Global Studies: Mon. 12/11/2017

Today in class:

• Complex Civilizations Project Guide Day 9
• Meet with group
• Begin/continue editing your videos
• Add text from your research to your Prezi

Homework: Plan when your group will finish filming/editing your videos outside of school hours. Continue adding text content and images to your Prezi.

Global Studies: Fri. 12/8/2017

Today in class:

• Complex Civilizations Project Guide Day 8
• Meet with group
• Only full day to film in class
• Make a plan for what to shoot and where
• Outline a script or storyboard so you know what to say and do

Homework: Plan when your group will finish your videos outside of school hours. Continue adding text content and images to your Prezi.

Global Studies: Thu. 12/7/2017

Today in class:

• Complex Civilizations Project Guide Day 7
• Meet with group
• Prepare ideas for WeVideo
• One partner opens the Second Group Meeting document and shares it with the other partners.
• Decide what kind of videos you will make? Documentary style? Reenactment? Infomercial?

Homework: Continue your research if you have not finished.  Complete the Second Group Meeting document as a group (linked in the Project Guide).  Start adding text content and images to your Prezi.

Global Studies: Wed. 12/6/2017

Today in class:

• Complex Civilizations Project Guide Day 6
• Meet with group
• Discuss the topic/Research
• Divide tasks for project.  Have one partner click on the First Group Meeting document and share it with the other partners.  Use the document to organize yourselves.
• Who will work on which features?
• Who will be in the videos? Who will direct?
• Who is going to look for images?
• Create the Prezi template for your project and share it with all partners

Homework: Continue your research if you have not finished.  Complete the First Group Meeting document as a group (linked in the Project Guide).  Start thinking about what you want to do for your video content.

Global Studies: Tue. 12/5/2017

Today in class:

• Complex Civilizations Project Guide Day 5
• Individual Research Day
• Access the PROJECT RESOURCES page and continue reading about your civilization.
• Answer the Individual Research Focus Questions in the space provided.  Leave your response color as blue.
• Share a document link to your completed research questions in the Google Form posted in the Project Guide calendar.

Homework: Complete your focus questions and come to class ready to brainstorm some ideas for your project's Prezi!

Global Studies: Mon. 12/4/2017

Today in class:

• Achieve 3000- What Happened to Earhart?
• Complete the Five Step Achieve3000 Assignment
• Thought Question: Summarize the theories presented in the Article about the fate of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. Explain which theory you consider most plausible, and why. Support your response with facts and details from the Article.
• “A” Statement Sentence Starter: Some of the many theories about what happened to Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan include ___________, ____________, and ____________, but the most plausible reason is _____________ because ______________.
• 8 sentence response A (BC) (BC) (BC) C OR A (BCC) (BCC) C

Global Studies: Fri. 12/1/2017

Today in class:

• Complex Civilizations Project Guide Day 4 in Google Classroom
• Individual Research
• Click to open Individual Research Focus Questions Template and make a copy.
• Change the filename of your copy to match this format: PerX_YOUR LASTNAME_YourFirstName
• Access the PROJECT RESOURCES page and begin reading about your civilization.
• Answer the Individual Research Focus Questions in the space provided.  Leave your response color as blue.

Homework: Continue working on your research project questions over the weekend.  They are due next Wednesday!