Monday, May 5th, 2013

1) Take the Poll

Julius Caesar -- Full Steam Ahead
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.
Reading, watching, acting
Today, we will rotate watching and reading with the goal to finish the play. We will watch for 20 minutes, read for 10, watch for 20, etc.  At the same time, will will sontinue to gather evidence from the text to show how themes are developed in the play.

LATER, perhaps
What do we know so far -- a game of fives
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.