Today I subbed in a high school history class. It's in my LA County district. Since it's a high school class that isn't math, I won't do "A Day in the Life" today.
Of the classes that meet today, one is AP U.S. History and the other two are senior Government. The AP class is taken generally by juniors here in California. The students here are reading about the Gilded Age and the rise of unions.
Senior Government is a fast-paced class under the 4 * 3 block schedule. Under the standard schedule, Government is a one-semester class, to be paired with Economics. But standard semesters correspond to quarters under 4 * 3, and so these students are only here for this fourth quarter. In this class, the students are given various scenarios and are asked to respond to them diplomatically (that is, as an elected official is supposed to).
Yes, the regular teacher is a Government teacher, but apparently she's met some high-ranking officials in her past -- as in the very top. I see a picture of her standing with former President Bill Clinton. (Oh, and speaking of Democrats, former Vice President Walter Mondale has died at the age of 93.)
I also see a UCLA banner on the wall above the whiteboard -- and this inspires me to sing "U-N-I-T Rate! Rate! Rate!" as the song of the day yet again. Once again, I have trouble setting up second period Zoom, and so I don't get to sing for that class. One in-person girl does help me out -- while I'm waiting for the office to send me the Zoom link, she texts some of her classmates to let them know what's going on, and types what their assignment is into the Zoom chat. After I end the Zoom session, I do end up singing the song for her only.
Today is Sevenday on the Eleven Calendar:
Resolution #7: We sing to help us learn math.
Well, I definitely sing the math song "U-N-I-T Rate! Rate! Rate!" today, even though this isn't really a math class. Singing is the easiest resolution for me to follow whenever I find myself in a history or any other non-math class.
By the way, I'm especially late in receiving the Zoom link for sixth period. Recall that students only need to be in Zoom for the first half hour of class -- and the regular teacher has scheduled assignments in Google Classroom to lock right at the end of that half hour. It's tough when they're spending half of that time in the Zoom waiting room -- and then five more minutes to watch me take attendance before they hear what the assignment is. Perhaps I should have taken attendance silently (using the participants list on Zoom) so that they could focus more on the assignment that's about to be locked.
Oh, and in the news today is a verdict in the highly publicized George Floyd trial. There's no need for me to discuss it on the blog (especially since I already used up politics in this post by mentioning Clinton and Mondale). I might bring it up if the verdict directly affects students inside the classroom.
This is what I wrote two years ago about today's lesson:
Let me at least post the answers to the review worksheet.
1a. 16x
1b. 16xsqrt(2)
2a. 7sqrt(2)
2b. 7
2c. 7sqrt(3)
2d. 14
3. 12/13
4. 5/12
5. 0.406
6. 1
7. 1/2
8. 1
9-10. There is an error in the way I wrote this questions last year. Teachers may fix the error, and then the answers will vary.
11. AC/AB
12. BD, BC
13. DAB, DCA
14. Draw a vector the same direction as AB, but pointing in the opposite direction.
15. (-2, -9)
16. about 9 yards
17-20. These are based on an old activity that I posted on the blog two years ago. This year I replaced it with a Desmos activity, and so these questions are no longer valid. For all intents and purposes, this review worksheet contains only sixteen questions.
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