End of the Quarter 3

[warmup]
Instead of posting a comment here I want you to post this on your blog. Think about on your year so far and write (in paragraph form) about the following ideas:
-(introduction)
-your favorite thing about FAIR School Downtown
-something you'd like to see us add or drastically change
-class you are doing the best at, why, how can you keep that up
-class you are struggling the most with, why, how can you change that
-plans for 4th quarter and I thing you promise to do to make 4th quarter awesome
-(conclusion)

You will have 25 minutes to complete this warmup. When you finish with this blog entry you can use the extra time to study for the quiz.

The Core 3 quiz start time = 10:20.
The Core 4 quiz start time = 11:40.

What are you listening to?

[warmup]
I'm headed to Atlanta for spring break (to visit my younger brother) and I need some new media for the plane ride there and back...
1) Suggest some music, a movie, or game for in flight.
-What makes it so great? How did you originally find out about it? Why would I like it?

ALSO open up your homework so Mr. Hannan can come around and check you off for having the first 8 boxes completed.

End of the Quarter RANT

*WARNING RANT INCOMING*

I am crabby today. Thursday and Friday I checked in with you students so you'd know what is missing and what needs to be done to bring our grades up... so I sit down to grade this weekend excited to see what you guys have written and made but there is a problem. Where is the work to grade? Why haven't my students finished it or at least email me to let me know that they need more time? Why isn't my RSS feed for blogs full with updates? What about the in-class assignment from Friday? At least I'll have those to look at... nope only 12 students turned in the assignment. Those who said they'd email it to me this weekend didn't and those who said they put in it my dropbox first thing today didn't... major FAIL.

*END RANT*
Check your grade. Write a comment about it. Get ready to work. You are not getting time to work on old work today.

[links]
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/us/27sexting.html?_r=1&src=ISMR_HP_LI_LST_FB
https://www.google.com/calendar/

The Great War

[warmup]
World War I was known as the Great War. Today you'll be learning about life as a soldier in WWI. For warmup today free-write to the following writing prompt: Do you think soldiers are heroes?


(Today you are being graded PURELY on the amount of time you spend focused on the warmup. To get an A or B for it you will need to be writing for at least 5 of the 6 minutes allotted for warmup)

The System of Alliances

[warmup]
Think back to the simulation we acted out yesterday...
1) What country were you?
2) What happened to your country? (Did you get an alliances? Did you seek them out or did people find you? What was your strategy for getting alliances? etc.)
3) How did you personally felt during and about the simulation?
4) Explain what happened after the NEWSFLASH, when Archduke Franz Fredinand (from Austria Hungary) was assassinated (by Serbians).

Winter wonderland.

[warmup]
I wanted to skip our warmup this morning so we'd have more time for our simulation on the start of World War I... but this snow has put a damper on our plans. So for warmup today tell me about your favorite summer day ever (either fictional or nonfictional). If you finish early make sure to work on this weeks (or for some of you last weeks) blog posts. 2 per week.

Saladin vs. Lionheat II

[warmup]
If you didn't do the warmup Friday complete the questions below... or you already did Friday's warmup good job. Instead write about something interesting, anything interesting, just write something that will keep me entertained.

Read these quotes about Saladin and Richard the Lionheart. 

Based on the quotes below:

1) What are your impression of them as leaders?

Based on the quotes Saladin seemed like a man who..... He also..... On the other hand Richard the Lionheart seemed liked a man who..... He would never.....

2) Which would you rather have be your leader? Why?

Personally, I'd prefer to have a leader like ....... because ...... and .....

Saladin	Lionheart
"Those who knew Saladin say little about his physical appearance: he was small and frail, with a short, neat beard. They prefer to speak of his pensive and somewhat melancholy face, which would suddenly light up with a comforting smile that would put anyone talking to him at ease."	"Richard of England, a red-haired giant, generous, incredibly brave, hot-tempered and tactless, won a great reputation in the capture of Acre, but quarreled with his allies who left him and went home."
"In general, one may say that Saladin was as demanding of himself as Nur al-Din [his predecessor] had been, but more lenient with others, although he was even more merciless than his elder when dealing with those who had insulted Islam.	"A very powerful man of great courage and spirit. He fought great battles and showed a burning passion for war. The king was indeed a man of wisdom, experience, courage and energy.......excitable, brave and clever."
"Saladin did not spend a single gold or silver coin on anything except a jihad (holy war). Out of his desire to fight for God's cause he left behind his family, children, country, home and all the towns under his control."	"His ambition was that of a mere warrior: he would fight for anything whatever, but he would sell everything that was worth fighting for. The glory that he sought was that of victory rather than conquest."
"I never saw him insult anyone. He always stuck to his word and was loyal. No orphan ever came to him without Saladin offering to provide the same amount of care as his father had done. He treated old people kindly and generously."	"He was tall in stature, of shapely build, with hair between red and yellow. His limbs were straight and flexible; his arms somewhat long; he had long legs."
"When Richard (the Lionheart) fell ill with a fever and appealed to Saladin to send him pears and peaches. Saladin sent him fruit and snow from the mountains to cool his blood"	"Richard was not a good king. He cared only for his soldiers. But he was brave, and loved a brave man."

