Hello and welcome to WEEK TWO
of Online Learning for
Digital Literacy & Expression
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For this second week we are going to listen to a podcast & then briefly research an ebola outbreak in Africa and compare it to current efforts to stop CV-19. We will then use our existing critical thinking skills to examine the current pandemic in the larger contexts of panic and trust.
Learning Target(s)
- We will Listen a Podcast and use it as our common text
- We will read/research additional information about people's responses to EBOLA in 2014 and COVID-19 this year
- We will write a one-page argument about the conflict between social customs, long held beliefs, and the needs of society for us to act NOT as individuals sometimes
- We will get together on ZOOM to discuss our ideas in order to make them better
- We will submit our revised analysis for an actual grade
- Via Google Classroom by Sunday evening
- Because while I can't make you do this it looks like we're going to be learning online for quite a while and YOU need to figure out a way to make YOU do this.
- Because we need to work on your skills so you can successfully move on to 10th grade level work ready to learn.
- Because there WILL be school again in your life and you don't want to fall behind.
- If you don't do these assignments
- You will be missing out on important skills that we will be using as soon as we return - even if that return isn't until next year.
- John will be disappointed with you...
Steps to complete the project
- Before Everything:
- Check the Distance Learning website for this week's updates.
- Check the calendar for new and changed events and Office Hours
- Step One:
- You are about to listen to a Podcast called Hidden Brain: Panic In The Street: How Psychology Shaped The Response To An Epidemic
- While you are listening to it take written notes on the following themes:
- Trust and how you need to be trusted if you want people to do what you ask of them
- Human behavior. Why do people do things the way they do and when they do? This is related to the theme of trust but is broader!
- You will need these notes to answer the questions in step 2
- READ this introduction article and then listen to the podcast [click here]. [Español - Puedes leer la introducción, pero el podcast solo está en inglés, lo siento. ¡Haz tu mejor esfuerzo!]
- You must READ the introduction before you listen to the Podcast
- Optional: Watch the film Panic in the Streets (¡Mira con subtítulos en español aquí!)
- For fun - it is really old and interesting (lots of old customs and mannerisms)
- To get a better understanding of the "human" side of the panic equation
- Step Two:
- Read this article: How Ebola changed the world
- As you are reading think about what happened, how the people acted, and what the government did.
- Now look at this website: BBC Coronavirus Pandemic Site
- Look for information that relates to the information you learned in the Podcast and in the Ebola article.
- What lessons did we learn from the past that we are using now?
- What lessons should we have learned but didn't?
- Step Three: Think and write about what you have heard & read
- Look for the assignment named "Panic in the Streets one page argument" in your Google Classroom
- Complete your rough draft BEFORE you attend a Google Hangout in Step 3 if you can, or attend both!
- READ the assignment before you begin and follow the instructions carefully to get the highest grade
- Step Four: Attend a Google Hangout to ask questions and discuss the assignment before writing your final draft (or just say hi to classmates and help out)
- Step Five: Revise your thinking and writing and complete your final draft
- Deadline is @ the end of Spring Break
- Be sure it is TURNED IN and in the CORRECT Classroom
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