Monday, 1/23/17 World History – Subject for today Intro to the Middle East POD – Topic and activity: CNN Student News PPT 501 Map work Journal 5:1 Left side: CNN Student News: just one story today Right side: What is a good description of what the “middle” means when we describe the Middle East. What IS the Middle East? What’s included? Homework today: Finish the maps tonight – all four

Tuesday, 1/24/17 World History – Subject for today Religion and customs in the Middle East POD – Topic and activity: CNN Student News PPT 502 Read article on Middle Eastern clothing; highlight for discussion Journal 5:2 Left side: CNN Student News Right side: What is “hejab”? Why do Middle Eastern women tolerate it? Homework today: Read article on the “Burkini” in France, and take a side. Be ready to argue if the French were right, or not, and why. Don’t forget your maps (all four due tomorrow)

Wednesday, 1/25/17 World History – Subject for today Modern nations and modern issues in the Middle East POD – Topic and activity: CNN Student News PPT 503 Read the article “HOW THE MIDDLE EAST GOT THAT WAY” Journal 5:3 Left side: CNN Student News Right side: Were the French right to pass the “Burkini” ban? Explain your opinion, and back it with facts. Homework today: Read the article “HOW THE MIDDLE EAST GOT THAT WAY,” and take notes/annotate/highlight, to be ready to explain how conflict was created. (I’ll check maps tomorrow, too)

Thursday, 1/26/17 World History – Subject for today Concerns today in the Middle East POD – Topic and activity: CNN Student News / Journal PPT 504 Read article “THE 1948 BIRTH OF ISRAEL” Journal 5:4 Left side: CNN Student News Right side: Explain why and how the Middle East got to be such a hot bed of conflict. Homework today: Read article “THE 1948 BIRTH OF ISRAEL,” take notes/annotate/highlight to be ready to discuss a solution for the Arab-Israeli conflict. (Credit for maps and article annotation)

Friday, 1/27/17 World History – Subject for today Prep for project in the Middle East POD – Topic and activity: CNN Student News Discuss project Choose your section Journal 5:5 Left side: CNN Student News Right side: Discuss a possible solution to the crisis in and for Israel, with their conflict with their neighbors, and with the Palestinians Homework today: None

Monday, 1/30/17 World History – Subject for today Collect research for project in the Middle East POD – Topic and activity: CNN Student News Discuss project Lab 2 (right side) Goal today and tomorrow: Find pictures you can use Begin to line up pictures, and when you’re ready, start working on your script Write a thesis: an OPINION about the topic you’ll prove Then, come up with THREE general opinion statements to answer Then, use your pictures to support a script which fits into the three Blatantly include contextualization and synthesis CONTEXTUALIZATION: fit into a larger picture SYNTHESIS: show how this issue has similar “problems” as some other unrelated topic

Tuesday, 1/31/17 World History – Subject for today Collect research for project in the Middle East POD – Topic and activity: Get your GIEP documents signed and return Lab 2 (right side) Goal today: Find pictures you can use (MUST be saved as jpeg) Drop into your “H” drive or store on a flash drive Begin to line up pictures, and when you’re ready, start working on your script Write a thesis: an OPINION about the topic you’ll prove Then, come up with THREE general opinion statements to answer Then, use your pictures to support a script which fits into the three Blatantly include contextualization and synthesis CONTEXTUALIZATION: fit into a larger picture SYNTHESIS: show how this issue has similar “problems” as some other unrelated topic

Wednesday, 2/1/17 Reminders: World History – Subject for today Project Middle East POD – Topic and activity: Collection of GIEP documents Sample documentaries Goals today: Introduction to I-movie (Mr. Kusters) Get acclimated to the MAC program Start working on your end state of what your project will look like Reminders: thesis: an OPINION THREE general opinion statements to answer 10+ pictures to support a script which fits into the three Carefully chosen music, and a reason why you chose it CONTEXTUALIZATION: fit into a larger picture SYNTHESIS: show how this issue has similar “problems” as some other unrelated topic

Sample documentaries: What we know as “war” transitions because of the powerful forces developed during WWII The creation of Santa Clause provides an inspiration for giving Japanese internment camps were un-American