Childhood Obesity Discussion...

Please search the internet to find one article on Childhood Obesity.

Please share the link you found in the comment box and tell us your opinions on the matter.

Amazing job!

Good Morning! You guys did such an OUTSTANDING, PHENOMENAL job yesterday with the Open House. I was very impressed with Hunter and Colton and the tours they completed of the whole school. I was impressed with Jonah and Gary for their tours of the classroom. Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Tell me what your favorite part of the Open House was yesterday!

Caste System

Good Morning! Yesterday we discussed the Caste System in India and did a simulation activity on it for our history class. Give me a recap of what we did and tell me what you think it would be like live in that society.

Brahmins: Priests
Kshatriya: Rules and Warriors
Vaishyas: Farmers, merchants, middle class
Shudras: Servants and farm workers
Dalits: Lowest status group possible

The Giver Summary

Good Morning!

Yesterday we completed chapter 14 of The Giver. Please write your own summary of the chapter. This summary needs to be in complete sentences and must be at least 5 sentences long.

Go!

Utopian Society..

Yesterday, you got to start working on your Utopian Society. I was really impressed with the conversations I heard and some of you were quite creative.

I want you to "visit" a society that considers themselves a Utopian Society. Go on a virtual tour of the Twin Oaks Society by clicking on the following link: http://www.twinoakscommunity.org/.


Once you are there click on the "About". Read over the information they supply and try your best to picture yourself there. Would you like it? Why? Why not? Would you start your own Utopian Society?

How many people do they have in their community?

How much land do they have?

What sort of jobs do they have?

Who makes the decisions there?

What do they do for recreational purposes?

Can you become a member? How?

Answer those questions in the comment box below. Then elaborate on whether or not you would choose to live in that society.

Ready for your future?

Good Morning.

Today, some of you will be completing your career assessments online.

Please go to the following link if you are 14 years of age or older: www.pacareerzone.org

For the username enter your whole first name and the first initial of your last name.

For the password type in NHSschool.

For example:

Username: RachaelD
Password: NHSschool

Click on the Assess Yourself option to the lower left.

Once that opens, click on the "Quick Assessment".

Once you complete your assessment you may return to your seat.

Thanks!

PROJECT!

Good Morning!

I decided to post this on the main page because it's so much FUN and it's really important!

You will be creating your very own Utopian community! You will design the community and generate the "rules" to live by. In the novel, The Giver, Jonas lives in a Utopia where the world around him functions only one way for everyone and as far as they are concerned, it is the BEST way. Utopia is defined as an ideally perfect place, especially in it's social, political, and moral aspects. This place would be so perfect that others would want to join your community and never leave.

You will draw your Utopia. Give it a name, use color, and be creative! By each landmark, or some where on your picture, you will address the following topics.

Education:

• What will be taught? 
• What subjects are required?
•  How will education serve the community? 
• What special classes or extracurricular options will be offered? 
• Will you even have school?

Government

• Who makes the laws and how are they enforced? 
• Are there laws?
• Is it a democracy or a dictatorship?
• How do citizens know about the laws? Are they posted somewhere?
• What happens if someone breaks the law?

Family

• How many children is each family allowed?
• What are the household standards and the standards of living?
• Matriarchy and patriarchy or neither?
• Responsibilities of parents and kids?

Environment

• Whose job is it to protect the environment?
• Will it be in danger or is it a major resource?

Community "Rules"

• Guidelines to live by
• Who is in charge?
• What types of rituals or specific ways of living will be forced upon, reinforced, or celebrated in your society?

This project is worth 50 points.

Outline is due by Monday 9/22/2014.

Rough draft is due by Friday 9/26/2014.

Final copy is due by Wednesday 10/1/2014.