Greetings and welcome to the 2016-2017 school year.

WORLD HISTORY CLASS INFO & HOMEWORK 

Unit 1 = Geography (Finished)
Unit 2 = Foundation Lessons (Finished)
Unit 3 = Myths, Religions and Philosophy

A) Mr P's Class Syllabus - Still need to get signed or just want to read it again?

B) Missed the First Few Days? Forgot some stuff? Want to know the basic of Mr P's class?
2008 - Romero's Intro Video

C) GET YOUR TEXTBOOK ONLINE HERE
First log into your etusd account then click on link above.
If needed, enrollment key is Mr P's last name and your period all low keys and all together like: pesusichperiod1

D) Big Book Questions (BBQ) - Click here for:
a) Instructions General info on BBQ
b) Suggested format
c) BBQ Example

E) BBQ FORUM - FOUNDATION UNIT
Select 1 BBQ Question Below and upload your BBQ Response on the spot designated for your Period

3) What is World History?

4) Inner Foundation

5) Cycle of Life

6) Social Science Career

7) Movement of Man / Long Echo & You

MONDAY October 10, 2016 & TUESDAY October 11, 2016

Student Free Days 

HW: 
1) Have Foundation Packet Stapled before coming to class (Due Friday)
2) Christianity Worksheet Chapter 1 - Section 4: Rise of Christianity - p. 33-39 (Due Thursday)
3) Post BBQ #1  for Foundation Unit on Etusd (if you have tech problems posting, bring a printed version to class Friday)


WEDNESDAY October 12, 2016
1) What BBQ Question are you going to turn in Friday? (See List of Questions above)
2) West Religions - Similarities and Differences
3) Start Islam

HW: 
A) Have Foundation Packet Stapled before coming to class (Due Friday)
B) BBQ#1 - Foundation Response (Due Friday) 
C) Christianity Worksheet Chapter 1 - Section 4: Rise of Christianity - p. 33-39 (Due Thursday)


THURSDAY October 13, 2016
1) Top 5 Work
a) Judaism Worksheet      Chapter 1 - Section 3: Judaism - p.28-32
b) Christianity Worksheet Chapter 1 - Section 4: Rise of Christianity - p.33-39
2) Conclude Basics on Islam 
3) Recap Western Religions / World Religions (Maps)

HW: GET YOUR TEXTBOOK ONLINE HERE  
A) Gold Rise of Christianity - Chapter 1 - Section 4 - p.33-39 (Due THURSDAY)

B) Tan Democracy in England - Chapter 1 - Section 5 - p.40-44 (Due MONDAY)
C) BBQ 2 - Personal Basics on Myths, Religions & Philosophy - (Monday)
D) BBQ 3 - Philosophical Thoughts on Myths, Religions & Philosophy (Monday)





 
FRIDAY October 14, 2016
1) Religions of the East - Hinduism & Buddhism
2) Chinese Philosophy - Confucianism & Taoism

HW: GET YOUR TEXTBOOK ONLINE HERE
A) Tan Democracy in England - Chapter 1 - Section 5 - p.40-44 (Due Monday)
B) BBQ 2 - Personal Basics on Myths, Religions & Philosophy - (Monday)
C) BBQ 3 - Philosophical Thoughts on Myths, Religions & Philosophy (Monday)


MONDAY October 17, 2016
1) Recap Religions of the East - Hinduism & Buddhism
2) Conclude Chinese Philosophy - Confucianism & Taoism


HW: GET YOUR TEXTBOOK ONLINE HERE
1) Study for World Religion & Philosophy Mini-Exam (TUESDAY)
2) World Religion & Philosophy WS Packet (TUESDAY)
3) BBQ 2 - Personal Basics on Myths, Religions & Philosophy - (TUESDAY)
4) BBQ 3 - Philosophical Thoughts on Myths, Religions & Philosophy (TUESDAY)


TUESDAY October 18, 2016
1) Collect World Religion & Philosophy WS Packet
2) World Religion & Philosophy Mini-Exam
3) Class Discussion - Group Religion / Philosophy Questions & Comments

HW: 
A) NONE

B) PPR - P's EXTRA CREDIT RADIO BROADCAST

C) GEO RETAKE RELATED LINKS
a) Go to Legendary Sketch's Geo Page for location practice
b) Use ULTIMATE GEO POWERPOINT
c) Use Colorful Map Packet Study Guide


WEDNESDAY October 19, 2016

1) Nader's Island





PREP FOR RADIO BROADCAST: 
Myths, Religion, Philosophy & Some 15 year old Minds
Pick one or all and listen to NPR reports. By listening, you will get a sense of how radio interviews work. This will hopefully enhance your reporting in class this week.