[video questions]

What happened after the the crusaders took over Jerusalem?

Explain what kinds of things the crusaders built?

Saladin was a unique leader. What kind of person was he? Give 3 examples from the video to support your answer (you’ll find answers to this question throughout the video not just in this section)

What is Jihad?

Richard the Lionheart was also a unique leader. What kind of person was he? Give 3 examples from the video to support your answer (you’ll find answers to this question throughout the video not just in this section)

How did the crusades change the way Europeans treated the sick?

By the end of the crusades, how did Richard the Lionheart and Saladin treat each other?

Feedback

[warmup]
We watched about 20 minutes of a video on the crusades on Friday. Overall I'd say our attention was not great. I need your feedback. For the warmup today reflect on watching the video and watching them in general. (Was the video that bad? Should I have broken it up into smaller pieces? Was it just a long week? Are Friday's a good or bad day for videos? Are you guys just sick of the crusades? What do you think about watching educational videos in general?)


[video questions]
What happened after the the crusaders took over Jerusalem?
Explain what kinds of things the crusaders built?
Saladin was a unique leader. What kind of person was he? Give 3 examples from the video to support your answer (you’ll find answers to this question throughout the video not just in this section)
What is Jihad?
Richard the Lionheart was also a unique leader. What kind of person was he? Give 3 examples from the video to support your answer (you’ll find answers to this question throughout the video not just in this section)
How did the crusades change the way Europeans treated the sick?
By the end of the crusades, how did Richard the Lionheart and Saladin treat each other?
What are some lasting effect of the crusades?

Saladin vs. Lionheat

[warmup]

Read these quotes about Saladin and Richard the Lionheart. 

Based on the quotes below:

1) What are your impression of them as leaders?

Based on the quotes Saladin seemed like a man who..... He also..... On the other hand Richard the Lionheart seemed liked a man who..... He would never.....

2) Which would you rather have be your leader? Why?

Personally, I'd prefer to have a leader like ....... because ...... and .....

Saladin	Lionheart
"Those who knew Saladin say little about his physical appearance: he was small and frail, with a short, neat beard. They prefer to speak of his pensive and somewhat melancholy face, which would suddenly light up with a comforting smile that would put anyone talking to him at ease."	"Richard of England, a red-haired giant, generous, incredibly brave, hot-tempered and tactless, won a great reputation in the capture of Acre, but quarreled with his allies who left him and went home."
"In general, one may say that Saladin was as demanding of himself as Nur al-Din [his predecessor] had been, but more lenient with others, although he was even more merciless than his elder when dealing with those who had insulted Islam.	"A very powerful man of great courage and spirit. He fought great battles and showed a burning passion for war. The king was indeed a man of wisdom, experience, courage and energy.......excitable, brave and clever."
"Saladin did not spend a single gold or silver coin on anything except a jihad (holy war). Out of his desire to fight for God's cause he left behind his family, children, country, home and all the towns under his control."	"His ambition was that of a mere warrior: he would fight for anything whatever, but he would sell everything that was worth fighting for. The glory that he sought was that of victory rather than conquest."
"I never saw him insult anyone. He always stuck to his word and was loyal. No orphan ever came to him without Saladin offering to provide the same amount of care as his father had done. He treated old people kindly and generously."	"He was tall in stature, of shapely build, with hair between red and yellow. His limbs were straight and flexible; his arms somewhat long; he had long legs."
"When Richard (the Lionheart) fell ill with a fever and appealed to Saladin to send him pears and peaches. Saladin sent him fruit and snow from the mountains to cool his blood"	"Richard was not a good king. He cared only for his soldiers. But he was brave, and loved a brave man."

[video questions]

What happened after the the crusaders took over Jerusalem?

Explain what kinds of things the crusaders built?

Saladin was a unique leader. What kind of person was he? Give 3 examples from the video to support your answer (you’ll find answers to this question throughout the video not just in this section)

What is Jihad?

Richard the Lionheart was also a unique leader. What kind of person was he? Give 3 examples from the video to support your answer (you’ll find answers to this question throughout the video not just in this section)

How did the crusades change the way Europeans treated the sick?

