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Daily lesson plans and assignments are posted below.  Some of these links are to PDF documents.  To get the latest version of  Adobe Reader, click here. (note:  Adobe Reader is free to download and install.)

DATE
Daily Plan
May 26 - 28
 Bell Work:
  1. TOK FINAL

 

Time – “10 ideas that are changing the world”

March 23, 2009

 

 

You will need to review 3 of the 10 ideas that are presented in the TIME article.  Choose 2 that you agree are world changing and choose 1 that you do not think should have made the list

 

For each idea, please do the following:

         

1.     Provide a 1 – 2 paragraph summary of the idea.

2.     Provide a 1 paragraph  assessment of  the extent to which these ideas display a euro-centric versus a global point of view?  (Do you think that these ideas are “world changing” for everyone on the planet?)

3.     Use a paragraph to assess the impact that this idea has / will have on your life.

         

 

Please e-mail your responses to me: tim_collins@gbsd.gresham.k12.or.us

Here is are links to the 10 ideas

Homework:

  1. none
May 22
 Bell Work:
  1. 10,000 and rolling - looking at personalities and risk

Homework:

  1. none
May 20
 Bell Work: none
  1. Propaganda Presentations

Homework:

  1. none
May 18
 Bell Work:
  1. Review Personality Tests
  2. "The man who mistook his wife for a hat"

Homework:

  1. none
May 14
 Bell Work:
  1. Propaganda Presentation - PREP
  2. Personality Inventory
    • Jung's Typology Test - Click on the link to the left and read through the information on the page.  At the bottom of the page, click on the link to the "Jung Typology Test / Jung Career Indicator™ " and take the test.  When you are done
      • mark down the 4 letter descriptor of your personality in addition to the extent to which they are represented.  Take a few minutes and explore the links associated with your profile and make a few notes as to what each letter means in addition to famous people who have had your personality type.
      • What parts of the profile do you agree with?  Are there things that the profile should have included that are not listed?
    • Risk Attitude Profile - Click on the link to the left and read through the informaiton on the page.  Once you have finished reading, DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK ON THE BOTTM OF THE PAGE.  Instead, take the DEMO version of the profile "Risk Attitude Profile Demo".  After you take the test:
      • Make a note of where you fall on the Risk Profile.  Also note whether or not your agree with the profile given to you.  Also take a look at the bottom of the page where there are number of personality types (moralist, toiler,...) read through the descriptions and decide who you think you are.
      • Famous People and their Risk Personality - read through the list connected to this link and then respond to the following
        • Do you agree with the results of the survey?
        • Which individuals do you think that you are most similar to? 
        • Are these the same people that were given as examples your Jung personality profile?
    • Learning Styles Inventory - click on the link to the left and read through the brief summar of various learning styles.  At the bottom of the page, click on the link that takes you to the online test.  When you are finished, make a note of the learning styles that you favor.  Also respond to the following
      • Do these learning styles match the way that you think you learn best? 
      • Did you find the inventoy helpful? 
      • Is there a correlation between any of the surveys that you took today?  Why do you think that this is the case?
  3. Class discussion 

Homework:

  1. none
May 12
 Bell Work:
  1. Propaganda Presentation - PREP

Homework:

  1. none
May 8
 Bell Work:
  1. Intro to Propaganda
  2. Frontline Video "The Persuaders"

Homework:

  1. none
May 6
 Bell Work:
  1. Wrap up unit on Art

Homework:

  1. none
April 29 - May 4
 Bell Work:
  1. Electrical Tape Art Project

Homework:

  1. none
April 29 - May 4
 Bell Work:
  1. Electrical Tape Art Project

Homework:

  1. none
April 23 - 27
 Bell Work:
  1. Art Around the World Project - Presentations

Homework:

  1. none
April 21
 Bell Work:
  1. Art Around the World Project

Homework:

  1. none
April 17
 Bell Work: Responding to What Defines Art
  1. What defines art
  2. Artists that we know
  3. Art Around the World Project

