Unit Framework
Essential Question: To what extent is conformity a right, a burden and a responsibility?
Guiding Content Questions:
1. What is conformity?
2. To what extent is conformity necessary?
3. To what extent is rebellion necessary?
3. What values, traditions, beliefs and philosophies influence the consensus?
4. Why do individuals and groups deviate from the consensus?
5. Why do individuals and groups conform to the consensus?
7. What is the dynamic between the conformist and the nonconformist?
8. What are the consequences of conformity?
9. What are the consequences of rebellion?
10. To what extent does fear play a role in the decision of whether or not to join the consensus?
11. What is the result of existing in a society with both conformists and nonconformists?
Guiding Content Questions:
1. What is conformity?
2. To what extent is conformity necessary?
3. To what extent is rebellion necessary?
3. What values, traditions, beliefs and philosophies influence the consensus?
4. Why do individuals and groups deviate from the consensus?
5. Why do individuals and groups conform to the consensus?
7. What is the dynamic between the conformist and the nonconformist?
8. What are the consequences of conformity?
9. What are the consequences of rebellion?
10. To what extent does fear play a role in the decision of whether or not to join the consensus?
11. What is the result of existing in a society with both conformists and nonconformists?
Unit Materials and Assignments
General Conformity Materials
Analyze the value of group think vs. individual thought/choice.
Not exactly sure how to define conformity? Check this out first!
Origins of Authoritarian Rule in Europe and Asia
1. Explain how the political party of each of the following leaders used the democratic process to create an authoritarian state.
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
2. Are the stories of Joseph Stalin and Hideki Tojo's rise to power similar or different? Explain.
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
2. Are the stories of Joseph Stalin and Hideki Tojo's rise to power similar or different? Explain.
Nazi Propaganda - Group Think vs. Individual Thought
Snow Falling on Cedars - Introductory Assignment
Read: "Background Information - Snow Falling on Cedars"
With your 12 o'clock partner
Find primary source from Japanese Internment
Post link to your primary source on Google Doc below
a. Summarize your source - give context
b. Why did you choose this? What interested you?
c. What is the "take-away" specific to Japanese internment?
With your 12 o'clock partner
Find primary source from Japanese Internment
Post link to your primary source on Google Doc below
a. Summarize your source - give context
b. Why did you choose this? What interested you?
c. What is the "take-away" specific to Japanese internment?
What was the response to Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931?
Class Notes on Hitler's Steps to WWII (1933 - 1939)
world_war_two_for_p79_issues.ppt | |
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Pick 3 primary source documents from the Mount Holyoke website.
*These documents should help inform your understanding of US International Affairs between 1938-1940.* 1. Summarize each document in no more than 4 sentences. 2. Analyze each document in no more than 6 sentences. |
beginning_of_war_stuff1pdf.pdf | |
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World War II - Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars Reading Schedule
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SFOC Chapters 1-4 Questions
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Further work on character analysis...
War in the Pacific Assignment
STEP 1:
Research the war in the Pacific Identify 1 facet and key insight of this war that develops greater insight into one aspect of the war in the Pacific (1941-1945) |
STEP 2:
Put your research together for others to access. Format: Title Primary Source (proper MLA style) Secondary Source (proper MLA Style) Annotation: No more than 1 paragraph where you explain to your reader why these sources will highlight your key insight |
Step 3:
Have your insight draft approved by Mrs. Spring and Ms. Mac Upload your insight to the GoogleDoc above. |
Step 4: Due by end of 3rd period on
Objective: Develop greater insight into the war in the Pacific. Task: Research the products presented on the GoogleDoc above. Develop a unique argument on the war in the Pacific. Format: 1. Unique Thesis 2. 1 Paragraph explaining what 3 insights you would use to prove your thesis and why. |
Death of a Salesman
Flute Music (pg. 1)
Description of Loman Home (pg. 1)
Present Scenes vs. Past (Flashback/Daydreams)
1st Description of Willy (pg. 2) exhausted - 60 years
1st Description of Linda (pg. 2) admires Willy and "iron resolve"
Willy and Linda's relationship? (pg. 2-5)
Willy and Biff (pg. 4-6)
Biff 34 years old (pg. 5)
Biff in HS (pg. 6)
Neighborhood (pg. 6)
Description of Loman Home (pg. 1)
Present Scenes vs. Past (Flashback/Daydreams)
1st Description of Willy (pg. 2) exhausted - 60 years
1st Description of Linda (pg. 2) admires Willy and "iron resolve"
Willy and Linda's relationship? (pg. 2-5)
Willy and Biff (pg. 4-6)
Biff 34 years old (pg. 5)
Biff in HS (pg. 6)
Neighborhood (pg. 6)
Origins of the Cold War
Establishing the East vs. West Divide
How did each of the following contribute to the deepening mistrust between the Soviet Union and The United States & Great Britain?
Division of Germany (Yalta Convention)
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Blockade
NATO
WARSAW Pact
Division of Germany (Yalta Convention)
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Blockade
NATO
WARSAW Pact
1950s Culture Feb. 4-10
After reading Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman your responsibility shifts from from analyzing the play to analyzing it as a microcosm of the 1950s. Complete this assignment in preparation for your analysis of the political landscape of the 1950s.
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Task #1: Due Friday February 6, 2015
1. Answer the following research questions. *I will not collect these answers but failure to carefully and fully answer each question will result in limited, vague, graded responses. 2. Graded Written Response (50 points -40 minutes) Task #2: Due Wednesday February 11, 2015 1. Answer the following research questions: *I will not collect these answers but failure to carefully, and fully answer each question will result in limited, vague, graded responses. Locate and analyze a primary source that serves as a microcosm of the social dynamics of the 1950s. 2. Graded Written Response (50 points - 40 minutes) |
Extras
tragedymillerandaristotle.pdf | |
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Assessments
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