Friday, November 8, 2013

It's Friday, Friday!


WARM-UP: Create a t-chart for observations/inferences, and complete for 1) your own primary source you brought in today, and then, 2) for someone else’s primary source. 
1. HW: Make sure to bring in an artifact/primary source on Tuesday. 
Need some ideas of what a primary source might be? 
A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. PRIMARY SOURCES TELL A STORY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE. Famous Example: Diary of Anne Frank - Experiences of a Jewish family during WWII. 
Types of Primary Sources: 
¨Illustration

¨Photo
¨Journal entry/diary entry
¨Song
¨Art
¨Poetry
¨Newspapers
¨Newscasts
¨Magazine article
¨Books
¨Emails
¨Chart/Table
¨Letters
¨Verbal/oral histories (Interviews)
¨Tweets
¨Movies/Videos
¨Shows
¨Speeches
¨Drama
¨Clothing
¨Pottery
¨Buildings/Structures



2. Overcoming Ethnocentrism 
Refer to your vocab sheet from yesterday to help:
In order to overcome ethnocentrism, we need to 
---Understanding language: what terms are used to describe immigration?
---Understanding reasons for/theories of immigration: why do people immigrate?
Thinking Historically: Equality and Recognizing Difference
HW: Read “How to Overcome Ethnocentrism” (CLICK HERE)
Focus on: who wrote it and for what purpose, "historiography", "clash of civilisations", how do we "think historically"?, "principle of equality", "principle of mutual recognition of differences", "integrating negative historical perspective". Get a general understanding of what the author is trying to argue.
Annotate the text: highlight, circle, underline, jot down notes, etc.!

3. HW: Family History Survey (CLICK HERE FOR HANDOUT)
You do not have to share anything you don't want to share (find out information that your family does not want to share). If there's no way of knowing (besides asking your family, researching online, etc.) about your family's immigrant history, choose an immigrant group you'd like to research. If your family has multiple ethnic/national origins, choose 1 or 2 you'd like to study (this is an opportunity to learn more about the one(s) you know little/nothing about)!

---NO CURRENT EVENT DUE (You've got 3 HW assignments already, I think that's enough!)

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Hello 1st and 2nd Period!

We need to recognize our existing understandings of as well as key vocabulary and concepts about immigration before we study our own immigrant history, our common (U.S.) immigrant history, and the history of another immigrant group.

View/Download Dr. Bissat's PPT on Immigration Theories to help you learn more about key vocabulary and concepts. (CLICK HERE)

Use her PPT to respond to your own "Intro to Immigration Vocab-Shmocab and Concepts". (CLICK HERE FOR HANDOUT)
-If you don't find a definition on her PPT, or need further explanation about a theory, google/search for it online (and cite your source).

HW: 
1. FINISH vocab/concepts sheet.
2. Bring in a primary source artifact (like a picture, artwork, etc.) that communicates something about your immigrant past (for some of you, immigration may be a distant past, but you still use traditions or practices of your ethnic background, so bring in something that relates to your ethnic/cultural background).

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Happy Wednesday!

  1. Test re-takes should be done this week (after school on Thursday)!
  2. Check for Understanding: In your notebooks, describe one cause-and-effect relationship between events, ideas, individuals, or issues occurring between the U.S. Constitution and Reconstruction. 
  3. Election Results (as of 8:45pm, 11/5)
    1. I-522: No: 53% 
    2. Other Issues:
      1. Sea-Tac $15-minimum wage: Y: 54% 
      2. Seattle Mayor: Ed Murray: 56% 
  4. Power of the Purse, alive and well? 
  5. New Unit: Zoom In Primary Source (Image) Analysis (CLICK HERE)

Monday, November 4, 2013

Happy Monday/Tuesday!

New Seats! 
Today, we will be able to link the idea of division and representation to political polarization and voting today. 
1. Where I Stand: The American Political Spectrum 
2. Why I Stand Where I Stand (chart) 
3. Why We Stand Where We Stand: U.S. Constitution to Reconstruction timeline and QUIZ 
Current Events Discussion: To Label or Not to Label