Today we watched part of an episode of The Office in class, while looking for different aspects of a revolution in it. This is me jumping for joy at finding the set of The Office, while on vacation in California in 2007. It is one of my favorite TV shows ever!
Welcome back to another week! We looked more into what makes up a revolution in class, and also had some time to work on late assignments. Here's what happened in class:
Learning Targets:
Critical Thinking LT 1: I can explain multiple perspectives and viewpoints.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.
Soundtrack: "Handbags and Gladrags" by Big George Webley. Selected for today because it is the theme song for The Office (UK version) and we watched an episode of the US version today in class to analyze revolutions. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 3/7/16:
News Brief - Eric C.
Conditions for Revolutions
The Coup
The Coup
Russian Revolution Work
Homework: Read the blog! Turn in late/missing/incomplete/make up work by next class, for updated progress report grade. Trent has the next news brief.
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News Brief: Eric C. had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: BBC.com - Migrant crisis: EU and Turkey hold 'difficult' summit. We found Turkey on our world maps and talked about the continuing refugee crisis in Turkey and the European Union. We also talked about the size of Syria vs. Oregon (Oregon is bigger, but Syria has about 10 times the population). Very interesting!
Trent was selected for the next news brief.
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Conditions for Revolutions: This PowerPoint was about the main ways that revolutions start. You will absolutely need to know the political, social, and economic reasons for the revolution you are studying for the historical investigation. An easy way to think about this is: political = people want power; social = people want to find others that agree with them; economic = people want money and resources.
Here's the PowerPoint, if you wanted to check it out again, or if you missed class and need to do notes:
Trent was selected for the next news brief.
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Conditions for Revolutions: This PowerPoint was about the main ways that revolutions start. You will absolutely need to know the political, social, and economic reasons for the revolution you are studying for the historical investigation. An easy way to think about this is: political = people want power; social = people want to find others that agree with them; economic = people want money and resources.
Here's the PowerPoint, if you wanted to check it out again, or if you missed class and need to do notes:
If you are at all confused about what makes up a revolution (in the sense of a government), please let me know!
The Coup: To have some fun in introducing theory of revolutions, we watched the episode of "The Office" called The Coup. A "coup" (or coup d'etat) is pronounced "coo" and is a French word for the overthrow of a government, usually from a small group of insiders. Thus, this episode is a perfect way to showcase the elements of a revolution (political/social/economic reasons for why Dwight is trying to overthrow Michael as boss) while also being a humorous way to start thinking about how revolutions happen. We finished the episode and then had a bit of time at the end of class to work on incomplete work.
Russian Revolution Work: I wanted everything from the unit turned in, including:
1) The Russian Revolution Pre-Assessment/Newsflash activity
2) Vocabulary Notes (on Peace, Land, and Bread PowerPoint)
3) OPVL activity (using the primary sources posted around the room)
4) Propaganda Poster assignment (using the Propaganda Poster PowerPoint to complete)
5) Vocabulary Quiz (a make up quiz is available in class, too)
Please get these in as soon as possible, if you did not do so in class! They will be another grade opportunity for the learning target on revolutions. Next class, you will start the big historical investigation assignment. Be ready! :-)
Russian Revolution Work: I wanted everything from the unit turned in, including:
1) The Russian Revolution Pre-Assessment/Newsflash activity
2) Vocabulary Notes (on Peace, Land, and Bread PowerPoint)
3) OPVL activity (using the primary sources posted around the room)
4) Propaganda Poster assignment (using the Propaganda Poster PowerPoint to complete)
5) Vocabulary Quiz (a make up quiz is available in class, too)
Please get these in as soon as possible, if you did not do so in class! They will be another grade opportunity for the learning target on revolutions. Next class, you will start the big historical investigation assignment. Be ready! :-)
Homework is done!!!
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