October 6, 2023

Thursday October 6, 2023

Bring Charged Laptop on Tuesday!

Reminder about incentives!  100 on a quiz grade!

Vocabulary Quiz: diction, syntax, tone, mood, imagery 

Circle: Will Mr. Truman kill a moose next week?  How much money do you think you'll need to make to be happy?  

Learning target: I can read and enjoy self-selected texts

Reading your self-selected book: SSR 

Learning target: I understand the impact of bias in media

Activity: Bias

Preparation for Fall of Rome DBQ 

You will be examining various news sites to see how bias effects what the write and report.  Each group will be given a news site to examine.  

1. Go to site

2. Divide up the top stories depending on how many in your group.

3. Read story

4. Be prepared to present out the website, title of story, and summary of the story.

5. Determine which story is most interesting at your table and be ready to present out.

6. Do you believe the news site is liberal, conservative or non-partisan?  Why?

7. If this website was all that survived for history books, what would the world in 2023 look like to sophomores 100 years from now?  Would it be accurate?

8. What is the takeaway?  What should we keep in mind as we study history like the fall of Rome?

Activity: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. How much do you know?

11. Game

Pick some stocks!!!