Wednesday and Thursday stuff

From Wed, the 2ps had to create groups of 4. Each person had to create list of 3 great people (in their opinion). We used round robin to share within teams and the answers were varied (ultimate fighters to Rosa Parks). I then asked them to rank each of the people according to who they thought was the greatest. They had to have a reaon for each ranking. Again they shared. Teams then looked at 4 great Canadians of the 20s. They had already done some Jigsaw work with the assigned people a day earlier. They met in expert groups again then returned to home teams to teach. We used placemat as a sharing/accountablity structure and it worked very well. After the teaching was done they each created their own ranking ladder in their spot on the placemat using the names of the 4 Canadians (Fred Loft, Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Mackenzie King). They then had to create a consensus ranking in the middle of the placemat that was shared with the class. Not ONE group of the 4 had the same ranking and each could justify its ranking too. Great evidence of critical thought. Had them do a journal reflection to finish the class.

On Thurs, the 12s finished their complex organizers for the most part. I gave them the reading exercise for constitutionalism that is to be done for Monday.

The 2ps did 3-step interviews to examine some negative aspects of the 20s (workers, aboriginals, immigrants) and handled the process very well. We will finish that summary on Monday and do our Mind Maps for the 2 sides of the 20s then.

2ds did the stock crash simulation which was great. We examined the business cycle as a class and they began creating sets of images for each long-term cause of the Depression. These need to be done Monday. Many of the habitual doodlers appreciate the opportunity to put their abilities to good use.