Friday, February 16, 2018


 Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: February 19, 2018

Week: 27

M
 
1. Finish Normandy lesson
-- Slideshow of my Normandy pictures/Pass around sand
-- German soldier story/ask questions/Pass around Bronze Star
Holocaust lesson:
2. Show list of Allied, axis powers (in my documents)
3. Notes on reasons for the Holocaust
-- objective: explain the reasons for the Holocaust
 
T
 
1. Pass around Holocaust pictures from classroom file cabinet
2. Share my Holocaust guest speaker notes
3. Watch clip of A Painful Reminder video 
Objective: empathize with those in the Holocaust
*Quiz tomorrow! 
 
W
(project check for mastery students Wed & Thur)... due March 5
1. 60 Minutes Nuremberg lawyer today:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-the-last-nuremberg-prosecutor-alive-wants-the-world-to-know/
2. Combined WWII quiz... 10 questions
3. Propaganda: Show & discuss Rosie the Riveter NBC news story:
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53117754#53117754
-- objectives: -- identify propaganda and its applications
 
Th
 
1. Finish propaganda: video clip of bombers: "Memphis Belle"
2. Bataan photo (my documents) and Hoosier Vet Clip on Bataan...
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/02/04/former-indiana-gov-edgar-d-whitcomb-dies-age-98/79836514/
3. watch 60 Minutes on a Bataan survivor...
http://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/
-- Objective: assess POW treatment by the Japanese
 
F
 
1. Movie trailer & read "The Meaning of Endurance"... Lou Zamperini
2. Show Iwo Jima clip, if time
3. Notes on Hitler's errors & pass around 2 photos of Hitler
-- Objective: assess POW treatment & identify Hitler's mistakes
 

Tuesday, February 13, 2018


Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: February 12, 2018

Week: 26

M
 
*Last 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 51, 52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJGyaSFs-Zo&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe&index=51
Finish Kahoots WWII note game
https://create.kahoot.it/#quiz/3f105562-f078-4f02-8c0c-efa6a4c98828
Objective: comprehend the US role in European WWII affairs.
 
T
 
1. Go over 1920s-30s test
2. Stanford lesson on Jesse Owens: (see questions in My Documents)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FSbJH-Qk_s
-- Jesse Owens -- My Greatest Olympic Prize article (in My Documents)
-- trailer for the movie Race:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmh3MeFArg
Objective: appreciate friendship & understand Hitler’s view on race
 
W
 
1. Early World War II weekly quiz #20
2. Read & share accounts on Pearl Harbor (see photos in My Documents)
*Enrichment activity: read & answer questions from Mein Kampf (due Thursday)
Objective: understand the causes, consequences, & sacrifices of the Pearl Harbor attack
 
Th
 
1. Internment lesson (Reading like a Historian) & propaganda clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6gSShuQCUE
2.  Read "Residents Interned during WW II" article
3.  George Takei interview (last 3 minutes)...
http://io9.gizmodo.com/george-takei-describes-his-experience-in-a-japanese-int-1533358984
Objective: empathize with Japanese-Americans during internment
 
F
 
1. Japanese-American 442nd Regiment video clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw_3KO9c_QE
2.  Finish Japanese internment lesson
3.  Show video clip (Normandy):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82RTzi5Vt7w
4. Read Normandy accounts by Lt. Burkhalter (my documents)
Objective: appreciate sacrifices of Japanese-Americans & soldiers at Normandy
 

Friday, February 2, 2018


Weekly Lesson Plan

 

Date: February 5, 2018

Week: 25

 
Description
M
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 49, 50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dIwhHQT4K4&index=49&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe
1. Last clip of Cinderella Man
*Share "James Braddock's notes" from my documents
2.  Journal #3: Why was James Braddock the sentimental favorite?
Objective: evaluate James Braddock as a representation of history.
 
T
 
1. The New Deal quiz #19
2. Show actual footage of James Braddock fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2z7kmanAM
* "Lessons in Manliness" article with questions... in class only
3. Explain YMCA & show video clip/explain AAA
4. Current events... watch "Finding Refuge" 60 Minutes/discuss
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-syrian-refugee-crisis/
Objective: compare & contrast immigration issues of the past and today.
 
W
 
1. Great Depression rap (switch with last week next year)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFu7us6bNSQ
2. 1920s & 30s test
3. "Lessons in Manliness" article with questions
Objective: effectively state the lessons from the 20s and 30s.
 
Th
 
1. Finish "Finding Refuge" video segment & discuss
Begin World War II unit
2. World War II pretest
-- Mastery students will do individual research activity (after Kahoot)
Objective: comprehend the US role in European WWII affairs.
 
F
 
1. Begin Kahoot note game on WWII
https://create.kahoot.it/#quiz/3f105562-f078-4f02-8c0c-efa6a4c98828
Objective: comprehend the US role in European WWII affairs.