Do Now: What do you think Barack Obama was like as a child and adolescent?
Homework: 1) Printed copy of research paper. 2) Practice your senior project presentation.
Inquiry: What are the most important questions for 17-20 year olds to think about in America?
Objective: SWBAT read, write and think critically, develop their own questions about themes that matter to them, and reflect on their own identity within a complex world.
Agenda:
- Senior Project Presentations.
- Part A: When you think of the “Real World” what do you see or think about? (Draw or write a description of the “Real World” you see or think about.)
- Draw/Write some of these on the smartboard.
- Part B: Given this “Real World,” what are the most important questions or issues for 17-20 year olds to be thinking about?
- Watch video of Obama. What questions was Obama thinking about as he graduated high school?
- Part C: Write down anything that you think will be important for us to discuss or learn or think about before the end of the school year.
