MONDAY, 11/28
Bell Work
Class Work
TUESDAY, 11/29
Bell Work
Class Work
WEDNESDAY, 11/30
Bell Work
Class Work
Bell Work
Class Work
Bell Work
Class Work
Bell Work
- Meditative Moment
- 5 minutes of mindfulness
Class Work
- Everest
- Watch Everest Documentary: 50 Years on the Mountain
- Viewing Questions:
- Construct the Graphic Organizer of your choice.
- What similarities do you see between the movie and Hillary and Norgay's account of Everest?
- What has changed since Hillary and Norgay's summit?
- Construct the Graphic Organizer of your choice.
- Viewing Questions:
- Watch Everest Documentary: 50 Years on the Mountain
TUESDAY, 11/29
Bell Work
- Meditative Moment
- 5 minutes of mindfulness
Class Work
- Everest
- Finish Everest Documentary: 50 Years on the Mountain
- Viewing Questions:
- Construct the Graphic Organizer of your choice.
- What similarities do you see between the movie and Hillary and Norgay's account of Everest?
- What has changed since Hillary and Norgay's summit?
- Share-out of viewing questions.
- Construct the Graphic Organizer of your choice.
- Viewing Questions:
- Finish Everest Documentary: 50 Years on the Mountain
WEDNESDAY, 11/30
Bell Work
- Meditative Moment
- 5 minutes of mindfulness
Class Work
- Everest
- Finish Everest Documentary: 50 Years on the Mountain
- Viewing Questions:
- Construct the Graphic Organizer of your choice.
- What similarities do you see between the movie and Hillary and Norgay's account of Everest?
- What has changed since Hillary and Norgay's summit?
- Share-out of viewing questions.
- Construct the Graphic Organizer of your choice.
- Viewing Questions:
- Finish Everest Documentary: 50 Years on the Mountain
Bell Work
- Meditative Moment
- 5 minutes of mindfulness
Class Work
- Everest
- Introduce next topic: exploration vs exploitation
- Read excerpt from "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
- 1996: The deadliest year on Everest
- Read New York Times book synopsis: Fatal Attraction on Into Thin Air
- Continue discussion over the impact of commercialization on Everest by reading Man vs. Mt. Everest: Deadly Days on the Ascent to the Summit
- Read article Because it is There: Commercializing Mount Everest
- Annotate pros and cons of commercialization on the mountain.
Bell Work
- Meditative Moment
- 5 minutes of mindfulness
Class Work
- Everest
- Look at web article How has Mount Everest Tourism Affected Nepal
- Watch National Geographic: Everest Tourism Changed Sherpa Lives
- Discussion Questions:
- How has the lure of the world's highest peak impacted the mountain? What are the pros and cons? Is it a good/bad thing?
- How has the exploitation of Mt. Everest helped and hurt it?
- Discussion Questions: