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What are interactions? OR outputs?

9/27/2018

My advice is that you brainstorm with someone in the class to decide what "creative interactions" [46 choices] you might want to accomplish or at least attempt, to get your notebooks into the A range. Remember the output shows what you are thinking. It shows what important ideas you have processed from your new key learnings. This is to let the reader know what important key learnings that are so very important for your studies.

Some suggestions to ask yourself:
•Does the leftside clearly show my thinking or restate what I already worked on?
•Can the left summarize all my thinking and it shows my new thinking?
•The output shows my best effort.
•I have synthesized all the info on the right before I created the left side.
•I have highlighted or annotated the right and I have shown that to the reader.
•I have worked with the textbook and went over my notes a second or third time.
•I have highlighted areas I am unclear about.
•Areas I am not clear about I will bring to the class and discuss.
•I have used all my time well in class.
•I have really tried my best on the notebook....

Best wishes,
Mr.C

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We always have Homework?

9/24/2018

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Please be mindful. Usually only 10-15 mins is needed. Homework is to check what was not finished in class or to remember the content to understand the course better. Students who use time well have less homework because ample time is given. The graph below will be explained in class next week. Retention is very important so is time spent with family. Students were told to sleep a minimum of 8 hours. They should have mentioned the agenda check with parents and receive handwritten initials. The new social contract that should be followed everywhere. They are to keep improving and growing the teenage mind [pre-frontal cortex]. They were told to show and discuss the interactive notebooks and explain input and outputs. Most important to tell their parents that there is never a time when they do not have homework for Mr. Culbertson’s class. Only a few students ever get so far ahead of the class so their interactive notebook is ready to turn in early. Many elements of a great notebook are unlikely completed early. It does not have to be called homework, or that we always have homework. It can be said, we always have something new to learn and study to remember!
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College Week & Academic outreach

9/24/2018

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Please find this icon on website link and click to see the powerpoint.

We now have finished the first interactive notebook for our United States History class. We need to finalize a few things. All students are still not finding time to work 10-15 minutes a night, or have decided that taking the time and effort is not worth it. Time management is key to keeping the work manageable. Our blog WE ALWAYS HAVE HOMEWORK, clearly stated earlier this year students should be talking to their parents about homework. I also let classes know that the skills you leave 8th grade with are generally the skills you will have for the future years. Start now building study skills.

For our class coupons we will have to use below:
coupons: No points off when date is made and parent are notified and signed it. It is no more than 5-7 days from due date. Families communicating things that have had bereavement and hospital emergency stays have had exceptions made.

Then during college week can talk about what school is like at different levels. If you want more information here is a powerpoint for reference. Click on the Power point to know more about College. UCLA is not the only school, there are many others. Since I went there I do think it is a good choice. :^)

UCLA rankings

http://www.eaop.ucla.edu

So please learn your AVID skills too. Most of the students care about the topics and issues we are discussing and want things to improve for many people. But it takes more than talking about them; we also need to learn and understand about the issues to change them. Remember our Four Basic American Principles.
Four Principles of Government in the Declaration of Independence
Principle 1
All people are created equal.
Principle 2
All people have basic rights that cannot be taken away.
Principle 3
The government gets its power to make decisions and to protect rights from the people.
Principle 4
When the government does not protect the rights of the people, the people have the right to change or remove the government.

Finally if you believe in these ideas, to make these ideals come to fruition, or come true for our country, it takes all of us becoming great students and nice people; who are not hating on people at school and abroad. You know what I mean, Matadors, because we talk about it everyday! Follow the social contract. Peace, Love, and Happiness.

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Interactive notebook ambassadors

9/23/2018

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To learn how 7th and 8th grade social studies are linked to the ideas of diplomacy and enlightenment, then look at links below:

http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/holbeins-the-ambassadors-a-renaissance-puzzle-part-two-symbols/

http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/ARTH214/ambassadors_hot_spots.htm

You are about ~150 school days from being a high school freshman. Please see if you can meet with a class ambassador listed below every couple of days when you seem stuck, each class day is best if they have time to help you. From the consistent grades and abilities they have demonstrated, these students have a grasp of all the elements of our class. The more people we can add, we will be able to have more study buddies and pair-share partners.
These students usually:

Write down the homework in the agenda.
Complete agenda write-ups at the end of class.
Write the classwork into the notes.
Add to the T.O.C. the assignment before class, at least a date entry for the CNN or textbook chapter notes, classwork, or daily assignment.
In class verbal participation and collaboration.
Not all spend the 15 minutes a night, but many do.

