Tuesday – Complete “Our Freinds the Barbarians” reading and begin assignment

Wednesday – Begin Political philosophy and forms of government part of unit.  Conference night

Thursday –  Homework due. Finish lecture

Friday – No School

LJHS 8th grade students did an outstanding job on their Worldview Projects, demonstrating both creativity of design and mastery of unit concepts. The Projects are on display in the IMC and will be availble for parents to look at during parent-teacher conference night on Wednesday.

Will be due Tuesday October 15

All of the documents students need for the Worldview Project have been handed out and are in the 8th grade filing cabinet available for download. I also have extra paper copies.

Students will be working in the IMC on the following dates:

Tuesday October 1st
Wednesday October 2nd
Thursday October  3rd
Friday   October 4th
Monday   October  7th – Formal status update will be assessed
Wednesday October 9th – Final status update and project completion planning

Presentation of Worldview projects will begin on Tuesday October 15th

Monday –  Finish Lecture on Revolutions in Worldviews, reading on Isaac Newton, continue Newton film and notes.                                                                                                                                                          LJHS, Slang and Nationality boxes of Worldview builder assigned for homework for Tuesday.

Tuesday – Newton  Question Assignment for homework due Thursday.  Intro to Worldview Project

Wednesday – Worldview Project

Thursday – Newton questions collected. Worldview Project

Friday – Worldview Project

Tuesday – Worldviews – “Good to be the King” Play. Play Questions due Thursday

Wednesday Lecture # 3 Revolutions in Worldviews

Further updates to come later this week…..

Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us….

“The Divided Brain”

TED “The Adolescent Brain” 

Monday –  Mini video – split brain and culture. Continue Lecture on Perception Cognition Worldviews.  Find Brain Article homework for Wednesday

Tuesday – mini-video adolescent brain. Read two articles in class.

Wednesday – Classroom activity on brain articles. homework for Thursday: Brain article Q&A

Thursday – Review homework  answers.  Creative thinking, critical thinking and education.

Friday – Irons Oaks field trip

Perception   Perspective   Position   Cognition   Metacognition   Bias

Orientation   Objective   Subjective   Philosophy  Meme  Values   Worldview

Paradigm  Paradigm-shift   Schema   Culture   Society   Cultural Evolution

Empiricism   Scientific Method    Natural Law   Revolution   Humanism

Social Contract  Framing    Feedback     O.O.D.A Loop   Metaphysics

Epistemology

Worldviews:

Prehistoric   Ancient    Medieval   Renaissance   Reformation   Enlightenment

Scientific Revolution   Modern

Thinkers:

Socrates   Plato   Aristotle    Cicero   Francis Bacon   Rene Descartes

Isaac Newton   Thomas Hobbes    John Locke

Charles Darwin   Thomas Kuhn   Richard Dawkins    George Lakoff    John Boyd

ADDENDUM:

Mr. Little has put up a nice example of  Cornell Two Column Notes here for anyone who needs a refresher.

Tuesday – Introduction to Unit I. Perception, Cognition and Worldviews. Perception vs. Reality Questions assigned (Due Wednesday)

Wednesday – Review and collect homework. Unit Vocabulary.  Perception activity & Daily Board Question. Begin Lecture I.

Thursday – MAP standardized testing in IMC  (no SS class)

Friday-  MAP standardized testing in IMC  (no SS class)

Classroom Conduct:

All school policies in the student handbook apply. In addition, I have the following classroom rules:

• No inappropriate language
• Keep your hands, feet and objects to yourself
• Respect the personal space and property of others
• Stay in your seats until asked to do otherwise
• Raise your hand to speak – do not interrupt others
• Follow directions the first time
• No complaining about learning requirements and student responsibilities

Violations of rules could result in a warning, special assignment, detention, parental contact or referral to the office depending on severity and frequency.

Social Studies Notebook:

Every student is required to have and to bring a spiral notebook dedicated to Social Studies every day to class. The notebook forms a record of what is learned, heard, read and discussed in each Social Studies unit. It is normal for a student to need a second notebook before the end of the year because the first one will be full. All students are required to take notes during lecture. Lecture slides are re-posted on the classroom blog after the lecture is finished for all classes and again at the end of the unit prior to the test.

Student Preparation, Grading System, Unit Tests:

All students are expected to arrive on time to class with all their materials and homework completed, ready to learn. The standard LJHS grading system applies (ie – 100-90% = A, 89 -80% = B etc.). Tests are announced 5-7 days in advance and a study guide for students is always provided.

Restroom Use/Hall Pass/IMC Pass:

Is a privilege allowed for reasonable use at reasonable times, not a “right”. The students who abuse it, will lose it.

Plagiarism:

Is academic misconduct and will result in a “0 %” F grade.

Smart Phones/Mobile Devices

Are not allowed to be used in class without permission including texting, recording video or audio, playing games, taking pictures, surfing the net or receiving calls and must be off or on silent.  Students will be given permission to use their smart phones for educational purposes at specific times.

Classroom Blog:

The LJHS Social Studies Blog can be found at the following URL : https://ljhs.wordpress.com/  or reached from the LJHS webpage.  The blog will have information on student project requirements, study guides, lecture slides, unit vocabulary and tests

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