SS 10: Reminders from Thursday, January 12 2012

We completed notes on Geographic Processes.  We then followed up what we have learned so far by designing our own countries.

En 9: Reminders from Wednesday January 11 2012

Today we presented our gender role slide shows.  We then completed the rest of chapter one from The War Between the Classes and the study guide.

SS 10: Reminders from Tuesday, January 10 2012

Today we had a second quiz on Latitude and Longitude as well as the Five Themes of Geography.  Students then completed Exercise 3 for the remainder of the class.  This is now due for homework, as no more class time will be allocated for the assignment.

En 9: Reminders from Monday January 9 2012

First we created and copied a mind-web on different forms of discrimination.

We then watched the second part of "The Eye of the Storm."

We discussed some real life examples of discrimination, such as the Holocaust.  Finally, students were issued copies of The War Between the Classes and we began the first chapter study guide.

En 9: Reminders from Friday January 6 2012

For the first 25 minutes, we completed a journal entry on how students spent their winter break.

In the groups that I’ve assigned, students created a power point presentation on gender roles and or inequalities of such roles.  A rubric and example were provided.  Students will had the duration of the class to work on their powerpoint presentations and will have to present on Monday, so this is it!!  

GROUPS: Cam, Cassidy, Christopher Keenan, Salem, Sawyer Dane, Dani Jordan, Nadine Jace, Jade, Paul Teal, Teaguen Jeremy, Zena Caleb, Crystal Quinton, Daisy Curtis, Breanna Have a great weekend!

SS 10: Reminders from Thursday, January 5 2012

Today we had a quiz on Latitude and Longitude as well as Five Themes of Geography.

We then completed the "Secret Location" assignment.

Finally we took notes on Geographic Processes.

Please make sure that you understand how to find co-ordinates on a map and that you have brushed up on your five themes of geography.  We will continue with notes on geographic processes next class.

En 9: Reminders from Wednesday January 4 2012

Today we began by watching a clip from You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a71h6LZKXTc

We then discussed why it is that the men and women chose the given doors.

To follow, we discussed some gender stereotypes:

Girls always smell good.
Girls take forever to do anything.
Guys are stronger.
Guys are better at sports.
etc...

We then watched another clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhRZjnF5uJk&feature=related

Students then put the following stereotypes in order:

Place the following stereotypes in order, from the most to least destructive:

Men make better astronauts.

Black people are better athletes.

  Homeless people are lazy.

Women make better parents.

Teenagers don’t take anything seriously.

Dogs are more loyal than cats.

Finally, we watched this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QyqxkM_Z94&feature=related

Students then completed a paragraph of about 8 sentences, predicting how the students might react the next day.  Also, I wanted students to touch on how they learned about discrimination in this paragraph.