Humanities 7 – Homework – Jan 9
Today in class, students defined what a memorial is and described why they are built in order to prepare them for the Unit 4.1 Ghana Memorial Project.
Memory, History, Memorials - Facing History
Homework - p. 44 - Read about Mr. Valenzuela's trip to Ghana in 2011. Read both the summary of the trip and the journal entries while he was there. On a separate sheet of paper, write a summary (who, what, where, when, and why) of what you learned about Mr. Valenzuela's trip to Ghana in 2011, must be at least 10 sentences.
Humanities 7 – Homework – Jan 8
Today in class, students discussed the problems associated with discussing Africa as one place, instead of a region with 55 countries, with 2,000-3,000 languages spoken, and many different ethnicities and cultures.
Spot The Africa (Source: Comedy Central)
The Danger of a Single Story (Source: Ted Talk)
Africa Is Not A Country (Source: Al Jazeera)
The Danger of a Single Story Reflection
Homework - p. 42 - Complete the reflection handout, must be at least 10 sentences.
Reminder - You have a closed-notebook quiz on Friday 1/11 on the Unit 4.1 Vocabulary and the names of the countries in Africa (#1-27 on your blank map of the region).
Humanities 7 – Homework – Jan 7
Today in class, students described the background on the region of Africa by completing a background information worksheet on the region.
Introducing the Region: Africa
Homework - p. 40 - Write a letter to a friend (at least 10 sentences) that explains what you learned in class today on the background of Africa.
Humanities 7 – Homework – Jan 6
Today in class, students reflected on Unit 3 and Enrique's Journey by having a whole class discussion. Students also were able to preview the next unit of study Unit 4.1 "The Memory of Enslavement" by learning the vocabulary words for the unit and going over a map of Africa.
Unit 4 Memory of Enslavement Vocabulary Chart
Homework - p. 38-39 - Complete the Unit 4.1 Vocabulary Chart (must be NEAT and COLORFUL) and fill in all of the country names for our new region of the world Africa. Each homework is worth one HW stamp each.
Humanities 7 – Unit 3 Student Survey
Humanities 7 – Homework – Dec 16
Today in class, students assessed their knowledge of the book Enrique's Journey by taking a quiz on the book. After the quiz, students continued the readers workshop on Enrique's Journey by reading and taking notes on the facts in the Epilogue and Afterward of the book.
Enrique's Journey Epilogue and Afterward Notes
Homework - p. 35 - Complete the book by reading the Epilogue (p. 203-220) and the Afterward (p. 221-242) and then completing the EJ Epilogue/Afterward Notes with facts and statistics from what you have read (at least 10 in total).
Humanities 7 – Homework – Dec 13
Today in class, assessed what they have learned so far from reading Enrique's Journey. Then students continued the readers workshop for Enrique's Journey in small groups. Students also explored what the border between the United States and Mexico currently looks like by doing an investigation of a couple of links.
Reading Discussion Questions Instructions (How-To-Guide)
Borderline (Source: Washington Post)
Borderland (Source: NPR)
Homework - p. 33 - Read Chapter 9 (pages 169-194) of Enrique's Journey and create eight (8) discussion questions on page 33 of your notebook.
Humanities 7 – Homework – Dec 12
Today in class, students continued the readers workshop for Enrique's Journey in small groups.
Border Militarization Film Notes
How Corporations Profit from Border Militarization
Borderland (Source: NPR)
Reading Discussion Questions Instructions (How-To-Guide)
Homework - p. 31 - Read the second part of Chapter 8 (pages 149-168) of Enrique's Journey and create eight (8) discussion questions on page 29 of your notebook, using the questioning strategies from Humanities.
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