Class Stuff–Poetry Slam “19th Century Movements” (a work in progress)
Blog Stuff–Write a post on the following question for part of this weeks challenge post: “What type of person comes to your mind when you hear somebody talk about a “Real Hero”?” What are the qualities and who is one person you would consider to be a hero today.
I know this is late…but just for my records we did the current event assignmnet on the Swine Flu and 2 classes did a 60/60.
I am giving all of you permission to stay home this week. Relax, stay cool, take a hike, celebrate Earth Day, and I’ll see you next week.
Class Stuff:
Finish unit on Andrew Jackson
Bloggish Stuff:
Answer the following questionin a post: Do you think the United States government should become more or less “democratic?”
Class Stuff:
Continue unit on “How Democratic was Andrew Jackson?”
Bloggish Stuff:
Post #1 Blogging Challenge Post
Post #2 If the Electoral College was abolished, and people directly elected the President, what should the qualification be to vote in a Presidential Election?
Post #3 What is the most dangerous question you can ask?
Class Stuff:
Continue Unit on Andrew Jackson
Bloggish Stuff:
Just for fun 
Answer the following question in a post: What action would your name be if it was a verb? So if your name was Matilda and someone said “Everyone Matilda after class” what would everyone do?
Write a post from the perspective of one of the people involved in the Trail of Tears. Choose one person from the following images and let them tell their story. Start off your post telling the reader what slide and which person you are doing. Want a challenge? Write your story in the same style as this video. Going down in the perspective of Andrew Jackson, going up in the perspective of a Cherokee.
Class Stuff:
Last week was background on Andrew Jackson, this week let’s look at American during the time preceding his Presidency:
One group will also examine Jackson’s rise through the politics before the Election of 1828. The first day this week you will research and prepare your presentation, then we will will do a jigsaw activity with the information on the second day you have class this week.
The twist…you will be presenting your info to the other 8th grade team. You grade will be based not on your “presentation,” but on the other class’ quiz grade on the material!
Bloggish Stuff:
The post for the blogging challenge is up. I would like to slightly change the question for you. If you are comfortable, tell us what your family does to be “green.” Do you want to be more or less “green?” What is standing in the way? What would need to happen for you to be a “green” family. On Mant’s Mission Blog (dmantz7.edublogs.org/2009/03/19/what-inspires-me/) a guest blogger named Tim Holt answered an interesting question, “What inspires me?” Answer the question in a post and tag one person blogging in the challenge and for massive bonus points tag an adult blogger! Also cut and past your answer and leave it as a comment on his blog. Explain to them what they have to do in their comments or your blog. Make sure you leave a link to their blog in your post so they get a ping back.
http://todaysmeet.com/moranmustangs
Class Stuff:
The digital stories for African-American History Month should all be up by now and located HERE.
Monday-Last day of CMTs! We will celebrate by watching the movies
Tuesday-Friday– we will be doing a DBQ on Andrew Jackson
T/W Blocks 1)Discusss the EQ “Do you define a person by their actions or their intentions, why?” for the DBQ, 2) Answer EQ in a blog post using the story from this post dmcordell.blogspot.com/ as a basis for your explaination, 3) Answer the question “What is Democracy?” Cite and link to at least two outside sources that you used to create your answer in a blog post, 4) place video in post with description, 3)Make sure all links on your “All my work page” are up to date
Bloggish things:
It is week three of the blogging challenge. One post is up for that. This link should help you.
Answer the following question in a post: “Do you define a person by their actions or their intentions, why?”
So these CMT mini periods are wreaking havoc with our digital story telling project. While some folks have finished (Check out Megs’s), It looks like we will need this week to finish. I want these done right, not rushed.
Class Stuff:
All groups finishing up what we started last week.
Water, Earth, Fire-Digital Stories for African American History Month
Air-up in the air, we will discuss Monday the plans for the week
Bloggish Stuff:
The 2009 blogging Challenge has begun! Check out the site and complete the first post. Also check out the participants page–please leave some comments on some of the schools who were not part of the 2008 Challenge. The tag for the 2009 Challenge is “challenge09.” Also make sure you link back to the site
Ready for this one…oh ya…write a post from the future. The title of the post should be the date you are writing it from.
Terry Eis recently asked a group of teachers “What does a 21st Century teacher look like to a student?” And yes, she got many answers from teachers, but none from students. Place your answer to the question in the form below and I am going to share your responses with the teachers that responded to her question.
With the snow day, having to make-up CMTs and a probably a delayed opening on Tuesday, I am guessing that there will be some major changes to everything below…we will see.
Class Stuff:
All groups finishing up what we started last week. All projects due by Wednesday.
Water, Earth, Fire-Digital Stories for African American History Month
Air-Complete Google Map for Wagons West with South Paris, NY
Bloggish Stuff:
The 2009 blogging Challenge has begun! Check out the site and complete the first post. Also check out the participants page–please leave some comments on some of the schools who were not part of the 2008 Challenge. The tag for the 2009 Challenge is “challenge09.” Also make sure you link back to the site
Ready for this one…oh ya…write a post from the future. The title of the post should be the date you are writing it from.
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