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)