Another beautiful place in our amazing State of Oregon: the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn. Photo taken in 2015.
Dear class,
Busy times! Seniors have about a week left in class with us, and today was our last day of in class work on the State and Local project. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 1: I can demonstrate an understanding of the interplay between citizens and their governments.
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Research LT 5: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Research LT 5: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Soundtrack: "Battlefield" by Jordin Sparks. Selected for today because the end of the year can feel like a series of battles. Keep working hard, everyone! Lyrics here.
AGENDA 5/24/16:
News Brief – Alexis
#StandUpFG
State/Local Project
Computer Lab N210
Homework: Read the blog. Your State/Local final project is due to be turned in and presented next class! Seniors: your final for the class is next Wednesday! Next news brief: Stephanie/Kourtney.
News Brief: Alexis had the news brief today, but forgot to bring it, so we moved on to talking about the weekend.
#StandUpFG: After the news brief, we had a great in class discussion about the #StandUpFG walk out at Westview last Thursday, which was related to a banner at Forest Grove High School being hung that said "Build The Wall" (allegedly, it was up for a couple of minutes before it was taken down). As part of this section, we talked about freedom of speech issues at school, student activism, responding to people you do not agree with, and the Westview administration response. Here's the news story that I showed:
I also showed part of Dr. Franco's response to the students that protested, as well as some of the tweets that were posted about the walk out. We then had a really interesting conversation about all of these issues. Thanks, everyone!
State/Local Project: We kept working on this project, which is a two page paper, with at least three MLA citations, about a local issue that you care about. Here's the handout:
We went through this together again, and then went to the computer lab.
Computer Lab N210: The rest of class was spent in the computer lab, working on researching for the State and Local project and writing about an issue that you care about in our local community. Next class, you will be presenting about your problem and turning your paper in. Thanks for your hard work, everyone!
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