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1. Old Business

 * === 3-4 Year Rotating Department Chair ===

b. Horizontal CARP Goal:

 * === Collect and file syllabi and curriculum maps. ===
 * === discussion of Departmental Philosophy Statement ===

4. Upcoming Dates of Importance:
 December 6th History Department Meeting Notes  1. Textbook costs  -do we have a $ limit? 50/sem or 100/year  -what about the bookstore markup?  2. Department chair rotation  3. CARP goal  a) This is a goal that all three divisions can get behind.  4. For today- collect and file syllabi and curriculum maps   -Tuesday December 14th, meeting all day to work on the maps and syllabi   -we will have the tablets to look at   1.   college-preparatory education  progressively independent  lifetime foundation that prepares students to make good decisions  2.  we prepare students very well for the kinds of academic challenges they will face in college <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> 3. <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> best students: enthusiastic, erudite, intellectually curious <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> 4. <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> i don’t know if our students are properly prepared to write lengthy research projects. <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> Critical thinking emerges as a key goal- what is our emphasis on this? <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> -both aptitude and interest <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> - <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> Characteristics <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> inquisitive, challenging, articulate, hardworking, accountable, decisive, passionate about history <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> cultivating kids’ latent abilities - <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> what do we do well for our “middle” kids <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1; text-indent: 0pt;"> note taking <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1; text-indent: 0pt;"> work ethic <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1; text-indent: 0pt;"> intellectual risk taking ||   || <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> What should we encourage? <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> -empathy (through role playing?) <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> Are we too clinical? <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> what kind of empathy? <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> -social awareness? <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> -awareness of the other? <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.15; text-indent: 0pt;"> -empathy towards peers?
 * ===12/14: Horizontal CARP work day: Curriculum Maps and Tablet PCs===
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 * <span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1; text-indent: 0pt;"> gain essential skills