Boyaca+Week+Instructions


 * __ 9TH GRADE INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR WEEK OF APRIL 16 - 20 __**


 * __ DAY 1: __**

1. Paste the //Unit Plan coversheet// in your notebook, you will use it the following class.

2. With a partner, or individually, complete the **“Enlightenment, American Revolution, French Revolution: Practice Questions”** packet. You may use the textbook pages, PowerPoints, and/or outline which are all available on the //humanities9ccb.wikispaces.com// - "French Revolution" link. You should be able to get through most of it in class, and //__whatever is not finished is homework to be turned in the following class.__// Your written responses to questions 15/16 may be hand written or typed, but if they’re typed you must print them out to be turned in the following class along with the rest of the packet.


 * __ DAY 2: __**

// a. You should consider the question in different ways, for example, how would you answer this personally? // // b. To what extent is // Colombia // independent? (remember PIES, politically, ideologically, economically, and socially speaking) // // c. Is independence important to you? To a nation? What negative effects can come from a lack of independence? // // d. Is there anymore more important than independence; is there anything worth sacrificing your independence for? // *Write this as a true reflection; try to go beyond just simply answering these questions on a superficial level.
 * 1. Read the [|Unit 3 Plan Coversheet] you have pasted in your notebook. (5 minutes) **
 * 2. Write a detailed personal reflection on the Unit Question: “To what extent are we truly independent today?” (25 min) **

- The Colombian Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States was passed recently, and Obama just visited Cartagena over the past weekend for the summit of the Americas, in which many issues such as the "War on Drugs" and trade policies were discussed. Read the following two articles, which discuss the positive and negative results of free trade agreements: - [|Free Trade - Advantages] - [|Free Trade - Disadvantages] The first article explains 3 major advantages, and the second explains 4 major disadvantages. // Do you think it will benefit or hurt Colombia in the long term? How does the // FTA // relate to Colombia's sovereignty, autonomy, independence, etc? //
 * 3. CONNECTION TO CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: (30 min) **
 * a. Create a two columned chart ** in your notebook titled "Pros and Cons of FTA". On either side, put the titles of the advantages and disadvantages **in order from most important to least** (in your opinion). Below each advantage or disadvantage, **write a 1-2 sentence description** **__in your own words__.**
 * b. ** Below the chart, write a paragraph reflection on how the issue of the FTA with the U.S. can affect Colombia's independence.


 * __ DAY 3: __**

- Watch the documentary "Egalite for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution" (54 min) and take notes of important/interesting points in your notebook (dont forget to write the date and a title). It can be played on my computer (via Youtube) which automatically will play through the TV, just turn it on. Help out the teacher with this if they're having any issues. link - [|"Egalite for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution"]