Next Week, starting 9/16: FIRST BLOCK WEEK (1, 3, 5 on Monday; 2, 4, 6 on Tuesday)!

Friday, the 13th duh duh duh...

Class Notes on Current Events:

1. Open Thoughts on Open House - Thank you to Parents/Guardians (and students)!
2. "Current Events Mondays First Block Day of the Week" (Find Template Here) ---Each table group member chooses a different region to find a current event in the news (Local/State/National/Global or International)---National just involves the U.S., Global or International involves more than one country (Of course, news tends to get murky quickly, so use this as a loose guideline.) Come ready to discuss!
1. The following suggestions may overlap:
1. local news sources: Woodinville Weekly, The Patch, Seattle Times
2. state news sources: KIRO, KING5, KOMO, KCTS9, Seattle Times
3. national and global/international news sources: BBC, National Public Radio (NPR), ABC, FOX, NBC, CNN, CBS, etc.
3. Fast Forward: Columbus --> European Settlements --> 13 colonies
1. Crash Course U.S. History #1 (CLICK HERE)
2. Ch. 1 (Chapter Summary) in 2 pages, Review Questions #1, 3, 5 (no online version)
4. Turn in Notebook, Please!

HW: Current Events write-up (handwritten or typed)

Happy Thursday!

Check it out! Class website: http://historyofuswhs.blogspot.com

Entry Ticket 

(Purpose: Check for Understanding vs. Warm-Up: Your Thoughts/Opinions, Free Write)
Please state your position on whether Columbus was a hero, citing (including the source) three pieces of evidence to support your thesis.

The Structured Controversy: Was Columbus a Hero? Break-Down/Warm-Up

Please respond to 3 the following about using the SC as a discussion/lesson format:
1.How did it help you to understand the content (about Columbus)?
2.How did it help you to understand how to develop a thesis, providing reasons and citing evidence?
3.How might it help you when encountering a controversial issue in the future?
4.How does it help you develop empathy?
5.How well did you and your partner work together? What was challenging and what went well?

9/11 & Service Learning
What does 9/11 mean to you? How has it affected you? Us?
What questions do you have? Thoughts? 

-Parking Lot Cleanup (Period 1)

-Thanks to a Hero note writing (Period 2)

Open House

Thank you to those parents and students who attended last night's Open House! It was nice to meet everyone and hopefully, you got a better sense of what class is like! Please let me know if you have any questions/comments! 

Open House PPT

The Structured Controversy & Remembering 9/11

The Structured Controversy: Was Columbus a Hero?

• Finish prepping & let’s do this!

9/11 Remembrance and Service

• Keeping the spirit of unity and compassion going: 
• Making a difference after 9/11
• Paying it back to our school community

HW: Signed Syllabus form due tomorrow

Buon Giorno!

Warm-Up! (Using your snazzy new-ish notebook)

• What is a hero? (What makes a hero a hero? What are the qualities of a hero? Use the discussion we had yesterday to help you!)

The Hero

• Was Columbus a Hero?

Compare and Contrast

• The log of Christopher Colombus (Handout A)
• Christopher Columbus, Mariner, by Samuel Eliot Morison (Handout A)
• Conquistador and Priest Bartolome de las Casas (Handout A)
• The Americans text, p. 14-15

The Structured Controversy (Listening: GOOD; Debating: BAD)

(CLICK HERE FOR PPT) 
And, again, because it's our first SC, you will be grading yourself using this rubric so you can see how you're doing and if you're meeting standards. Please review it and be honest when grading yourself. These are the standards you will be trying to achieve over the course of the year and what I will be looking for when grading. It is important you fill out your document analysis chart to help provide me with this information.

...Tomorrow:

To finish preparing for our first structured controversy (SC)

To have our first structured controversy (SC)

Happy Monday!

Warm Up! (using your new snazzy notebook)

• Purpose: To think about, savor, cringe and process what just happened and learn from it; to practice writing; to wake up

Reflect on (think about) your first week of junior year…

• For example: What was different than you expected? What was the same? What were your favorite moments? What have you learned so far in your classes or from your experiences?

In the News: "Red Handkerchief" 9/11 Artifacts
Debrief: Like a Historian Boss

• What kinds of artifacts were shared? How did they shape your image of the owner? What are some of the advantages/disadvantages of using an object to identify a person?

The Hero (*major theme in U.S. history)
Discussion: 
Who are some of the heroes in our nation’s history?
Who are some of our current heroes?
What are their qualities?
Name something "bad" about a "hero"!

...Tomorrow:
Reading: Presenting a hero in history
Check for Understanding: 
*How are we presented with heroes in history?
*And, what are the advantages/disadvantages of these types of perspectives?