATIONS

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

TUESDAY 1/28/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER, BLOG and GOOGLE CLASSROOM

WHY?   ID, EVALUATE, problems in the past. ANALYZE cause and effect. CONNECT the past to today by CHOOSING how civilizations could have been saved by the 14 GRAND DESIGN CHALLENGES

1. GROUP TASK:  ID and REVIEW MAYANS:  Cause and Effect 

2. COLLAPSE:  WHY CIVILIZATIONS FALL or FAIL?  TASK  5 Jigsaw Pair and Annotate and PREVIEW Task #6 

HOMEWORK DUE:

TUESDAY 1/28  GRADE REPORT SIGNATURE

WEDNESDAY 1/29/20 COLLAPSE:  WHY CIVILIZATIONS FALL or FAIL TASK 5 and BRING YOUR COPY OF "A LONG WALK TO WATER" 

THURSDAY 1/30/20  A LONG WALK TO WATER: Book Club Guiding Questions

MONDAY 2/3/20  WHY CIVILIZATIONS FALL or FAIL TASK 6 SAVE A CIVILIZATION PRESENTATIONS

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

MONDAY 1/27/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER, BLOG and GOOGLE CLASSROOM

WHY?  ASSESS WHY WE STUDY HISTORY and HUMANITY ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS

1.  PADLET:  REVIEW and ANALYZE, REVIEW your "COLLAPSE" document TASK 1 and TASK 2.  What DO YOU THINK is the BIGGEST CONCERN for CIVILIZATION'S COLLAPSE and WHY do you think it is a concern?

2.  COLLAPSE:  WHY CIVILIZATIONS FALL or FAIL?  TASK 3,4 and 5

HOMEWORK DUE:

TUESDAY 1/28  GRADE REPORT SIGNATURE

WEDNESDAY 1/29/20 COLLAPSE:  WHY CIVILIZATIONS FALL or FAIL ALL

THURSDAY 1/30/20   A LONG WALK TO WATER: Seminar and PBL Prep

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

FRIDAY 1/24/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER, BLOG and GOOGLE CLASSROOM

WHY?  ASSESS WHY WE STUDY HISTORY and HUMANITY ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS

1.  QUIZ: WHAT IS HISTORY and HUMANITY: ID, ANALYZE and EVALUATE

2.  COLLAPSE:  WHY CIVILIZATIONS FALL or FAIL? 

HOMEWORK DUE:
NONE

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

THURSDAY 1/23/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER, BLOG and GOOGLE CLASSROOM

WHY?  ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS TRAITS OF CIVILIZATION and SEMINAR QUESTION  "IS HUMANITY CIVILIZED OR SAVAGE? 

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PAY IT FORWARD

1. PADLET:  REVIEW and APPLY: Take an OBJECT in the ROOM.  NAME IT and EXPLAIN how it CONNECTS to EACH TRAIT of CIVILIZATION. LEARNING is DOING :)

2.  TASK #3 CRASH COURSE Agriculture and Civilization: Check & Review

3.  CIVILIZED or SAVAGE SEMINAR:  Review GROUND RULES, ACCOUNTABLE TALK and REQUIREMENTS

HOMEWORK DUE:
FRIDAY 1/24/30
QUIZ: WHAT IS HISTORY, and HUMANITY ID ANALYZE and EVALUATE

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

WEDNESDAY 1/22/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER or PENCIL/PEN

WHY?  ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS WHY WE STUDY HISTORY and WHAT IS HUMANITY

1.  THE STEPS TOO CIVILIZATION?: Can you put them in order? Why do you think what you think?

2.  AGRICULTURE and CIVILIZATION: What's Up With That?  Task #1 FINISH and REVIEW

3.  GROUP PADLET:  How many TRAITS OF CIVILIZATION can you find in the CHEESEBURGER?  Meat sandwich as a metaphor

4.  Crash Course #1: Agricultural Revolution and Civilization: VIDEO and TEXT

HOMEWORK:

