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FINAL UNIT PLAN:

10/21/2010 __Possible Themes__
 * Despair
 * Power
 * Conflict*

__Possible Content Focuses__
 * World War II *
 * Holocaust *
 * Cold War

Unit focus: In the spring, I will be teaching World War II with a European focus in a 6th grade Humanities/ Social Studies course.

__Brainstormed List__
Materials:
 * Smart Board
 * Computer lab (or laptops)
 * Colored paper
 * glue, tape, markers, stapler
 * Articles on Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler

Resources: - World War II music (European and American) - European war propaganda images/ American war propaganda images - Introductory Video on World War II - Holocaust Remembrance Video

Texts: //- Flames of the Tiger// by John Wilson - Textbook- Holt (Western World) - Nazi Victim-poem by Martin Niemoller
 * This book is about World War II from the perspective of a young German teenager.

Activities: - I want my students to create an ongoing journal throughout the unit of World War II (Online through Penzu, or Notebook paper) - Students will write a general reaction to what they learned during class (exit slips) - Create poems based on World War II themes (extended metaphor poem, concrete poems) - View short introductory videos to World War II, and a Holocaust Remembrance. - Time line of major events prior and during World War II. - Compare/Contrast war music from America and Europe. - Compare/Contrast European war propaganda with American war propaganda. - Holocaust Remembrance - Students will view personal accounts from Jewish survivors. Additionally, there will be stations set up in the room with short stories, pictures, and letters that were written about the Holocaust from Jewish individuals. -Literature Circles with //Flames of the Tiger//

Technology Applications: -Glogster -Google Lit Trips ( //Flames of the Tiger//) -Google Maps (Europe)

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