Crater Lake, which is Oregon's only National Park. Maybe a symbol of your new nation? Photo taken in August 2014.
Hi wonderful students,
Great to see you all again today! It was a quiz and work day in class. Here's what happened today:
Learning Targets:
Communication LT 5: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 1: I can demonstrate an understanding of the interplay between citizens and their governments.
Knowledge LT 2: I can demonstrate an understanding of the role of governments in current issues.
Soundtrack: "If I Ruled the World" by Nas and Lauryn Hill. Selected for today because you were creating your own countries today in class!
AGENDA 2/12/15:
News Brief – Kayla
Philosophy Quiz
Articles of Confederation
Creation of a Nation
Homework: Read the blog. Be ready to finish the Creation of a Nation activity next class. Bring a device able to access the internet to see the Constitution. Next news brief: Katlyn.
News Brief: Kayla brought in the news brief today and selected this article to talk about: NYTimes.com - Oregon Governor Says He Will Block Executions. This is actually an article from four years ago, so it does not really count as a current event, but it is still interesting, because of our discussion on the death penalty from Forced Choice. Oregon's governor is actually under quite a lot of criticism recently, so it is possible we will have a future news brief about him!
Katlyn was selected for the next news brief.
Philosophy Quiz: Because I'm a nice guy, I gave the class about five minutes to study for this (even though it was homework to do so). I haven't read the responses yet, but basically, if you knew the four philosophers from the first reading, and knew the basics of the European influences reading, you should have been fine. If you need to finish or retake it, please come see me on your own time (like a Study Hall, or first or second lunch). I will grade these and get them back to you as soon as I can - it will count as an assessment opportunity for LT7.
Articles of Confederation: Next up, we had a brief lecture in class about the early foundations of the United States government and some of the forms of government in the world. The Articles of Confederation was the first way that the country was organized, and we looked at how it was not good enough to really keep the states together in any coherent way. Here's the reading notes that I passed out in class:
Please keep this and study it for future use!
Creation of a Nation: The last activity we did today in class was to start thinking about creating your own nation, which is a break away of some of the western states from the United States. In groups of 2 or 3, this is the assignment, which we will finish working on next class and present. Again, I want every group to make a flag for their new country, because flags are awesome. Please see the document for specifics as to what each group member should do.
Next class, we will continue with this and then move on to studying the Constitution. Please try to have a device that is able to access it. Thanks! See you next class!
Sorry I didn't know the article was from four years ago
ReplyDeleteKayla,
DeleteIt's okay for now. You actually did write in your MLA format citation that it was 2011, though! In any case, it's an important topic. It looks like Governor Kitzhaber will be resigning soon, so we will have to talk about that in class. Thanks for doing your homework and checking the blog! :-)