WEEK 28 Homework and Activities

Daily Activities and Homework: March 2nd- March 6th

M: In Class: Carrying out the internment of Japanese
Silent Reading of Concern B
Students choose response A, B, C on their own.
Students split into the A, B, C groups to discuss their choices
The Question of an Apology and Reparations
Silent Reading of Concern C
Students choose response A, B, C, or D on their own.
Students split into the A, B, C, or D groups to discuss their choices
HW: Continue to work on letter of protest, due WED.


T: In Class: WHY IT MATTERS NOW
Read aloud (pg 53) and discuss WWII continuing impact on today.
Compare economic conditions of 1940’s to today.
Questions and Activities side (do #2 together) Students will do #1
& #4 in partners to share w/ class at end of period
HW: Continue to work on letter of protest, due TOMORROW

W: Early Release Day: LETTERS OF PROTEST ARE DUE TODAY!!
Read aloud/ share letters and in class critique



Th: BUILDING MORALE ON THE HOME FRONT (C. A. text book pg. 778-779)
Students will choose one home front challenge presented:
A. Music B. Home Economics C. Art


F: WWII- On the Homefront, WWII at home
We will have computers in the classroom today to access WWII websites and do in-class
Activites that correspond to the websites.
Please visit: http://mpetry.myteacher.dvusd.org and access under “LINKS”
- Women of WWII
- Japanese Internment Camps
- WWII info
HW: NONE….have a great weekend!


OBJECTIVES
Cooperatively work to meet some of the challenges faced by Americans on the home front during WWII
To understand the importance of writing a letter to government reps about a civic issue of concern.
To explain the wartime economy of the US
To identify working opportunities for women and minorities in the US during wartime
To differentiate between saving and spending in wartime
To articulate the responsibilities of citizenship

SS STANDARDS

S3, C4, PO3- Describe the importance of citzens being actively involved in the democratic process
S3, C4, PO4- Explain the obligations and responsibilites of citizenship
S1, C8, PO4- Explain how the following factors affected the US home front during WWII:
a. war bond drives
b. war industry
c. women and minorities in the work force
d. rationing
e. internment of Japanese-, German-, and Italian- Americans
S5, C5, PO1- Explain how scarcity influences personal financial choices

Week 27 Activities and Homework

Daily Activities and Homework, 2/23- 2/27

M: Finish Hiroshima movie
HW: Journal entries: from the viewpoint of American Soldier, Japanese Citizen, etc
Due Wednesday, 02/25

T: The Home Front (CA Text pgs 774-777)
Guided Reading notes (pg. 45)
New Vocab: War Production Board
Rationing
Rosie the Riveter
Japanese-American internment
Bracero program
We Interrupt This Broadcast

W: CITIZENSHIP
In Class: Discuss the meaning of Citizenship. (pg. 776)
Compare and contrast the roles of racism in the Holocaust and the internment of
Japanese Americans
HW: (We will start in class) Imagine you are a Japanese American in an internment camp. Write a letter of protest to the government. What violations of your rights would you describe? What would you ask your government to change? How?
Due Friday, 02/27


Th: In Class: WHY IT MATTERS NOW
Read aloud (pg 53 "The Wars' Continuing Impact") and discuss WWII
continuing impact on today.
Compare/Contrast economic conditions of 1940’s to today.
Questions and Activities side (do #2 together) . Students do
1 & 4 in partners to share w/ class at end of period


F: VOCAB QUIZ (Terms from Week 26 & Week 27)
Students will receive someone else’s journal entry from Monday. They are to read and
Respond to the entry they have read w/ their own reflection. Students will “grade” the
Entries on a 5 pt. scale.


