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Core 1: Solved: Online schools provide a more authentic learning environment than traditional ones. Your 30-Minute-Expert Resources link is here. You can also take a look at my blog post about the issue. My sub plans are here.
Core 1 Write-on: Why do libraries matter? Read the two contrasting articles on censorship in libraries. What facts do these two articles use in order to prove their sides of the issue? How are these articles both like and dislike a formal debate? Based upon the information, what is the …
Core 1: Separate and Discuss-on: Split into your 4 categories of what you believe is the most important factor for determining success in life and discuss your answers to the question. In your groups, fill out your first attempt at the Issue Analysis Form to determine just how well grounded …
Core 1: (We will be coming back to our discussion on Public Education tomorrow. Today will be the second of four 30-minute Expert blogging sessions.) Write-on: Create the following diagram on a piece of paper (or computer if your prefer… Notebook or Word would probably be quickest) to show your …
Core 1: Write-on: Is public education a privilege or a right? Read “The Case for Public Schools” by Horace Mann What key points does he raise about public education? What evidence does he use to prove them? How is his vision different from the reality of public education? Extensions: Answer …
Core 1: Discuss-on: Why would something be worth debating? Throw out ideas for debate. A 30-minute-expert blogging session on global censorship: Mr Mayo’s Delicious Account on Free Press Resources Facts Opinions Extension: Post your findings to your blog in the correct format. Core 2: Discuss-on: Why do we establish hierarchies? …
Core 1: Draw-on: Draw a diagram of how you believe a debate should be run that will go along with what you wrote last night. Share out your diagrams on the document camera. Test the most popular form out with “Solved: They mayor should have paid the Piper.” What can …
Core 1: Write-on: Does music have the power to persuade? Discuss the Pied Piper of Hamelin questions: How can music create changes in the ways people feel and act? Are these changes always positive? What are some examples of ways in which music may have affected events in history? What …