5/30-6/2 Day 2

QOD: 

How did European Jewish Immigration to Palestine cause an increase in tension between Palestinian Muslims and Palestinian Jews in the 1920-1940s?

Agenda: 

1. QOD 
2. Timeline Review - Finish Notes
3. Promises Video - Video Sheet 

Objective: [Students will be able to...]

• Identify 3 events in the origin of Israel that might create conflict

HOMEWORK: 

Plan your GRAPHIC NOVEL! 

5/30-6/2 - Day 1

QOD: 

It's Memorial Day - what do you think was the origin of the holiday? 

Agenda: 

1. QOD 
2. Perspective Taking - Israel/Palestine
3. Notes on Israel/Palestine
4. Timeline

Objective: [Students will be able to...]

• Maps activity with Israel and Palestine 
• Identify 3 events in the origin of Israel that might create conflict

HOMEWORK: 

Timeline Activity 

5/22-5/26 - Day 3

QOD: 

How do groups use nationality and language to unite a people? How do they use nationality and language to divide a people? 

Agenda: 

1. QOD 
2. Debrief - Power of Language 
3. Resistance to oppression 
4. Break
5. Intro to Israel/Palestine 

Objective: [Students will be able to...]

• Identify the power of identity in the creation of a community
• Evaluate the use of language in efforts to establish identify
• Maps activity with Israel and Palestine 

HOMEWORK: 

Read and Take Notes w/MI/Conn - Intro to Israel Palestine

5/22-5/26 - Day 2

QOD: 

In your own words - describe the Truth and Reconciliation Committee (note  you can refer to the fact sheet from yesterday for assistance!)

Agenda: 

1. QOD -- Video SHEET HERE 
2. Finish Video Sheet
3. Compare Gandhi / Mao / Mandela (ANC) 
4. Review 

Objective: [Students will be able to...]

• Compare and Contrast our 3 Nationalist Movements 
• Compare and Contrast our 3 Nationalist Leaders

HOMEWORK: 

Go back through the blog - ensure that you have the readings/organizers complete that you need. 

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5/22-5/26 - Day 1

QOD: 

Consider the Reconstruction time period after the Civil War. What were the goals? To what extent was it a successful time period? What were the limitations of Reconstruction? 

Agenda: 

1. QOD -- Video SHEET HERE 
2. Video - Miracle Rising 
3. Truth and Reconciliation Committee

Objective: [Students will be able to...]

• Identify the issues surrounding the negotiation process at the end of Aparteid. 
• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee

HOMEWORK: 

Go back through the blog - ensure that you have the readings/organizers complete that you need. 

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5/15-5/19 - Day 4

QOD: 

None

Agenda: 

1. Internet Safety - Videos 
2. Internet Safety - Discussion 

Objective [Students will be able to...]

- Identify ways to increase their safety and privacy on the internet 

Homework: 

None - Quiz on Day 3 Next Week 

5/15-5/19 - Day 3

QOD: 

What is the MORAL question in South Africa - OR define Apartheid. 

Agenda: 

1) QOD

2) Mini Lecture - South Africa 

3) Homework - Groupwork 

4) Rudy 

Objective [Students will be able to...]

Define Apartheid 

Identify ways that black South Africans resisted oppression

Extension Videos: 

Living in Apartheid 

Non-Violent Resistance

90-Second Apartheid 

5/15-5/19 Day 2

QOD: 

COMPARE Mao and Gandhi - what's ONE similarity and one difference? 

Agenda: 

1. QOD

2.  Intro to Apartheid 

3. Documents - for Organizer

Objective: Students will be able to...

Identify evidence of Apartheid oppression in individual accounts. 

Homework: Read Documents - Account for individual experiences

5/15-5/19 Day 1

QOD: 

IN YOUR OWN WORDS - Describe the Great Leap Forward

Agenda: 

1. QOD
2. Group Work - Morality of Communist Revolution 
3. Preview - South Africa 

Objective: Students will be able to...

-- Define the morality of Mao's Communist Revolution

-- Compare and Contrast Mao and Gandhi 

Homework: 

Read/Notes: 2095-2098

Terms: 
South Africa       African National Congress (ANC)
Apartheid           National Party
Afrikaner            Nelson Mandela
F.W. de Klerk      Desmond Tutu 

5/8-5/12 Day 4

QOD: 

Describe ONE attribute of China before the Communist Revolution of 1949. 

