SWAT’S FOR NOVEMBER 20, 2014 UNITED STATES HISTORY II HONORS THE GREAT TRIALS MR. PETERSON

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GREAT TRIALSPERIOD #2 SECTION #2 GREAT TRIALS

SWAT:

• After completing a graphic organizer in which students describe the events which led up to the Boston Massacre, the students will create a series of at least three newspaper stories covering the events by writing from a period perspective in which they include at least three of the causes of the Boston Massacre with ninety percent accuracy.

• NJCCCS: 6.1.12.C.2.a: Analyze the problems of financing the American Revolutionary War and dealing with wartime inflation and profiteering.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.1Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.

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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

• What role did Massachusetts and the various leaders from Massachusetts play during the American Revolutionary War?

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DO-NOW:

• Students will create their own Do-Now. The teacher will select one from those submitted.

• A student facilitator will lead a brief discussion.

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HOMEWORK:

• Students will continue to work on their newspaper assignment. Newspaper assignment will come due on November 21st.

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REVIEW/LESSON CONNECTIONS:

Students will create a list of the main points for the Boston Massacre on behalf of the colonists and a list of the main points on behalf of the Crown in preparation for constructing and writing a newspaper on the reporting of the Boston Massacre.

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EXPLANATION

The teacher will discuss the events leading up to the Boston Massacre utilizing a power point presentation. The teacher will instruct the students to take notes from the power point entitled: “Boston Massacre use with lesson plans of November 12, 2014”

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GUIDED PRACTICE:

• Utilizing a graphic organizer, the teacher will assist the students in describing the causes of the Boston Massacre from having presented a power point to the students.

• A student facilitator will be appointed to aid with this process. A Smart Board graphic organizer will be utilized.

• As students are working with their partners, the teacher will walk around the classroom and observe. Thus, an (observation) formative assessment will be utilized.

• In addition, the teacher will check in with students to ensure their understanding. Thus a (Student conference) formative assessment will also be utilized.

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APPLICATION:• Working individually and in groups, students will work on the

construction and writing of their newspapers.• (Specific assignment and criteria follows:)

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APPLICATION:• Objective:• You are to make up two opposing front pages of two very different

newspapers and write articles that would have been read in a Boston newspaper on March 6, 1770 after the Boston Massacre occurred the night before.

• #1: The first newspaper you pick up (make) is a Propaganda piece that the British are using to get people to stay loyal to the crown and they try to down play the events of the night before. You read this and you are shocked to see all the inaccuracies that lie within it.

• #2: The second newspaper you see (write) is a colonist piece that the people in Boston are in charge of, who hate the King and what he is doing. This information could cost them their lives if found and they could be accused of treason if the Red Coats ever got their hands on it. Be careful what you do with it, but be sure to try to spread this new so the people in Boston know the truth about the events that have been going on in their city.

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APPLICATION:

• **You are to make mirror image articles for your newspapers**• For example:• “King George III is a caring and compassionate man: follow him!” (Loyalist)• “Millions have suffered under the British: They must be stopped!” (Colonist)• Requirements:• • Final product MUST BE TYPED! Suggestion: use Microsoft Publisher• • Creative Titles for each news paper• • 5 articles on each front page (10 total)• • Supporting details in the articles to prove that you understand the topic• • At least 3 pictures per front page• • PROOF READ! Points will be taken off for spelling and grammatical errors!• • Using a (One paragraph formative assessment), the students will write and

analyze at least three causes of the Boston Massacre.

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APPLICATION

• As students are working individually, the teacher will walk around the classroom and observe. Thus, an (observation) formative assessment will be utilized.


• Using a (One paragraph formative assessment), the students will write and analyze at least three causes of the Boston Massacre.

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SYNTHESIS:

• The teacher will assist students in listing and describing the major causes of the Boston Massacre.

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PERIOD #1, Section #1 and 2

• SWAT: After completing a graphic organizer in which students describe some of the major battles in World War II, the students will be able to analyze selected World War II battles and how a given battle further contributing to the underlying causes of World War II by presenting their power points in which they explain one of the battles and its significance to the war effort with 90% accuracy.


NJCCCS:

• NJCCCS: 6.1.12.A.11.d : Analyze the decision to use the atomic bomb and the consequences of doing so.


Common Core:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.1Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.



• What is America’s place in the world?


DO-NOW:

• Students will view on You Tube: “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.” Prior to viewing the video, students will be given a copy of the lyrics. Listening carefully to the lyrics, students will discuss their reaction to the lyrics. What do the lyrics convey about America’s involvement in World War II?


Homework:

Students will prepare for their Socratic Circle on the Henry L. Stimson article. Socratic Circle to occur in class tomorrow.

