A look at the view from the podium in our room for the United Nations speeches about Rwanda!
You all did such an amazing job today! I am so proud of you and your effort in these speeches! It was an inspiration to be able to see how well you communicated about the genocide and the learning targets for the unit. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 20: I can identify the critical components of imperialism.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
Behavior LT 3: I can communicate and work effectively within a team or group.
Soundtrack: "Heroes" by David Bowie. Selected for today because you got to be heroes for the people of Rwanda. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 12/16/15:
News Brief - Athen
Setting the Stage
United Nations Speeches
News Brief: Athen had the news brief today and selected an article about this story (I think - this was at the end of class): ExtremeTech.com - Powdered metal could replace fossil fuels, eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. I would be wary of saying this going to happen - only that it possibly could some day. The research cited in the article is from McGill University, which is in Montreal, Canada, if you wanted to go back and star your map there.
Trent was selected to do the next news brief. We did not watch BBC World News today, due to the time with speeches, but here it is to watch, if you want to.
Setting the Stage: Right after the news brief, I went over exactly how the speeches would work in class, and talked specifically about a tie that I brought in for students to wear if they wanted, which a friend who went to Rwanda brought back for me. The tie was made by survivors of the genocide, so I thought it was pretty important symbolism as we were talking about needing to prevent it!
After the introduction, I gave about 10-15 minutes for groups to get ready and organized, then we started.
United Nations Speeches: I LOVED these! Again, the vast majority of students did such a good job with this! The basic set up was to have a group come up and line up behind the podium, do their speech in order, then listen as the panel at the front (for your class, it was Principal Dr. Franco and fellow Global Studies teacher Pat McCreery, along with myself) gave positive feedback about how your speeches went.
I really appreciated your effort and willingness to speak up about Rwanda! I know that the panel was impressed. I also wanted to make sure and publicly thank Dr. Franco and Mr. McCreery for being willing to give their time to come see you speak. What a cool community we have at Westview!
After the speeches were done, there was not enough time to start Hotel Rwanda, so we will do that next class.
At the end of class, I had everyone (who had not already done so) turn in their individual speeches (five paragraphs) with the rubric attached.
Here's the assignment sheet again, if you are needing it to find the rubrics to turn in with your revised paper:
Homework is Finished!
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