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Reflective Journal Guidelines

Reflective Journal Guidelines. Journal participation and completion will be worth 25 percent of your grade. We will usually work in the journal 2 – 3 times a week. What is the purpose of the journal ?

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Reflective Journal Guidelines

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  1. Reflective Journal Guidelines • Journal participation and completion will be worth 25 percent of your grade. We will usually work in the journal 2 – 3 times a week. What is the purpose of the journal? • To develop an understanding of how the same event or issue might be perceived in varying ways based on the attributes of the observer • To open your mind to these varying perspectives of your classmates and where those perspectives came from • To develop your own beliefs and investigate what you base those beliefs on • To develop your logic and ability to incorporate what you know or what you are learning into your beliefs and perspective • To connect historical events to one another and relate these events back to you today

  2. On Mondays a partner will check for completion of these criteria for each day’s journal of the previous week • If a partner gives credit for something that is not there they will get a zero on their journal for the week • As the partners check for the completion of the journal they will read the entries of their peer and write down one thing they agree or disagree with as well as one question. These will be taken into a discussion in each group • One longer journal entry with an overarching theme will also be assigned to the students on Monday. • One journal entry will be selected at random for review by Mr. Shafer each week and graded according to the Reflective Journal rubric.

  3. Reflective journal guidelines/rubric(what each entry needs to have): • Theme or question identified (write down the prompt) • Proper format, minimum requirements met (date written, sentence requirements met) • Some context given (explain what piece of history the journal entry relates to) • Your perspective identified (what do you think) • Use of evidence to support your point of view (I believe this because...) Remember: The answer is far less important than how you get there. Do not align your reflection with the point of view that you think your classmates or I will have in common just because you figure that is what we want to see. We are all different and there are different ways of seeing the same event. I want to see your unique thought process and genuine ideas. The journaling activity should help you articulate these ideas in writing and supporting them with historical evidence and in a historical context. Ideas for a successful journal: • First introduce the topic, then provide evidence, next explain the evidence and wrap it up in a conclusion sentence or short statement.

  4. Grading on Mondays • For each entry score your partner on the scale of 0 to 5

  5. Period One Reflective Journal Groups • Curtis, Patrick, Casey, Leigh • Tryston, Sarah, Aaron, Alexa K. • Katie, Janet, Jewels, Roger • Blade, Emma, Adriana, Dean • Connor, Chris, Cora, Livy • Alexa H., Sam, Warren, Grace • Isabelle, Oscar, Avery, Johnny • Cole, Vincent, Daniela, Brent • Kasandra, Bennent, Jessica, John, Myrka

  6. Period Three Reflective Journal Groups • Jon, Devon, Michael, Emma C. • Ryan, Max, Alexi, Helaina • Bekah, Kristen, Kanan, Collin • Cole, Natalie, Anthony, Josh • Nate, Nabil, Garrett, June • Beau, Omar, Kevin, Joan • Cameron, Jake, Julia, Mark • Shane, Samantha, Trenton, Cortez • Emma D., Zeon, Francisco, Sophia, Christian

  7. Journal Entries • The journal entry for Tuesday 4/15 was an 8 sentence response and the prompt was: • Why do you thing people accepted and even encouraged totalitarian rule following the devastation of WWII? • The entry for Thursday 4/17 was an 8 sentence response and the prompt was: • Remember the platform of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). If you could rewrite that platform and your goal was to create a powerful totalitarian state, what features would you keep and what features would you abolish?

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