Objectives: -- Describe the development and use of the Atomic Bomb Activities: -- View video from The Story of Us on the dropping of the Atomic Bomb -- View notebook on the development of the bomb -- Take notes on the basic facts of the dropping of the bomb -- View video clip from "Hiroshima: Why The Bomb was Dropped" -- View images from The Unforgettable Fire (primary source art from survivors) -- Read list of options regarding the dropping of the Atomic Bomb -- View poster of King Kong and Godzilla -- Work on Atomic Bomb page in WWII booklet -- Turn in WWII booklet Independent Learning: -- Weekly Weekend Work Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class:
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Objectives: -- Describe what happened in the Holocaust -- Describe ways to resist genocide Activities: -- Discuss the difference between concentration camps and extermination/death camps -- Highlight extermination camps on handout and note other particularly egregious camps -- Receive and read Junior Scholastic magazine on the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII, specifically, the article on the Holocaust -- Discuss the concept of genocide, citing examples in modern history (Armenia, the Holocaust, Muslims in Serbia, Hutus & Tutsi's in Rwanda, Daesh's attacks against Yazidis (Kurds), Shi'ites,and Christians -- Read in the packet received yesterday about the Danish resistance and protection of Jews (and their property) during the Holocaust -- Receive handout on ways to prevent or stop genocide -- Work on Holocaust page in WWII booklet Independent Learning: -- WWII booklet due tomorrow Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class: -- Genocide = genos (race) + cide (murder); word created in 1948; once concept is created, laws against it can be made
Objectives: -- Explain the value of studying about the Holocaust Activities: -- Discuss worksheets that some students have not yet turned in -- Discuss what students already know about the Holocaust and what they have read about the Holocaust -- View video about learning about the Holocaust -- View CFSD Standards and Benchmarks showing requirement to learn about the Holocaust -- Receive packet on the Holocaust -- Receive handout on the location of Nazi concentration and extermination camps in Europe; highlight extermination camps Independent Learning: -- WWII booklet due Friday Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class:
Objectives: -- Describe the importance of various major battles of WWII Activities: -- Discuss with partner: -- What characterizes a battle worth knowing about? -- What do you get out of knowing about a particular battle? -- Copy notes for various "famous" battles -- Watch short video clip about D-Day (Battle of Normandy) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1098152/D-Day-happened-footage-troops-landing-Normandy.html -- Read in War, Peace, and All That Jazz, p, 157-161 about D-Day Independent Learning: -- Design and execute "Battles" page in WWII booklet -- WWII booklet to be turned in on Friday Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class: -- Campaign: Big picture, long-range goal {"Push Germany out of France] -- Battle: Usually day/weeks/months-long fight with the enemy -- Skirmish: individual engagements on a given day
Objectives: -- Describe the roles of minority groups in WWII Activities: -- Distribute additional copies of the Navajo Code Talkers Fact Sheet and Sample Code worksheet to those who did not get them on Friday -- View Navajo Code Talkers Dictionary (https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/n/navajo-code-talker-dictionary.html) -- Discuss the contributions of minority groups -- Play historic video of Tuskegee Airmen -- Play Red Tails movie trailer about the Tuskegee Airmen -- Distribute Tuskegee Airman Fact Sheet; go over -- Work on Navajo Code Talkers and Tuskegee Airman page(s) in booklet. [Pages can be combined or made separately. They can be labeled "Navajo Code Talkers" and "Tuskegee Airmen" or "Contributions of Minority Groups"] Independent Learning: -- World War II booklets will be collected Friday. Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class:
Objectives: -- Describe the cause and effect of Japanese internment -- Explain the work and importance of the Navajo Code Talkers Activities: -- Receive lyrics and view music video on Japanese Internment -- Complete worksheet on Pearl Harbor and Japanese Internment -- Design and produce page on Japanese Internment in WWII booklet (use notes, yesterday's handouts, images, yesterday's video, lyrics from music video, worksheet, etc.) -- Receive notesheet and worksheet on the Navajo Code Talkers; try to decipher code Independent Learning: -- If you did not finish your "Japanese Internment" page, you'll have to complete it on your own -- Weekly Weekend Work -- Check StudentVUE -- Do any missing work -- Clean-out./Organize backpack -- Restock supplies (if you don't have what you need at home, come to the front office or my room first thing Monday morning) Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class:
Objectives: -- Describe the cause and effect of Japanese internment Activities: -- Review emotions Americans were feeling after attack on Pearl Harbor -- Take notes on Japanese internment -- View images -- Receive handouts of maps of prison camps and current events articles -- View article about Japanese internment camp on Mt. Lemmon -- Read newspaper editorial -- View video containing primary source footage and interview Independent Learning: -- None, but if you did not finish your "Causes" of WWII and "Pearl Harbor" pages, you'll have to complete them on your own Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class:
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-- Describe the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor in relation to Japanese- Americans Activities: -- Finish creating pages for "Causes" of WWII and "Pearl Harbor" -- Discuss American reactions to Japanese attack -- Read in textbook p. 818-819, "Ordeal for Japanese Americans" on Japanese Internment Independent Learning: -- None, but if you did not finish your "Causes" of WWII and "Pearl Harbor" pages, you'll have to complete them on your own Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class: -- None Objectives: -- Describe the events and aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor Activities: -- Finish watching video segment on Pearl Harbor from The Story of Us. -- Take notes on the attack on Pearl Harbor -- View map of where the battleships were located -- View images of the Pearl Harbor memorial in Hawai'i -- Plan and create pages for "Causes" of WWII and "Pearl Harbor" Independent Learning: -- None Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class:
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-- Describe different political and economic systems Activities: -- Review causes of the war -- Go over handouts received Friday on political and economic systems, notate -- Begin to view The Story of US section on Pearl Harbor Independent Learning: -- None Notes/Handouts/Material covered in class: -- Handouts from Friday |
AuthorCarol Schaedler has been with CFSD for 30 years. She loves teaching the kids in the middle. Archives
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