*subbing for Dorothy* Research another economic/political system within a foreign country and compare/contrast the differences to American Democracy.
Lesson Outline
PJ chose to research Communism. We watched a couple of YouTube videos and read some online sources comparing the various differences between Communism and Democracy. PJ focused on the emphasis on civil rights in America and how that differs to Russia, as well as the right to vote in political elections.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
PJ did a great job with his research. He took accurate notes and we had some good conversations about how Communism is structured differently than American Democracy. He got momentarily confused about the difference between referring to a democratic society and the democratic political party, but I think we cleared up the confusion.
Cam took notes on cellular respiration and we discussed the three stages: 1. Glycolysis 2. Krebs Cycle 3. Oxidative Phosphorylation. He researched cellular respiration in reptiles and discovered they are ectotherms because their rate of cellular respiration is slower than endotherms.
Pj read from his book about different economies in the world. He read a quote about one economic philosophy that countries should produce the products that they are best positioned to produce and trade for the rest.
Pj was asked to re-word this quote so that it meant the same thing but was easier to understand. We discussed some different parts of the world and what products may be easiest for them to produce. We mentioned Alaska and its oil reserves. We spoke about Argentina and its beef exports.
We questioned the claims of any salesperson selling fresh tuna in the state of Ohio. I then asked Pj to engage his imagination. We spoke about the biomes of one of his favorite games Minecraft. I asked him to create a graphic representation of what people from one of those biomes would export if they were part of the real world.
He chose the badlands and did a great illustration.
Kaitlin worked on her slideshow by creating the slides for the different religions.
She first created a slide on Christianity and said that it would likely be the easiest one for her to create.
Kaitlin used the bullet-point guide to influence what she wrote on her slide. I asked her about the proper style for the slides (dense paragraphs or bullet points and images). She said that she believed paragraphs were the proper style.
Kaitlin then worked on a slide pertaining to Judaism and answered my question about what it means to be an ethnic religion.
Pj and I looked at a map of the world. This map displayed the population densities of the world.
We discussed pockets of population displayed on the map and the reasons for those specific pockets. We discussed the Southeast corner of Australia, and the long narrow strip of population in Egypt.
PJ told me about an ancestor of his who invented an improved water pump. Together, we looked at the patent on file on with the USPTO for said pump. We were able to see where he filed his patent and the date of the filing. We were able to see the art submitted with it as well.
We discussed how technology can influence human populations as well. PJ was asked to surmise how an improved water pump may influence where humans can live on the Earth.
PJ had some wonderful insights and I enjoyed discussing these topics with him.
PJ looked at natural hazards such as the 2011 earthquakes in Japan. Then we researched new designs to help buildings resist damage from earthquakes, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
