Selma (2014) 👨🏿‍💼

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine and analyze the Civil Rights Movement using key events, people, and organizations

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a viewing guide while watching Selma (2014)

Map Analysis: Freedom Rides, 1961 🗺

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine and analyze the Civil Rights Movement using key events, people, and organizations

⏰ What We Did

• Used geographic literacy skills to explore and interpret the details of the 1961 Freedom Rides

⚙️ Resources

• Map Analysis: Freedom Rides, 1961 (Text, Graphic organizer)
• Freedom Rides, April — December, 1961 (© 2005 Jeffrey L. Ward)

Wordsort: Civil Rights Expanded 📝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine and analyze the Civil Rights Movement using key events, people, and organizations

⏰ What We Did

• Sorted words from a wordbank into a graphic organizer, based on information presented in a video

⚙️ Resources

• Civil Rights Expanded (Video)
• Civil Rights Movement (Assignment)

Presentation: Civil Rights Movement ✊

Today is St. Patrick's Day 🍀

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine and analyze the Civil Rights Movement using key events, people, and organizations

⏰ What We Did

• With a provided presentation, took notes on the causes and and techniques utilized by the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement

⚙️ Resources

• Civil Rights Movement (Notes Template)
• Civil Rights Movement (Presentation)

Era 7 S2 Assessment 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of Era 7 content from the start of the Second Semester — New Deal, World War II, Japanese Internment, and the Holocaust

⏰ What We Did

• Assess comprehension of Era 7 S2 content

Era 7 S2 Assessment Review 🔁

Half-Day Due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 🐲

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Era 7 content from the start of the Second Semester — New Deal, World War II, Japanese Internment, and the Holocaust

⏰ What We Did

• Given class time to complete/turn-in any previous work, in preparation for the Era 7 Assessment

Era 7 S2 Review Game 🚨

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review Era 7 content from the start of the Second Semester — New Deal, World War II, Japanese Internment, and the Holocaust

⏰ What We Did

• Played a review game in preparation for the Era 7 S2 Assessment on Friday

Ten Questions: American Response to the Holocaust 🔟

🎯 Learning Targets

• Investigate the responses to Hitler’s “Final Solution” policy by the Allies, the U.S. government, international organizations, and individuals

⏰ What We Did

• Answered ten yes/no questions created by Mr. Carpenter from yesterday's text

YMTR: American Response to the Holocaust 📃

🎯 Learning Targets

• Investigate the responses to Hitler’s “Final Solution” policy by the Allies, the U.S. government, international organizations, and individuals

⏰ What We Did

• Read a provided text on the American reaction to the Holocaust and the post-World War II Nuremberg Trials
• Develop ten text-related yes/no questions pertaining to the text, providing answers to each

⚙️ Resources

• You Make the Read Text: American Response to the Holocaust

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)