Wednesday - Thursday (December 2, 3)

Wednesday (Exploring Life After High School)


  • Spend 15 minutes individually exploring the following topics. You may want headphones since many of these are videos or you can watch the videos as a class or in small groups.
  • As you read or watch the videos:
    • what kinds of ah-ha moments occurred for you?
    • what kinds of questions surfaced for you?
    • did you learn anything you didn't already know?
    • did you gain any new perspectives?
  • The last 15 minutes of class have a class discussion about what you read and or watched.  Talk about answers to the questions above.  
    • Have you read or seen anything lately related to life after graduation? If so share it with your advisory teacher so it can later be added to the list of topics below.

Thursday (Grade Checks & Senior Work Day)

  • Grade Checks!
    • conference with advisory teacher about your semester grades

  • The senior class is starting a new tradition at graduation, the goal is to honor teachers that have impacted their class during their time at LPS. This year at graduation there will be teachers honored from each building that fed to Liberty High School. The teacher nominations are chose by the senior class! There is a google survey to be filled out by senior advisories to compose this list of teachers. If you want to see your favorite teacher honored, make sure to vote!
    This  project is being organized by administration and a group of juniors in the Practical Leadership class. They survey should only take about 5 minutes and need to be completed prior to Christmas break. 
  • Senior Yearbook Survey CLICK HERE
  • Senior items to work on while advisory teacher conferences with individual students:
    • college applications
    • letter of recommendation
    • essay questions for college
    • study for finals
      • organize notes
      • make a study plan
        • what teachers do you need to see during Liberty Hour?
        • how are you going to study?
        • when are you going to study?
        • what class(es) need the most attention/focus?
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Wednesday, November 18



Lesson: 

Read the message about LHS SPARC and have students sign pledge forms as the following 1st video/song plays on the projector and speakers.

SPARC: Student Prevention & Resistance Coalition. The LHS SPARC Club encourages all LHS students to sign an ELECTRONIC pledge not to drink during the school year.  Students simply need to check their student email to sign the pledge.

Paris Attacks: Choose any or all of the following to share and discuss with students.  It may be too much to discuss in one Advisory.  So as long as you support the following learning objectives, you may go any direction you choose with your advisory.

The learning objectives are:

  1. to inform/discuss with students facts surrounding the Paris attack and other attacks that have received less attention, 
  2. to help break stereotypes of Muslims and Muslim countries and 
  3. to encourage LHS students to think of ways we can unite in solidarity.

A Look at Paris

  1. Show the following 10 m CNN Student News video that details the recent terrorists attacks in Paris, France. Does your advisory already know the details? You can skip this video if they choose and simply share aloud what they know.

A Look at Misunderstandings in Social Media

  1. Social Media & Misunderstanding: CLICK HERE to read with students about how social media caused confusions surrounding the event. (Teachers can simply talk with students about the information from the links below or allow time for students to access the links by sharing the advisory website with them)
    1. Did you know about the attack on the Kenya University in April 2015? #147notjustanumber
    2. Did you know about the suicide bombing in Beirut? CLICK HERE 

A Look at Understanding Muslims #notinmyname

  1. Muslims speak out against terrorism.  The following short video is to help break stereotypes about Muslims.  It is very important to remember that we all go to school and work with students and colleagues of the Muslim faith.  Terrorism has no religion.

A Look at Solidarity

  1. What is solidarity? Here is a look at how the world is uniting in solidarity. 
    1. How might LHS unite in solidarity? 
    2. Do you have ideas that can show our support or spread words of kindness to those suffering from the atrocities of war?

Attitude of Gratitude!
Third Wednesday the 11th, we will recognize the support staff (Cafeteria, janitors, librarians, nurses)
Fourth Wednesday the 18th, we will recognize all of the teachers

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Wednesday - November 11, 2015

Today's Lesson: Student Paths Program
  • Introduce Students to Student Paths by accessing the Student Paths Tab at the top of the page
  • Project the embedded presentation to help explain the Student Paths program
  • Then have students follow the log in directions on the Student Paths tab.  After successfully logging in, students will complete the Fall Survey!
Attitude of Gratitude!
Third Wednesday the 11th, we will recognize the support staff (Cafeteria, janitors, librarians, nurses)
Fourth Wednesday the 18th, we will recognize all of the teachers
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Wednesday, November 4

Attitude of Gratitude: recognize the counseling department


TedEd Lesson: - Sherry Turkle - Connected, But Alone


Option A: Show the video Connected, But Alone found in the "TedEd Lesson" link below and then class discuss using your own questions
OR
Option B: Show the video Connected, But Alone and use the TedEd Lesson questions that are provided in the "TedEd Lesson" link below
  1. Use the following TedEd lesson created for LHS Advisory.
  2. Project the lesson and follow the menu (image below shows you a screenshot of the lesson):
    1. "Watch" the video as a class with all laptops put away (19:48 minutes)
    2. Class discuss the "Think" questions (5 minutes)
    3. Allow students to "Dig Deeper" by assigning half the class to read Link A and the other half of the class to read Link B (5 minute read then 5 minute discuss "Are we connected, but alone?")
      1. Link A: http://bit.ly/lhslinkA
      2. Link B: http://bit.ly/lhslinkB
    4. Skip "Discussion" link embedded within the lesson and...
    5. Close with class discussion "And, Finally..."

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