Historical Investigation, Day 5 - Class Recap

Revolution Square, in Bucharest, Romania has this monument to King Carol I. The square is quite famous in Romanian history! Photo taken in 2013.

Hi everyone,

Another work day in class today. I continued to not feel very well at all, so I am thankful for your focus and hard work. Here's what we did today in class:

Learning Targets: 
Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.
Communication LT 3: I can effectively use the conventions of writing.
Research LT 1: I can develop and refine a research question or topic.
Research LT 3: I can responsibly and accurately cite sources.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.

Soundtrack: "Come Together" by The Beatles. Selected for today because Part B was due. Beatles. Part B. Get it? Lyrics here.

AGENDA 4/1/15:

News Brief - Orel

Part B/E Peer Review
Part C

Work Time

Homework: Read the blog! Keep working on your Historical Investigation. Next news brief: Paysen.

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News Brief: Orel had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - Germanwings plane crash: What we know so far. We had a pretty extensive conversation about this event in class, for good reason. There are all sorts of important aspects to this story, like trying to treat suicide and depression (please, if you are having those types of thoughts, tell somebody. Getting help is nothing to be ashamed of.), security on airplanes, why pilots are able to secure doors from the inside, and lots more. It was an interesting and good conversation - thanks!

We also watched VICE News for the day, before moving on.

The next news brief was assigned to Paysen.

Part B/E Peer Review: There were many students who needed me to help them print their Part B documents, and it seemed like lots more who need to catch up with the rest of the class. If you have not finished the first draft of Part B and E, you are behind! Here's the peer review form/checklist that I passed out today to help with getting better:

Google Drive - Peer Review for Parts A, B, and E of Historical Investigation

It is your responsibility to get a great peer review and give one, too! It helps make everyone's work better. Please continue working on improving these sections!

Part C: For students who were done with Part B, I introduced Part C, which is an OPVL analysis of your sources. It may not be in your assignment packet, for some reason (the copier messed up?), but it is on page 4 here:

Google Drive - Historical Investigation Assignment Details

Origin, Purpose, Value, and Limitation of your four sources (minimum) must be done for your analysis of the sources.

Work Time: The rest of class was devoted to working quietly on the assignment, and I was happy to try and answer questions along with print off papers.

Thank you for your hard work - please let me know if there is anything else I can help with!