Roundtable Discussion Videos

Check out the playlist I created on youtube to use the Roundtable Videos as evidence in your editorial:
Roundtable Videos

1. Scholar Start:In present time, what are ways in which we express our opinion publicly?  What are the expectations for these forms of expression?
2. Mood Meter
3. Objectives and Agenda
4. Title IX Survey
5. Editorial

March 26, 2014

Vote for your hometown:  http://gardenandgun.com/article/southern-towns-bracket

1. Scholar Start: Why is it important for mankind to have opinions and express different viewpoints?
2. Mood Meter
3. Objectives and Agenda
4. Editorials on  the essential question: “ Do good fences make good neighbors?:Isolationism v. Global Involvement.”
5. Teacher Model: Editorial
6. This week’s presentation

1. Scholar Start
2. Mood Meter
3. Objectives and Agenda
4. What is a roundtable? (5 minutes)
5. Assignment of roles in roundtable (2 minutes)
6. Procedures for Roundtable
7. Review Rubric
8. What do Roundtable questions look like? (including teacher model)
9. Students work on Roundtable questions.

1. Scholar Start: Re-read the Mending Wall.  Be prepared to reflect and discuss on the meanings of this poem. 
2. Mood Meter: Lip Sync Battle
3. Objectives and Agenda
4. Free Response Question: Create a google doc titled, Isolation to Involvement Free Response. Move to World History folder.  
• If you were the President of the United States would you have decided to get involved in World War I? Why or why not? Please use three specific pieces of evidence from your resources over the last 3 weeks to support your decision.
• Looking back at Mending Wall, how do you see this poem in relation to the world events we have discussed in both WWI and the current events your group researched?

1. Scholar Start: What is the importance of political self-awareness? Why is it important to know your thoughts on world events? How do world events impact your future?
2. Mood Meter: Never Give Up on Cupcakes!
3. Objectives and Agenda
4. Survey: Isolation to Involvement
5. Quick Write Response: Did your survey results align with what you thought you supported?
6. Create a Google Doc titled: Isolation to Involvement Free Response- If you were the President of the United States, would you have decided to get involved in World War I? Why or why not? Please use three specific pieces of evidence from your resources over the last three weeks to support your decision.

1.  Scholar Start:  What side do you see yourself lean towards more?  Isolationism or Involvement?
2.  Mood Meter: History of St. Patrick's Day
3.  Objectives and Agenda
4.  Propaganda Analysis Reading: Make sure you annotated and it's in World History folder.
5.  Real World Examples of Isolation vs. Involvement  
6.  Make a copy of the document above and move copy to your World History folder. 
7.  Work in groups to analyze 3 events of isolation vs. involvement. 

1. Scholar Start: What events can you think of in your lifetime where there has been a conflict of involvement vs. isolationism?
2. Mood Meter:
3. Objectives and Agenda
4. Make a copy of the following document and place in your class period World History folder: Propaganda Reading and Poster Analysis Sheet
5. Propaganda Poster Stations.
6. Microlab: After viewing the propaganda in support of the war, has your opinion evolved? Why or why not?

March 13, 2014

Check out this story from NPR about WWI : How a Sandwich and Bad Directions Started World War One!

How a Sandwich and Bad Directions Started World War One

March 13, 2014

Objective: Accurately analyze primary source propaganda in order to formulate an informed opinion on American involvement in WWI. 
Agenda:
1. Scholar Start: If you were an American that lived in the early 1900s, would you support involvement in WWI? Why or Why not? Cite evidence from your sources.
2. Microlab: Do these events warrant (support) a "war to end all wars"? Support your opinion with evidence.
3. Make a copy of the following document and place in your class period World History folder: Propaganda Reading and Poster Analysis Sheet