Friday, December 5th, 2014

Administrivia:
-Pass out TTTC essay slips
-Collect notes on elected Things They Carried Story.

Fall of Rome Paper Submission
Go to Google Classroom and make sure you have "Turned In" your paper.

Things They Carried Essay
You will be receiving a sheet with your name on it.  The numbers on the sheet refer to the documents listed below.  Make the necessary changes in your essay and resubmit -- due next class. Also, return the sheet to Mr. Burns
-Period 5 & 6 Notes
-Period 7 & 8 Notes

Unit Review
What are the questions we are trying to answer?

Learning Target:
By the end of the class, you will be able to watch a video and write down important information while researching a large issue.

Day in a Nutshell
Today, we'll be playing Call of Duty to attempt to understand the Micro experience of war.

Vocab Reminder Quiz on Friday

imperialism
interdependence
perspective
ethnocentrism

globalization
colonization
macro view
micro view

Purpose Quiz
What did we learn from:
-Sir Mapsalot Video
-Video of history of middle east borders & empires
-"Is ISIS a Threat to the US" video
-"What is ISIS" video
-Restreppo
-What are we trying to figure out in this unit?
-What has our learning target been the last coupe of classes?

Call of Duty
We'll be playing several games to get at the war experience, if that is even possible.  In your notes, after each round, you will address the following questions:
1) What emotions did you feel and what exactly was happening when you felt those emotions?
2) Strategically, did it ever feel like you were doing anything similar to what soldiers do?  If so, when, exactly.

Next Class
Writing the "What do you need to know before going to war" essay.