Background to Night

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone.

1.   When you arrive to class, please get your assigned Chromebook.  Go to Baltrushes3.blogspot.com and click on the following links (a handout is provided for your responses):
  
"Why Iran takes issue with the Holocaust" :  Please read this article.  Explain fully the central idea in this article.

Holocaust Timeline:  Select May 10, 1933 (Burning Books), August 2, 1934 Hitler becomes Fuhrer), Sept 15, 1935 (Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews decreed).   For each of these areas, record 3 important ideas.

World War II -- Please take a look at this site and the next

A List of Immigrant Criminals

Checking Out Night

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

TODAY we will check out Night -- PLEASE have your ID

The Great Debaters -- We will finish the movie after checking out Night and discuss.

NOTE:  Please bring your copy of Night tomorrow and each day.  We will begin tomorrow.

Articulation

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

TODAY you will see your counselor about next year's schedule

Tomorrow we check out Night -- PLEASE have your ID

The Great Debaters -- We will finish tomorrow after checking out Night

The Great Debaters

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

I have changed the day to Wednesday to check out Night.  Please be prepared with your ID. 

NOTE:  Tomorrow you will see your counselor about next year's schedule

The Great Debaters --  If we do not finish the movie today, we will finish on Wednesday after we check out Night.

 

The Great Debaters

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

NOTE:  On Monday we are checking out Night from the library.  Please be prepared with your ID. 

NOTE:  Tuesday you will see your counselor about next year's schedule

Debate: The written portion of the debate has been completed and  shared with me.

The Great Debaters -- After we check out Night on Monday, we will finish this movie.  It is a very powerful movie . . .

Debate

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

NOTE:  On Monday we are checking out Night from the library.  Please be prepared with your ID.

Written portion of the debate -- Each of you have submitted a written portion of your debate topic.  You have followed the rubric for this written portion, and you have created a Works Cited page with the proper formatted citation of you source (no less than 5 sources).   You have today to complete this.  

Debates

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

We still have one more debate to go. When we are done, you will make sure that you have shared your written part of the assignment with me.  Let's finish today!

1. Debate --Follow the format in the debate.

Period 1:
1.  The Death Penalty
2.  Marijuana's classification as schedule 1 drug
3.  Should there be stricter gun control laws?
4.  Should the KKK be allowed to march in a city-wide parade?
5.  Deportation of undocumented immigrants.
6.  Should it be "Black Lives Matter or "All Lives Matter"?
7.  Should transgender individuals use the restroom of their
     gender identity?
8.  Should we let Syrian refugees into the U.S.?

PERIOD 5 --Today, I am giving you one more day to make sure that you have correctly completed the written portion of the debate.  I am looking for the PROPER HEADING, TITLE, WORKS CITED PAGE (alphabetized and formatted correctly).