Oops! Already mid-April.
Post-Tax week we have state testing over the majority of the week of April 18th.
World Geography: We are working on the theme of Conflict. Regional groups are exploring a specific conflict for their region preparing a survey presentation applying the Social Studies Skill of Past, Present, and Future to give the class a general overview of the background to the conflict, its current status, and then make an educated prediction in two parts for their belived future of the conflict and also a suggested path for how to resolve this conflict.
IB History: We are finishing the semester with a case study of how the 19th century unfolds in Europe by looking at Russia in depth for the last half of the 19th Century. In class we are looking at the Political structure of Tsarist Russia, pre-revolution; the Intellectual development from the increasingly active Intelligensia, Economic progress with dramatically modernizing industry and nacient markets, and Social developments working on small group presentations for our Mir Iskusstva projects.
IB Philosophy: We are in the reviewing stages now getting ready for the IB External Assessent. We will take one part of the exam to focus on for each of the remaining days of class. We will mix our efforts with both class disussion and writing sessions focusing on Core Theme, What is it to be human?; Optional Themes, Ethics and Contemporary Society; and our Prescribed text, Martha Nussbaum's Creating Capabilities.
As we get to the end of the semester it may be helpful to think about ways to stay grounded. Here are two suggestions....
Get to the Library or just check out this from Jstor: Do You suffer from Library Anxiety
and
Dr. Ned Hallowell's podcast Distraction
