Catherine's+Portfolio

= = = = =Social Studies =  Here you can see an example of social studies units that I have taught and several activities from those units:

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Learning about conflict geography through the study of the Iraq War was an excellent way to get students to understand the difficulties of multiethnic states and the history of arbitrary boundaries in post-colonial countries. Students were also able to study how the geography of a region can contribute to the conflicts that arise. After studying the basic who, what, where, when and how's of the Iraq War, students culminated this study with the "Iraqi Iraq Study Group Report". ======


 * [|Iraqi Iraq Study Group Powerpoint.ppt]
 * [|Iraqi Iraq Study Group Assignment Sheet.doc]
 * [|Iraqi Advisor Roles.doc]

An independent assignment that I have had students do as part of a unit on conflict geography is to create a Presidential/Prime Ministerial/etc. Brief Book on a current conflict that they are interested in. They take on the role of advisor to the president, prime minister, member of congress, or member of parliament and find current newspaper articles that deal with the chosen conflict. They write summaries of each article and then write a press release detailing the course of action for the leader.
 * [|Presidential Briefing Assignment.doc]

**Population Unit** **Economic Geography Unit**
 * [|Child 6 Billion.doc]
 * [|Cartogram Analysis.ppt>]
 * Here you can see my proficiency in creating assessments using //Understanding by Design - [|Economic Geography Assessment (Stage 2).doc] //

= = = Spanish =  Here you can see how I use technology to enhance student's engagement and focus in language practice as well as to create opportunities for students to use the content that they master in current and authentic real world contexts. 
 * Read and discuss the article - [|Women The Critical Link Article.pdf>]
 * [|What is Culture.pdf>]
 * [|AIDS Powerpoint.mov>]
 * [|Women's Atlas and Human Rights Activity.pdf>]
 * [|Human Development Index Resources>]
 * [|UN Women's Conference.mov]
 * [|HERE]  is my class website that I use to communicate with parents, direct students to additional practice, and post homework assignments and additional resources for the class.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|HERE] <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(74, 125, 33);">is a blogging assignment I created to deepen student's understanding of educational settings around the world.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|HERE] <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(81, 139, 39);">is a Voice Thread assignment I created where students practiced speaking about food.

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(72, 119, 34);">International Baccalaureate MYP - Language B
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(72, 119, 34);">  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(72, 119, 34);"> I received MYP level 2 training in September 2008. Here you can see the MYP units for level 1 Spanish students that I have created in collaboration with my partner teacher at Englewood Middle School. In the spirit of IB, I put great emphasis on students seeing the connections between thematic conversation and grammar topics and their application in the wider global context. I think that the most important aim of World Language is to teach kids to look at what is happening beyond their own country's borders. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(79, 130, 38);"> Click on the links to see detailed MYP unit plans. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ====__<span style="color: rgb(67, 125, 33);">How do people around the world have fun? ____<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(67, 125, 33);"> - [|MYP Unit 2.pdf] __==== <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(58, 111, 32);"> In this unit, students learn how to talk about activities that they like or dislike as well as describe their personality. The larger global application that students gain is an ability to recognize the capacity and ingenuity of peoples in every corner of the earth to have fun and enjoy themselves. They create podcasts describing their likes and dislikes as well as personality traits and basic personal information from the previous unit. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ====__<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(64, 131, 33);">How is education a universal value for self-improvement? - [|MYP Unit 3.pdf] __<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ==== <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(75, 134, 35);"> In this unit students learn to describe their classes and school day and ask information about class schedules in Spanish. Within this topic, students explore school days (or lack of school days) in Latin American countries and beyond. We learn about the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for universal primary school enrollment and learn about the obstacles that keep many children from attending school. Finally, students use their ability to speak and write about school in Spanish to create posters promoting universal education that are designed for Spanish speaking countries. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> = = = <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> = = <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> = =<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> = <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">