A photo of me standing on both sides of the Berlin Wall, taken in 2013. We are now transitioning to a new unit about the Cold War and your Historical Investigation!
Hi everyone,
I hope that you enjoyed today's class, as we are bridging from the DBQ to our next big unit by having a little fun along the way. Here's what happened in class today:
I hope that you enjoyed today's class, as we are bridging from the DBQ to our next big unit by having a little fun along the way. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 8: I can identify how technological knowledge and innovation shapes a society, place, or region.
Critical Thinking LT 5: I can justify and support arguments or interpretation with appropriate evidence.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Research LT 1: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
AGENDA 3/19/19:
Wildcat News Brief - Vicky
Submit DBQ
Jeopardy
Mass Hysteria
Cold War and McCarthyism
Homework: Read the blog! Finish and submit your DBQ ASAP if you did not in class (the final day I will accept anything related to the DBQ is today). Next news brief: Bianca.
News Brief: Vicky had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: WTXL.com - Florida woman tracks down 52 donor siblings, hopes US sets regulations on births per sperm donor. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Bianca was assigned to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Bianca was assigned to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
We also watched Westview Wildcat News in class, which is available to watch again here if you are interested:
Submit DBQ: Before we moved on in class, I wanted to point out again that the Roaring 20s/Great Depression DBQ final deadline is today. If you have not submitted it yet, you need to turn in the paper copy by the end of the day to the class basket, or submit it electronically via Google Classroom by midnight tonight.
Jeopardy: For the first time this year, we played Jeopardy in class to review concepts from the last unit and have some fun! Here's the slideshow we went through together to play:
Hopefully everyone enjoyed participating in this! It was definitely time to have some fun in class!
Mass Hysteria: Next, we continuing bridging from the last unit to the next by watching this quick clip of the "War of the Worlds" broadcast in 1938, which prompted panic among many who listened:
To learn a bit more about why people reacted the way they did, we read this article as a class:
The whole point of this introduction to the idea of mass hysteria is that students will get to choose a time of mass hysteria in the United Staes to investigate for their research project!
Cold War and McCarthyism: Finally, at the end of class, I began to go through some information about what happened in the United States after World War II (don't worry, we will definitely talk more in depth about World War II as a part of our year end foreign policy unit), which was a fear of Communism and the Cold War:
Because I wanted to be kind and give most of the notes already as a handout in class, here they are:
This is where we wrapped up for the day. Next class, I will introduce the major research assignment of the semester! Thanks, everyone!
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