A pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This was right across the street from where my friend Clarke lived for a while. Photo taken in 2011.
Hi everyone,
Today was mostly just spent finishing the fantastic Time for School documentary and thinking more about how education impacts culture. Here's the recap for today:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain how culture both reflects and shapes society.
Soundtrack: "Learn to Fly" by Foo Fighters. Selected because of our continuing look at how education impacts culture. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 10/24/14:
News Brief – Selerino
Time For School
Homework: Read the blog. Turn in missing/incomplete geography work ASAP. Fully complete Nacirema and Time for School work. Next news brief: Cassidy.
News Brief: Selerino had the news brief today and selected this story to talk about: BBC.com - Pakistan and Iran exchange mortar fire on border. This was really interesting to me - there are so many different conflicts in the area we refer to as the Middle East! We found Pakistan and Iran on our world maps and also watched the VICE News "Beyond the Headlines" clip on YouTube before moving on. Cassidy, you have the next news brief!
Again, the point to this was to analyze how we see surface culture and what deeper culture is like in different areas around the world. If you did not have enough time in class to fully answer the three questions at the end, please do so for homework!
Here are both parts to the documentary. I stopped Part 2 when it was clearly done talking about the students.
Really powerful stuff, especially when the students from Africa were talking about their shared challenge of losing parents and still striving for their education.
Thank you once again for your hard work and understanding. Today marked a month since my dad was killed and I was reminded once again by what a joy it is to work with you all. I am truly thankful to be your teacher. Have a wonderful weekend!
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