Key questions to consider:

• 1. On what basis does Stimson justify the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

• 2. If you were an American journalist with the opportunity to ask Stimson three questions regarding the decision to drop the bombs, what would those questions be?

• 3. Why do you think Japan’s wartime military leaders are referred to here as “terrorists”? Do you think this label is appropriate?

• 4. How does this document present the role of the Emperor? Why do you think Stimson emphasized the Emperor’s role?


REVIEW OF PREVIOUSLY LEARNED MATERIAL/LESSON CONNECTIONS:

• Review the role of totalitarianism in the post World War I era.

• Review Axis and Allied powers in World War II

• Review the development of World War II.

• Review how totalitarian leaders pushed forward their agenda invading countries in World War II

• Review the reasons why countries go to war.


EXPLANATION:

• Teacher will review the project grading rubric and expectations which was developed collaboratively with the students.

• Teacher will review Socratic Circle rubric.


• GUIDED PRACTICE: Using a graphic organizer, teacher will assist students in describing some of the major battles of World War II. A Smart Board graphic aid will be utilized for this purpose.

• Two students will be appointed to lead this part of the lesson. One student will facilitate a class wide discussion in which students describe some of the major battles of World War II.

• A second student will write down the notes and ideas generated by students on a suitable Smart Board graphic organizer.

• While the two students are facilitated class, the remaining students will set up a similar graphic organizer in their notebook.

• The teacher will walk around the classroom as the students are taking notes. Thus a (Classroom observation) formative assessment will be utilized.

• In addition, the teacher will engage students in a one on one conversation as necessary to be sure that students understand what it is they are to do. Thus, a (Student Conference) formative assessment will also be utilized.


APPLICATION:• Students will present their power point presentation on the Battles of World War II.• Power point requirements:• Title• Countries fighting in the Battle: both sides• Economic • Government of countries• Famous generals and commanding officers of each country involved in the Battle• Military strategy used• Outcome of Battle: Who won• Costs• Significance of Battle• Bibliography• While the students are presenting, the teacher will walk around the classroom and observe

the students. Thus a (Classroom observation) formative assessment will be utilized.• Throughout the presentations, the teacher will pause and instruct the students to turn to

their partner and in one minute discuss the key features of a given battle based on the presentation which they just witnessed in class. Thus, a (Turn-to-your-partner) formative assessment will be utilized.

• Utilizing an (exit card) formative assessment, the students will be able to analyze at least two major World War II battles, and describe their importance to the war effort.


APPLICATION:

• The students will continue preparing for the Socratic Circle exercise based on the following questions:

• 1. On what basis does Stimson justify the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

• 2. If you were an American journalist with the opportunity to ask Stimson three questions regarding the decision to drop the bombs, what would those questions be?

• 3. Why do you think Japan’s wartime military leaders are referred to here as “terrorists”? Do you think this label is appropriate?

• 4. How does this document present the role of the Emperor? Why do you think Stimson emphasized the Emperor’s role?

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APPLICATION:

• As the students are working, both individually, and in small groups, the teacher will circulate the classroom. Thus an (Observation) formative assessment will be utilized.

• In addition, the teacher will engage students in a conversation to check for individual understanding. Thus a (Student Conference) formative assessment will also be utilized.


SYNTHESIS:

• The teacher will assist students in identifying and describing the major arguments for both dropping the atomic bomb and for not dropping the atomic bomb.

• The teacher will assist students in describing the various issues which Truman faced when Japan initially refused to surrender in August of 1945.


PERIOD #1, Section #1&2

• SWAT: Given Henry L. Stimson’s primary reading on the Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb, students will distinguish the difference between fact and opinion in a memorandum from a primary document: Henry L. Stimson, “The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb,” by identifying and describing at least three statements in the document as being either fact or opinion with 90% accuracy.


NJCCCS:

• 6.1.12.A.11.d : Analyze the decision to use the atomic bomb and the consequences of doing so.

• 6.1.12.D.11.a.:Analyze the roles of various alliances among nations and their leaders in the conduct and outcomes of the World War II.

• 6.1.12.A.11.b : Compare and contrast different perspectives about how the United States should respond to aggressive policies and actions taken by other nations at this time.


Common Core:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.1Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.



• What is America’s place in the world?

• How might World War II have changed life from 1940 to 1945?

• Is American foreign policy motivated more by ideals or self-interest?

• How does involvement in the world shape American society at home?

• What is the proper relationship between the people and the government?

• What does it mean to be American?

• Is there a higher standard than the law of nations?

• How did the Cold War change American society?


DO-NOW:

• Working in small groups, students will answer the following question: Knowing what you know about the atomic bomb, how can one control its use in the modern world?

