1. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # Unit 1: Geography Essential Question: Is your geography your destiny? Lesson #1

2. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # Warm-up  Silently and independently read these quotes:  “ Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela  “Education…is the great equalizer (makes all equal) of …men…” – Horace Mann  “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” – Aristotle  Journal: Respond in 2-3 full sentences to one or any of the quotes – What reactions, thoughts do these quotes raise for you? What ethical/moral questions does it raise?  Example: I think that… I have a question about…

3. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # Course Description  Popcorn read  Any questions?

4. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # Reflection  JOURNAL: Full-sentences for full-credit  What do you want to work on over the course of the year?  I want to work on…this year.  What goals do you have for global history class?  My goal for global history class is…  What do you hope to learn about?  I hope to learn about…

5. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # Homework *  Write a letter to your teacher  Due:

6. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # Which quote about the individual’s role in history do you agree with more and why?  "Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they [want]. They do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but [based on the events of] the past.” – Karl Marx  “We are not makers of history. We are made by History.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

7. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # Warm-up *  Which quote about the individual’s role in history do you agree with more and why?  "Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they [want]. They do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but [based on the events of] the past.” – Karl Marx  “We are not makers of history. We are made by History.” – Martin Luther King Jr.  Journal: Respond in 2-3 full sentences to one or any of the quotes – What reactions, thoughts do these quotes raise for you? What ethical/moral questions does it raise?  Example: I think that… I have a question about…

8. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet #  What is your obligation and responsibility as an individual within your community, the national community and/or the global community?  What is an obligation?  What is a responsibility?  Who are you obligated to? Why?  Who do you care for? Why?

9. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # The Bear that Wasn’t  Popcorn reading  What messages were conveyed by the story?

10. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # Identity Web  TWO  First – how you see yourself  Second – how other people see you

11. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # Rights and Responsibilities in History Class  How can we create a safe, thoughtful space and community in this class?  What do you need in order to be successful in this class?  List of Rights and Responsibilities

12. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # Reflection  JOURNAL: Full-sentences for full-credit  What do you see?  What thoughts or feelings come up in response to these images?  How do these behaviors impact individual and group comfort and/or participation?  How might I respond to such behaviors as a participant?

13. Daily Questions: Who or what defines our identity? How does our identity affect the choices we make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Journal 3.Discussion 4.Reading 5.Identity Web 6.Contracting 7.Reflection Worksheet # Homework  Write a letter to your teacher  Due:  Extra Credit: Create your own cartoon of good/bad behavior in your own world experience