During today's class, Kallie and I had a "debate" about the weather outside. In this picture, is it partly cloudy, or partly sunny? Who is right? The answer is that unless someone can bring facts to the debate (being objective), both of us could make good arguments based on our opinions (being subjective). I took this picture on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten in 2009. Partly cloudy? Partly sunny? You decide.
Hi everyone,
I enjoyed talking about the entry of the United States into World War I today, as well as continuing to work on the start of the way essay. If you want to review all of the material, this is the recap for you!
Learning Targets:
Critical Thinking and Analysis LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems, and concepts.
Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.
Critical Thinking and Analysis LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems, and concepts.
Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.
Soundtrack: “GDFR" by Flo Rida. Selected for today because it was "Going Down For Real" after the United States entered World War I.
AGENDA 2/13/18:
News Brief - Jordyn
US Entry into WWI
Objective/Subjective
Essay Writing
Homework: Read the blog! Keep working on your rough draft essay (with brainstorm sheet completed, as well) - peer review will be next class. Yash has the next news brief.
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News Brief: Jordyn had the news brief for us today. Here is the story he chose: BBC.com - South Africa: ANC decides Zuma must go. We found South Africa on our world maps and talked about this story for a bit, before moving on to discuss what we were up to outside of class.
Yash 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):
Yash 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):
US Entry into WWI: This portion of class was devoted to learning how the United States became involved with the war. Hopefully this made sense - if not, please ask questions in the comments! For your final essay, it will probably be good to know the terms "Lusitania," "unrestricted submarine warfare," and "the Zimmerman Note." Here is the presentation to review if you missed class or want to see it again:
Not too complicated or note heavy, I hope.
Objective/Subjective: Again, this started out with Kallie and I debating the weather. The two terms here are objective = facts/concrete details and subjective = opinions/commentary. Related to that, I passed out this worksheet, on possible reasons (your subjective opinion based on the objective facts!) why the United States entered World War I:
Google Drive: Why Did The United States Enter World War I Worksheet
This worksheet (on the back side) is asking students to write one paragraph with five sentences in the style that I asked for with the body paragraph notes that we did last class (TS/CD/CD/CM/CS).
Essay Writing: The rest of class was devoted to continuing to finishing the US Entry into WWWI worksheet and to write your rough draft essays on the start of World War I. Here's the prompt again: Question: Why did World War I start and what happened at the beginning of it?
Words to use: militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, Franz Ferdinand, Sarajevo, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, June 28th 1914, trenches, Eastern Front, Western Front.
Use your notes! Be ready to finish these in class next time, then peer review! :-)
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