Starter 20 Watch both videos very closely. 1. Tell me a story about the time that somebody told you that something was impossible. 2. Who is the most "unreasonable" person you know? They could be living or a historical figure. Why are they "unreasonable" to you? 3. How could we raise $6,000 to bring Suli to AHS?! He wants to come here! Documentary: Bonsai People See yesterday's DP for the movie link. We finished watching and taking copious notes on the documentary for the rest of class. Homework 1) Be safe 2) Watch out for me doing backflips at Purg 3) We're going to watch this in the future...it's a little dense. Watch it if you want to get ahead!
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Starter 19 Annotate the TED talk. 1. What was interesting to you about this talk? 2. What is your interpretation of the George Bernard Shaw quote? Case Study Handout (Version 1.2)
Click on the link above to access our generic case study handout. Read each section carefully and ask me any questions you have about how it works. The Bonsai People Link to the film on Vimeo! Today's Goals:
1) Work on SLC Prep and run a brief rehearsal of your SLC. 2) Revisit the concept of social entrepreneurship/entrepreneurs. SLC Prep Continued... -Humanities Notecard Check -Professional Dress for tonight, please! -Gather Evidence -Clean Out File Folder Starter 18 1) What is social entrepreneurship? 2) What is the definition of a social entrepreneur? 3) Why is it important to have "a simple and inclusive" definition of "social entrepreneur?" Homework: Today's Goals
Each student will: 1) Go over the SLC Rubric and make a checklist for SLC prep. 2) Start and finish your two SLC notecards for Humanities. (Rough Draft on paper, then Final Drafts on notecards.) SLC Rubric and Checklist Find the rubric here. We'll talk through it point by point. SLC Brainstorm: As a whole class, brainstorm academic skills and non-academic behaviors that we have been working on this year in Humanities. I will keep the list up on my board for reference tomorrow. Humanities Strength
See the document linked above for how to format your notecards. Homework: SLCs are still scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, night. 1) Take a picture of what you are wearing or bring in your professional dress! Grade check on this. 2) Finish your Notecards for Humanities before the start of class tomorrow. I will be checking on accuracy and completion. Follow the handout above and you'll be fine! SUPER 7 SNOW DAAAAAY I went skiing today with some true powder skis on a true powder day. The Rossignol Super 7s. Something like 20 inches of fresh powder. Man, I gave Texans a good name at Purg today...as much as one man can. So many good memories made...minus the close call with a head injury. Did you know that when a ski hits your head that it hurts really badly? Yes, it's true. TJ Rifkin's helmet probably saved me from my first proper concussion/head splitting open incident. I'll have to tell you about that later when I'm not seeing stars. Anyway, I hope you all/yaaall got a chance to welcome back Winter and do something fun today--hang out, read that book on your shelf , play some games, and whatever else it is you gosh darn kids do for fun these days...it was all marbles and BB guns in my day. Cheers, cool kids. See you when the snow says so! And remember... Homework:
1) Play inside 2) Play outside 3) Eat some vegetables and give your parents a hug--tell 'em that you love 'em. Today's Questions 1) What is the difference between entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs? 2) What defines excellent social entrepreneur(ship)? Review Yesterday's Questions 1) What is our working definition of social entrepreneurship? 2) What did you pull away from the videos that you took notes on yesterday/last night? ---> What is a working definition? It's a definition being developed; a tentative definition that can be tailored to create an authoritative definition. Skoll Videos: Testing Our Definition of "Social Entrepreneur" Watch the videos and answer these questions on paper if you were absent. 1) What's the problem? 2) What's the opportunity? 3) What's the game changing idea? 4) Does the person/organization meet our working definition of social entrepreneur? Stanford Social Innovation Review Article "Social Entrepreneurship: The Case For Definition" 2007 I summarized this academic, peer-reviewed article that offers a very thorough approach to defining "social entrepreneurship" If you are up for a challenge and you are in a heady mood, then feel free to read it! There's some amazing work in the article, for sure. This is PhD level stuff! Check it out! Stephen's Quick and Dirty Guide to the Article
Fortunately, we weren't the only ones who thought that! ....... The Power of A Simple and Inclusive Definition If you were absent, please follow these instructions and answer the questions on your "Social Entrepreneurship Notes" 1) Click the link (the title above this) and CLOSELY read and annotate the article. -Look up the words you don't know. I mean it! -What questions do you have? What do you notice and wonder? 2) What does the author of the article state as the problem? 3) Why is this a problem? 4) Who is Muhammad Yunus? 5) Why did the authors develop a new definition of "social entrepreneurship?" What was the historical context? 6) What is the new definition provided? Define all the words you don't know! 7) List the 5-point checklist that describes an EXCELLENT social entrepreneur 8) Why is it important to have a clear, simple, welcoming definition of social entrepreneurship. Homework
If you were absent: 1) please complete today's "Skoll Video" assignment and "The Power of A Simple..." assignment by Monday. Today's Questions: 1) What is social entrepreneurship? 2) Who are social entrepreneurs? Starter 17 Watch and annotate this video. What do you notice? What do you wonder? 1. What did you think of the TED talk? What his her main point? Do you agree with her? Why/why not? 2. What do you care about changing in your life? This town? The world? What do you want to make better? What is Social Entrepreneurship? Break the word apart!
