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Objective:
-Students will recognize the worldwide
scope and scale of the conflict
-Students will be able to give examples
of the view that this war could be won
-Students will diagram major battle
sites and point out their outcomes
-Students will be able to imagine the
senseless bloodshed of this war
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Objective:
-Students will be able to conceive
of the enormous killing potential of these new weapons
-Students will judge for themselves
if it is proper to call someone a hero based on the number of people
they have killed
-Students will weigh the effects of
these weapons on warfare
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Objective:
-Students will debate the various reasons
the U.S. stayed out of the war and voice their own opinions
-Students will show an understanding
of the concept of nationalism
-Students will analyze arguments for
and against war, and compare them to those of today
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Objective:
-Students will examine the voice of
the author in literature
-Students will be able to relate to
a character in an untenable situation
-Students will construct a narrative
for a character in which their voices are heard
-Students will list events from the
book and explain their significance
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Objective:
-Students will consider individual
perspectives of classmates in relating to literary character
-Students will be able to connect events
from book and movie to actual events covered in class
-Students will interpret literary characterâs
feelings and motivations in relation to their own
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Literacy:
-Students will build literacy by reading
maps and battle orders from the front and inferring what the outcome
was
-Students will build vocabulary and
comprehension skills by reading sources from the battle and home
front
-Students will build critical thinking
skills by drawing conclusions from the evidence presented
-Students will develop spatial and
causal relationship skills in solving how events are connected over
time and space
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Literacy:
-Students will develop scientific literacy
about how things work, that will cross into other content areas
-Students will view video clips of
"The Red Baron" and "The Blue Max" and critique
them for bias and historical accuracy
-Students will view clips of Zeppelins
in "The Rocketeer" and the fiery crash of the Hindenburg
and discuss how fantasy and reality differ in their depiction
-Students will build their vocabulary
-Students will develop oral communication
and critical thinking skills in arguing their positions, which will
be useful in many areas
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Literacy:
-Students will develop oral literacy
by engaging in public speaking exercise
-Students will read the Zimmermann
telegram and headlines of the sinking of the Lusitania, and rewrite
them in their own words, building writing literacy
-Students will develop foreign vocabulary
by watching video clips of "Das Boot" and health literacy
with the hypothermia scene from "Titanic"
-Students will build listening skills
by hearing and responding to arguments
-Students will build critical thinking
skills in defending their arguments
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Literacy:
-Students will read excerpts from "All
Quiet on the Western Front" and develop literacy in comprehension,
vocabulary, identifying plot and theme points, and following a narrative
structure
-Students will watch first half of
1930s movie made from book and write a one-page version of what
their second half would look like, for homework. This will allow
them to infer the outcome, develop the character, and write a narrative,
while using new vocabulary and utilizing the weekâs lessons. Most
importantly, this exercise will develop reading and writing skills
that will be needed all throughout school.
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Literacy:
-Students will continue reading, paraphrasing,
and summarizing excerpts form the book
-Students will be asked to read excerpts
of their own work to the class
-Students will write their answers
to critical questions about the book
-For homework, the students will write
a one-page movie or book review, recommending or not recommending
it to a friend, describing the plot, and the characters in it
-Students will build literacy in reading,
writing, reviewing, speaking, and analyzing literature and film
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