Monday September 26,2016

New Seating Chart: Activity: Work as a group to determine 5 things the members of the group have in common.

Stock Market Game: 
Check your stocks


Circle: If you were a  given a thousand dollars and had to spend it in one day, what would you do with it?


Maslow Activity: Using your computer or mobile device you will be finding the following information:
1) What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
2) Who was Abraham Maslow?
3) Why was his idea of an Hierarchy of Needs such a revolutionary idea in Psychology?
Finish Activity
4) How does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs work?  i.e. How does one move up and down?
5) How does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs apply to you?  i.e. What level are you currently in?
6) What in the world is Self-Actualization?????
7) Prepare a presentation.

Activity: Watching and charting Castaway. When you are finished, you will be writing an essay explaining how Castaway explains Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
1) Research: what themes and symbols do you expect to see when watching the movie.
2) Watch and take notes.
3) Chart the main character on Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Determining Topic & Theme
We'll watch "Lifted" then determine a list of topics, then themes.

Silent Reading:
1) Read & identify passages to support claims
2) Write

Crazy Rome Activity:  We've all seen what it takes to keep up with the Kardashians and the crazy stuff you see on TMZ and YouTube but were people just as crazy or crazier in the Roman Empire.  Your task it to find some bizarre facts about Rome, its people and leaders and create a textual evidence paragraph that you will share with the class and talk about a comparable behavior today.

Future: Why did Rome fall?  Are we heading the same way?