Please try to follow this Student Dialogue:
Johnny: Maria, would you please help me on _________? [asking nicely]
Maria: Sure, I think I have time.
Johnny: Can I copy it?
Maria: NO. Mr.C says we can not copy, but I will talk to you about the assignment and show you how I did it.
Johnny: I am sorry I asked to copy I know I was not supposed to ask that because it is unreasonable. I think it is reasonable to listen to you about how you did this assignment. Where you found things, used handouts, and what you used to guide you on the assignment.
Maria: Thanks for understanding we should follow the social contract on all our assignments. Here is what I did..........
Johnny: Thank you for taking the time to help me. I hope we can do this again in the future.
The End.

Please use the blog to ask questions or communicate ideas and questions. Please be respectful and follow the social contract. I will add more when I check the grades again each week. Finish the farewell address wayback. Take care. If you did well on your notebook a high B or A please submits your name on the blog to be an ambassador.

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Our three weeks at SVJHS!

9/6/2018

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The summer of 2016 I spent some time studying at my University that I am grateful to have graduated from. I was so very inspired to see the buildings again. I thought about my younger days wanting to learn at one of the best institutions in the world. I had decided to be a teacher by the end of high school. Over the last 24 years I have studied many more things since becoming an educator and I still take classes. I hoped that I could bring back to this new school year, the same inspiring ideas and scholarship that I think I was able to experience at UCLA. Our AVID course had Dr.Gardner-Wu come and talk, it was really inspitational for so many of us in week three. The AVID 8th grade class enjoyed the talk too.

This week your students have done a fabulous job working on the notebooks, learning a new technique for learning, and improving their prefrontal cortex to behave and collaborate as a team. Please let your children know they are getting better each day, I tell them too. All of them are trying to get the WRITE PATH interactive notebook system down. They also are learning to ask great questions and share fabulous insightful comments to the class. Especially this week's, Wayback Wednesday with Watson and the Shark, students stepped up their game in history class.

Further, many parents have worked on the parent homework and signed the parent understanding sheets, computer agreements, and came to back to school night. Some students still need them turned in for full credit. I really enjoy reading and learning what you have been telling me about your children. I appreciate the kind words many of you have given me. You have a really nice group of students/teens, so let them know that they are doing well. I hope that we can help our students become the best social scientists/historians, so they can understand this very complicated modern world. I was happy to see many of you on Back to School night. Best wishes and take care. Mr. C

Great Job Matador team!

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Early American Colonies wayback

9/5/2018

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To begin, God in America talks about the Spanish explorers and what will take place with the Pueblo indians, after they have been coerced into converting to being Catholic and speaking Spanish. The Native Americans are thinking they are just adding more Gods to their own polytheistic culture. You should check your notes for the first 9 mins if we run out of time in class Wednesday. We did watch the protestant reformation coming to the new world in class and what the Puritans were trying to accomplish. You might compare this episode to Cabeza De Baca and Coronado from two weeks ago to the Pueblo indians story.

To end, Anne Hutchinson was a figure that changed the way in which American's view their own liberty. She decided that she was able to talk to her God by herself, without an institution to give her faith. The decision to not follow the religious laws and doctrines of John Winthrop's theocracy, helped create a conflict and then her trial. Anne had to argue for her own conscience and beliefs to her community. She began a debate on religious tolerance and free speech. This fervor was to later shape the way in which Americans practiced their religious convictions and convictions towards government.

Puritans PDF & questions

Timeline

Transcripts

Watch

More Research Links:
lbjws.blogspot.com/2015/11/american-biography-1637-massachusetts.html
http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/anne-hutchinson.html
http://www.history.com/topics/anne-hutchinson
http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/john-winthrop.html

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Why did we have monday off?

9/3/2018

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Above activist artist Ricardo Levins-Morales wrote the following about this poster, “The social gains of humanity did not invent themselves and will not defend themselves. Only organized people can do that.” Through out modern civilization workers have been the backbone of almost all of our changes. The way in which we have treated humans and their labor has had many transitions for 10,000 years of civilization. WE are still trying to end modern slavery. Further that freedom and justice for all is for all, and we are not there yet.

