1. 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

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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