• A student facilitator will lead a brief discussion.


• Homework: Students will prepare for a quiz on material learned to date on the Stimson primary document handout. Students can read the article on-line at:

• http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/japanworks/ps/japan/stimson_harpers.pdf


REVIEW OF PREVIOUSLY LEARNED MATERIAL/LESSON CONNECTIONS:

• The teacher will review what has previously been taught about the situation in the Pacific just prior to the dropping of the atomic bomb and reflect on the previous debate which occurred in class concerning the dropping of the atomic bomb.

• Review Stimson article and main ideas from having read pp. 9-10.


EXPLANATION:

• The teacher will convey the background to the writing of the memorandum on pp. 10-13 entitled: “Proposed Program for Japan”. This memorandum was written by Stimson to the President talking about the various facts and opinions of dropping the atomic bomb.


GUIDED PRACTICE:

• The teacher will guide the students in reading p. 10-11 of the handout (The Memorandum section only), the first three points of the memorandum and then enter the main idea of each of these three points on a graphic aid utilizing Smart Board Technology distinguishing with each of these points between fact and opinion.

• Two students will be appointed to lead this part of the lesson. One student will facilitate a class wide discussion. A second student will record the information solicited by the groups utilizing a Smart Board graphic organizer.

• While the students are writing down the information acquired from the Smart Board graphic organizer, the teacher will walk around the classroom and observe the students working. Thus an (Observation) formative assessment will be utilized.

• Finally, the teacher will engage students in a one on one conversation to check for understanding. Thus a (Student Conference) formative assessment will also be utilized.


APPLICATION:

• Working in the same pairs which the students had during the “Opening Hook Learning” section of the lesson plan, students will read through points 4-6 and find the main idea. They will right it into their graphic organizer and state whether the idea is fact or an opinion. Students will come forward to enter this information on the Smart Board, the graphic aid shown in class. The students will go as far as they can through this exercise in the time allotted: 20 minutes

• After reading silently and taking notes, students will turn to their partner and identify the main idea from what they have read. Thus a (Turn-to-your-partner) formative assessment will be utilized.

• Then a student facilitator will lead a brief discussion class wide in which the facilitator challenges students to identify the main idea from points 4-6 and state whether the idea is fact or an opinion.


APPLICATION:

• As the student facilitator is leading the class in this exercise, the teacher will walk around the classroom and observe the students working. Thus, an (observation) formative assessment will be utilized.


• Utilizing an (Exit card) formative assessment, the students will be able to write down and explain at least three statements in the document as being either fact or opinion.


SYNTHESIS:

The teacher will wrap up the lesson by reminding the students of the role which Stimson had in the government.

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• Given the following primary sources: “A Little Rebellion Now and Then is a Good Thing: A Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison” and “From George Washington to James Madison, 5 November 1786,” the students will be able to formulate an opinion comparing the assessments of the Constitutional Convention offered by Thomas Jefferson and George Washington by participating in a Socratic Circle dialogue discussion advancing at least three of the major points made by Washington and Jefferson in their documents to Madison achieving a rubric score of at least 30 out of 35 possible points and an essay rubric score of at least 45 out of 54 possible points.

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• NJCCCS: 6.1.12.A.2.b.: Evaluate the importance of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights to the spread of democracy around the world.

• RH. 9-10.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.

• RH.9-10.1; Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.

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• How did democratic and republican values and competing conceptions of national identity affect the development and success of the Articles of Confederation?

• To what extent did the Articles of Confederation address the problems faced by the young nation and effectively set up a new government?

• How did these factors affect the development and ratification of the Constitution?

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• HOMEWORK: Students will finish writing a reaction essay to the Socratic Circle. Socratic Circle reflection essays due next class period.

• Students should start reviewing for their chapter test on Chapter #6 to be given on Tuesday during the double period class.

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DO-NOW

• Students will take their positions in preparation for participation in either the “Inner” or “Outer” Socratic Circle.

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REVIEW OF PREVIOUS LEARNED MATERIAL/LESSON CONNECTIONS:

• The teacher will review anchor chart on wall in which the students listed the difference between dialogue and debate

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EXPLANATION:

• Teacher will go over the directions for the upcoming Socratic Circle in which students will compare the assessments of the Constitutional Convention offered by Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.

• The teacher will distribute and explain how the Socratic Circle exercise will work. In addition, the teacher will explain the two grading rubrics for the Socratic Circle.

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GUIDED PRACTICE:

• The teacher will inform the students to get into either the Inner or Outer Socratic circle informing members of the inner circle to have a writing utensil and a copy of their notes. The outer circle should have a copy of these items as well and in addition, a copy of the “Socratic Circle Feedback Form.”

