Tuesday September 17, 2024

Vocabulary Quiz: Bias, Perspective, primary source, secondary source.

Reading your self-selected book

Circle: What is your favorite form of exercise?

Norming:  Why do we do circles...?  What do we need to do to make sure that table and the classroom make the room feel safe for teaching and learning?  Go back to your table and create a list of ideas to make the classroom a safer space for everyone...including US?  

Why do we study history? (Hint, it's not to avoid making the same mistake twice)

Activity: Personal review of work(Dr and Doctors Wife)  based on what you wrote on the index card about something you want to get better about writing.

Football DBQ

Learning Target: I can evaluate (for bias and perspective) multiple sources to determine what really happened.

You will be reviewing original source documents about an allegedly great catch made by an Oxford Hills player to determine whether the catch was actually great or not.

1) Introduction to determining bias and why it matters.

2) At your table: any family members who aren't always reliable witnesses?

3) Look at this chart.

4) At your table understand how it works.

5) Report out.

6) At your table, visit sites both far right and left and find language in report that is biased.

7) Report out.

8) Football DBQ scenario

9) Who do you want to hear from?

10) Each person at each table, pick a different witness to "go off" on about their bias.

 For Tuesday: Stock Market Game: 

I can explain how to invest money in the stock market and how the stock market works.

You will be learning about the stock market this year by actually participating in a virtual stock market. You will be given $100,000 dollars to purchase stocks with.  First, watch this video. Your task is to do some research into:
1. What is the stock market?
2. How does it work?
3. What is a stock?
4. Why is it important?

5. How do you make money?
6. How do you lose money?
7. What are some tried and true strategies for making money in the market?
8. What are some important events in the history of the stock market?
9. Report out.
10. Game

Homework:  Find and do some quick research about 3 stocks you might want to buy.  Be prepared to share out your findings on Tuesday in class.