Today was a bridge from our unit on Race to our next unit, on Gender! Photo taken in 2014 in New Zealand.
Hello everyone,
We started winding down our unit on Race today in class. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets Addressed:
I can communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
I can apply understanding of ideas and concepts to a new context or problem.
I can demonstrate an understanding of the role of governments in current issues.
I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Soundtrack: "Cry Me A River" by Justin Timberlake. Selected for today by Mrs. Labossiere thought it went well with what we had planned, I guess?
AGENDA 10/25/17:
Check In/Review Agreements
Affinity Groups Debrief
Small Groups
Homework: Read the blog!
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Check In/Review Agreements: At the beginning of class, we went over the Courageous Conversations Agreements, as always, to begin our work together for the day. After checking in, we talked for a bit about what is happening in the world outside of class.
Specifically, I wanted to talk a little bit about the Racial Autobiographies as we passed them back with comments. I noted that one student wrote about noticing when they were in a room without different groups of people represented - this is a really great level of awareness.
We also talked about Westview's demographics as compared to other schools, and tried to answer the question about what makes a place diverse. Here is the OregonLive website I was showing for various different schools in Oregon, in terms of their demographics:
Really interesting conversation - thanks everyone!
Affinity Group Debrief: Next, we chose random students to talk about their experience with the affinity group conversation we did in class last week. Notable answers from students that were shared out had to do with how interesting it was just to listen to the perspective of other students, and that one of the reasons they took the class was for these sorts of conversations.
After this conversation, we had students log on to Google Classroom and vote for what subtopics in gender they most wanted to investigate, as well as create questions they were curious about. The link to vote for that is on Google Classroom.
Small Groups: At the end of class (it was a short day, due to being Wednesday), we had students get into their small groups and sign up for dates to do a Current Event presentation. We will try and remind students as to what they signed up for in advance. Here's the actual assignment, again:
That was it for the day! See you on Friday!
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