Friday, September 23rd, 2022

 If you are home:

-Understand media bias by researching what it means and looking at this site.

-If you haven't, watch this to understand the stock market

-If you haven't, create and account on marketwatch using the google sign-in option.  Email us for the password to log into the game.

Overall Learning Target:  I know people in the classroom better; I feel more comfortable talking to more students in the class.

Circle: If you had a day without technology, what would you do?

Target Practice

Intro to the Day
Egg drop announcement
Phones away

Activity: How can you understand yourself and others?

I can explain my personality using the Meyers-Briggs letters.
You took a Meyer's Briggs test last week. We will start with a review of what you letters mean.

1) Understanding E vs. I.

2) Understanding S vs. N.

3) Understanding T vs. F.

4) Understanding J vs. P.

Castle Building: Build a castle that is beautiful, has a name, is impenetrable and has a three sentence back story.  After the castle is built, design a one minute presentation that explain the method the group used to create the castle  The score you receive will be based EQUALLY on beauty, name,  impenetrableness and your process presentation.

Independent Reading

Why we read

Stock Market Game: 

I can explain how to invest money in the stock market and how the stock market works.

You will be learning about the stock market this year by actually participating in a virtual stock market.  You will be given $100,000 dollars to purchase stocks with.  First, watch this video. Your task is to do some research into:
1. What is the stock market?
2. How does it work?
3. What is a stock?
4. Why is it important?

5. How do you make money?
6. How do you lose money?
7. What are some tried and true strategies for making money in the market?
8. What are some important events in the history of the stock market?
9. Report out.
10. Start Game

Football DBQ

Learning Target: I can evaluate (for bias and perspective) multiple sources to determine what really happened.

You will be reviewing original source documents about an allegedly great catch made by an Oxford Hills player to determine whether the catch was actually great or not.

1) Introduction to determining bias and why it matters.

2) At your table: any family members who aren't always reliable witnesses?

3) Look at this chart.

4) At your table understand how it works.

5) Report out.

6) At your table, visit sites both far right and left and find language in report that is biased.

7) Report out.

8) Football DBQ scenario

9) Who do you want to hear from?

10) Each person at each table, pick a different witness to "go off" on about their bias.

Other Learning Targets:

I can explain all the parts of the essay and their function.

Future

-The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife

-Football DBQ