Today we wrapped up the moderate phase of the revolution and moved into the radical phase - we should be wrapping up this topic by the end of the week!
I am attempting to allow comments to be posted to this blog... hopefully it works!
Your Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen are due tomorrow!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
February 23
Today we finished up our Declarations of the Rights of Man and Citizen. What was really interesting was to see how close the Declarations written by students were to the actual Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen written by representatives of the National Assembly in 1789! What a smart group!
We then finished up with a class discussion on the Declaration to ensure student understanding.
A Happy Birthday goes out to Kendra today!
We then finished up with a class discussion on the Declaration to ensure student understanding.
A Happy Birthday goes out to Kendra today!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
February 20
Today we looked at the goals of the National Assembly. Students were asked to write their own Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen as though they were a representative of the National Assembly during the first phase of the French Revolution. We will continue this assignment on Monday!
Have a great weekend!
Have a great weekend!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
February 17
Today we continued on with our "French Revolution Background Jigsaw". This will give you a general background understanding of the Revolution and then we will go into depth covering each phase of the Revolution as a class.
Don't forget about the Concept Quiz this Thursday on 'understandings of nation'. Also, for those of you who are presenting for Current Event Thursday, be sure to come prepared!
Don't forget about the Concept Quiz this Thursday on 'understandings of nation'. Also, for those of you who are presenting for Current Event Thursday, be sure to come prepared!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
February 12
Today was current event Thursday! We had our first two current event presentations by Jessica and Jason - Jessica presented on Obama passing Equal Pay Legislation while Jason presented on pests in Liberia. Both presentations were very well done!
We also began a French Revolution "jigsaw" where we worked in 'expert groups' to become experts on a specific topic - next week we will work in our jigsaw group to teach the individuals in that group what we had learned in our expert group. The theory behind this project is that you never really understand a topic until you have to explain it to someone else!
Don't forget that our first concept quiz is on Wednesday. The quiz will be on the different understandings of nation!
We also began a French Revolution "jigsaw" where we worked in 'expert groups' to become experts on a specific topic - next week we will work in our jigsaw group to teach the individuals in that group what we had learned in our expert group. The theory behind this project is that you never really understand a topic until you have to explain it to someone else!
Don't forget that our first concept quiz is on Wednesday. The quiz will be on the different understandings of nation!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
February 11
Last class we finished up our discussion on "nation" with a class debate - "Should it be illegal to burn flags as a symbol of protest?". Class discussion was fanatastic and the ideas raised were very insightful!
Today we began our study of the French Revolution - the Revolution that shaped our world as we know it! The French Revolution is truly one of the most exciting topics to study in history! Today we did a cartoon analysis as an introduction into the three estates. We then discussed what France was like before the French Revolution and were introduced to some of the key players of the revolution (Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette).
The History Channel does a fantastic job covering the French Revolution so we will continue to watch clips from that documentary once we have covered it in class!
Today we began our study of the French Revolution - the Revolution that shaped our world as we know it! The French Revolution is truly one of the most exciting topics to study in history! Today we did a cartoon analysis as an introduction into the three estates. We then discussed what France was like before the French Revolution and were introduced to some of the key players of the revolution (Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette).
The History Channel does a fantastic job covering the French Revolution so we will continue to watch clips from that documentary once we have covered it in class!
Monday, February 9, 2009
February 9
Today we looked at the different understandings of nation - ethnic, spiritual, religious, geographical, political, cultural, and relationship to land. For each understanding, students were presented with a case study to help consolidate their learning. We learned about Tibet, the Haida First Nations and the Inuit, just to name a few!
Students were then asked to link their new understanding with the case study of Palestine and Israel last class and also with Canada - what understanding of nation are present in these three nation-states?
Students were then asked to link their new understanding with the case study of Palestine and Israel last class and also with Canada - what understanding of nation are present in these three nation-states?
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Friday, February 6
On Friday the class completed the current events on Palestine and Israel - questions were assigned for Monday!
This week we will look at various case studies that demonstrate different understandings of nationalism and then we will begin looking at the origins of nationalism - that means the French Revolution!
This week we will look at various case studies that demonstrate different understandings of nationalism and then we will begin looking at the origins of nationalism - that means the French Revolution!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
What is a nation?
In class this week we have begun to investigate the idea of a "nation". Our current issue focus is "to what extent should 'nation' be the foundation of 'identity'.
Defining a nation is a very difficult task, as we have seen! Today we began a current event case study of the Palestine-Israel conflict in order to demonstrate just how complicated this concept of nation is. The study of the Palestine-Israel conflict is an important one in our society today - not only should students have an understanding of it as a global citizen, but they will likely see it on their diploma exam next year!
If you are interested in looking at the myriad of holy sites in Jerusalem, click here.
Defining a nation is a very difficult task, as we have seen! Today we began a current event case study of the Palestine-Israel conflict in order to demonstrate just how complicated this concept of nation is. The study of the Palestine-Israel conflict is an important one in our society today - not only should students have an understanding of it as a global citizen, but they will likely see it on their diploma exam next year!
If you are interested in looking at the myriad of holy sites in Jerusalem, click here.
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