THURSDAY 1/23/20 
AGRICULTURE and CIVILIZATION: What's Up With That? Task 4 & 5

FRIDAY 1/24/30
QUIZ: WHAT IS HISTORY, and HUMANITY ID ANALYZE and EVALUATE

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

TUESDAY 1/21/19

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER or PENCIL/PEN

WHY?  ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS WHY WE STUDY HISTORY and WHAT IS HUMANITY

1.  PADLET: REVIEW and ANALYZE:  In #3 Big History The History of the World in 18 Minutes what is the most important "threshold moment" for WORLD HISTORY and WHY?  

2.  HUMANITY:  ID, EVALUATE and ANALYZE:  Where are we GOING?:
#6 Future of Humanity and #7 Will Our Kids Be a Different Kind of Species? CLASSWORK DUE AT THE END OF CLASS TODAY 

3.  AGRICULTURE and CIVILIZATION: What's Up With That?  Task #1 

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

HOMEWORK:
WEDNESDAY 1/22/19  AGRICULTURE and CIVILIZATION: What's Up With That? 
Task #2  CHAPTER 1 SECTION 3 ONLINE TEXT (upper left hand link on BLOG)

FRIDAY 11/17/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER or PENCIL/PEN

WHY?  ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS WHY WE STUDY HISTORY and WHAT IS HUMANITY

1.  PADLET: REVIEW and ANALYZE:  Using "WHAT IS HUMANITY" or "WHAT EXPLAINS THE RISE OF HUMANS"  What is an EXAMPLE of a SUBJECTIVE and OBJECTIVE trait of HUMANITY?  WHY does it MAKE US HUMAN?

2. IDEA WEB: WHAT EXPLAINS THE RISE OF HUMANS: Review, Controversy and Question

3. IS RACE REAL?: what are 5 DETAILS that help you answer this question

4.  HUMANITY:  ID, EVALUATE and ANALYZE: Who Are We, How did We Get Here, Where are we GOING?  

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

HOMEWORK:
NONE:  What can YOU DO ON MLK to HELP MAKE YOURSELF or THE WORLD BETTER PLACE?

THURSDAY 1/16/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER or PENCIL/PEN

WHY?  ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS WHY WE STUDY HISTORY and WHAT IS HUMANITY

HI EVERYONE!  It's unfortunate but I had a family medical emergency and had to drive to DC late yesterday. I'll see your bright smiles tomorrow :)

I am SO GRATEFUL for your hard and diligent work today

1.  HUMANITY:  ID, EVALUATE and ANALYZE: Who Are We, How did We Get Here, Where are we GOING?  

• Google Classroom
• Complete #1,2,3,4,5 TODAY
• Please use headphones,you can always check out some from the office if you need to. Otherwise you will have to read captions etc.  

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

HOMEWORK:
FRIDAY 1/17/20  HUMANITY:  ID, EVALUATE and ANALYZE: Who Are We, How did We Get Here, Where are we GOING?  #1,2,3,4,5

WEDNESDAY 1/15/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER or PENCIL/PEN

WHY?  ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS WHY WE STUDY HISTORY and WHAT IS HUMANITY

1.  PADLET: REVIEW and ANALYZE  32 STUDENTS turned in classwork yesterday, while 24 STUDENTS turned it in LATE or NOT AT ALL. OUR GOAL IS 100 %

Take this through the ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS.  ASK WHY?  IMAGINE A SOLUTION, PLAN A SOLUTION.