Even in the Medieval Era serfs burned the Lords records to end the struggle of oppression. Even the era you studied in 7th grade was very oppressive to the lower classes. [see more http://www.historytoday.com/sean-mcglynn/violence-and-law-medieval-england.] Further in the 20th Century workers changed the way in which students/children were used as a resource to the system of industrialization. As societies grew more workers asked the questions like making devices that kill humanity. Jacques Jares believed that workers of the world should unite for global peace. If we refused to make and produce items weapons of mass destruction and oppression that destroy the world, then, those in power will not be able to use such things of the natural world. Jares was ultimately assassinated in trying to stop the "war to end all wars." Again we are all in this experiment of Democracy together. To be able to identify and fix the problems we face for our future, we all need to follow the social contract, and see positive solutions for the problems. Then to act to leave the earth better than when we were asked to be stewards of it during our lifetime.

Further the freedom of thought is one of the most important ideas we have tried to foster in the United States of America. In 1943 it was ruled by the United States Supreme Court that the pledge of allegiance was unconstitutional and that we are not able to forces school students to salute the flag, if they deem it to be against their own conscience. We will study this basic premise when we see Anne Hutchinson take on the Puritans. She will contest the ideas that her own thoughts about her god are her own, and no institution can tell her different. Her philosophy is still with us today. Further this idea she had will become the basis of the American Revolution's fervor and the eventually ending of slavery. In God in America, the professional theologians explain that the religious conscience becomes the full force to end tyranny and rid the American Colonies of a King, ruling over the people. So again the people are the sovereigns and make the strength of our federal constitution and American workplace. Long live the American worker who fights for the struggle to make all our lives better.

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First Interactive Personal NOtebooks

9/1/2018

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I have begun to read first the notebooks of 2018-19. Please be mindful. Usually only 15 mins is needed the minimum for a successful notebook. Homework is to check what was not finished in class or to remember the content to understand the course better. Students who use time well have less homework because ample time is given. Again the graph will be explained in class again this week. Retention is very important so is time spent with family.

On Back-to-School night students in our United States History class, were told to tell their parents a few things. Also one really important thing. They were told to sleep a minimum of 8 hours. Students should have mentioned the agenda check with parents and receive handwritten initials for the last 4 weeks. The new social contract should be followed everywhere. Students are to keep improving and growing the teenage mind [pre-frontal cortex]. They were told to show and discuss the interactive notebooks and explain input and outputs.

There is never a time when they do not have homework for Mr. Culbertson’s class. Only a few students ever get so far ahead of the class so their interactive notebook and is ready to turn it in early. Many elements of a great notebook are unlikely completed early. It does not have to be called homework, or that we always have homework. It can be said, we always have something new to learn and study to remember! Each class day is best if they have time to help you. Try to keep using study buddies and pair-share partners. Remember the output shows what you are thinking. It shows what important ideas you have processed. This is to let the reader know what important key learnings are so very important to your own studies.

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Philosophie: Salon Center

Everyone of us is living history. We all have a story to tell and the ancestors that came before us that carved a way for us to become a new member of civilization. We also are learning that we are all related genetically and culturally in the family of humanity. All people’s past becomes part of all of us, and will always be completely intertwined with the entire world community.

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From time to time we will have some ideas from words that give us wisdom about our world. Writers are some of the most insightful people that understand our modern and ancient world quite well. Feel free to read, think, comment on these ideas. It seems that some of the students would like to debate issues of government, economics, and history. This can be a forum for this idea. Also if you would like to do formal debates in class we need to prepare debate rule and procedures. This can be a start and then we can decide if we will proceed to bring the debates in class on topics we study. Please follow our classroom rules if you decided to write on the blog. Make sure that you ask questions, and be helpful, and mature in all your interactions. This can be a helpful way for you to share what you have learned and what you want to learn, or just share ideas. Also just submit an idea through an email, or web contact, and we can maybe add the idea. Send a picture with the suggestion for the classes. Thank you.

Class Forum

Students can also decide to add a topic that can be approved and monitored by Mr.C. Please be responsible and follow the social contract. You can share ideas and questions on your now topics about our class. Friends can help each other study with their devices. Please only students, but fell free to share the forum communications with your family. This can be a source for all students.

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What are interactions? OR outputs?

We always have Homework?

College Week & Academic outreach

Interactive notebook ambassadors

Our three weeks at SVJHS!

Great Job Matador team!

Early American Colonies wayback

Why did we have monday off?

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Philosophie: Salon Center

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