Agenda: 

1. QOD
2. Great Leap - Video 

Objective: Students will be able to...

1. Define the Great Leap Forward 
2. Define the Cultural Revolution
3. Evaluate the morality of Mao's initiatives 

Homework: 

Finish the video sheet. 

5/8-5/12 Day 3

QOD: 

How did the Indian Independence movement use MORALITY to influence change? 

-- Did the legacy of partition impact the morality of Indian Independence?

Agenda: 

1. QOD
2. Great Leap - Video 

Objective: Students will be able to...

1. Define the Great Leap Forward 
2. Define the Cultural Revolution
3. Evaluate the morality of Mao's initiatives 

Homework: 

Finish the video sheet. 

5/8-5/12 Day 2

QOD: 

In your own words - explain a reason FOR partition and a reason AGAINST partition. 

Agenda: 

1. QOD
2. Finish Partition Organizer 
3. Discussion: Morality of Independence? 

Objective: Students will be able to...

1. Differentiate between reasons for and against partition in India
2. Develop and defend a unique argument regarding the legacy of partition 
3. Rock at life

Homework: 

Chapter 33, Section 2, “Communists Take Power in China” (p. 1949-1954)

·         What goals did Mao have for China?

·         What impact did Mao’s political programs have of the Chinese people and society?

Mao Zedong                 Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-Shek)

Communists                Nationalists

Taiwan                           Great Leap Forward

Communes                   Red Guards

Cultural Revolution

5/8-5/12 Day 1

QOD: 

Pick one of the following - how was it used as a weapon against the British? 

1) Satyagraha

2) Spinning Wheel - homespun cloth

3) Salt 

Agenda: 

1. QOD
2. Partition + Sources in Groups 

Objective: (Students will be able to...)

1. Describe why was India partitioned in independence. 
2. Evaluate the motivations of the leaders of India's independence movements. 

Homework: 

Yes Alec, there is homework. 

5/1-5/5 Day 4

QOD: 

Can a minority group display nationalism? How have you seen this before? 

Agenda: 

1. QOD
2. Notes - Indian Nationalism 
3. Gandhi - Movie 

Objective: (Students will be able to...)

1. Explain the problems facing Indians in the early 1900s. 
2. Define Satyagraha in your own words- why might that be powerful? 

Homework: 

Read/Notes - 2005-2014

5/1-5/5 - Day 3

QOD: 

None! Take out your homeworks/short answers/graphic organizers to be turned in. We will be using the short answers first...

Agenda: 

1. Homework Organization - until 1:15
2. Group Share Out - Short Answers 
3. Discussion: What ended the Cold War? 
4. Preview - Independent States 

Objectives: [Students will be able to]

• Write a thesis statement with a Controlling Idea
• Use sources to support the thesis statement. 

Homework: 

 Notes 1777-1782

Chapter 30, Section 4 “Nationalism in India and Southwest Asia” (p. 1777-1782)

·         How did civil disobedience further Indian independence?

Rowlatt Acts              Amritsar Massacre

Mohandas Gandhi    Civil disobedience

Satyagraha                  Salt March

5/1-5/5 - Day 2

QOD: 

Consider - how did the goals of the Soviet Union create economic problems in the 70s and 80s? 

Agenda: 

1. QOD
2. End of War - Video Clips + Discuss
3. End of Cold War - Artifacts
4. Work Time 

Objectives: [Students will be able to]

• Evaluate sources for intent and purpose within the Cold War 
• Write a thesis statement with a Controlling Idea
• Use sources to support the thesis statement. 

Homework: 

All Notes + Organizers 

5/1-5/5 - Day 1

QOD: 

How might someone suggest the Cold War was a new era of Colonialism? 

Agenda: 

1. QOD
2. Group Warm Up 
3. End of Cold War - Artifacts
4. Share Out 

Objectives: [Students will be able to]

• Evaluate sources for intent and purpose within the Cold War 
• Write a thesis statement with a Controlling Idea
• Use sources to support the thesis statement. 

Homework: 

2101-2108 - Notes MI+Conn

Extension: Finish the chapter for a more modern connection