MONDAY, 3/6
Bell Work
TUESDAY, 3/7
Bell Work
Bell Work
THURSDAY, 3/9
Bell Work
FRIDAY, 3/10
Bell Work
Bell Work
- Meditative Moment
- 5 minutes of mindfulness
- Revisiting the Legacy Project
- Watch Ted Talk: Seth Godin "How to Get Your Ideas to Spread"
- Brainstorm on the following: How Can You Get Your Idea to Spread?
- Brainstorm potential ways to spread awareness about your Legacy Project. How can you promote it? How can you share with others? How can you inspire others to help? Etc.
- Evidence of brainstorming (per person) DUE tomorrow.
- Brainstorm potential ways to spread awareness about your Legacy Project. How can you promote it? How can you share with others? How can you inspire others to help? Etc.
- Brainstorm on the following: How Can You Get Your Idea to Spread?
- Watch Ted Talk: Seth Godin "How to Get Your Ideas to Spread"
TUESDAY, 3/7
Bell Work
- Meditative Moment
- 5 minutes of mindfulness
- Revisiting the Legacy Project
- Evidence of brainstorming (per person) DUE
- Discuss TED talk
- How do you make something remarkable (ie. something worth remarking about)?
- How do you get people to talk about something you've done?
- Rules to successful PR
- Design
- Be risky
- Don't just be very good
- Find out who cares
- Rules to successful PR
- Share-out of ideas, compile and develop a list of Public Relations (PR) options.
- Review Legacy Project, Semester 2 Final, expectations
Bell Work
- Meditative Moment
- 5 minutes of mindfulness
- Legacy Project
- Brainstorm and plan for Legacy Project
THURSDAY, 3/9
Bell Work
- Meditative Moment
- 5 minutes of mindfulness
- Introduce new Unit: A Fable for Tomorrow
- Story time: Read Chapter 1, A Fable for Tomorrow, from Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"
- Questions to consider:
- What is the moral of the story?
- What do you think happened to the town?
- What are some of the misfortunes/disasters Carson describes?
- What misfortunes/disasters, as Carson describes, are evident today?
- Read and discuss news articles that exemplify the misfortune/disaster described by Carson
- Livestock Falling Ill in Fracking Regions
- Dozens of Dead Birds Fall From the Sky
- Weed Killers May Go From Plant to Pooch
- American Bald Eagle Makes Comeback
- Toxic Road Runoff Kills Salmon
- Bees are Dying and That Could Be Devastating for Food Security
- Banned Pesticides May Be Having Wider Environmental Impact
- What is the news story about and how is that related to Carson's story?
- What natural element was effected and what was the cause?
- Questions to consider:
- Story time: Read Chapter 1, A Fable for Tomorrow, from Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"
FRIDAY, 3/10
Bell Work
- Meditative Moment
- 5 minutes of mindfulness
- A Fable for Tomorrow
- Review connections among news articles and Carson's fable
- Watch CBS Sunday Morning: The Legacy of "Silent Spring"
- Read The New Your Times Magazine: How Silent Spring Ignited the Environmental Movement
- Write a mini bio over Rachel Carson containing the following:
- Who was she?
- Where did she come from?
- What were some of her triumphs and successes?
- What obstacles did she over come?
- DUE Monday, 3/13
- Write a mini bio over Rachel Carson containing the following: