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During this week students will participate in a Socratic Seminar. The essential question of the week will be "How has technology raised the voices and opportunities of traditionally marginalized groups in society?" . We will look at four lessons in TCI 12 26, and 28, ).
Lesson 12 Land Use Conflict in the Amazon Rainforest
Lesson 24 Oil in Southwest Asia: How “Black Gold” Has Shaped a Region
Lesson 28-Tech Workers and Time Zones: India’s Comparative Advantage
Thursday- Review of Economic Systems
The preparation for the Seminar will be done during RTI time in class and for homework on the Socratic Seminar Note Sheet found in Google Classroom. The Socratic Seminar will take place on Friday. Each day of the week we will focus on the essential question by looking completing a mini-lesson from each lesson. At the start of each class students will complete a vocabulary from section 1 of different lessons. All practice work will be due on Friday.
The following are the essential Wisconsin State Standard for the week.
Behavioral Sciences
• SS.BH4.a.m Differentiate between intended and unintended consequences of various forms of technology and how they may affect societies and cultures.
Political Science
• SS.PS2.c.m Compare and contrast the political, social, and economic status of marginalized groups both historically and in the present, both in the United States
and worldwide. Investigate how groups (e.g., women, religious groups, civil rights groups, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ) have advocated for access to greater rights.
OTHER STANDARDS
Geography (Geog):
• SS.Geog4.a.m Investigate how place- based identity results from the characteristics of a place and can sometimes result in stereotypes of people from a specific place.
Behavioral Sciences (BH):
• SS.BH2.a.m Summarize the role culture plays in personal and group behavior. Categorize factors that contribute to cooperation and conflict among peoples of a
country and/or the world (i.e., culture, language, religion, political beliefs).
Political Science (PS):
• SS.PS2.a.m Predict how collective action movements work to extend equal rights to groups and individuals
12- Land Use Conflict in the Amazon Rainforest
12- Land Use Conflict in the Amazon Rainforest
How should the resources of rainforests be used and preserved?
Teach the class about one of the groups that has an interest in the preservation or use of the resources of the Amazon rainforest.
Analyze and discuss a series of questions to help them understand the competing viewpoints of these various groups.
Investigate ideas from around the world about how to address land use conflict in the rainforest and determine which would be most applicable to the Amazon region.
24 - Oil in Southwest Asia: How “Black Gold” Has Shaped a Region
How might having a valuable natural resource affect a region?
understand how oil is formed.
understand how oil is distributed in Southwest Asia.
investigate the effects of large oil reserves on Southwest Asian countries.
explore alternative energy resources.
Lesson 28- What factors give some countries a comparative advantage in the global IT revolution?
Examine the factors that give India a comparative advantage in the global IT revolution.
Investigate the impact of the global IT revolution (outsourcing) on Bangalore, India.
Discover factors that cause foreign companies to invest in the United States and the effects of such and investment.
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