Transcript PPT Plan of the Day for each day of the whole unit

Monday, 1/23/17
World History – Subject for today
Intro to the Middle East
POD – Topic and activity:
1. CNN Student News
2. PPT 501
3. Map work
Journal 5:1
Left side: CNN Student News: just one story today
Right side: What is a good description of what the “middle”
means when we describe the Middle East. What IS the
Middle East? What’s included?
Homework today:
Finish the maps tonight – all four
Tuesday, 1/24/17
World History – Subject for today
Religion and customs in the Middle East
POD – Topic and activity:
1. CNN Student News
2. PPT 502
3. Read article on Middle Eastern clothing; highlight for discussion
Journal 5:2
Left side: CNN Student News
Right side: What is “hejab”?
Why do Middle Eastern women tolerate it?
Homework today:
• Read article on the “Burkini” in France, and take a side. Be ready
to argue if the French were right, or not, and why.
• Don’t forget your maps (all four due tomorrow)
Wednesday, 1/25/17
World History – Subject for today
Modern nations and modern issues
in the Middle East
POD – Topic and activity:
1. CNN Student News
2. PPT 503
3. Read the article “HOW THE MIDDLE EAST GOT THAT WAY”
Journal 5:3
Left side: CNN Student News
Right side: Were the French right to pass the “Burkini” ban?
Explain your opinion, and back it with facts.
Homework today:
Read the article “HOW THE MIDDLE EAST GOT THAT WAY,” and take
notes/annotate/highlight, to be ready to explain how conflict was
created. (I’ll check maps tomorrow, too)
Thursday, 1/26/17
World History – Subject for today
Concerns today in the Middle East
POD – Topic and activity:
1. CNN Student News / Journal
2. PPT 504
3. Read article “THE 1948 BIRTH OF ISRAEL”
(Credit for maps and article annotation)
Journal 5:4
Left side: CNN Student News
Right side: Explain why and how the Middle East got to be such a hot
bed of conflict.
Homework today:
Read article “THE 1948 BIRTH OF ISRAEL,” take
notes/annotate/highlight to be ready to discuss a solution for the
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Friday, 1/27/17
World History – Subject for today
Prep for project in the Middle East
POD – Topic and activity:
1. CNN Student News
2. Discuss project
3. Choose your section
Journal 5:5
Left side: CNN Student News
Right side: Discuss a possible solution to the crisis in and for
Israel, with their conflict with their neighbors, and with the
Palestinians
Homework today:
None
Monday, 1/30/17
World History – Subject for today
Collect research for project in the Middle East
POD – Topic and activity:
1. CNN Student News
2. Discuss project
3. Lab 2 (right side)
4. Goal today and tomorrow:
• Find pictures you can use
• Begin to line up pictures, and when you’re ready, start working
on your script
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Write a thesis: an OPINION about the topic you’ll prove
Then, come up with THREE general opinion statements to answer
Then, use your pictures to support a script which fits into the three
Blatantly include contextualization and synthesis
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CONTEXTUALIZATION: fit into a larger picture
SYNTHESIS: show how this issue has similar “problems” as some other
unrelated topic
Tuesday, 1/31/17
World History – Subject for today
Collect research for project in the Middle East
POD – Topic and activity:
1. Get your GIEP documents signed and return
2. Lab 2 (right side)
3. Goal today:
Find pictures you can use (MUST be saved as jpeg)
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Drop into your “H” drive or store on a flash drive
Begin to line up pictures, and when you’re ready, start working on
your script
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Write a thesis: an OPINION about the topic you’ll prove
Then, come up with THREE general opinion statements to answer
Then, use your pictures to support a script which fits into the three
Blatantly include contextualization and synthesis
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CONTEXTUALIZATION: fit into a larger picture
SYNTHESIS: show how this issue has similar “problems” as some other
unrelated topic
Wednesday, 2/1/17
World History – Subject for today
Project Middle East
POD – Topic and activity:
1. Collection of GIEP documents
2. Sample documentaries
3. Goals today:
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Introduction to I-movie (Mr. Kusters)
Get acclimated to the MAC program
Start working on your end state of what your project will look like
Reminders:
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thesis: an OPINION
THREE general opinion statements to answer
10+ pictures to support a script which fits into the three
Carefully chosen music, and a reason why you chose it
CONTEXTUALIZATION: fit into a larger picture
SYNTHESIS: show how this issue has similar “problems” as some
other unrelated topic
Sample documentaries:
• What we know as “war” transitions because
of the powerful forces developed during WWII
• The creation of Santa Clause provides an
inspiration for giving
• Japanese internment camps were unAmerican