Now, let's combine social concerns with business - what would you call that kind of business? What would motivate these kinds of business owners? What would they sell? What would they try to accomplish? "What is Social Entrepreneurship?" Videos
Entrepreneurs Can Change the World (2:20) A little video that answers the question: “Why are entrepreneurs so important?" The Story of Ashoka (3:50) A playful history of the “Everyone a Changemaker” vision. Gary Hamel on Reinventing the Technology of Human Accomplishment (16:44) An action-packed, eye-opening picture of how we MUST radically rethink how we organize people and resources in the 21st century. www.managementexchange.com/video/garyhamel-reinventing-technology-human-accomplishment. Debrief 1) How well can you answer today's questions? 2) Rate yourself on a scale of 1-4; 1 being "I have no clue whatsoever," and 4 being "I could easily write a sweet TEA paragraph or teach another student this idea." Homework 1) Finish taking notes over all the videos! Remember, the goal of these notes is to answer the questions 1) What is social entrepreneurship? and 2) Who are social entrepreneurs? Be ready to show me what you've got tomorrow (ahem, ahem.) Today's Questions:
1) How do a handful of countries compare in terms of GDP Per Capita, Literacy Rates, Life Expectancy, and Population Growth? 2) What is the "cost of doing nothing" about social issues both locally and globally? 3) What do you know about so far about the things we will study in our project? During Starter Time... Please compile your country statistics into a PowerPoint with your group. You have 30 minutes. There is no criteria or checklist--this presentation needs to simply convey the statistic information in a visually compelling way. Presentations We present our findings to each other, paying attention to how all the class's countries compare against each other. Globalization Project Questionnaire Fill out this questionnaire. Be as specific as you can. Whatever you do-- do not use the internet or ask other people for the answers. This will not be graded for accuracy--so what's the point?! I'm trying to figure out what you know already about what we are going to study. Turn in to the basket when you're done. Homework: Finish the Questionnaire if you need to. Turn into the basket when you're done! Today's Question: 1) How do the GDPs, literacy rates, and life expectancy rates of countries differ from one another? 2) What is the "cost of doing nothing" about social and civic problems (be they local or global) 3) What do you know about Globalization, Social Entrepreneurship, Design, Business Plans, and Marketing? During Starter Time We are trying to answer these two questions. Take 20 minutes to 1) compile your country information and 2) create one PowerPoint presentation as a group that conveys your information in a visually interesting way (graphs, anyone?) Share Findings The class will informally share their presentations. Only one person needs to run the presentation. What is the cost of doing nothing for those who are impoverished? Check-In/Announcements -Project Development Update Mission Statement Posters Print out and hang in hallway! Use tape on all four back corners... Starter 16 (Break) Ciudad Saludable "Healthy Cities" in Peru featuring Albina Ruiz Watch the first 20 minutes of this video and fill out this handout! Country Comparison Activity
Use the following criteria for comparing the countries listed further below. 1) GDP Per Capita 2) Life Expectancy 3) Literacy Rate 4) Population Growth United States, Russia, China, India, Brazil will be assigned to groups. ALL GROUPS MUST COMPARE: Any 2 countries from Latin America Any 2 countries from Africa 1 country from Asia 1 Country from Europe In your group, research the following countries using this resource. Then, with your group create a Power Point Presentation/ Google Slide presentation that presents the information in a visually compelling way. Homework Research your countries online. |
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