Prisoner In My Homeland 🈲Questions 27 and 28 📝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• In groups of four/five, read and analyze the reasons given by former Japanese prison camp inmates when answering the War Relocation Authority questionnaire

⚙️ Resources

• Allegiance Questionnaires

Prisoner In My Homeland 🈲Part 3, Epilogue ▶️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• Finished the Prisoner In My Homeland simulation by playing Part 3 and Epilogue

⚙️ Resources

• Prisoner In My Homeland website

Prisoner In My Homeland 🈲Document Analysis, Part II 🔎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• Examined a primary source of a teenager's experiences and emotions in an internment camp

⚙️ Resources

• Document Analysis, Part II

Prisoner In My Homeland 🈲Part 2 ▶️Mission Reflection 🤔

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• Continued the Prisoner In My Homeland simulation by playing Part 2
• After having completed Part 2, completed a reflection on today's simulation

⚙️ Resources

• Prisoner In My Homeland website
• Mission Reflection: Part 2

Prisoner In My Homeland 🈲Document Analysis, Part I 🔎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• In three groups, examine a pair of photos taken in internment camps by two different photographers about aspects of life in internment camps and answer analysis questions

⚙️ Resources

• Document Analysis, Part I

Prisoner In My Homeland 🈲Prologue and Part 1 ▶️Mission Reflection 🤔

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• Began the Prisoner In My Homeland simulation by playing the Prologue and Part 1
• After having completed the Prologue and Part 1, completed a reflection on the simulation so far

⚙️ Resources

• Prisoner In My Homeland website
• Mission Reflection: Prologue and Part 1

True Black History Museum

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine contributions of African-Americans in the arts, sciences, sports, entertainment, education, military, and politics

⏰ What We Did

• Attended a tour of the mobile True Black History Museum in the CHS Conference Center

Prisoner In My Homeland 🈲Meet the Characters 👋

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• Watched the trailer for Prisoner In My Homeland
• Conducted a close and critical read on the biographies of the characters in the PIMH simulation

⚙️ Resources

• Trailer: Prisoner In My Homeland
• Text: Meet the Characters
• Prompts: Meet the Characters

Prisoner In My Homeland 🈲5 Things to Know Before You Play 5️⃣Myths and Misconceptions 😶‍🌫️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• Previewed the simulation of Japanese internment during World War II by identifying myths and misconceptions of the imprisonment

⚙️ Resources

• PIMH: Myths and Misconceptions
• Guided Reading: Five Myths and Misconceptions

Red Tails (2012), Day 3 🎞

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Red Tails (2012)

LINK: Japanese American Internment 🔗

Today's class was led by a guest teacher. 🏫

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• With a provided text on Japanese=American internment during World War II, completed a LINK (List, Inquire, Notes, Know) graphic organizer

⚙️ Resources

• LINK Text: Japanese American Internment; The Next War will be Digital
• LINK Graphic Organizer: Japanese American Internment; The Next War will be Digital

Red Tails (2012), Day 2 🎞

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Red Tails (2012)

Red Tails (2012), Day 1 🎞

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Red Tails (2012)

Mid-Winter Break — No School ❄️

Clintondale High School is out on Mid-Winter Break. Classes will resume on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Mid-Winter Break — No School ❄️Presidents' Day 🇺🇸

George Washington's Birthday Observed (1732) 🇺🇸

Clintondale High School is out on Mid-Winter Break

The Home Front During World War II 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II...

⏰ What We Did

• Read a provided text on the changes in American life brought by the participation in World War II
• Examined the mobilization of resources, roles of women and minorities, supports for the war effort, and the internment of Japanese Americans

⚙️ Resources

• The Home Front During World War II (Text)
• The Home Front During World War II (Assignment)

Inclement Weather — No School 🥶

Clintondale High School is closed due to inclement weather. Classes will resume on Friday, February 14, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Analysis: World War II and the Atomic Age 🔎

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (1809) 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Evaluate the role of the United States in fighting the war militarily, diplomatically, and technologically across the world...