OBJECTIVES
To explain the wartime economy of the US
To identify working opportunities for women and minorities in the US during wartime
To differentiate between saving and spending in wartime
To articulate the responsibilities of citizenship

SS STANDARDS
S3, C4, PO3- Describe the importance of citzens being actively involved in the democratic process
S3, C4, PO4- Explain the obligations and responsibilites of citizenship
S1, C8, PO4- Explain how the following factors affected the US home front during WWII:
a. war bond drives
b. war industry
c. women and minorities in the work force
d. rationing
e. internment of Japanese-, German-, and Italian- Americans
S5, C5, PO1- Explain how scarcity influences personal financial choices

Week 26 Activities and Homework

Daily Activities and Homework, 2/16-2/20

M: NO SCHOOL! President’s Day holiday

T: Century Video (Civilians at War)
Japanese Bombing to end of war
?s that accompany the video

W: In class Reading pgs. 770-773
Guided Reading/ Note taking
We Interrupt this Broadcast: Atomic Bomb & Japanese Surrender
New Vocab- Okinawa
Bataan
Kamikazes
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima


Th: Fleeing the Japanese onslaught: One sailor’s courageous tale
Letters to Mr. Schwartz’s family. After reading Mr. Schwartz’s account, students will be
Writing letters to the Mr. Schwartz surviving family. We will be visiting the website for
The USS HOUSTON SURVIVOR’S ASSOCIATION for further details.


F: Begin Hiroshima movie….will continue on Monday, Feb. 23rd.
Intro Journal entries: from the viewpoint of American Soldier, Japanese Citizen, etc.


OBJECTIVES
To explain how Japan expanded its empire before 1942
To identify Midway as the turning point of the war in the Pacific
To understand the strategy of island hoppng and the purpose of invading Iwo Jima and Okinawa
To describe how the use of atomic weapons ended the war

SS STANDARDS
S2, PO4- c. Japanese defeat in Iwo Jima and Okinawa
d. Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
S2, C8, PO2- a. Japanese Imperialism- aggressive search for resources
S1, C8, PO6- b. Battles of the Pacific
c. Development and use of the atomic bomb

Week 25 Activities and Homework

Daily Activities and Homework, 2/9-2/13

M: PLANNERS
Smart Board- WWII map hunt. We will be using an interactive program to grade your
WWII maps.
HW: North African campaign hand out- DUE FRIDAY

T: Finish WWII map hunt
Newest VOCAB addition:
1. D-Day
2. Battle of the Bulge
3. Yalta Conference
4. Holocaust

HW: Vocab descriptions

W: LIBRARY RESEARCH DAY: revisions to your rough drafts
Vocab Review: Definitions vs. descriptions
HW: None

Th: LIBRARY RESEARCH DAY: typing your final drafts (They are due Tuesday, 02/17)
HW: Review for your Vocab quiz on Friday.
North African Campaign hand out due tomorrow!

F: Vocab Quiz
DUE TODAY: North African Campaign (we will be grading together in class today!)


OBJECTIVES
Explain how the US mobilized for war
Identify major battles in Africa and Italy
Trace the course of the war in Europe
Analyze important events in early years of WWII on both Pacific and European fronts.
Connect with people and figures who shaped WWII

SS STANDARDS
S1, C8, PO 6 & 7- Describe events and individuals important to WWII
S1, C8, PO 2, 3, &4- Describe effects of WWII on USS2, C8, PO2- Analyze the major causes of WWII

Week 24: Assignments and Homework

Monday- 02/02: Creating America Text Book pgs. 756-759 read in class.
Choose Two of Three dictators: STALIN, MUSSOLINI, or STALIN
Create a Double Bubble Compare and Contrast of the 2 you chose.
CURRENT EVENT assignment handed out and will be due FRIDAY

Tuesday- 02/03: Creating America Text Book pgs. 760-762 discussed in class.
In-Class Interview questions:
Put yourself in the position of someone about to be drafted into WWII and
Answer the questions as you conduct an interview with your partner.
HOME WORK: Building on VOCAB DEFINITIONS:

Define the five following terms
1. fascism
2. Axis
3. appeasement
4. Lend-Lease Act
5. Pearl Harbor

Wednesday- 02/04: Page 759: Read and Review section on Picasso’s Guernica
Students will be constructing their own versions (posters) of Guernica to further their understanding of social protest art.

Thursday- 02/05: Work day in class to finish Guernica posters and to prepare current events for Friday, 02/06

Friday- 02/06: Current Events presentations and review of sections 1 & 2 in chapter 27.