Friday, November 8, 2013

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Teachers: Return quizzes, create to-do lists, pass out papers, students run things, think about seating

Students: 
1) Sit in a row you were not in last class.  We are doing this because you must learn to be adaptable.
2) Click the link "Assignments with Problems" on the right and fix your mistake, read the message, etc.
3) Take the poll
4) HELP! Submit ideas on how to finish Ernies Ark here.
5) Take the post-careers project survey.
6) Download this and put it in a handy spot.
7) Check the "Careers Scoreboard" link for your class on the right: if you received less that full credit for any assignment, there will be a note in the cell. Submit work I don't have for some credit.
    ***If you came in for conferences, send me a Pages document explaining where you want the points.  Title: lastName firstName conferencePoints bb[yourPeriods].
    ***NOTE: I've given everyone 40 points for the Careers Essay, if I have it.  You will not fewer than 40, but you may get more.)
8) Review web site
9) Check your portal

Vocab
Directions: find a single image in Google images that you think best explains each word. If you are male, start at the top of the list, if you are female, start at the bottom.
philosophy
government
existentialism
human nature
Christianity
democracy
You will be cold-called to explain your image and definition. Mr. Burns and Toohey will write the definitions explained by students on the board.

Circle
What do you like most about the area?

Humex Overview: Purpose for the Year
Everything we do this year will be pointing to one thing: our year-end presentations where we will explain what we thing the community needs to become more healthy and economically successful.  Everything is explained in the Humex Overview.
Challenge: After copying down the concept map we'll put on the board, identify content you have learned over the last two year that will help you successfully complete the Humex Challenge. Cold call to determine who will share connected content.

Introduce Maslow's

Design a downtown that meets all of Maslow's needs.
Five minutes to brainstorm what the town needs
Five minutes to draw the downtown
Present to the class how the downtown meets people needs and why it would be successful



Lesson on Organization
Challenge: Create a one minute presentation that explains how you use your computer to organize your work. If you do not currently have a method, you will learn one from a classmate.

The Stranger
Start reading and learning something you've never learned before.  Prepare to have your mind blown.

In the Future:
Making spreadsheets and charts -- survey downtown Norway.  Challenge: find ways to quantify the strengths and weaknesses and display the data in a chart.
Ernie's Ark closing activity
Fall of Rome: Challenge -- Find 10 reasons why historians think Rome fell and find modern parallels.

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