1st week of January

Welcome back everyone! I hope your holiday was restful and enjoyable. I know mine was! We will be playing this agenda by ear since this week will actually begin with finals. I hope to at least do the group work with A2 and A4 on Monday.
Lesson Plans
Day 1 Objective: Identify the long-term causes and the immediate circumstances that led to World War I.
Focus

Journal: I would fight if….

I would fight until death for….

I think another world war is unlikely because…

If another world war does occur, it will be because…


Instruct: Discuss journal, divide students into groups of 5
Describe 7 conflict situations affecting the United States. Each group must decide the American response to each “hypothetical situation” and share with the class. Debriefing/note taking will occur on steps leading to the US entrance into World War I. Discussion of nationalism, alliances, imperialism, military build-up, etc will occur
Assess: Students will answer worksheet questions and complete open response

· Day 2 SS-HS-5.1.1, SS-HS-5.1.2, SS-HS-5.2.4
· Objectives: Understand the impact of propaganda on American opinions toward the War
· Explain why the United States entered the war.
· Describe how the US mobilized for war.
Focus: Journal: Was the United States entry into World War I inevitable? Defend your answer.
Instruct: Notes: Mobilizing for war/ Discussing propaganda and yellow journalism today (using Enquirer magazine)
Assess: In pairs, students will analyze propaganda posters from World War One
Exit slip??? Name 2-3 ways government ensured the public’s support of war.

Day 3
Objectives students will experience WWI through a host of primary and secondary sources and:
· Explain why the United States entered the war.
· Describe how the US mobilized for war.
· Identify the new weapons, battle strategies, and medical problems faced in World War I
World War I learning centers
Covering Trench Warfare, Music, Maps (before/after), photographs, letters, etc.