Day of the Week

Class: Current Events

Classwork

Due Today

Monday

·      Discussed Federal Poverty Line

·      Reviewed Minimum Wage

·      Began Calculating Cost of Living

·      Worked on Local Area Budget Sheet

·      Student News Form

Tuesday

·      Finish working on Budget Sheet

·      Socratic Seminar about financial needs versus wants/desires

·      Student News Form

Wednesday

·      Introduce – Solving Poverty Project

·      Divide into groups / brainstorm ideas

·      Student News Form

Thursday

·      Work on Solving Poverty Project

·      Student News Form

Friday

·      Work on Solving Poverty Project

·      Student News Form

Week of Mar. 18^th – Mar. 22^nd  

Current Events

Monday

·       Syllabus

·       Classroom Expectations

·       Icebreaker

Tuesday

·       Register for Google Classroom

·       Danger of a Single Story – Video / Notes

·       Discussion about Stereotypes (Dangers of them)

Wednesday

·       Assign Computers / Seats

·       Review Document for Student News Notes

·       Immigration Video – Socratic Discussion

·       Review Current Criteria for Immigration Process

Thursday

·       Virtual Tour Ellis Island

Friday

·       Select Groups / Develop Plan of Action for modifying / fixing the current immigration process

Week of Feb. 25^th – Mar. 1^st  

Current Events

Monday

·       Assign – 500 Word Essay

o   Civil Liberties in School

·       Thesis Statement – Due Tuesday

Tuesday

·       Thesis Statement – Turn In

·       Begin Outline – Due Wednesday

Wednesday

·       Outline – Turn In

·       Begin Rough Draft – Due Thursday

Thursday

·       Rough Draft – Turn In

·       Peer Edit / Review – Due Friday

Friday

·       Peer Edit / Review – Turn In

·       Final Draft – Due Monday

Week of Feb. 18^th – Feb. 22nd

Current Events

Monday

No School

Tuesday

·       Peer Review – Terrorism Pamphlets

·       Begin Presentations – Terrorism Pamphlet

Wednesday

·       Finish Presentations – Terrorism Pamphlet

Thursday

·       Socratic Seminar – Civil Liberties Versus Civil Rights

·       Assign 500 Word Essay: Does the School violate your civil liberties?

Friday

·       Begin Research for 500 Word Essay

Week of Feb. 11^th – Feb. 15^th

Current Events

Monday

·       Finish Terrorism Scenarios w/ Partner

Tuesday

·       Discuss Terrorism Scenario findings

·       Socratic Seminar on Differences between Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

·       Begin Pamphlet of Terrorism Event

Wednesday

·       Research suspected Terrorism Event w/ Partner

Thursday

·       Transfer researched information to Pamphlet Template Provided

Friday

·       Peer Review Templates for further Guidance

·       ***Pamphlet Due Monday***

Week of Feb. 4  – Feb. 8

Current Events

Monday

-        Begin Presentations for “War on Poverty”

Tuesday

-        Finish Presentations for “War on Poverty”

Wednesday

-        Introduction to Terrorism

o   Define the term individually.

o   Define the term in small groups.

o   Define the term as a class.

Thursday

-        Investigate Terrorism Scenario using the class definition to determine if terrorism occurred.

Friday

-        Finish Terrorism Scenario investigation and turn in.

Week of Jan 21 – 25th

Current Events

Monday

-        No School

Tuesday

-        Continue working on family budget form

Wednesday

-        Finish family budget form

- Discuss budget limitations based on income

Thursday

-        Begin solving poverty project

Friday

-        Continue solving poverty project

Week of Jan 14 – Jan. 18

Current Events

Monday

-        Continue working on Immigration Reform

o   Research criteria used for current system to determine if immigrant is admitted.

