Name: ______Do Now

February 27, 2005 History - ____

Do Now #13

Objective:

7. I will be able to analyze the origin of the conflict between ethnic groups in Rwanda and describe the genocide that followed.

Essential Question: “If you make a terrible mistake, will you make it again?”

Are you MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE?

Earn your class the points they deserve!

At the end of today’s class, you will be meeting in your THINK TANKS. Today’s meeting will be slightly different, however. You will evaluate each of your teammates once your think tank meeting is finished. You will use the rubric below.

Teammate’s name:
How prepared was this teammate for the meeting? / 1
(had 1 or fewer quality questions ready for the meeting) / 2
(had two quality questions ready to go) / 3
(had more than two quality questions ready to go)
How well did this teammate keep conversation going? / 1
(could not add to a discussion, could only ask a new question) / 2
(could add at least two quality comments to a question someone asked) / 3
(could add more than two quality comments to a questions come asked)
How was this teammate’s focus during the meeting? / 1
(lost focus during the meeting and could not fix the problem) / 2
(may have lost focus once but quickly fixed the problem) / 3
(never once lost focus during the meeting)

1. You will evaluate your teammates for how p______they were for the meeting.

2. You will also evaluate your teammate for how well they kept the c______going.

3. You will also evaluate your teammates on their f______during the meeting.

4. If you have only one question ready for your meeting, they highest score you can get in that category is ___.

5. When someone else asks a question, to earn a 2 in the second category, you must be able to add _____ quality comments to the discussion.

6. What is a perfect total score for today’s think tank meeting?

Today’s Vocabulary Practice: We will say this aloud with our hand signals.

Oscar Schindler Hutus Tutsis

Above and Beyond: What details do you remember about Hotel Rwanda from last week? Use the back.


Name: ______Classwork

February 27, 2006 History - ____

Classwork #9

Hotel Rwanda

Examples of the best parts of humanity: / Examples of the worst parts of humanity?
-
-
- / -
-
-

(at least 2) (at least 2)

Bloom’s Time Travelers Questions: / Level?
1.
2.
3.

(at least 2)

Lines from the movie that I want to discuss
or that sounded important: / Thoughts or feelings I have
about that line:

(at least 2)


Name: ______Exit Slip

February 28, 2006 History - ______

Directions: Evaluate the members of your think tank with the rubric below.

Teammate’s name:
How prepared was this teammate for the meeting? / 1
(had 1 or fewer quality questions ready for the meeting) / 2
(had two quality questions ready to go) / 3
(had more than two quality questions ready to go)
How well did this teammate keep conversation going? / 1
(could not add to a discussion, could only ask a new question) / 2
(could add at least two quality comments to a question someone asked) / 3
(could add more than two quality comments to a questions come asked)
How was this teammate’s focus during the meeting? / 1
(lost focus during the meeting and could not fix the problem) / 2
(may have lost focus once but quickly fixed the problem) / 3
(never once lost focus during the meeting)
Teammate’s name:
How prepared was this teammate for the meeting? / 1
(had 1 or fewer quality questions ready for the meeting) / 2
(had two quality questions ready to go) / 3
(had more than two quality questions ready to go)
How well did this teammate keep conversation going? / 1
(could not add to a discussion, could only ask a new question) / 2
(could add at least two quality comments to a question someone asked) / 3
(could add more than two quality comments to a questions come asked)
How was this teammate’s focus during the meeting? / 1
(lost focus during the meeting and could not fix the problem) / 2
(may have lost focus once but quickly fixed the problem) / 3
(never once lost focus during the meeting)
Teammate’s name:
How prepared was this teammate for the meeting? / 1
(had 1 or fewer quality questions ready for the meeting) / 2
(had two quality questions ready to go) / 3
(had more than two quality questions ready to go)
How well did this teammate keep conversation going? / 1
(could not add to a discussion, could only ask a new question) / 2
(could add at least two quality comments to a question someone asked) / 3
(could add more than two quality comments to a questions come asked)
How was this teammate’s focus during the meeting? / 1
(lost focus during the meeting and could not fix the problem) / 2
(may have lost focus once but quickly fixed the problem) / 3
(never once lost focus during the meeting)