Students are working on consolidating their understanding of the Aztec worldview. They have been assigned a task to connect the details of the Aztec to the elements of worldview. This can be done visually or in writing. Most students have finished. It is due tomorrow.
Current events are due tomorrow for the group member who is in charge of presenting.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Humanities - Feb 25
As students continue to work on their current events, they are encouraged to think about the follow elements of worldview and the questions connected to the elements...
Geography: What role do geographical features such as climate and location play in how people look at the world and behave in it?
Time: In what terms is time viewed by a society? eg mechanical (clocks and watches?) natural (eg. the sun, the moon, the stars?).
Society: What roles are available to individuals in society? Who holds power and how is power maintained? Who has status and how do they get it? Are certain benefits available to some and not others?
Values: How do people in a society act toward each other? How do people in a society act toward people in other societies/ groups?
Beliefs: What beliefs do people hold about life and death? About their environment?
Economy: Who controls the resources? What is to be produced? How will it be produced? For whom? How is property distributed? Protected?
Knowledge: How do people develop knowledge? What ways of knowing are accepted? Who has access to knowledge? How is it valued? Where or in whom does the knowledge reside?
Geography: What role do geographical features such as climate and location play in how people look at the world and behave in it?
Time: In what terms is time viewed by a society? eg mechanical (clocks and watches?) natural (eg. the sun, the moon, the stars?).
Society: What roles are available to individuals in society? Who holds power and how is power maintained? Who has status and how do they get it? Are certain benefits available to some and not others?
Values: How do people in a society act toward each other? How do people in a society act toward people in other societies/ groups?
Beliefs: What beliefs do people hold about life and death? About their environment?
Economy: Who controls the resources? What is to be produced? How will it be produced? For whom? How is property distributed? Protected?
Knowledge: How do people develop knowledge? What ways of knowing are accepted? Who has access to knowledge? How is it valued? Where or in whom does the knowledge reside?
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Feb 24 Humanities
Students have been assigned an ongoing task of seeking connections to worldview and current events. this task will continue until the end of the year. This task addresses the following curricular outcome:
Students
will appreciate how a society’s worldview influences the society’s choices,
decisions and interactions with other societies.
Students have selected small groups. On Fridays, one person from each group has been assigned to bring in a current event with a summary and a reflection about how that current event connects to worldview. Students will discuss the event and build on each others ideas. The person responsible for the current event will then write a reflection on how the discussion has changed his or her thinking. This, along with the summary, will be handed in on the following Monday.
The task and the rubric have been posted in D2L on the 8-02 Core Subjects shell. To find it, scroll to the bottom of the content browser. You should see the current events module listed there. Students are encouraged to use the rubric to support them in developing their responses.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Humanities - Feb 23
Students have been working on researching the worldview of the Aztecs and creating a codex - a representation of the Aztec society in symbolic form. They were asked to explain their symbols in writing. We have been working in class on this assignment for three days. Students have now been asked to finish the work for tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
February 18-Science/Math
Rates and Ratios Unit Test- Thursday, February 19, 2015
A great review video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gB1y-PMWfs#t=71
Look through all of your math notes paying close attention to the review assignment: Chapter 4 (pages 150-151) #10-17.
Sample Word Problem examples:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKywkLHV6Ko
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4kDzoQOngY
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
February 10-Math/Science
Science test tomorrow- Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Please know:
1. Parts of a Microscope
2. Measuring field of view
3.Characteristics of Living Things
4. Parts of cells (and their functions)
5. Fluid movement in cells
- permeable
- impermeable
- diffusion
- osmosis
- transpiration
Monday, February 9, 2015
Feb. 9- Math/Science
Math Homework!
Textbook Work
Pg. 148-149 (#4,6,7,8,9,11)
Due Tuesday, February 10
Science Cell Quiz- Wednesday, February 11!
Humanities
Students were introduced to the Aztec culture through a power point and video. We watched part of the History Channel episode, "Engineering an Empire - The Aztecs" and we stopped several times for students to record new things they were learning about the Aztecs and then pairing up that information with which worldview element it fit in to. Students had great conversations and asked many questions about this culture.
Tomorrow we will watch the next 15minutes of the video and move on to some Reading Comprehension strategies using information about the Aztecs.
Tomorrow we will watch the next 15minutes of the video and move on to some Reading Comprehension strategies using information about the Aztecs.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Humanities Feb 5
Students worked on a visual literacy activity where they looked at images, described the images and made inferences about the purpose of the images and the connecting element of worldview. This work will be continues in class tomorrw.
Humanities Feb 5
We are now into our next unit of study. In this unit, students are asked to assess, critically, how the Aztecs were affected by
the Spanish worldview by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions
and issues:
• What were the
key elements of the worldview of the Aztec civilization prior to contact with
the Spanish?
• How did the
Aztec civilization’s worldview influence the Aztecs’ choices, decisions and
customs?
• What key
elements of Spain’s worldview led to the desire to expand the Spanish empire?
• In what ways did
factors such as technology and disease contribute to the dominance of the
Spanish over the Aztec civilization?
• To what extent
were the divergent worldviews of the Spanish and Aztecs factors in the
dominance of one nation over the other?
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
SUPPLIES NEEDED
Unfortunately, most of the supply of pencil crayons, rulers, markers, and glue sticks, have not been being returned to their proper places in the classroom. As a result, our classroom currently does not have pencil crayons or rulers. Please start bringing your own materials to class. Some of these materials will be replaced but it will take some time to get them ordered.
Please please please bring a calculator!
Humanities
Homework:
- Aztec Map of Mexico (There are 23 things to label on this map. Please read ALL of the instructions FIRST very carefully, label neatly, and color your map)
- Aztec Map of Mexico (There are 23 things to label on this map. Please read ALL of the instructions FIRST very carefully, label neatly, and color your map)
Feb. 4-Science/Math
DUE TOMORROW......
Organize your Science Journals. We will be collecting journals for assessment. Please ensure that your journals have ALL of the notes, handouts, diagrams, homework, and labs that we have completed thus far in Unit 2.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have any materials that you may have missed because of an absence.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Feb. 3-Math/Science
The above questions are due tomorrow, allowing us to further our investigation into Plant Cells.
Suggestion: download textbooks onto your desktop allowing for easy access in class!
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