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Global IssuesCourse SyllabusKenwood Academy2015-2016Mr. Avcioglu (Free periods: 2, 6, 7 periods)Welcome to Global Issues! This is a year -long survey course designed to expose students to topics and issues that are normally not covered in a high school classroom. This requires mature, respectful and trusting students. Course Objective & DescriptionThe goal and purpose of this course is to educate and inform students and help them to be participatory citizens in our democracy. This will occur through Project Based Learning (PBL), experiential learning and critically thinking about how society is affected by decisions we make. The course consists of projects, discussions, lectures, debates, films and film clips, and guest speakers.This course will provide opportunities to improve skills, learn a wealth of content knowledge and help create an analytic thinker. To expand knowledge and skills, students will be expected to learn relevant vocabulary; understand relationships between various current and historical events; identify trends; identify different government and economic systems; compare and contrast information from various sources; conduct research; and write essays.Each unit will revolve around a driving question, which will loop throughout the unit. There will also be overlap, so that almost all of the units tie into together…thus, you will be expected to retain information that came from an earlier unit.Grades are earned and are not given randomly. If you are not happy with a grade(s), you should not pout and take away from classroom learning. Make an appointment to meet or email me your concerns (this will be responded to within 24 hrs.). Students will be expected to complete all assignments, including reading, annotating, answering questions, conducting research and completing projects. Notes are extremely important, and notebooks should always be out in class, so that you’re ready to write.In addition to earlier stated evaluative criteria, assessments will be conducted throughout and at the end of units. These will consist of participation, projects, quizzes and exams, possibly unannounced. Homework will be assigned several times a week. If something is NOT clear, ask for clarification. Important skills:1. Argumentation: Making arguments and supporting them with evidence gathered from reputable sources.2. Chronological Reasoning: determining cause and effect and studying change and continuity over time3. Comparison: making comparisons between countries, cultures and peoples4. Historical interpretation: using primary and secondary documents to make sense of the past and presentClass SequenceTopicsCRS SkillReadings Q1U1: The MediaU2: Politics 101U3: Food Inc.Main Idea, Supporting detailsCause & EffectMain Idea, Cause & EffectCurrent Issues: 2006/2013 Issues; Fast Food Nation, Editorials; Upfront MagazineQ2U4: Human Rights & Death PenaltyU5: EducationCause & Effect, SequenceGeneralizations & ConclusionsCurrent Issues: 2012-2013, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Economist MagazineQ3U6: Human SexualityU7: The Politics of GenocideMain Ideas Sequential RelationshipsUpfront/Newsweek Magazine, EditorialsQ4U8: The Global EnvironmentU9: The Issue Is RaceCause & EffectGeneralizations & ConclusionsCurrent Issues: 2012-2013, Upfront Magazine, Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word by Randall Kennedy.COURSE MATERIALS Primary sources (including excerpts from various news magazines, newspapers and textbooks), current news articles (excerpts from publications such as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Sun Times and The Nation), documentaries, television news (MSNBC, FOX, CNN, C-SPAN, WTTW) and online video, selected excerpts from films and TV shows, and numerous web sites. Students are responsible for keeping up with daily news events locally, nationally and internationally. Students should download apps for New York Times, NPR, Democracy Now and try to read/view/watch them daily; WBEZ is the local NPR station and is on 91.5 FM; watch a TV news station, or access a reliable online source. You are NOT expected to become an expert, but progress is expected throughout the course Expectations and class rules:1. Be respectful to everyone. No cursing or put-downs.2. Non-academic electronic devices (phones) are forbidden during class time. Students who refuse to follow this policy will be written-up and sent to Dean Smith for a mandatory parent conference.3. No personal grooming in class.4. No food, drink (except water) or gum allowed in class.5. No hats are to be worn in class. Kenwood dress code and conduct policies are enforced.6. Students must have their ID visible at chest level while in class, per Kenwood school policy. Absences/Tardies and Hall Passes: All make-up work due to an excused absence must be turned in within two days after returning to school. However, if the assignment is available on-line, I will expect it the day you return to school. Late assignments will not be accepted without an excused absence. Missed exams and quizzes must