2.  WHY DO WE STUDY HISTORY? TASK #3 PRESENTATIONS 

3  WHAT IS HUMANITY?  What makes us HUMAN? Show and Tell

4  WHAT EXPLAINS THE RISE OF HUMANS?  REVIEW MAIN IDEAS and DETAILS and IDEA WEB

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

HOMEWORK:

WEDNESDAY 1/15/20  WHY DO WE STUDY HISTORY TASK #3 PRESENTATIONS
WEDNESDAY 1/15/20  GOOGLE DRAW IDEA WEB: What Explains The Rise of Humans
THURSDAY 11/16 NONE

TUESDAY 1/14/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER or PENCIL/PEN

WHY?  ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS WHY WE STUDY HISTORY and WHAT IS HUMANITY

1.  WHAT IS HUMANITY?  What makes us HUMAN? Paragraph/Poem/Cartoon/Dance/Song/Infographic must include AT LEAST 5 DETAILS about what makes us human. TURN INTO GOOGLE CLASSROOM

2  WHAT EXPLAINS THE RISE OF HUMANS?  Annotate and create MAIN IDEAS and DETAILS

3.  GOOGLE DRAW IDEA WEB: What Explains the Rise of Humans?

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

HOMEWORK:
MONDAY 1/13/20  WHY DO WE STUDY HISTORY: Task #2 
TUESDAY 1/14/20 WHAT IS HUMANITY?   Paragraph/Poem/Cartoon/Dance/Song/Infographic
WEDNESDAY 1/15/20  WHY DO WE STUDY HISTORY TASK #3 PRESENTATIONS
WEDNESDAY 1/15/20  GOOGLE DRAW IDEA WEB: What Explains The Rise of Humans

MONDAY 1/13/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER or PENCIL/PEN

WHY?  ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS WHY WE STUDY HISTORY

1. PADLET:  REVIEW and ANALYZE:  CHOOSE ONE:  STORYTELLER, SCIENTIST or LAWYER.  How does a historian think like ONE of these other professions and WHY does it matter for studying HISTORY

2.  WHY DO WE STUDY HISTORY?:   TASK #3 PAIRS PRESENTATIONS (informal)

3.  WHAT IS HUMANITY?  What makes us HUMAN? You CHOOSE  Paragraph/Poem/Cartoon/Dance/Song/Infographic/Art Piece 
EACH CHOICE must include AT LEAST 5 DETAILS about what makes us human. 

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

HOMEWORK:
MONDAY 1/13/20  WHY DO WE STUDY HISTORY: Task #2 
TUESDAY 1/14/20 WHAT IS HUMANITY?   Paragraph/Poem/Cartoon/Dance/Song/Infographic
WEDNESDAY 1/15/20  WHY DO WE STUDY HISTORY TASK #3 PRESENTATIONS

FRIDAY 1/10/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER or PENCIL/PEN

WHY?  ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS WHO WE ARE, WHY WE'RE HERE and HOW THINGS WORK

1. PADLET:  ID and ANALYZE : Yesterday, Teacher Seinfeld said "lets just think about history"   WHAT skills do you need to think like a historian and WHY?  

2. THINKING LIKE A HISTORIAN: Khan Academy 

3. WHEN ELVIS MET NIXON:  Historical Scene Investigation

3.  WHY DO WE STUDY HISTORY?:  Task Time for TASK 2

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

HOMEWORK:

MONDAY 1/13/20  WHY DO WE STUDY HISTORY: Task #2 

THURSDAY 1/9/20

Happy SPRING SEMESTER AT STEM !  I hope you are here with bright smiles and eager minds. You have an amazing life and WE are going to have a fabulous SEMESTER

PLAN OF THE DAY

HAVE OUT: COMPUTER or PENCIL/PEN

WHY?  ID, EVALUATE and ASSESS WHO WE ARE, WHY WE'RE HERE and HOW THINGS WORK

1.SYLLABUS 2020 QUIZ:  review your knowledge of class procedures/grades and policies

2.PADLET:  ID and ANALYZE and CONNECT:  How is HISTORY the study of the HUMANITY DESIGN PROCESS?  Use an IDEA, EVENT or PERSON from history to support your claim.

3.  WHY DO WE STUDY HISTORY?  Tasks 1 and 2

How are  you creating YOUR VERSE this year?  What are your DOING to be HAPPY?

HOMEWORK:

BE HAPPY?