World Changers
Naperville Student’s Stress Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhG-VoRtkKY
Release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVWRvVH5gB
Greta Thunberg’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/greta_thunberg_the_disarming_case_to_act_right_now_on_climate_change
Greta Thunberg - Person of the Year 2019: https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2019-greta-thunberg/
Passion of Successful People
Malala Yousafzai (short biography): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLOgpZ3u6dI
Malala on Ellen (after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Pz9V6LzcU
For those interested in her complete story:
I am Malala (audio book): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZSVmKdJ5Rk
Passion of Successful People
*10 Kids that changed the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2CCPuOXJes
Seesaw.meAssignment: Choose one of stories (past or present) to share. Why did you choose to highlight this person?
Jack Andraka | Louis Braille | Iqbal Masih | Anne Frank | Elif Bilgin |
Blaise Pascal | Malala Yousafzai | Claudette Clovin | Anne Makosinski | Boyan Slat |
Passion of Successful People
Scullen Middle School Student begins changing the world with an app she designed for a science fair: http://www.trishaprabhu.com/about
Trisha Prabhu on Shark Tank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQFTCE3RV1Y
Week #9 Grade Check: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NjRnKVZLTkcjIJN4rzyO1ZzW7tMURj05HbZ83ZITNM0/edit?usp=sharing
Passion of Successful People
15 Ways Teens Are Changing the World: https://www.weareteachers.com/15-ways-students-changing-world/
*3 Teen Activists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s0zgymqdXo
Jewish Teen Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1-26mRlCsU
How do these teens inspire you? Choose one person’s accomplishment and tell us why he or she inspires you.
Passion of Successful People
5 Youths Making a Difference: https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/13/us/cnn-heroes-2017-young-wonders/index.html
Cambell Remess | Christina Li | Sidney Keys III | Haile Thomas | Ryan Hickman |
Happiness studies
Can what we value can predict our happiness?
https://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-mind/mind-body/article/what-science-happiness
How important are circumstances in relation to our happiness?
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Happiness/Happiness_research
What does gratitude have to do with happiness?
Happiness studies
Jason Reynolds: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2019/05/28/dear-dreamer/
Happiness Studies Documentary
Happiness Studies
Sophie Pecora, “7th Grade”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svVmnR4AxgI
Kodi Lee’s, Golden Buzzer Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDPdRYF7hTQ
Happiness Studies Documentary
Happiness Studies
Kigoma, Tanzania and Naperville, Illinois Happy Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhZBeJjs2kY
Seesaw Assignment of your choice: What makes you happy? Demonstrate your happiness with a video, artwork, journal, poem, etc…..
Week #10 Final Grade Check: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11l8BDVQ4uuFgD71S00KVqxYPSUBVqf2jQR6yYLccdDI/edit?usp=sharing
Have a great weekend!
Synthesize and Wrap-up
All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MnS2JzY_YG9XTTrNBLqxivjj-6qUvVRt
Google Form Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYKS0hrbdGuBqBsAKJ--q5CMfXT4tNlkBLzaw-fl5UotEBuw/viewform?usp=sf_link