also be made-up as soon as possible. It is your responsibility to obtain missed assignments (on your time, not during in-class activities) and to arrange for exam, quiz, and assignment makeup. Procedures on how to accomplish this will be discussed in class. I am also available during lunch and after school. This is a fast-paced course; you must keep up. Highly recommend exchanging contact information with someone else in class, in case you’re absent, you’ll know what we did.If you are late to class, you are expected to have a tardy or pass and take your seat with as little class interruption as possible. If you are tardy during a bell-ringer or quiz you will receive a ZERO. Tardy penalties will follow the CPS/Kenwood Academy Discipline Policies. In order to leave the classroom, students are required to possess a Kenwood Hall Pass. Restroom passes are discouraged and students should make every effort to use the facilities before or after school and during lunch. Cheating: This is defined as gaining an unfair advantage, or trying to do so. Do your own work. Plagiarism of any kind (including copying homework, cheating on a quiz or exam, or lifting material from printed sources or the Internet without proper citation) will earn a ZERO for that assignment, a lowering of your citizenship grade, and an opportunity to explain your dishonesty to both the teacher and your parents. If found copying class or homework, both students involved will receive a ZERO.Do NOT request extra credit. Extra credit is not part of the course curriculum and thus will not be offered.Grading Policy -Grading categories and their weight are as follows:Category% of gradeDescriptionClass work & Participation 20 %Any assignment that we complete in class, including class discussions, debates, activities, and notes takenTests & Quizzes30 %Final exam, unit tests, occasional short quizzesPapers & Projects25 %Extended writing assignments and projects that stretch over more than a couple of daysHomework25 %Work to be done at homeThe grading scale for Kenwood Academy is: 100%-90% = A89%-80% = B79%-70% = C69%-60% = D 59%-0 = F Learning Targets/Literacy Strategies In addition to the course objectives College Readiness Standards will be addressed throughout the year to support achievement and learning. The reading standards that we will target this year are as follows: College Readiness Standards: Reading (20-23 and 24-27)Main Idea and Author’s ApproachSupporting DetailsSequential, Comparative, and Cause-Effect relationshipsMeanings of WordsGeneralizations and ConclusionsRecognize a clear intent of an author or narrator in uncomplicated literary narrativesInfer the main idea or purpose of straightforward paragraphs in uncomplicated literary narrativesUnderstand the overall approach taken by the author in uncomplicated passagesRecognize simple details and a clear function of a part of an uncomplicated passageLocate important details in more challenging passagesLocate and interpret minor and subtly stated details in uncomplicated passagesDiscern which details, though they may appear in different sections throughout a passage, support important points in more challenging passagesIdentify and understand relationships between main characters in uncomplicated literary narratives and more challenging passagesRecognize and understand cause-effect relationships in uncomplicated literary narratives and in more challenging narrativesOrder sequences of events in uncomplicated passagesUse context to understand basic figurative languageUse context to determine the appropriate meaning of some figurative and non figurative words, phrases, and statements in uncomplicated passagesDraw generalizations and conclusions about people, ideas and so on in uncomplicated passages and literary narrativesDraw generalizations and conclusions about people, ideas, and so on in more challenging passagesPlease sign, detach, and return the section below to indicate you have read and understood the class description and expectations. Return the signed portion by Friday, September 11, 2015. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Yes, I have read the Global Issues Syllabus for the 2015-16 school year and understand the expectations, rules and classroom policies. Emergency Contact Information:Student Name: (print)Parent/Guardian Name: (print)Parent/Guardian cell phone: Work phone:Home phone:Email Address ______________________________________________Is there anything else I should know: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Parents:Please take time to read and discuss this with your child. His or her success in this class depends on your involvement in their education. Stay involved! Keep the communication lines open between the school, teacher and student. Students will receive a unit syllabus every 3-4 weeks, which will list all the assignments, exams and dates everything is due. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at school. Thank you for your cooperation. Mr. Avciogluimavcioglu@cps.edu773-535-1350 x 27383 ................
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