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The barbed wire around Auschwitz I in Poland. Photo taken in 2013.
Hi everyoneToday was another day looking into more depth on the Holocaust genocide. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 18: I can explain how and why world societies organize themselves and how power is established and maintained.
Critical Thinking and Analysis LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Soundtrack: "Coming Home" by Mat Kearney. Selected because the song was made into a music video for the Oregon Ducks football team, and I will be hoping to come home to Oregon with a win in Dallas on Monday night! Lyrics here.
AGENDA 1/9/15:
News Brief – Jonathan
Holocaust Pictures/Finish Textbook Work
Nazi Tea Party
News Brief: Jonathan had the news brief today and selected this story to talk about: CNN.com -France: Raids kill 3 suspects, including 2 wanted in Charlie Hebdo attack. What a crazy past couple of days in Paris. I tried to explain why terrorists might take a kosher (food prepared in accordance with traditional Jewish beliefs) supermarket hostage, and also the geographically separate standoff with the brothers who allegedly killed 12 people at the comic magazine in Paris. Lots to talk about with this, and I am sure the story will continue to develop over the weekend. Je Suis Charlie!
Thanks for talking about the story, Jonathan! Bhavya was assigned the next news brief. I also played the VICE News clip for today.
Holocaust Pictures/Textbook Work: After the news, I showed my iPhone pictures from visiting Auschwitz in Poland in 2013 on the projector. I tried to explain what everything was and why it was important to understanding what happened in the Holocaust. Thank you for your focus and questions during this time!
Next, we finished going through the Modern World History textbook and what it has to say about the Holocaust on pages, 502-505. The assigned work in class was:
Next, we finished going through the Modern World History textbook and what it has to say about the Holocaust on pages, 502-505. The assigned work in class was:
Summarize the two sections: The Holocaust Begins + The Final Solution
Write out vocab definitions (words in blue)
Complete questions 1-8 at the end of the Chapter (page 505).
After about 30 minutes of work, I used random popsicle sticks to call on students for answers to the questions. Keep these papers - they will help you with understanding the vocabulary in the unit and in Night, the book you are reading for Mr. Lathrop!
Nazi Tea Party: Obviously, there wasn't any tea, or a party in class. A "tea party" is a teaching activity where students take on the persona of a historical figure or event. In this case, there were eleven different people or events to talk about. I handed out slips of paper to everyone, and then asked that students go around the room talking about their person or event. Here is the worksheet that goes along with this:
The directions were to:
1) Write the event or name of the person you were interviewing down on the left column.
2) Write the top 3 most important elements of the story on the slip of paper.
3) Write how you think the Nazis used the person or event to establish or maintain power.
We did not finish this activity in class, so we will come back to it after I get back next week. Have a wonderful weekend!
Nazi Tea Party: Obviously, there wasn't any tea, or a party in class. A "tea party" is a teaching activity where students take on the persona of a historical figure or event. In this case, there were eleven different people or events to talk about. I handed out slips of paper to everyone, and then asked that students go around the room talking about their person or event. Here is the worksheet that goes along with this:
The directions were to:
1) Write the event or name of the person you were interviewing down on the left column.
2) Write the top 3 most important elements of the story on the slip of paper.
3) Write how you think the Nazis used the person or event to establish or maintain power.
We did not finish this activity in class, so we will come back to it after I get back next week. Have a wonderful weekend!
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