January 30th - DBQ: Should we celebrate the Voyage of Zheng He?

Welcome:

Navigate to Learning and the Adolescent Mind resources section and play The Towers of Hanoi : http://www.learningandtheadolescentmind.org/resources_02_towers.html

When you are done, discuss with a neighbor:

• When I first read the problem, I thought…
• I started this problem/task by…
• When I got stuck, I…
• If I were given a similar task, I would do the following differently…
• What have I learned about myself as a problem solver/learner?

Purpose:

• Describe the voyage of Zheng He
• Argue if we should or should not celebrate the voyage of Zheng He.
• Describe key events in the Renaissance and Reformation

Homework:
None

January 27th - Starting the DBQ: Background reading on the Voyages of Zeng He

Welcome:

Welcome (answer in the comment section below):

• If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?

Purpose:

• Describe the voyage of Zheng He.
• Argue if we should or should not celebrate the voyage of Zheng He.

Homework
None

(If you were absent, see Mr. Protz for the reading)

January 15th - DBQ: How did the Renaissance Change Man's View of Man?

Today students completed a Document Based Question activity (DBQ) on the Renaissance: How did the Renaissance Change Man's View of Man?
The Purpose and Agenda for the day was:

1. Review DBQ process
2. Evaluate primary sources to discover how the Renaissance changed man’s view of man
3. Draft a thesis and select evidence to answer the focus question

Materials for today that you will need to get from Mr Protz include: the DBQ handouts for understanding the question & planning to write and the primary sources for the DBQ. The primary source analysis sheet can be found here.