• During this section of the lesson, the teacher will walk around the classroom. Thus an (Observation) formative assessment will be utilized.

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APPLICATION;

• Working in small groups, the students will participate in a Socratic Circle.

• Jefferson:

• 1.) What do you think Thomas Jefferson means when he states: “I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.” Are rebellions still a “medicine necessary for the sound health of government?”

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APPLICATION:

Washington:

• 2.) “Thirteen Sovereignties pulling against each other, and all tugging at the fœderal head, will soon bring ruin on the whole; whereas a liberal, and energetic Constitution, well guarded & closely watched, to prevent incroachments, might restore us to that degree of respectability & consequence, to which we had a fair claim, & the brightest prospect of attaining”

• 3.) What is the proper relationship between the people and the government?

• 4.) How does creating a federal form of government safeguard individual liberty?

• 5.) What criteria constitute a healthy government?

• As students are working in their groups, the teacher will walk around the classroom and observe. Thus, an (observation) formative assessment will be utilized.

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APPLICATION:


• Utilizing a (One paragraph) formative assessment, students will answer a series of short questions based upon their observations from the Socratic Circle.

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SYNTHESIS:

• The teacher will assist the students in explaining the differences of opinion concerning the ratification of the Constitution by re-enforcing the major points brought forward from the two primary sources: “A Little Rebellion Now and Then is a Good Thing: A Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison” and “From George Washington to James Madison, 5 November 1786.”

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SWAT: Given a document prompt from Paine’s work, The American Crisis, the students will be able to analyze why the patriots won the Revolution by working in groups reading and writing a summary describing at least three reasons for the patriot victory examining the environmental, military, political, diplomatic and ideological reasons for the patriot victory with 80% accuracy.

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• NJCCCS: 6.1.12.A.2.b.: Evaluate the importance of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights to the spread of democracy around the world.

• RH. 9-10.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.

• RH.9-10.1; Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.

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• How did democratic and republican ideals and emerging conceptions of American identity lead to the Declaration of Independence and the development of American institutions?

• What was the immediate and long-term significance of the Declaration of Independence?

• How did the Declaration of Independence shape belief systems and independence movements?

• Why did the rebels win the war for independence?

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• HOMEWORK: The students will listen to a flipped classroom lecture on Chapter #6: Making war and Republican Governments.” While reading as well as listening to the flipped classroom lecture, students should take notes.

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DO-NOW:

• Under what conditions are revolutions staged and what factors determine the outcome of revolutions?

• Student Led.

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REVIEW OF PREVIOUS LEARNED MATERIAL/LESSON CONNECTIONS

• The teacher will review information previously acquired on the factors which contributed to the Declaration of Independence and the causes which led the colonists to rebel.

• The teacher will have the students complete a quick write in which students write about at least three of causes which led the colonists to rebel. A (Quick Write) formative assessment will be utilized for this purpose.

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EXPLANATION:

• Teacher will review the flipped classroom lecture on Chapter #6: Making War and Republican Governments.

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GUIDED PRACTICE:

• Working collaboratively, the teacher will guide the students in creating a graphic organizer in which the students describe the political, social and economic changes the American Revolution produced and what stayed the same.

• Two students will be appointed to lead this section of the class. One student will lead a class wide discussion asking questions of the students and encouraging their peers to ask questions and posit answers.

• A second student will write down the responses on a suitable Smart Board graphic organizer.

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APPLICATION;

• Working individually, students will read a document prompt from The Crisis by Thomas Paine.

• www.ushistory.org/paine/crisis/singlehtml.htm

• Students will answer the following questions:

• What is Paine talking about in the excerpt?

• To what degree is Paine building a convincing argument? How do you know?

• What is Paine’s argument?

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APPLICATION:

• While the students are engaged in this activity, the teacher will walk around the classroom and observe. Thus an (observation) formative assessment will be utilized.

• Additionally, the teacher will engage students in a one on one conversation to check for understanding. Thus, a (student conference) formative assessment will also be utilized.

• After about fifteen minutes engaged in this activity, two students will be appointed to lead a class wide discussion. One student will facilitate the discussion among the class while the other will write down information on a suitable Smart Board graphic organizer designed for this purpose.

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APPLICATION:

• Again, while the students are working, the teacher will walk around the classroom and observe. Thus an (Observation) formative assessment will be utilized.

• Utilizing an (Exit card) formative assessment, the students will be able to describe at least three reasons for the patriot victory examining the environmental, military, political, diplomatic and ideological reasons for the patriot victory.

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SYNTHESIS:

The teacher will assist the students in analyzing why the patriots won the Revolution.

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