Just don't listen to the report, LISTEN to the report! In other words:

a) Notice structure of the interview (intro - end)
Intro = Pose question Middle = what answers were discovered  End = summarize answer (walk away)
b) notice the no-nonsense quick pace of interview,
c) pay attention to how information is said, explained and shared
d) how the interviewer and reporter's conversation flows,
e) how statistics are used to make a point,
f) how the reporter uses comments from those she interviewed
g) In the end, what does the report tell the listener. How does the report enhance a listener's life?

QUALITY SAMPLE OF RADIO INTERVIEW:
A) The Smartest Kids in the World - If you are only going to listen to one report, P says listen to this
1) reporter has gone out gathered info about education around the world,
2) throughout report, shares interesting information gathered from interviews
3) Selects relevant short comments from students interviewed
4) Final Comment: At end, reporter explains what is the big thing she learned or found out (or "walk away") after investigating this topic.

WANT TO LISTEN TO MORE RADIO REPORTS? Below B-F is extra listening.
B) Secret Behind Finland's Super Smart Kids? Recess - Great facts about Finnish educational success and how it might relate to us.
C) Tuition Policy Behind Korean Student Suicides? good use of short remarks from people interviewed
D) South Koreans Consider The Trades Over University Education
E) Confucian Teaching in Britain - Notice historical & current facts the reporter chose to put in radio report. Notice how the report connects history (Confucius) with today (us).
F) Do you trust Wikipedia with your health?

STUDENT JOURNALIST NOTE SHEETS TO REVIEW & PRINT FOR P RADIO BROADCAST
If you have signed up and plan to do the P Radio Broadcast instead of BBQ 3, then you need to check out this link above, print guide notes to help put your news story together. 

STOP! READ...POSSIBLE EXTRA GEOGRAPHY CREDIT
Did you not do well on the Geo Unit? Did you do well and just want to learn more about Geo? Then start a Extra Credit Sign up sheet in your period. If enough students sign up, Mr P will have an extra credit offering related to gapminder.org Get going on this unique offering. Be sure to ask and listen for more announcements in class.
 

GEOGRAPHY & STATISTICS = MORE INTEREST IN WORLDLY MATTER
Once you have a decent understanding of locations, start to look at geographical statistics. Check out
this Geo Stat website: gapminder.org  Enjoy! Click to watch tutorial on how to use gapminder.org

GROUP INSTRUCTIONS
A) Each Group will be assigned 1 of the topics below. 
B) Group, individually or together, follow a suggested process below:

a) Speculate / Forethought - Before you analyze info, guess what you think the information will say about the 2 topics.
b) General Data Discovery - After you have analyzed the information,create a generalization about your topics (ie the higher the income per person, the higher the life expectancy). Was your original forethought correct / incorrect?
c) Evidence - Using the gapminder information for your topics, give examples to prove your generalization
d)  Interesting Finds - Share something unusual or noteworthy to share with others / Tracking a nation
e)  Skeptical Claim - explain why your generalization might NOT be correct.

  GAPMINDER.ORG GROUP TOPICS

1) Life Expectancy & Income Per Person

2) Life Expectancy & Children Per Woman

3) Life Expectancy & Mean years in School

4) Children Per Woman & Means Years inSchool

5) Suicide (Per 100,000) & Income PerPerson

6) Life Expectancy & Personal computers(per 100 people)

7) Life Expectancy & Age at 1st marriage (woman)

8) Income Per Person & Air Pollution Per Person 

9) Life Expectancy & Energy Use Per Person

10) Life Expectancy & Teen FertilityRate (Birth per 1,000 Woman Age 15-19)

11) Income Per Person & Teen FertilityRate (Birth Per 1,000 Woman Age 15-19)



Want More? Bored? Interested? Got Time? Here is a short 5 minute video where Hans Rosling talks about NOT the US falling behind but the rest of the world catching up to the US,

SUPER COOL GEO VIDEO LECTURES --- These are short video lectures by prominent professors. These lectures demonstrate that Geo is so much more than just locations. It relates to culture, economics, politics, religion and much much more. 

1) Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset

2) Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine (2010)

3) Hans Rosling: No more boring data: TEDTalks

4) Hans Rosling on Ageing Europe

5) Hans Rosling: The good news of the decade?

6) Hans Rosling: Religions and babies

7) Hans Rosling: Asia's rise -- how and when

8) Hans Rosling on global population growth

9) Hans Rosling on HIV: New facts and stunning data visuals

10) Bill Davenhall: Your health depends on where you live
11) Hans Rosling: River of Myths
12) Hans Rosling: World catching up to the US,

RANDOM AGENDA FROM BEFORE YOUR TIME...MONDAY Sept 27, 2010 

Student Free Day - No School for Students! Take a nap for Mr P
Bored? Want to learn more about the Ancient Greeks?
Still bored? Want to attend a philosophy lecture at Yale?































































































































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