Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

Students do this: 

1) Create a checklist of everything you need to do today on a piece of paper.
2) A reminder that the reading assignments ARE ON THE CALENDAR.
3) Take the poll; here is a link to the live poll.
4) At the end of Mock Economy, there were a couple of thing you needed to do. Only do them if you haven't already:
      -- open this (Post Mock Economy Questions) in Google Drive and make a copy, share it with me and answer the questions.
      -- take this (Post Mock Economy Survey) survey.

Circle Question: What was nice over break?

Funny in Farsi Quiz

Vocab
GM
NAFTA
Capitalism
Communism
Reaganomics (also called “trickle-down economics”):
Management
Robert Schuler
Televangelist
Organized Labor
Labor Union
AFL
CIO
UAW
Closed Shop
Open Shop


Review and Quiz over Middle East Issues
Create a simple one or two sentence that summarizes your topic:

-US relations with Iran between 1950's to 1980's
-US relations with Iran between 1980's to Present
-US relations with Iraq between 1950's to 1980's
-US relations with Iraq between 1980's to Present
-Oil Production in the Middle East
-Iranian Revolution (1979)
-Iran-Iraq War
-Why is Israel an issue in the Middle East?
There will be a quiz 15 minutes before the end of class.

Funny in Farsi -- Cultural Rules
1) Use this Google Doc, and find four cultural rules per chapter.  Make a copy of the document and share it with me (brewsterjburns@gmail.com). There are directions on the document.
2) Identify 5 themes (topics -- single words) that are in the book so far. Add them to the poster paper on the wall.  If there is no poster on the wall, say, "Yo, moron, you forgot the poster."

Being an Outsider -- If you haven't done this, you need to

Your group is going to create a piece of writing that explains what it's like to be an outsider. The essay should have as many parts as there are people.  One person in the group should create an essay in Google Drive, share it with me, THEN share it with the other people in the group, then compile the essay. Name the essay: lastname firstname Outsider bbXX.

Design a school challenge: PODCAST -- Finish and submit if you haven't

You will be completing the podcast.  Each person will:
-Explain the philosophy that influenced their design
-Describe what you did in your school that was influenced by the philosophy.
-Explain how that pert of your design fits so well with the philosophy.

Know One Story
As a group, pick one story