Homework:

  1. none
April 15
 Bell Work: none
  1. Debrief World Seen
  2. What is ART (Part II)

Homework:

  1. none
April 13
 Bell Work: none
  1. World Seen

Homework:

  1. none
April 9
 Bell Work: none
  1. What the world likes best (ART)

Homework:

  1. none
April 1 - 7
 Bell Work: none
  1. MOVIE - All The Presidents Men

Homework:

  1. none
Mar 9 - 30
 Bell Work: none
  1. TOK Presentations

Homework:

  1. none
Mar 5
 Bell Work: none
  1. TOK Presentation Prep

Homework:

  1. none
Mar 3
 Bell Work: Is Math Innate?  Does it correlate to intelligence?
  1. Math

Homework:

  1. none
Feb 27
 Bell Work: Is Math Art more math or art?
  1. Math Art

Homework:

  1. none
Feb 25
 Bell Work: none
  1. Review Movie on Fermat's Last Theorem
  2. Math Art

Homework:

  1. Finish Math Art
Feb 23
 Bell Work: none
  1. Movie on Fermat's Last Theorem

Homework:

  1. none
Feb 17 - 19
 Bell Work: none
  1. Work on TOK presentations in the library

Homework:

  1. none
Feb 12
 Bell Work: none
  1. Peer review essays

Homework:

  1. none
Feb 10
 Bell Work: none
  1. TOK presentaitons from last year

Homework:

  1. TOK Essay Rough Draft Due Feb 12
Feb 6
 Bell Work: none
  1. Poverty and Class

Homework:

  1. TOK Essay Rough Draft Due Feb 12

Links:
Feb 4
 Bell Work: none
  1. Read Skinner and Sarte

Homework:

  1. TOK Essay Rough Draft Due Feb 12
Feb 2
 Bell Work: Bell Work: 

Respond to the following bullets in a journal entry.  This entry should be at least one page in length.

·        Are the following ideas political, ethical, or both: justice, rights, social responsibility, equality, and freedom?  Explain your reasoning.

·        Define the term “Freedom”.  What do we mean when we say that America is a “free” society”?  Do you think that this describes how America really IS or would this be described better as how America OUGHT TO BE?  Explain. 

·        In what ways are you “free”?  In what ways are you not “free”?

  1. Read "Positive and Negative Freedom" and respond to the questions that follow.

Homework: 

  1. TOK essay ROUGH DRAFT due FEB 12
   
 

Below this line is a copy of the calendar from the last school year
   
May 19 - 27
 Bell Work: none

Homework: none

Copy of the TOK Final

May 13 - 16
 Bell Work: none
  1. Political Campaigns

Homework: none
May 9 - 12
 Bell Work: none
  1. Animal Cognition
  2. Human Cognition

Homework: none
May 6 - 8
 Bell Work: none
  1. Video Clips on Animal Cognition

Homework: none
May 1 - 5
 Bell Work: none
  1. Do animals have rights?

Homework: none
Apr 29 - 30
 Bell Work: none
  1. Review Electrical Tape Art Project
  2. Intentional Fallacy / Affective Fallacy

Homework: none
Apr 23 - 28
 Bell Work: none
  1. Electrical Tape Art Project

Homework: none
Apr 21 - 22
 Bell Work: In-class journal entries on "Art and Asthetics"
  1. "Art Around the World" - Pt II
  2. Reading on "The Call of Beauty"

Homework: none
Apr 15 - 16
 Bell Work: none
  1. Debrief World Seen Presentation

Homework: none
Apr 14
 Bell Work: none
  1. World Seen Presentation

Homework: none
Apr 10 - 11
 Bell Work: none
  1. Art research project presentations

Homework: none
Apr 8 - 9
 Bell Work: none
  1. What is art? - Reading
  2. Art research project

Homework: none
Apr 4 - 7
 Bell Work: 

What roles do the arts play in people’s lives? Are these roles unique to the arts? (Can art change the way we interpret the world? Does involvement in the arts help the development of personal value systems? Can art express emotion? Does art enlarge what it is possible to think?)