⏰ What We Did

• Using the cardsort and text from yesterday, answered analysis questions regarding World War II and the atomic age

⚙️ Resources

• Analysis: World War II and the Atomic Age

Cardsort: World War II and the Atomic Age ⚛️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Evaluate the role of the United States in fighting the war militarily, diplomatically, and technologically across the world...

⏰ What We Did

• Read a provided text and sorted cards with words, phrases, and people into the appropriate column under the subtitles

⚙️ Resources

• Was America Justified in Dropping the Atomic Bomb on Japan? (Text)
• Cards: World War II and the Atomic Age
• Cardsort Answer Template

Map Activity: Allies Take Back Europe 🗺

🎯 Learning Targets

• Evaluate the role of the United States in fighting the war militarily, diplomatically, and technologically across the world...

⏰ What We Did

• Read provided passages and analyzed map data regarding the events leading up to D-Day and the Allied invasion of Europe

⚙️ Resources

• Map Activity: Allies Take Back Europe

Nazism vs. Communism vs. Democracy 📝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the factors contributing to World War II in Europe and in the Pacific region, and America’s entry into war...

⏰ What We Did

• Using the Alike But Different graphic organizer and the comparison table from yesterday, wrote a one-paragraph essay contrasting communism and Nazism from democracy

Inclement Weather — No School 🥶

Clintondale High School is closed due to inclement weather. Classes will resume on Friday, February 7, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Alike But Different: "Communism vs. Nazism" ↔️

Today's class was led by a guest teacher. 🏫

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the factors contributing to World War II in Europe and in the Pacific region, and America’s entry into war...

⏰ What We Did

• Read a provided text on the political ideologies at odds during the start of World War II: Communism and Nazism; Examined a table comparing both communism and nazism; Identified how the ideologies are alike and how they are different

⚙️ Resources

• Communism vs. Nazism (Text)
• Democracy vs. Communism vs. Fascism vs. Nazism (Compraison table)
• Alike But Different: Communism vs. Nazism (Organizer)

Map: Europe in 1941 🌍

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the factors contributing to World War II in Europe and in the Pacific region, and America’s entry into war...

⏰ What We Did

• Created a map of German and Italian expansion in Europe leading up to 1942

⚙️ Resources

• Map: Europe in 1941 (Activity)
• Europe in 1942 (Map 1)
• Europe in 1942 (Map 2)

CCR: World War II Begins in Europe 🔎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Analyze the factors contributing to World War II in Europe and in the Pacific region, and America’s entry into war...

⏰ What We Did

• Conduct a close and critical reading on the beginning of World War II in Europe

⚙️ Resources

• World War II Begins in Europe (Text)
• World War II Begins in Europe (Prompts)

Cardsort: "Opposition to the New Deal" 👎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate President Franklin Roosevelt’s policies and tactics during the New Deal era...

⏰ What We Did

• Finished the cardsort started yesterday on the opposition to the New Deal

Cardsort: "Opposition to the New Deal" 👎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate President Franklin Roosevelt’s policies and tactics during the New Deal era...

⏰ What We Did

• Discussed the answers to yesterday's viewing guide questions
• Began a cardsort on the opposition to the New Deal, using a provided text

⚙️ Resources

• Opposition to the New Deal (Text)
• Opposition to the New Deal (Cards)

"Bust," America: The Story of Us, Part B 🗽

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression...

⏰ What We Did

• Discussed the answers to yesterday's viewing guide questions
• Finished watching Episode 9 — "Bust" — of America: The Story of Us while completing a viewing guide

"Bust," America: The Story of Us, Part A 🗽

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression...

⏰ What We Did

• Assigned seats for the Second Semester
• Provided a brief introduction to the Second Semester
• Began watching Episode 9 — "Bust" — of America: The Story of Us while completing a viewing guide

⚙️ Resources

• "Bust," America: The Story of Us
• Viewing Guide: "Bust," America: The Story of Us

Records Day — No School 📂

Clintondale High School is closed for Records Day. The Second Semester will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Semester Assessment — Era 7 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Era 7 in United States History

⏰ What We Did

• Completed the Semester Assessment, covering Era 7

Cold Weather Advisory — No School 🥶

Clintondale High School is closed due to extreme cold. Classes will resume on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at 7:35 A.M.

