Government with Ms. Daniel: March 2020

We can all be historians during this time away from school by journaling our observations and
keeping a record of what's happening through our eyes.

Daily Assignment:

Last week I sent you home with your journal. If you were absent on Friday, use lined paper or your phone notepad.
Your job is to chronicle the changes you observe as your community, the country, and the world respond to COVID-19.
Each day, take note of what you are seeing and hearing on the news, among your friends, within your family, and in your community.
Feel free to use video, written language, poetry, sketches, etc. as you document your experience during this global pandemic.
The questions below are to guide your thinking. You do not need to respond to all of them. And, you are encouraged to ask your own questions.
When we return to school, you will be asked to turn in your journal of daily observations for extra credit.

Guiding Questions:

What is open in your neighborhood? What is closed?
What does your neighborhood look like? Are people walking around?
How is today different from yesterday for you, your family, our nation, the world?
Do you see any examples of racism, privilege, and income inequality in any of the events that happened today? (Locally, at the state level, nationally, or the world?)
Did you see anything today that gave you hope? Anxiety? Fear? (In person, in the news, or on social media?)
What does your family need today that you might not have, have enough of, or have no access to acquire?
What do you and your family have that others may need?

Your unique daily observations will serve as primary sources to the people in the future.

We can create a book of our journals so that others can see the world through our eyes.

Be authentic. Be honest. Be reflective.

As always, email me if you have any questions: cdaniel@sandi.net

Source:

Bryan Shaw, Mt. Diablo Unified School District

Government with Ms. Daniel