Syria Lesson - Student To Do

Syria Lesson: 

You have 30 minutes to complete all 3 rotations in any order you want. Some of the links have volume, but you cannot use headphones this afternoon. Instead simply have your volume at a low level.

Rotation 1 (10 minutes) http://zaatari360.martinedstrom.com/... Explore the Zaatari Refugee Camp for displaced Syrians in the nearby country of Jordan... On your note-taking sheet, write down at l least thought, idea, or question that stands out to you while you explore this interactive website.

Rotation 2 (10 minutes) http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/syrian-refugees/story/refuge/... Learn more about individual stories within the Syrian Crisis... On your note-taking sheet write down 1 example of where you see resiliency and 1 personal connection you can make to a story.

Rotation 3 (10 minutes) ... Read through the 36 different fact cards down on the carpet. On your note-taking sheet, write down 1 human rights violation you observe and 1 fact that stands out to you.

2/20

HW due Wednesday:

1. LATE START TOMORROW (no matter what happens with the weather)... School will start (unless otherwise noted... check here if you aren't sure https://www.pps.net/) at 10:45.

2. READ DAILY... All students should have finished their first human rights novel by next Monday, February 26th.

3. Enjoy the early dismissal snow day extravaganza (Snow Day Movie Clip)\

2/15

Wonderful folks of room 211... Enjoy the long weekend!!!

HW due Tuesday:

1. READ DAILY
...Read your human rights novel for at least 20 minutes each day
...You should be finished with your first human rights novel by Monday, February 26th

2. Powell Butte Plant Restoration Field Study Assignment
...Use the rubric on the back of the assignment as your guide

2/14

Happy day of life and love folks.

HW due Thursday:

1. Plant Restoration Field Study - We are going on a morning field study to Powell Butte Park to work on plant restoration and water quality testing with the city of Portland. We will be outside the entire two hours and working in the dirt. Come prepared to be warm, protected from rain, and ready to get a little bit dirty. Bring a lunch and water bottle with you. If you want extra credit, provide 2 facts about the park (Powell Butte Nature Park Website) and 1-3 sentences explaining how to test for the health of a stream (https://www.wikihow.com/Identify-a-Healthy-Stream).

2. 1 Paragraph Reflective Writing --- Pick something we spent time discussing, learning, or doing at school today (for example: class meeting, hate speech/racist jokes, paper airplanes, library, Heidi's USA immigration rotation, etc...) and write 1 paragraph sharing your thoughts, questions, take-aways, etc...  on the experience.

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY!!!!!

Thursday, 2/15 - PM in Class To Do:

Thursday, 2/15 - PM in Class To Do:

Syria Lesson: 

You have 30 minutes to complete all 3 rotations in any order you want. Some of the links have volume, but you cannot use headphones this afternoon. Instead simply have your volume at a low level.

Rotation 1 (10 minutes) http://zaatari360.martinedstrom.com/... Explore the Zaatari Refugee Camp for displaced Syrians in the nearby country of Jordan... On your note-taking sheet, write down at l least thought, idea, or question that stands out to you while you explore this interactive website.

Rotation 2 (10 minutes) http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/syrian-refugees/story/refuge/... Learn more about individual stories within the Syrian Crisis... On your note-taking sheet write down 1 example of where you see resiliency and 1 personal connection you can make to a story.

Rotation 3 (10 minutes) ... Read through the 36 different fact cards down on the carpet. On your note-taking sheet, write down 1 human rights violation you observe and 1 fact that stands out to you.

NewsELA
When done with your three rotations, transition to NewsELA. Check out what score you got on a 1-3 scale in your last written response and think about what more you can add this time. Read the assigned NewsELA article on Climate Refugees, highlight 3 big ideas, take the quiz, and complete the written response.

When done with the assigned NewsELA article you can either choice read other NewsELA articles or silently read your human rights novel.

You may not use headphones during this time.

2/13

HW due Wednesday:

1. Human Rights Novel Assignment #2 
...Please complete this 10 point assignment on the human rights novel you are currently reading that we went over and worked on in class this morning for tomorrow.

2/12

CREA, JADEN MG, JULIAN K, AND OSCAR YOUR SPOKEN WORD POEMS THAT YOU SHARED WITH THE ENTIRE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT MORNING MEETING WERE INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HW due Tuesday:

1. Human Rights + Refugee Unit - Vocabulary Card (round 3)

Pick a word from the list below that you have not yet done a vocabulary card on and create a card with the word, definition in your own words, and image

Refugee, Migrant, Internally Displaced Person, Immigrant, Host Country, Asylum, Asylum Seeker, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Stateless Person, counter-storytelling, climate refugee, stateless person, resiliency, persecution, genocide, nationalism, integration vs. assimilation

Thursday = Field Study @ Powell Butte Park for plant restoration
Friday = NO SCHOOL