Friday, February 3, 2017

Finals Prep, Day 2 - Class Recap


It was announced yesterday that Jay Z and Beyonce are expecting twins, so here's a picture I took of him in London in 2013.

Hi everyone,

Today was the last day before finals, next week! As such, I did not introduce any new content and I allowed students to work on whatever they wanted as we watched a documentary in class. Here's what we did today in class:

Learning Targets: 
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.

Soundtrack: "So Many Tears" by 2Pac. Selected for today because the documentary was about the tearing apart of America by political lines.

AGENDA 2/2/17:
News Brief – Shanye
Divided States of America
Finals Prep
Questions?

Homework: Read the blog! Study for your final test! Next news brief: Alessandra
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News Brief: Shayne had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - Berkeley: 'Masked agitators' sparked violence before Milo Yiannopoulos talk. As I said in class, there is SO MUCH news right now with the federal government, that it is hard to keep track of. We discussed this story, along with the nomination that President Trump made to the Supreme Court, and various other stories, before moving on.

The next news brief was assigned to Alessandra.

Divided States of America: This is a PBS Frontline documentary that just came out a couple of weeks ago, on how politics (especially involving President Obama and President Trump) have really divided our country. We watched a fair amount of Part 1 today in class (again, students also had this time to study anything they wanted to), and might finish up the rest after finals. Here it is to watch if you are interested:


I hope you found this interesting!

Finals Prep/Questions: Here it is (at least, the first page), if you missed class or wanted to see it again:


See you on Tuesday, for finals! Have a great weekend!

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