Honors World Studies 2

This week in Class...

May 11 - May 15

  • This week students will continue working on the COVID19 Pandemic Journal assignment the following is what the focus is for this weeks entries (the COVID19 Journal is due Friday 5/15). Also the students need to reply to the three questions on the FlipGrip I've posted. I also assigned students the WWII Project Assessment which is due on Monday 5/18.
  • - Monday: Free write - just write what you are thinking and feeling overall. Maybe post a picture of yourself from during the quarantine.
  • - Tuesday: A picture you've seen
  • - Wednesday: Pick an article from anywhere in the United States (include the link)
  • - Thursday: Talk about a local story (it may be in the news or it maybe something that you know of personally) and its impact.
  • - Friday: Find an article somewhere outside of the United States (include the link)

Current Events Topics: PLEASE REMEMBER NO ARTICLES ABOUT THE UNITED STATES!!!

1: European Politics

NO CURRENT EVENT THIS WEEK!

2: Scientific Invention / Discoveries

3: Environment (NO AMAZON RAIN FOREST)

4: Women in Politics

5: Political Unrest

6: Each table group was assigned a different country you can pick the topic with the EXCEPTION of Pop Culture or Sports

7: Pick one of the former colonies of France and report on the politics of that country currently. The countries are listed in Google Classroom.

8. Capital Punishment

9. Education (You pick any country in the world EXCEPT the United States)

10. Child Labor Violations (You pick any country in the world EXCEPT the United States)

11. Pick a Third World country and do an article about their current economy (a list of countries is in Google Classroom)

12. Australia (You pick the topic - anything EXCEPT pop culture or sports)

13. ***Optional*** this week you can pick the country (EXCEPT the United States) and the topic (EXCEPT pop culture or sports) and this will be used as extra credit at the end of the semester.

14. Refugee / Refugee Rights

15. Spain ( You pick the topic - anything EXCEPT pop culture or sports)

16. Conflict around the world (except the United States)

17. Smuggling/Black Market

18. Germany

19. Russia

20. Japan

21. Italy

22. Persecuted People