Spider Humanities: WELCOME BACK April 25, 2019
Quick back track: the play (theme: transformation of character from selfish to whole), homework, and sketch-notes.
Current Events: CBC KIDS NEWS - CLIMATE CHANGE
- There are a great many different short videos for you to watch and learn about Climate change and other interesting topics.
- In groups: what are you worries or concerns about climate change?
- TIME TO GET MOVING: Quick skit! What do you think is one of the most important issues? Make it a skit. Humour, news interview, pop star interview.....
- Topics: Seas rising, Climate hotter and colder, migrating people, farming despair, changing animals/birds, garbage patch.....
First Half Lesson Focus:
- Tedex: Refugees.
- Important vocabulary to understand: xenophobia, racism, migrant, refugee, persecution purgatory, Arab Spring
- What would you take? Think of things of value, things of comfort and things of connection/community.
Group Discussions:
Homework:
1.Write a well formatted paragraph on answering ONE of the discussion questions on the novel WELCOME TO NOWHERE. When you are finished summit it to the Humanities drop-box on Moodle. Check post from April 5th for paragraph format.
2. Continue to read the online course and watch the videos. Remember to fill out your learning guide as it will be part of your humanities mark. Completed Learning guides will be turned in at the end of May.
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