Journal Entry #3
December 7, 1941
Japan has now attacked Pearl Harbor. You are in college and you know that America might be going to war. Describe what happened (Pearl Harbor) and how it will affect your own life. What are you thinking? What are you feeling?
Journal Entry #4
December 14, 1941
Roosevelt has decided to send Japanese people to internment camps. Do you agree or disagree with this? Why or why not?
October 29
Today's Journal Entries:
Journal Entry #2
1939
You just graduated high school. Japan has invaded China (in 1937) and now Germany invaded Poland. Describe the events that led up to World War II. Include a description of the events and how it might affect you. Are you worried about going to war? Are you scared? Do you think America will get involved?
Yesterday's Journal Entry:
1936
Journal Entry #1
What is happening that might make you think the whole world will be at war?
Journal Entry #2
1939
You just graduated high school. Japan has invaded China (in 1937) and now Germany invaded Poland. Describe the events that led up to World War II. Include a description of the events and how it might affect you. Are you worried about going to war? Are you scared? Do you think America will get involved?
Yesterday's Journal Entry:
1936
Journal Entry #1
What is happening that might make you think the whole world will be at war?
October 10
October 8
Bell Work
1. Should the death penalty be allowed?
2. What weapons should people be permitted to own?
3. Which right is the most important?
In Groups, read the following and comment on them:
Death Penalty: Electric Chair Death Penalty: Gas Chamber Death Penalty: Hanging Death Penalty: Lethal Injection
1. Should the death penalty be allowed?
2. What weapons should people be permitted to own?
3. Which right is the most important?
In Groups, read the following and comment on them:
October 6 - Free Speech
Bell Work
Option 1: Paragraph - When is it against the law to speak? Think of specific examples.
Option 2: Paragraph - Why is free speech important?
Option 3: Paragraph - Why do schools limit students' freedom of expression? Is this a good or a bad thing?
Post your comments as a group
Case #1
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Case #6
Option 1: Paragraph - When is it against the law to speak? Think of specific examples.
Option 2: Paragraph - Why is free speech important?
Option 3: Paragraph - Why do schools limit students' freedom of expression? Is this a good or a bad thing?
Post your comments as a group
Case #1
Case #2
Case #3
Case #4
Case #5
Case #6
Campaign Propaganda
Bell Work
Search the internet (try images.google.com) for propaganda of John McCain or Barack Obama. Copy the picture to your blog and then write a paragraph describing the propaganda and who it is for or against. Include, whether you think it is persuasive in convincing voters.
Groupwork
After each video, discuss which propaganda techniques are being used and whether or not you think it is effective.
Search the internet (try images.google.com) for propaganda of John McCain or Barack Obama. Copy the picture to your blog and then write a paragraph describing the propaganda and who it is for or against. Include, whether you think it is persuasive in convincing voters.
Groupwork
After each video, discuss which propaganda techniques are being used and whether or not you think it is effective.
October 1
Bell Work
Option 1: Make a list of characteristics that a good president should have. Then write a paragraph describing whether you think Obama or McCain has the characteristics of a good president.
Option 2: Paragraph: What matters more, what a candidate accomplishes or who the candidate is as a person?
Option 3: Based upon the issues we covered yesterday, which candidate would you support? Why?
Partner Work
Advanced
Part One
Read the biographies of either John McCain or Barack Obama and make a Google Presentation with the following information about either McCain or Obama's stories:
Read the biographies of either John McCain or Barack Obama and create a new post in your blog with the following information about either McCain or Obama's stories:
Option 1: Make a list of characteristics that a good president should have. Then write a paragraph describing whether you think Obama or McCain has the characteristics of a good president.
Option 2: Paragraph: What matters more, what a candidate accomplishes or who the candidate is as a person?
Option 3: Based upon the issues we covered yesterday, which candidate would you support? Why?
Partner Work
Advanced
Part One
Read the biographies of either John McCain or Barack Obama and make a Google Presentation with the following information about either McCain or Obama's stories:
- Plot - what has happened in his life
- Setting - where and when key events have taken place
- Characters - key people in the story of McCain or Obama - if possible, find a hero (also called protaganist) or villain (also called antagonist)
- Theme(s) - main idea (or moral) of the candidate's biography
- Point of view - is it a narrarator, first-person, second person, third person, omniscient
Part Two: Embed your presentation inside your blog and then write a paragraph describing why this candidate's story could help him or hurt him in the election. In other words, will people connect with the story?
Beginners:Read the biographies of either John McCain or Barack Obama and create a new post in your blog with the following information about either McCain or Obama's stories:
- Plot - what has happened in his life
- Setting - where and when key events have taken place
- Characters - key people in the story of McCain or Obama - if possible, find a hero (also called protaganist) or villain (also called antagonist)
- Theme(s) - main idea (or moral) of the candidate's biography
- Point of view - is it a narrarator, first-person, second person, third person, omniscient
Part Two: Write a paragraph describing why this candidate's story could help him or hurt him in the election. In other words, will people connect with the story?
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