Tuesday, October 18th, 2022

 If you are home:

Do the Big Future college search and the C Exploration -- see below

Overall Learning Target:  

Circle: How many pets do you have?

Target Practice

Intro to the Day
Egg Drop Next, Next Tuesday

Text Home: "P/T/S conferences on next Thursday, October 20th. No appointment needed, just drop in!"

Vocabulary

You will be selecting some of the words (but not this week) we do, click here to access the list.

Period 5&6: conservative, liberal, libertarian, representative democracy (honors: plus one other word from the previous week)

Period 7&8: conservative, liberal, libertarian, representative democracy (honors: plus one other word from the previous week)

Mock Election

Learning Target: I can explain the difference between Maine's candidates and participate in an election

Your Political Typology
Learning Target: I can explain my political beliefs and my political party.
Explanation: As you make decisions this year and throughout your life, it is helpful to understand what your political beliefs are.  This quiz will help you understand your political self.
1) Take the quiz.
2) Read your results.
3) Present your findings at your table.
4) Present out interesting insights.

Political Ads

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

Political Advertisements are rarely fully truthful -- they often leave out context and other important information that is needed to understand the truth.  Today, we will look at two advertisements and your job will be to find as much truth as you can.

1) Claim: Janet Mills is handing out crack pipes!

2) Claim: Paul LePage want to ban abortion in the case of rape and incest!

With each, you will watch, then have 3 minutes to find out what was said, what was not said, and where the candidate stands.

College Search

Next Tuesday, you will the attending a college fair.  Today we will explore how to search for colleges and understand what you are looking for.

1) Go to Big Futures

2) We will show you how the site works

3) On your own, find a school that might work for you

4) Take notes on that school

5) Report out at your table

6) Cold call report out.

Career Unit: Career Exploration

Learning Target: I can use internet resources to discover career possibilities and a explore specific career option.
1) Got to Truity.com find your MB type, then search career possibilities.
2) Log the Occupational Handbook or Ferguson's Career Center
3) Spend 5 minutes free clicking to see the types of information there is.
4) Explore your career, taking notes. (15 minutes)
5) Report out

College/Career Loom Presentation

Learning Target: I can use presentation technology to organize and present information.

1) Create a new Google slide show with four slides: introduction, college selection, career selection, conclusion.

2) The content of the slides is up to you and what you found interesting about the college/career

3) Create a Loom 1-2 minute Loom video to present the slideshow.

     Loom steps: a) log into Loom using google account; b) install Chrome extension (Chromebook) OR download app (Mac); c) record!

Our Learning Targets:

• I can explain all the parts of the essay and their function.
• I know people in the classroom better; I feel more comfortable talking to more students in the class.
• I can explain how to invest money in the stock market and how the stock market works.
• I can use internet resources to discover career possibilities and a explore specific career option.
• I can evaluate (for bias and perspective) multiple sources to determine what really happened.
• I can determine the meaning of a story by examining the author's use of characterization. I can write about literature using a specific technique of my choosing.
• I can explain my personality using the Meyers-Briggs letters.
• I can use presentation technology to organize and present information.