Wednesday, April 2, 2014

4/2/14

Periods 1 & 2   

Today in class, students continued the “Jigsaw Activity.” At the beginning of class, we reviewed what genocide was and discussed the five qualifications within the definition. After a brief review of yesterday’s class, students were instructed to get in their groups and start reading the two articles they were assigned.

    After each group read an article, they recorded evidence that corresponded to each of the five qualifications of genocide. When each group successfully completed reading the two articles and recording evidence, they were instructed to organize their notes into complete statements. By organizing their notes, students will be better prepared to teach other classmates about their topic tomorrow.

    Homework was to finish organizing the notes on their graphic organizers into complete statements on a separate sheet of paper.

Period 7

    Today in class, students continued the “Jigsaw Activity.” At the beginning of class, students were told important directions of how to teach their jigsaw. They were instructed to follow six steps in order to complete the activity properly.

    Once students got in new groups, they took turns “teaching” the remaining “students.” The teacher’s task is to present the information they learned about from their articles. The students’ task is to listen and take notes, recording that information on their graphic organizers. After each teacher was done presenting the information, the group was instructed to discuss whether or not that event constitutes as genocide and why.

    After each person presented and the graphic organizer was complete, students started to write the follow-up question. The question is located in Part 2 of the organizer. The answer to the question should be written down on a separate sheet of paper and include at least three examples from the organizer.

    Homework was to answer the follow-up question in Part 2 of the organizer.

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