Various photos from the American Cemetery in Normandy, France, which was the site of the D-Day landings in World War II. Photos taken in 2015.
Hi everyone,
This is our last week of the year with three "A" Days at Westview! Time to get to work! Here's what happened in class today:
This is our last week of the year with three "A" Days at Westview! Time to get to work! 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.
Knowledge LT 22: I can describe the influences, impacts and resolutions of historical conflicts.
Critical Thinking LT 4: I can evaluate information and explanations within a given context and develop a relevant conclusion.
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 5/20/19:
News Brief - Sean
World War II
Poster Analysis
Work Time
Homework: Read the blog! Complete and submit the United States Imperialism assignment if you did not in class. Continue working on your conflict presentation! Next news brief: Brinley.Poster Analysis
Work Time
News Brief: Sean had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - 2 million people are at 'high' risk for catastrophic tornadoes in parts of Oklahoma and Texas. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Brinley 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):
Brinley 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):
World War II: For the past two years, we have talked a lot about the impacts of World War II, as well as the causes of it, but never really what actually happened, except for our unit on the Holocaust in Global Studies. It is impossible to cover everything about World War II in one day, so this was only a brief overview (as there is also a student group presenting on it for finals):
The page for notes that students were taking is here:
I took a study abroad course in London on World War II and it was my favorite class that I have ever taken. I also have multiple family members impacted by the war, including my grandmother and my grandfather-in-law. So, this is definitely a conflict I am very interested in!
Poster Analysis: To transition from the notes, we took a look at various different World War II propaganda posters up around the room (an activity we have done a fair amount this year). Here is the link to the assignment and the color versions of the posters:
Here's one of my favorite World War II propaganda posters:
Beat "Firebomb Fritz" - wow! We debriefed this activity and then students turned in the assignment.
Work Time: The rest of class was devoted to work time on the conflict presentation - assigning roles for what to do, creating the presentation, etc. Here is the assignment for the United States conflict presentations, which is the final major project of the year (hopefully not too stressful, though):
Here is the PowerPoint that shows who is in what conflict presentation group:
Here is the calendar of what I think we will be doing for the rest of the year in American Studies, to help students plan. That calendar is linked here (and may be updated, so use the link over the paper copy you were given):
Here is the PowerPoint that shows who is in what conflict presentation group:
Here is the calendar of what I think we will be doing for the rest of the year in American Studies, to help students plan. That calendar is linked here (and may be updated, so use the link over the paper copy you were given):
Google Drive - American Studies 10 Foreign Policy Calendar 2019
See everyone next class, which will be another work day (we will also look at the rubrics for the assignment more). Thanks!
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