Civics: Today in class you worked with a partner to make corrections on the objective portion of your quiz. We also had you report out on your collaborations. Perhaps, now, after further discussion,you have a better handle on key concepts related to the objective portion of the quiz. For tomorrow, please make corrections on the short answer portion. You will need to return the short answer portion tomorrow at the start of class. Once we go over the short answer, I will enter the grades which will include a column for corrections into power school. Given to you today was a READ TO LEARN document for Chapter 4. Please begin work on the material in chapter 4, it concerns the Constitution. You should review the material from chapter 3.4-3.6, it will provide a good overview of some of the key ideas and reflect on the Articles of Confederation along with the weaknesses. We went over those again today.
Focus: Blog Post 1 is due today. We will share tomorrow, post comments, and begin research for blog post 2 Tuesday. Strand meets first tomorrow, there are no office hours.
Seminar: Community Service hours are due today. We will continue work on your portfolio which is coming due right after break. Your goal should be to finish your portfolio prior to break.
World: We are still waiting for peers to complete the quiz, but once it's completed, we will go over the quiz in class together. Regardless, I will post grades on Tuesday for both the objective and short answer portions of the quiz.
Today we began Islam's spread into to start a brief exploration of Islamic influence on African societies which include east and west Africa. You also received a Cornell Note taking document for pages 413-419 (West Africa) and 422-427 (Eastern Africa). This material is due on Thursday for credit.