By the end of the crusades, how did Richard the Lionheart and Saladin treat each other?

Why fight?

[warmup]
Think back to the shields you made yesterday. Knights left their family for years at a time to fight in a strange land. For what reasons did crusaders leave there home to fight in the in "Holy Land" (there are three of them). What would it take for you to leave your family, travel far from home, and fight in the army? Explain your answer using a full paragraph and if you wouldn't leave for anything explain that reasoning instead.

ALSO... make sure you have turned in the follow things: shield with reasons for knights fighting, what's feudalism (from last week), notes on Jerusalem, this weeks two posts on your blog.

Shielded

[warmup]
Use your warmup time to create a shield (I have paper and pencils if you need it). Make it look cool but leave some room to add stuff to it. You can make this shield digitally if you prefer.

Jerusalem

[warmup]
Free-write about the city of Jerusalem. (What do you know about it? etc.) If runout of things to say or just don't know anything about it write about your weekend. Just keep writing. I expect to see you typing 80-90% of the time (like 6 minutes).

[links]
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html

Medieval times

[warmup]
Answer the following questions based on what you read yesterday and what you remember about ancient China:
1) What did the King give his lords and knights?
2) What three things did the knights in turn promise to do?
3) Why was this system so bloody and tumultuous (chaotic)?
4) Why was chivalry (honor) so important to this system?
5) What did the peasants/serfs do?

Knights!

[warmup]

We are starting to learn about the crusades today. As with any historical topic there are many parts to the puzzle of this topic. Free-write about knights. What do you know about knights? Where have you seen them? What kind of feelings do they bring up? What do you want to know about real knights?

[guiding questions]

pg. 292-296

How does is the feudal system work?

What groups of people are a part of the system?

What roles do they each group of people have to keep the system working?

Vocabulary: king, lords, knight, serfs, feudal contract, fief, chivalry, tournaments, vassal.

Quiz today!

[warmup]
You will have 10-15 minutes to quietly review before I hand out the quiz. As per our review on Friday, here are the major items you need to know: how the religions started, what early issues they faced, how they spread, what messages and ideas they teach, how people from each religion should live.

Places you can look to help you review:
Islam and its Empires- chapter 6 section 1, 2, 4, Islam bubble map, partner read from yesterday, my lecture/keynote of Islam, the five pillars of islam notes and animotos, Islam art exploration keynote and website.
Christianity- chapter 5 section 4, Christianity discussion, Christianity bubble map, Christian parables, persecution under Rome.

I'd also go check out your grade on Icue. As far as I know it's 100% up-to-date as of Monday at 11am.

What kind of question is this question?

 [warmup]

Throughout your education you have seen many different types of questions. Look below at the 6 different types of questions. Then answer the following:

(Be sure to explain your reasoning.)

1) What makes a good test question? 

2) What makes a poor test question?

3) Based on the type of questions from below, which category do you think are the easiest to answer?

4) Based on the type of questions from below, which category are the hardest type of test question to answer? 

5) Do you have a favorite or least favorite type of test question to answer?  

Bloom's Taxonomy

Remembering: can the student recall or remember the information? example: What years was Bill Clinton President?	define, duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce state
Understanding: can the student explain ideas or concepts? example: Describe Bill Clinton effect on immigration policy?	classify, describe, discuss, explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase
Applying: can the student use the information in a new way? example: Interpret the intent of Bill Clinton's Monica Lewinsky speech?	choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write.
Analyzing: can the student distinguish between the different parts? example: Compare Bill Clinton's time in office to that of George W. Bush?	appraise, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test.
Evaluating: can the student justify a stand or decision? example: Was Bill Clinton a good President?	appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, evaluate
Creating: can the student create new product or point of view? example: Design an advertising campaign to get Bill Clinton elected to be governor of Minnesota?	assemble, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, write.

*Taken in large part from professor Richard C. Overbaugh's website.

No warmup today!

[warmup]
We have too much to get done today so... no warmup today. After you read this message just post a friendly comment, close you computer and get ready to hear today's instructions.

Digital Footprint

[warmup]

Many people think that personal branding is just for celebrities such as Paris Hilton or Britney Spears, yet each and every one of us is a brand. Personal branding, by definition, is the process by which we market ourselves to others. As a brand, we can leverage the same strategies that make these celebrities or corporate brands appeal to others. We can build brand equity just like them. *taken from here so click the link if you want to read more.

1) What image do you think you project to others in school? How about online?

2) What image should high schoolers be projecting to help them be successful in college and careers? 

3) What kind of image do you think your parents would want in your girlfriend or boyfriend?

4) What image do you personally want to project? 

5) Do you feel like you've taken enough time to discover and create own brand yet? (why or why not?)