Tuesday

-        Develop practical immigration reform to current system and build google slide presentation for class

Wednesday

-        Begin Presentations on Immigration Reform

Thursday

-        Finish Presentations on Immigration Reform

Friday

-        Introduce Poverty – Watch Video / Socratic Discussion

Week of Jan 7. – Jan. 11

Current Events

Monday

-        Turn in Syllabus

-        Danger of a Single Story (Ted Talk)

-        Weekly News Story #2 Assigned

-        Weekly News Story #1 (Due)

Tuesday

-        Socratic Seminar (Immigration)

Wednesday

-        Virtual Tour Ellis Island

Thursday

-        Introduce Immigration Project (Review Current Immigration Policies)

Friday

-        Work in small groups to develop new policies / standards for immigration into the United States

Current Events

Week of November 26^th - 30^th

Classroom Activity

Assignment / Homework

Due This Day

Monday

No School

Tuesday

·       Select Event for Terrorism Pamphlet

·       Begin research of event to determine events, attacker, and victims

·       Weekly News Story #6

·       Weekly News Story #5

Wednesday

·       Continue work / Finish Pamphlet for Terrorism Event

Thursday

·       Begin Presentations for Pamphlet on Terrorism Event

Terrorism Pamphlet

Friday

·       Finish Presentations for Terrorism Pamphlet

Current Events

Week of November 19^th  - 23^rd  

Classroom Activity

Assignment / Homework

Due This Day

Monday

·      Socratic Seminar “Terrorism”

– Define it

·      Finish working on Terrorism Scenarios

·      Terrorism Scenarios (If not finished)

·      Weekly News Story #5

Tuesday

·      Discussion – Terrorism Scenarios

·      Assign Terrorism Project – Pamphlet

Wednesday

No School

Thursday

No School

Friday

No School

Current Events

Week of November 13^th  - 16^th

Classroom Activity

Assignment / Homework

Due This Day

Monday

No School

Tuesday

·       Student’s will present solutions to Poverty Presentations

·       Weekly News Story #5

·       Solutions to Poverty Presentation

·       Weekly News Story #4

Wednesday

·       Finish presenting solutions to Poverty Presentations

Thursday

·       Introduction to Terrorism

·       Socratic Seminar on defining Terrorism as a class

Friday

·       Students will use classroom definitions to read scenarios and determine if actions in scenarios are terrorism or not

Current Events

Week of October 29^th – November 2^nd

Classroom Activity

Assignment / Homework

Due This Day

Monday

·       Socratic Seminar Cost of Living / Minimum Wage

·       Begin – War on Poverty Project

• Weekly News Story #4

• Weekly News Story #3

Tuesday

·       War on Poverty Project – How do we stop poverty? (Four ideas that interconnect)

Wednesday

·       Continued War on Poverty Project – How do we stop poverty? (Four ideas that interconnect)

Thursday

·       Present on War on Poverty Findings

Friday

·       Continue Presentations on War on Poverty Findings

Current Events

Week of October 29^th – November 2^nd

Classroom Activity

Assignment / Homework

Due This Day

Monday

• Finish VoiceThread Presentations – Immigration Story

• Weekly News Story #3

• Weekly News Story #2

Tuesday

• Watch Immigration / Poverty Explained Through Gumballs
• Socratic Discussion

Wednesday

• Watch Wealth Distribution in the United States
• Partner Discussions
• Introduce Cost of Living Calculation Sheet

Thursday

• Work in Small Groups to Determine Cost of Living in The Local Area

Friday

• Continue to work in Small Groups to Determine Cost of Living in The Local Area

Week of Oct 22^nd    - 26^th

Current Events

Classroom Activity

Assignment / Homework

Due This Day

Monday

·       Continue Development of Immigration historical fiction story

·       Weekly News Story #2

Tuesday

·       Design PowerPoint / Google Slide Presentation for Immigration Historical Fiction Story

·       Historical fiction story

Wednesday

·       Finish Design PowerPoint / Google Slide Presentation for Historical Fiction Story

·       Begin work on VoiceThread for Immigration Historical Fiction Story

·       PowerPoint / Google Slide Presentation for Historical Fiction Story

Thursday

·       Finish VoiceThread for Historical Fiction Story

·       VoiceThread for Historical Fiction Story

Friday

·       Present Immigration Historical Fiction Stories

·       VoiceThread for Historical Fiction Story