Wednesday, May 7th, 2014

1) Take the Poll

Circle: What will you remember about Julius Caesar?
             If you could change places with anyone for a day who would it be?

Julius Caesar -- We almost done!
Goal: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Julius Caesar Presentations
Your challenge is to create a 4 person presentation in which you explain the relevancy of the play Julius Caesar.  What are the parts, themes or elements of the play that contain important and usable lessons for how we should live our lives.  While you should use the full power of the internet to find you information, each person must read a relevant section of the play to support their position.
Click here for a searchable electronic version of the play.
Time: The presentations will start at a specific time which will be posted on the board.
What if you finish early? Research current events on the internet -- we'll be doing a 2-class white-paper-ish exercise starting next class.

LATER, perhaps
What do we know so far -- a game of fives
Goal: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
Your challenge is to create a group of 5 and put together a five slide presentation that explains the 5 most important things we need to understand about [insert your world crisis here].  In addition to having 5 people in your group, the following conditions must be met in your group:
-at least 2 of each gender
-three towns
-at least two different Morrell periods
Requirements for the slides and presentation:
-The Keynote presentation is independently assembled on all computers.
-Each slide only has one sentence (one thing you need to know about the situation in Crimea)
-Each person explains one slide and includes the source for the information and a quote from that source.
-For information use your Crimea notes (on your computer) or the Crimea News sheet (on your Google Drive)
Ways to talk about current events
-Explain what the sides are and what each side believes is true.
-Explain the history behind the crisis.
-Explain the demographics behind the crisis: gender, political, ethnic, racial, etc.
-Explain the geography of the crisis: are their ports involved? Crop land? Water? Mountains? Border disputes?
-Explain the side that the United States is taking and why.
-Explain what you think is the right thing and why.