Monday April 13, 2015

Administrivia:
-Pass out notes, quizzes, etc.
-Podcast Dropbox

KEEP WORKS CITED INFORMATION IN YOUR NOTES

Top 5 Tweets
@SirLimpsAlot -- Reading Mercer County Gazette right now #everynight
@MommaBear -- My husband should have listened to me. #StuckinMontana #WhyNotLaw
@TheBigD -- Saw this one chick naked. #DAYYYYYMMMM
@BiGnBeautiful -- Ugh why do I feel like this. #Why #Sick #ItHappens #Cough #whym3
@BiGnBeautiful -- That little sh*t caught me #naked

Circle Question

Reading Test
Describe a scene in the reading that you though was significant.  Describe the scene and explain why it's important.

Unit on Government and Human Nature
Focus Question:  What's the best type of government?
Answer First: What is our nature?

Montana, 1948
Read for 20 minutes; 5 minute tweeting.
Period 7 & 8 Tweet HERE

Period 5 & 6 Tweet HERE


Architecture Scavenger Hunt
Architecture can do the following things:
-Inspire you
-Comfort you
-Protect you
-Make you uncomfortable
-Project strength
-Calm you
-Disorient you
1) In your group, pick four of the attributes above, and brainstorm a place in the building that exemplifies that attribute. (5 minutes)
2) Each person go that location and take a picture of it.
3) Come back to the room, share your photos and create a podcast that uses the photos to explain what architecture does and how it does.

Design a School Challenge
NOTE: We will be presenting Friday.
Pick a philosopher from this grid, and design a school where nearly EVERY decision you make is based on the belief of one of the philosophers.
Notes:
     -Your designs must express what you believe about human nature and government.
     -You must be able to explain how form follows function.
     -For everything in your school, you should be able to explain why it is designed the way it is using the following template: "We believe [insert philosophical belief here] is important therefore we  [insert design decision here]."

LATER
1a) Simulation Activity
1b) Meyer's Briggs
3) Lord of the Flies
5) History Textbook p.456 Philosophy in the Age of Reason
8) Zimbardo Video

9) Moral Dilemmas