Here are some examples of how we allow our subjects to blend:
Hunger Games
History
Week 1: Research the 13 Colonies - showed this video http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13489688 (hook)
Provided graphic organizer
Flipped video (2) during that week (supplemental)
Week 2: Sponsorship and creating a strategy - showed this video http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13493613 (hook)
Teachers had 9,000 Hunger Games $ - gain sponsorship
Posters for advertising
Week 3: Competition Week...I volunteer as TRIBUTE!
Everyday students had a 13 colonies trivia and a physical strength test
Monday - Theme: Political Competition: Feats of Strength
Tuesday - Theme: Economics Competition: Mental Madness
Wednesday - Theme: Agricultural Competition: Designs from your Mind
Thursday - Theme: Cultural Competition: Party like its 1607
Friday - Theme: Political Competition: Archery
Language Arts
Week 1: Intro to Philosophy and Universal Theme - Philosophy of Love and Truth
Read and annotate “The Gift of the Magi”
– Does love cloud our reality? Compare from gender perspective.
The Tell - Tale Heart
Flipped components -
Mini – Lesson Parenthetical Documentation
http://youtu.be/tjKw2Y2Ld78
Philosophy of Truth - Ted Ed lesson
http://ed.ted.com/on/7dTdZu8x
Flipped Video - Watch Philosophy of Love video and notes
Week 2 and 3: Philosophy of Truth and Justice
Tell - Tale Heart Trial focus on Short answer
The Lady or the Tiger Expository Paper
Flipped Components:
http://youtu.be/r5Owam8NzJc Theme and Conflict
http://youtu.be/kfX4ZHNoiZM Using Text Evidence Effectively
http://youtu.be/rc4tfwEjMCI_
My classes were the audience to the Hunger Games
Week 4:
Hunger Games text - Read and analyze
Socratic Seminar - Matching philosophies to the creation of governments in the colonies
Timed Writing:
How do the philosophies apply to the reasoning behind the creation and governments of the colonies and their ideology? Flipped Component: http://youtu.be/6pGVR6ZF_2M Socratic Seminar
So You Think You want to be President?
The Amazing Race: Journey of an American Hero
Do we learn from the Ghosts of our past?
All the World's a Stage
History
Week 1: Research the 13 Colonies - showed this video http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13489688 (hook)
Provided graphic organizer
Flipped video (2) during that week (supplemental)
Week 2: Sponsorship and creating a strategy - showed this video http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13493613 (hook)
Teachers had 9,000 Hunger Games $ - gain sponsorship
Posters for advertising
Week 3: Competition Week...I volunteer as TRIBUTE!
Everyday students had a 13 colonies trivia and a physical strength test
Monday - Theme: Political Competition: Feats of Strength
Tuesday - Theme: Economics Competition: Mental Madness
Wednesday - Theme: Agricultural Competition: Designs from your Mind
Thursday - Theme: Cultural Competition: Party like its 1607
Friday - Theme: Political Competition: Archery
Language Arts
Week 1: Intro to Philosophy and Universal Theme - Philosophy of Love and Truth
Read and annotate “The Gift of the Magi”
– Does love cloud our reality? Compare from gender perspective.
The Tell - Tale Heart
Flipped components -
Mini – Lesson Parenthetical Documentation
http://youtu.be/tjKw2Y2Ld78
Philosophy of Truth - Ted Ed lesson
http://ed.ted.com/on/7dTdZu8x
Flipped Video - Watch Philosophy of Love video and notes
Week 2 and 3: Philosophy of Truth and Justice
Tell - Tale Heart Trial focus on Short answer
The Lady or the Tiger Expository Paper
Flipped Components:
http://youtu.be/r5Owam8NzJc Theme and Conflict
http://youtu.be/kfX4ZHNoiZM Using Text Evidence Effectively
http://youtu.be/rc4tfwEjMCI_
My classes were the audience to the Hunger Games
Week 4:
Hunger Games text - Read and analyze
Socratic Seminar - Matching philosophies to the creation of governments in the colonies
Timed Writing:
How do the philosophies apply to the reasoning behind the creation and governments of the colonies and their ideology? Flipped Component: http://youtu.be/6pGVR6ZF_2M Socratic Seminar
So You Think You want to be President?
The Amazing Race: Journey of an American Hero
Do we learn from the Ghosts of our past?
All the World's a Stage