**REMINDER**
Unit 1 Resources (Title Page/Vocabulary) due TOMORROW
Today, we wrapped up our study of the growth mindset and prepared for our first exam on Monday. Remember, make sure that you spend some time preparing to perform on this exam. Failure to prepare is preparing you to fail! See everyone tomorrow morning. Let me know if you have any questions! **REMINDER** Unit 1 Resources (Title Page/Vocabulary) due TOMORROW
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Today we finally got into some of our history content here in World History. We started our discussion of early humans and what the world looked like for them. We also discussed how the change of starting to grow plants was huge and transformed human history forever. I look forward to seeing everyone back tomorrow as we start to discuss what all civilizations have in common. **REMINDER** Unit 1 Resources (Title Page/Vocabulary) due MONDAY 8/29 We had another great day here at GHS in World History. As we wrap up classroom policy discussions as well as setting our mindset for the year, we discussed that the one supply that we do need for the school year is ganas. Ganas is what Jaime Escalante described as desire. Without a desire to succeed in this class or in anything else, you will not live up to your potential. Or, as Ralph Waldo Emerson put it, "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." We then finished the course with watching the final moments of Stand & Deliver to see just exactly what is possible when students and their teacher have the ganas to succeed. Well, I hope that everyone has a great night and I look forward to seeing you back tomorrow when we will start to get into some actual world history! After a great first weekend, we got back to work here at GHS in World History. We reviewed the concepts and class policies that were introduced last week as well as discussing how neurons are formed and how we can change how their formed and connect when we learn new things. We also reviewed our communication strategies that we are going to use throughout the year. Finally, we watched a clip of Stand and Deliver to give us a great example of what a growth mindset looks like in a classroom as well as what we can accomplish in here if we attack the year with that growth mindset. I hope everyone has a great Monday night and I will see everyone back here tomorrow! We finished the week strong today in World History as we continued our goal to revolutionize our communication skills here at GHS. We reviewed our discussion skills as well as planning skills with Conclusion Support Notes. After that, we honed in on our use of subordinate clauses to transform the many simple sentences that we write into something more significant. These will be skills that we emphasize throughout the year in here as well as will have a huge impact on your ability to communicate in the future. I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday! Wow! We are almost through our first full week together here at GHS. I can honestly say this has been one of the smoothest and most enjoyable first weeks of school that I have had in my nine years of teaching. That would not be possible without all of the hard work that you have put in the last four days getting into our routines. Today in class we introduced our writing program for the year, The Writing Revolution. The goal of our program this year is to sharpen our communication skills to not only help us communicate more academically in history class but also help you succeed at your next stop after GHS. I hope that everyone has a great Thursday evening and I look forward to seeing everyone back at GHS tomorrow to finish the week strong! **Reminder** Signed Syllabus is due TOMORROW Conclusion Support Notes Activity will be checked TOMORROW Hump Day! Hopefully everyone is having a great start to their school year. Today in World History, we discussed what skills historians use on a daily basis. We also discussed where the information historians uses come from as well as how to categorize those sources into either primary or secondary sources. These are skills that we will use throughout the school year as we continue our journey through all of World History. Hope everyone gets a good night's rest and I will see everyone back at GHS tomorrow! We are already two days through our journey through World History and I hope that everyone is enjoying getting to know everyone as much as I am enjoying getting to know y'all. Today in class, we discussed how the brain is a muscle. Just like your biceps or calves or any other muscle, your brain becomes stronger when you challenge it with tougher material. We also learned that this idea of you being able to strengthen your abilities is known as the growth mindset. This idea that you are not stuck with whatever ability you are born with and that you can develop your talents over time is the central idea that this class is built on. I hope that everyone gets a good night's rest and I look forward to seeing everyone back here tomorrow! I had a great time meeting everyone today. I know that today was not the most exciting day in any of your classes as we went over our course syllabi as well as late work policies and other mundane policies. However, I hope that you came away excited about our mission here in World History to get better everyday and develop our skills to be successful professional individuals when we leave the class. Make sure that y'all get some sleep tonight and i look forward to seeing everyone back at GHS tomorrow!
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August 2018
CategoriesMr. FieldsI am currently a Social Studies teacher at Gainesville High School in Gainesville, FL. I strive to provide a next-generation Social Studies experience for my students. |