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** 3/1/10 Meeting Minutes ** ** Room 207 ** Kapono Facilitator Attendance: Steve, Elliot, Natalie, Christina, Charelene, Glen & Heidi Minutes taken by Heidi We began with Steve sharing some goals that Kopono and he talked about previous to the meeting. 1. Shared Vocabulary 2. Shared Content focus 3. Revisit the books Skills How to use technology effectively How to take notes · Lecture · Movie Reading comprehension MLA formatting In-text citation Effective use of research resources · Books · Ebsco · Library skills Grammar Testing – formative & summative || ||  Skills Critical Thinking Critical Writing Persuasive writing Public speaking Collaborative work Compare/contrast Cause/effect Outlining Organizing information Debate Seminar Persuasive Inference Technology || || Content – Skills
 * World Studies **

** Content ** Greeks Romans India -ancient Cultures Development of civilization Fertile Crescent Ancient Egypt Agricultural revolution China – Early dynasties Greek Drama/Theater Shakespeare (as a unit) ü Globe theater ü Life of Shakespeare ü Sonnets ü Three different plays ü Puns ü Devices Literary devices Characterization Analysis of themes Styles of writing Vocabulary Myth & legends Developmental of World Religions ü Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism || ||  || ||  ** Content ** Industrial revolution India – Gandhi Middle ages Europe Feudalism – Japan, China, Europe & Hawaii ü Asian poetry unit Renaissance Reformation Imperialism ü Central & S. America Early people Nationalism Colonialism World War I World War II ü Focus on Genocide Middle East – Arab/Israeli conflict Memoir Writing Review and mastery of World Lit 1 content World Religions beliefs integrated ||
 * __World 1__**
 * __Beginning -> fall of Roman Empire (500 AD)__**
 * __World II__**
 * __Fall of Roman Empire – (500 AD) > WWII (modern times)__**

Next Meeting March 8th 12:15 - EQ & Themes · Come ideas for EQ and themes · Questions -Entrée point questions to the EQ (subsidiary questions) March 22nd 12:15 - Themes & Books Heidi will get Iste standards – for Technology integration Glen will look at world history themes __Future discussions__ Discussion for expectation for homework Annotated timeline

World Studies Minutes - 3-22-2010 Attendance: Steve, Kapono, Christina, Elliott, Glen and Heidi (Heidi took minutes) Next meeting - Revise Themes and General understandings EQ - DRAFT 1. What do we all have in common? 2. What does it mean to be civilized? 3. What themes and ideas transcend time and culture? 4. Have we really changed? 5. What is the difference between rights and responsibilities? 6. How can one individual, group, or society change history? Themes 1. Social justice 2. Culture 3. Examples of Meaningful Understandings 1. Humans have a desire for freedom 2. Humans have a propensity for violence and warfare 3. Humans have a lust for wealth and power 4. Humans have a drive for knowledge and advancement 5. Humans have a spiritual yearning with basic understanding of good and evil 6. Humans have a basic need to belong to a cultural

We will continue our discussion on these topics