Mr. Owens
History Teacher
War
• War of 1812
• Spanish-American War
• WWI
• WWII
• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• War in Iraq I and II
Unit 5: War, Politics and the People
How has media and literature been both beneficial and detrimental to American War efforts from 1812 to the Vietnam War?
Guiding Questions:
-Propaganda as manipulation and morale boosting
-Which wars have been justified?
-Which wars have been waged for ulterior motives?
-How has American gone from an isolationist nation to an interventionist nation?
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Monday 1/06
Objective: Students will identify wars that the US has been involved in.
Task: 1) Logical Arguments Slides and GO (w/ application ?s)
2) War Brainstorm and Timeline
3) Vocab Set #1
Tuesday 1/07
Objective: Students will take notes on the causes of the War of 1812
Task: 1) War of 1812 video guide
2) Begin Illustrated Review-Include Other Reasons for war, Burning of York, Battle of Washington/Retreat, Dolly Madison, Battle of Baltimore
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Wednesday 1/08
Warm-Up: What started the War of 1812?
Objective: Students will take notes on the causes of the War of 1812
Task: 1) Finish video War of 1812
2) illustrated review- Battle of North Point, Treaty of Paris, Ideology after war.
Thursday 1/09
Objective: Students will learn how to develop a logical argument
Task:
1) Provide Timed Writing Guide and Prompt Vocab
2) Journal #2: 12 Strategies and prompts: label with persuasive appeal— apply (allow class to think of an argument to focus their jigsaw of strategies to practice them)
3) Practice Prompt (annotate and Brainstorm) possible thesis exit ticket (in while, ultimately, therefore form)
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Friday 1/10
Objective: Students will describe the causes of the Spanish American War
Task: 1) Span-Am war ppt
2) Illustrative Review-If time permits
Monday 1/13
Objective: Students will describe American policy after the Spanish American War
Task: 1) American Imperialism 10. 3
2) EAP Media/TV Prompt and Brainstorming GO
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Tuesday 1/14
Objective: Students will describe the causes of the Spanish American War
Task: 1) American Imperialism 10.4-Reading and Cartoon Analysis
2) Write EAP Media/TV Essay (45 min)
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Wednesday 1/15
Objective: Students will discuss the legitimacy of wartime programs
Task: 1) WWI
2) Journal #3: Read Twain’s “War Prayer”
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Thursday 1/16
Objective: Students will explain why the US was hesitant to enter WWII
Task: 1) Entering WWII
2) Journal #4: Read War Poetry
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Friday 1/17
Objective: Students will analyze how four freedoms impacted the war effort
Task: 1) Vocab Review: Roll the Dice (20-25 min)
2) What’s Up Nava/Owens (10 min)
3) Media in WWII
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Monday 1/20 MLK DAY No School
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Tuesday 1/21
Objective: Students will examine Chicano Culture during WWII.
Task: 1) Journal #6: Image and Identity
2) Zoot Suit Background (History, 10 min)
3) Begin Acting out Zoot Suit
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Wednesday 1/22
1) Counselor Visits
2) Timed Writing Review (look at samples, return graded essays)
3) Zoot Suit Debrief ?s
4) Read Zoot Suit pages 39-64
Thursday 1/23
Objective: Students will examine Chicano Culture during WWII.
Task: 1) WWII Home Front Organizations
2) Review GO answers
3) Read Zoot Suit pages 65-81
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Friday 1/24
Objective: Students will examine WWII wartime programs
Task: 1) Debrief Pachuco Cultural Background
2) Finish Zoot Suit pages 81-94 (finish for HW, if necessary)
3) Bataan Death March/Anti-Japanese Propaganda
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Monday 1/27
1) Zoot Suit wrap up and collect text
2) Zoot Suit Debrief
(headlines then and now w/ analysis of subtle bias)
3) WWII Allied Victories in Europe
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Tuesday 1/28
Objective: Students will examine the turning points in Europe.
Task: 1) War in the Pacific Lecture
2) Journal #9: The Things You Carry
Pass out TTTC while sts write
3) Look at the “front matter” of the book
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Wednesday 1/29
Objective: Students will examine the turning points in the pacific.
Task: 1) TTTC: “The Things They Carried”
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Practice Close Reading
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Groups create slides and present
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Sts fill out GO
2) Handout Final TTTC Socratic Assignment
Thursday 1/30
Objective: Students will examine
Task: 1) Indiscriminate Bombing
2) TTTC “Spin” and “On the Rainy River”
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Friday 1/31
Objective: Students will examine
Task: 1) Atomic Bomb-How should we remember dropping the Atomic Bomb? (45 minutes)
2) Truman’s Decision+Myths about Atomic Bomb
(95 min)
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