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