What role does art play in your life?

  1. What is art?
  2. Art research project

Homework: none
Apr 2 - 3
 Bell Work:  none
  1. TOK Presentations

Homework: none
Mar 31 - Apr 1
 Bell Work:  none
  1. TOK Presentations

Homework: none
Mar 21 - 30
Spring Break!!
Mar 19 - 20
 Bell Work:  none
  1. TOK Presentations

Homework: none
Mar 17 - 18
 Bell Work:  none
  1. TOK Presentations

Homework:  none
Mar 12 - 13
 Bell Work:  none
  1. Notebook Check
  2. TOK Presentations

Homework:  none

Notebook Check Sheet for March 12 - 13

Mar 10 - 11
 Bell Work:  none
  1. Notebook prep
  2. "All The President's Men"
  3. TOK Presentations

Homework: 

  1. Notebook Check next class
  2. TOK Presentations

Notebook Check Sheet for March 12 - 13

Mar 6 - 7
 Bell Work:  none
  1. Reading on freedom and the nature of the social contract
  2.  Discussion on the reading

Homework: 

  1. TOK Presentations begin next week
Mar 4 - 5
 Bell Work:  Respond the following:

In a free society, how should we determine the income that each person recieves? What factors ought to be considered? What factors should not be considered (but often are)?

How do you want your income level to be determined? How is your answer influenced when you consider yourself as a citizen of a global society?

1.  Discussion

Homework: 

  1. TOK Presentations begin next week
Feb 29 - Mar 3
 Bell Work:  none
  1. Read the essays on personal responsibility and respond to the in class questions

Homework: 

  1. TOK essay FINAL DRAFT DUE Feb 29

Nature of freedom reading response questions

Feb 27 - 28
 Bell Work: 

Respond to the following bullets in a journal entry.  This entry should be at least one page in length.

·        Are the following ideas political, ethical, or both: justice, rights, social responsibility, equality, and freedom?  Explain your reasoning.

·        Define the term “Freedom”.  What do we mean when we say that America is a “free” society”?  Do you think that this describes how America really IS or would this be described better as how America OUGHT TO BE?  Explain. 

·        In what ways are you “free”?  In what ways are you not “free”?

  1. Read "Positive and Negative Freedom" and respond to the questions that follow.

Homework: 

  1. TOK essay FINAL DRAFT DUE Feb 29

Intro to Politics - Journal and Homework

Feb 25 - 26
 Bell Work:  None
  1. Watch Sample TOK presentations

Homework: 

  1. TOK essay FINAL DRAFT DUE Feb 27 - 28
Feb 21 - 22
 Bell Work:  None
  1. Work on TOK presentations in the library

Homework: 

  1. TOK essay FINAL DRAFT DUE Feb 27 - 28
Feb 19 - 20
 Bell Work:  None
  1. Work on TOK presentations in the library

Homework: 

  1. TOK essay FINAL DRAFT DUE Feb 27 - 28
Feb 14 - 15
 Bell Work:  None
  1. Peer assess TOK essays

Homework: 

  1. TOK essay FINAL DRAFT DUE Feb 27 - 28
Feb 12 - 13
 Bell Work:  None

Homework: 

  1. TOK essay Rough Draft due Feb 14 - 15
Feb 8 - 11
 Bell Work:  None
  1. In-class time to complete the TOK Rough Draft

Homework: 

  1. TOK essay Rough Draft due Feb 14 - 15
Feb 6 - 7
 Bell Work:  Ethics of Myspace
  1. Ethics Discussion

Homework: 

  1. TOK essay Rough Draft due Feb 14 - 15

Ethical Considerations of MySpace

Feb 4 - 5
 Bell Work:  None
  1. Hand back final
  2. TOK paper prep

Homework: 

  1. TOK essay Rough Draft due Feb 14 - 15
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