WORLD WAR I&

THE U.S.

January 26 & 27, 2015

US HISTORY - WWI OVERVIEW & 1920’S• Objective:• Students will be able to analyze

U.S. involvement in the war by interpreting guided reading.

• Purpose:• To be introduced to the issues

surrounding the world and the United States prior, during, and after World War I and to interpret the overlying causes and consequences.

• Standard(s):

• 2.11 & 2.15

• Historical Thinking Skill:• Analysis & Interpretation.• Cause & Consequence.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: SEMESTER 2 DISCIPLINE PLAN & PROCEDURES Use of cellphone / mp3 device:• I will grant the use of the cellphone or mp3

device during SPECIFIC segments of the lesson.

• 1. Warm-up: No!• 2. Activity: Foldable’s, in-class work: YES!• 3. Lecture Notes, Video Notes, Picture

Analysis & Discussion: No!• 4. Assessment / Assignment (depends):

YES!• 5. Closure/Exit Slip: No!

• Failure to comply with rules or directions WILL result in disciplinary actions.

Classroom Behavior & Participation Update:• I will both REWARD and PUNISH Classroom

Behavior & Participation with points.• I will REWARD based on participation,

raising hand, discussion, answering questions, and good behavior.

• I will PUNISH based on classroom disruption, insubordination, off-task behavior, not following rules / procedures, etc.

www.Remind.com will be used this semester as a tool to allow me to remind YOU when assignments may be due, upcoming tests, and other general things of importance to the class and YOUR education.

• This will be a required assignment.

Use of Notebooks:• Notebooks will be assigned to

each and every student and will be color coded based on classroom period.

• Notebooks will be retrieved prior to the warm-up and returned after the closure.

• Notebooks DO NOT need to be taken home. They can stay in the classroom.

Late Policy:• Late assignments will result in ½

off after the due date.

WARM-UP: CNN STUDENT NEWS

• Receive Notebook and write NAME & CLASS PERIOD # on the front (if possible) and back.

• Write down facts as you watch the video.

• 1 point = 1 correctly written fact.

• I need to see at least (a minimum of) 5 facts.• More facts may earn additional extra-credit points.

• What I want to see:

• Ex. The President was in Europe on Thursday.

• Give a thing, a place, and a time.

WARM-UP: QUICK WRITE

• Has there ever been a time when you have wanted to stay out of a situation or argument but were forced into it?

• How did you deal with it?

• How did you react?

• Write a minimum of a ½ page.

ACTIVITY: CHANGES IN AMERICAN LIFE BECAUSE OF/DURING WWI -

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African Americans

Women

Immigrants / Aliens Dissidents

Powers of the President

Food

Factory owners who had discriminated against African Americans & Mexican Americans now recruited them.500,000 A.A.’s joined the Great Migration: migration from south north for jobs.Men left work to go to war. Led to new opp. for women and minorities.Woman’s Land Army – Jobs on farms.400,000 women joined the ind. work force.The govt. feared that secret agents might infiltrate or sabotage the U.S.Restrictions placed on immig.Literacy tests for new arrivals.

Lever Food & Fuel Control Act: Pres. Power to manage food prod.Sedition Act – Illegal to stop the sale of Liberty Bonds or to say/write anything “disloyal” about the American govt. Violated 1st Amend, (Frdm. of Spch.), many okay with it.

Rationing – Distributing goods to consumers in a fixed amount.Price Controls – A system of pricing determined by the govt. on the sale of food.

Workers / Labor

Daylight Saving Time – Turning clocks ahead 1 hr. in Summer; increased daylight & work hrs.Industrial Workers of the World (socialists) gained popularity, but led to mass convictions and vigilantism.Contagious Illness

Influenza – “The Flu” – High fever, runny nose, coughing, headache, feeling tired.Trench Foot – Numbing of the foot due to cold and water.Trench Mouth – Advanced gingivitis. Lack of brushing / dental hygiene.

WORLD WAR I

WORLD WAR I

WORLD WAR I

• World War I Video

• Write 5 facts.

ASSESSMENT: GUIDED READING – SECTIONS 1 & 2 - Section 1: The Road to War

1. As you read Section 1, Complete the sequence chain to show the series of events that led to World War I and shaped the American response to the war.

POST-LESSON ANNOUNCEMENTS:EXTRA CREDIT & HOMEWORK

1. Receive TEN (10) Extra Credit points if you bring in ONE (1) unopened box of Tissue Paper.

• Only ONE (1) Per Quarter Per Student.

• Must be Unopened & Unused.

• Homework: Due Next Week(In Notebooks)

• **Chapter 19 Personal Dictionary**

• B Day – Monday, January 26, 2015A Day – Tuesday, January 27, 2015