The movie poster for Apollo 11, which we watched in class today.
Hi everyone,
Today was billed as "Cold War Review" on the foreign policy calendar. What better way to review part of the technological impact of the Cold War than by watching my favorite documentary (so far) of 2019: Apollo 11, which is about the moon landing 50 years ago this July 21! As such, I greeted each student at the door (as usual), with the additional question of: Are you willing to pretend it is 50 years ago for this class? Everyone answered Yes, so here's what happened in class today:
Today was billed as "Cold War Review" on the foreign policy calendar. What better way to review part of the technological impact of the Cold War than by watching my favorite documentary (so far) of 2019: Apollo 11, which is about the moon landing 50 years ago this July 21! As such, I greeted each student at the door (as usual), with the additional question of: Are you willing to pretend it is 50 years ago for this class? Everyone answered Yes, so 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 5/24/19 (or July, 1969):
News Brief - Haddie
Apollo 11
Work Time
Homework: Read the blog! Continue working on your conflict presentation! All late/missing/revised work is due next Friday! Next news brief: Jack.Work Time
News Brief: Haddie had the news brief today and selected an article about this story from July 1969 to talk about: Wired.com - July 20, 1969: One Small Step... One Giant Leap.... After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Jack was assigned to do the next news brief.
Due to wanting to watch the documentary ASAP, we skipped watching the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day:
Jack was assigned to do the next news brief.
Due to wanting to watch the documentary ASAP, we skipped watching the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day:
Apollo 11: Come on. You didn't seriously think I could end our time together without watching a powerful documentary, right? To be kind to students (especially those who missed class on Memorial Day weekend trips), I did not have any notes or worksheet as a part of this process, but we will have a short discussion about what we learned about the space race in the Cold War after the film ends. I really love this documentary (just released earlier this year!) and I hope that students do, as well.
Work Time: The rest of class (if there was time) 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 Wednesday and a work day! Thanks!
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