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= = Mr. Elliker's 4th Hour U.S. History Class

Chapter 30: World War II

Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen...

As per the usual, I have put the assignments for the new chapter on the class wiki. This site is for 4th hour only, please do not try to log into another hour's Wiki...we had a few problems with that during the last chapter.

Chapter 30 will take us 3 weeks to complete and I expect that each and every one of you will turn in the required assignments on time. Each assignment, except for the last one, will be due at the end of the day Friday. That means...if you have study hall 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th hour you will be able to turn it in by 3:01PM to receive full credit...THAT is what a wonderful teacher I am.

The 3rd assignment is a group project. I have created a power point presentation that will walk you through the directions. Should you need help, I will assist in any way that I can, you all know that my door is ALWAYS open.

Now before we begin our adventure into the Second World War and clutter up this shiny clean Wiki, I will go into a little more detail as to what I expect from all of you over the course of the next 3 weeks. After today, I will start putting more notes from my lectures on this Wiki. I will again link different sites that I feel are both relevant and worth our time to read...and I do mean OUR time, not just your time...we are a team and we are all in this thing together. I may even throw in some fun activities or games to keep you even that much more interested in history...not that you guys need it...because I know that you are all riveted and hang on my every word.

**__Task #1__** As you remember our previous experience with World War I, you will recall some of the propaganda that the United States used to fuel their fire. World War II however is a completely different animal and the U.S. used propaganda to promote fear, citizenship and unity. After reading [|American Propaganda Posters] you will complete the following 3

__** Task #2 **__ After we discuss and read about the events that led to the war and the outbreak of Nazism in Germany and the rise of Adolf Hitler, you will see that sometimes people had to make critical choices with regard to their future as well as their family. Sometimes you will find when you wear 2 different masks, one will eventually shine through brighter than the other and the choices you make will have repercussions for the rest of your life.

This is your assignment:

You will watch the movie [|Swing Kids] and answer 5 of the

These questions are to make you think critically and to put yourself in the shoes of individuals that are about your same age. My hope is that it opens your eyes and you gain perspective for what others in the past have gone through.

__**Task #3**__ For your third and final project, you will being working in a group.



You will be given time in class to organize yourselves. I will draw Popsicle sticks as usual to determine who is in what group. We will only be going to the library for 2 class periods, so do not waste your time dilly-dallying around.

This assignment is designed to make you look through the eyes of one of the key players during World War II. I designed it so you will need to do research and really understand the individual that you will be portraying.

So that there are no surprises and none of you can say "Awww....come on Mr. E, you never said we needed to do it that way", I have included the Rubric for this particular assignment.



__**DIVERSE LEARNERS**__
I think that most diverse learning can be meet in the general classroom when 2 guidelines are kept in check by the presiding teacher...

1. Student performance is the result of the interaction between the student and the teacher, the teacher must make every effort to gear the curriculum to a student in need, no matter what the situation.

2. Teachers MUST accommodate the needs of the student in the learning environment no matter what.

I would use the model of INCLUDE for lesson adaptions. INCLUDE is a system that helps adapt a lesson for a diverse learner. We learned about INCLUDE during our Ethnic and Diversity class and I thought it was a great idea and I am happy to implement it here as was as implement it in my own classroom next year.

As Examples: For struggling readers I would allow peer reading and coaching, allow a type of educational game if one is available, use visual imagery whenever possible and use awesome graphic organizers with big pictures and list goes on.

For ELL students, I would use similar tactics...I would use a lot of visual cues, graphic organizers, obviously give extra time when answering a question and use music or rhythms whenever possible.

For G&T students, I would use peer mentoring, allow students to create their own independent plans for independent learning, extend more choices to them and use the Socratic questioning on them.

I do not think it is terribly difficult to account for students who may be or are diverse learners, at least that is what I think. We have been trained and very well mind you, in the ways of diverse students and the ways to teach them.