Today, we learned about gender in societies around the world. Photo taken at the Future of Flight museum in 2010.
Dear class,
Thank you for your effort with the assignment in class and your ongoing participation! Here's what happened in class today:
Thank you for your effort with the assignment in class and your ongoing participation! 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: "Come As You Are" by Nirvana. Selected for today because Brooklyn suggested it, as a huge Nirvana fan, and for the tie in to the unit and being ourselves. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 11/16/17:
Check-In/Review Agreements
Current Event
Debrief Body Project
Gender in the World
Homework: Read the blog! Next Current Event: Sam N., Dylan, and Matthew.
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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, before moving on.
Current Event: After checking in, we turned it over to Quinn, Lauren Y, and Tony who had the Current Event for the day. This is the presentation that they led us through:
An article about the story they took a look at is here:
As a reminder, this is the assignment for the current event:
An article about the story they took a look at is here:
As a reminder, this is the assignment for the current event:
The next Current Event will be the group of: Sam N., Dylan, and Matthew.
We wanted to check in and see what takeaways the class had in terms of the images and their relation to today. Thank you for your work on this!
Gender in the World: The last part of the day was devoted to looking at how other societies around the world view gender. If you had a particular cultural background you wanted to analyze, that was encouraged, but it could not be the United States. The assignment (also posted in Google Classroom) is here:
Gender in the World: The last part of the day was devoted to looking at how other societies around the world view gender. If you had a particular cultural background you wanted to analyze, that was encouraged, but it could not be the United States. The assignment (also posted in Google Classroom) is here:
The goal of this assignment was for students to try and see how gender has an impact around the world in all sorts of ways, and to try and identify some reasons why. Please submit this assignment via Google Classroom (or a paper copy, if needed), if you did not in class. Thank you! See you next week!
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