Today in class (10/15)

• We spent the first period discussing Columbus Day.  We read this ARTICLE to inform our discussion.  In our journals we answered these questions: 1) What is Zinn's argument?; 2) What information (if any) surprised you and why?; 3) What should students be taught about Columbus?; 4) Should we celebrate Columbus Day?  We closed our discussion by watching John Oliver's "How is This a Thing".
• During the second period, we looked at our Walden reading from last night.  We used this WORKSHEET to frame our study of these ideas.  Students were assigned an additional chapter from Walden to read for homework.  The journal entry for tonight should explore how the assigned chapter expands on the ideas from worksheet.
• Finally make sure that you bring in your field trip permission forms if you have not yet done so! If you need copies of these, they are linked in the post below.