Discussions


 * MEETING 3/17:**

Pretty open to curriculum Interdisciplinary topics with English/History 6 week units

KON – 5 Paragraph Essay? THOU – Don’t want to put the kids in a box. Writing as a means of critical thought; BSTERN - End product over process; help with creating a thesis; MS needs to end with kids knowing where places are in the world -How to evaluate a website -How to find information online -How do we make the kids forget about the amount of work we are doing -Writing skills in English can be reinforced by History; how to write for history -Interpreting maps, graphs, tables, charts, -Research, citations - collection > Google Apps, collaboration -What skills at what level? -Standing up and presenting/How to gage individually in group work -Cornell notes? -Answering driving questions -Taking bits of research and doing their own
 * What skills should we be trying to get to each year?**

-Access to computers -Scheduling for projects > knowing ahead of time - Computers that are updated and can boot up quickly - Internet Access/Bringing own computers -NO SNEAKY TURDS! – KON -Paid to write curriculum?
 * Concerns**

Exploration and Expansion Spain England > New World > Birth of USA > Westward Expansion
 * Topics**

Conflict Resolution

Human Rights – 7th Grade

Nation Building – 7th Grade THOU has a nation building curriculum > how do we tinker it to fit with on level? Really need to have 6 week projects and not 8 weeks or kids get antsy Egypt, Athens, Rome > strengths, figure heads, weaknesses, built from ground floor >modern theocracy Iran > England > Democracy in the US > Autocracy in Japan US Nation building – develop a plan to rebuild Afghanistan

KON thoughts on 6th grade curriculum Interdisciplinary units with English Greek Mythology > between conflict and resolution and human rights Elizabethan England Spanish Inquisition >Exploration and expansion American Revolution > Conflict and resolution Projects starting next year and not in 2 years

-May – Research paper – THOU 10 minute presentations where they defend their paper (no final)
 * Projects**

Presentation piece is one of the skills

Examples of projects – Google PBL

Answers.com Ehow
 * Sites to stay away from**

__Wikipedia is a starting point, but not a legitimate research site__