Friday, August 28th

Today's Goals

• Understand how perspective influences one's bias and use of evidence
• Brainstorm a list of questions and resources for our Animas River project

Announcements:
Did you guys get an invite to join my "google classroom"?  Please accept that  invite! I am going to try using it for assignments this year. We'll see how it goes....

Starter #2
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Why or why not?
The Death Penalty is a morally justifiable practice in this country

Agenda
1. 4 Corners on the Starter

• Where do perspectives come from?
• To what extent are you defined by your perspectives?

2. Create class charter (did anything come up during our 4 Corners that our charter seeks to address?)

• Agree on the top 5 class norms/values and 5 policies as a class
• Digital notetaker to make a poster for our class?

3.Introduction to Ashley's Humanities 11

• A note on junior year
• Overarching themes: Justice (what is justice? How has/does our country uphold it?) and self-reflection (Who are you? What do you believe and WHY?)
• Syllabus-- projects, frequently asked questions, norms, etc..

4.  Project Drop: "Voices from the Animas" Project Intro

5 Begin Group Brainstorm Activity (we'll finish this Monday)

• Make a copy of this document and share with each member of your group
• Title it: "Group Brainstorm Activity_Group Members' Names"
• Share it with Ashley too

6. Intro to Honors and Honors Application overview (See "Honors" page under the "Projects" tab on my DP)