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Dear class,
We continued looking at demographics today, through the very recent documentary "Children of Syria" which does a great job giving a case study of the Syrian refugee crisis. Here's what we did today in class:
We continued looking at demographics today, through the very recent documentary "Children of Syria" which does a great job giving a case study of the Syrian refugee crisis. Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 9: I can explain demographic changes in the world and their effects.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Knowledge LT 9: I can explain demographic changes in the world and their effects.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Soundtrack: "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. Selected for today because being happy could actually be considered a demographic indicator. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 5/11/16:
News Brief – Rebecca
Children of Syria
Review
Trends
Children of Syria
Review
Trends
Homework: Read the blog! Finish your demographics packet! Be good for the sub on Friday! Next news brief: Josh (then Gavin on Tuesday).
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News Brief: Rebecca had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: NYTimes.com - Turkish Border Guards Accused of Attacking Syrian Refugees. This was a perfect news story to talk about, since the documentary today showed a little bit of what it was like at the Turkish border in the refugee camps. We found Turkey in the world map packet and noted we did a current event on the country. I also showed some of the geography of the region, before asking about what students were up to outside of the classroom, as always! :-)
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):
The next news brief was assigned to Josh. As I noted in class, I will be missing my first A day all year on Friday, to attend the district tennis tournament. I showed the class what I was hoping to have students do, in getting in groups of four and reading about four different countries. The hope is that you will learn more about how demographics impact quality of life in countries! Thank you in advance for being good for the sub!
Children of Syria: This was a fantastic documentary that recently came out (like, within a month) on PBS Frontline. Part of the learning target for the unit is tying demographics in with current events, so this was perfect. Here is the assignment that I passed out with the movie:
Here is a link to watch the documentary, if you missed class, or wanted to watch it again at home with your family. An hour really well spent:
Review: After the documentary, I selected a few random students to answer questions from the documentary review. Thank you for your input and thoughts here! I was glad to see that almost everyone was really engaged with answering the questions and watching the film.
Trends: Next class, if you have any time remaining after the reading and group work, please use the time to work with your partners on writing down the demographic trend information for the USA, Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip in the packet we worked on last class. Thanks, everyone! I will miss you all - have a great rest of the week!
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):
The next news brief was assigned to Josh. As I noted in class, I will be missing my first A day all year on Friday, to attend the district tennis tournament. I showed the class what I was hoping to have students do, in getting in groups of four and reading about four different countries. The hope is that you will learn more about how demographics impact quality of life in countries! Thank you in advance for being good for the sub!
Children of Syria: This was a fantastic documentary that recently came out (like, within a month) on PBS Frontline. Part of the learning target for the unit is tying demographics in with current events, so this was perfect. Here is the assignment that I passed out with the movie:
Here is a link to watch the documentary, if you missed class, or wanted to watch it again at home with your family. An hour really well spent:
Review: After the documentary, I selected a few random students to answer questions from the documentary review. Thank you for your input and thoughts here! I was glad to see that almost everyone was really engaged with answering the questions and watching the film.
Trends: Next class, if you have any time remaining after the reading and group work, please use the time to work with your partners on writing down the demographic trend information for the USA, Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip in the packet we worked on last class. Thanks, everyone! I will miss you all - have a great rest of the week!
Homework is done!!
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