Cold Weather Advisory — No School 🥶

Clintondale High School is closed due to extreme cold. Classes will resume on Thursday, January 23, 2024, at 7:35 A.M.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day — No School 🇺🇸

Clintondale High School is closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 21, 2024, at 7:35 A.M.

Historic Fiction 📸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression...

⏰ What We Did

• Created a news article on an assigned historic Great Depression-era photograph, based on the provided rubric

⚙️ Resources

• Historic Fiction Rubric
• Historic Fiction Photographs

Notes: The Social Toll 📝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression...

⏰ What We Did

• Recorded notes from a provided outline related to the social toll of the Great Depression

⚙️ Resources

• Outline: The Social Toll
• Notes: The Social Toll

LINK: The Dust Bowl 🔗

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression...

⏰ What We Did

• With a provided text on the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, completed a LINK (List, Inquire, Notes, Know) graphic organizer

⚙️ Resources

• LINK Text: The Dust Bowl
• LINK Graphic Organizer: The Dust Bowl

YMTR: President Hoover's Response 📃

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression...

⏰ What We Did

• Create critical thinking questions on a text regarding the response to the start of the Great Depression, given by President Herbert Hoover
• Answer the teacher's questions created from the same text

⚙️ Resources

• You Make the Read Text: President Hoover's Response
• You Make the Read Activity: President Hoover's Response

CCR: Why the Great Depression Was a Disaster Waiting to Happen 🏚

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression...

⏰ What We Did

• Conduct a close and critical reading on the events leading up to the Great Depression

⚙️ Resources

• Close and Critical Reading Text: Why the Great Depression Was a Disaster Waiting to Happen
• Close and Critical Reading Prompts: Why the Great Depression Was a Disaster Waiting to Happen

Alike But Different, Take 2 ✌️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Understand the changing role of the United States in world affairs through World War II, investigate the causes of the Great Depression and how it affected American society, and how the New Deal addressed the Great Depression, transformed American federalism, and initiated the welfare state

⏰ What We Did

• Based upon yesterday's submitted work, reintroduced how to complete the "Alike But Different" activity

⚙️ Resources

• Alike But Different 2: The United States Turns Inward

The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Day 3 🎞

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression by analyzing the political, economic, environmental, and social causes of the Great Depression, including fiscal policy, overproduction, underconsumption, speculation, the 1929 crash, and the Dust Bowl; the economic and social toll of the Great Depression, including unemployment and environmental conditions that affected farmers, industrial workers, and families; President Herbert Hoover’s policies and their impact, including the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Day 2.B 🎞

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression by analyzing the political, economic, environmental, and social causes of the Great Depression, including fiscal policy, overproduction, underconsumption, speculation, the 1929 crash, and the Dust Bowl; the economic and social toll of the Great Depression, including unemployment and environmental conditions that affected farmers, industrial workers, and families; President Herbert Hoover’s policies and their impact, including the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Day 2 🎞

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression by analyzing the political, economic, environmental, and social causes of the Great Depression, including fiscal policy, overproduction, underconsumption, speculation, the 1929 crash, and the Dust Bowl; the economic and social toll of the Great Depression, including unemployment and environmental conditions that affected farmers, industrial workers, and families; President Herbert Hoover’s policies and their impact, including the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Day 1 🎞

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression by analyzing the political, economic, environmental, and social causes of the Great Depression, including fiscal policy, overproduction, underconsumption, speculation, the 1929 crash, and the Dust Bowl; the economic and social toll of the Great Depression, including unemployment and environmental conditions that affected farmers, industrial workers, and families; President Herbert Hoover’s policies and their impact, including the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching The Grapes of Wrath (1940)