Perils of K-Pop: Potential Media Topic/Discussion; upcoming Math topics, Geographic Thinking & challenging stereotypes from the African continent

Media/Pop Culture:

The punishing pressures behind K-pop perfection http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/kpop-hard-life-1.4545627 Shared via the CBC News Android App

Before we get into a deeper conversation about the issues in this article, let us think about how K-Pop, and Pop Music in general, is a form of Media.  All of the concepts can be attached to elements that we see in K-Pop.

Members of EXO going through their routines.

In the article, there was a mention of the emphasis on particular standards of "beauty" in Korea.  I just heard about this story today and thought it would add something to the discussion.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/korean-men-makeup-cosmetics-mainstream-1.4552761

This story is a companion piece to the artricle I posted at the top of the page.

Mathematics:  Measurement

https://www.slideshare.net/lothomas/circumference-of-a-circle-45951899

adapted from http://www.mathsisfun.com/area.html

Reading:  Diorama

In addition to returning to completing Reading Responses, I am going to assign this.  It is a fun, creative way to explore an element of a book you are reading.

http://www.crumbbums.com/?p=6877

Google images of Dioramas:  https://www.google.ca/search?q=diorama+images&safe=strict&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiy2LX3jsLZAhUGSK0KHVB_AkoQsAQIKA&biw=1536&bih=720

Geography:

This chart (updated from the prototype developed with 7/8A) will be explained with two supporting issues before a short, online assignment is given.

The information on this chart is derived from the Nelson Geography Grade 8 text, the Geography curriculum from the Ontario Ministry of Education, and The Critical Thinking Consortium's book, Teaching Geographical Thinking.  We will use this chart to explore the Toronto Blackout of 2003 and the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014 before the online assignment on the flooding in Brantford is posted.

Looking at a Case Study on the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Liberia & deconstructing stereotypes of the "single story" of Africa (...which is a continent, in case you forgot)

This short video, produced in collaboration with Unicef and the Red Cross (among others) will help explain the Case Study used in the Grade 8 Geography textbook on the 2014 Ebola outbreak.