DAILY LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE

Name: Aleah Walivaara

Date: 2/28/2012

Grade Level: 10

Unit Topic: World War II Lesson Focus: Ch. 17 Review and Black History Month Standard/Benchmark: 7.2.1 Causes of WWII Analyze the factors contributing to World War II in Europe and in the Pacific region, and Americas entry into war including the political and economic disputes over territory (e.g., failure of Versailles Treaty, League of Nations, Munich Agreement) (National Geography Standard 13, p. 210) the differences in the civic and political values of the United States and those of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan United States neutrality the bombing of Pearl Harbor (National Geography Standard 13, p. 210) 7.2.2 U.S. and the Course of WWII Evaluate the role of the U.S. in fighting the war militarily, diplomatically and technologically across the world (e.g., Germany First strategy, Big Three Alliance and the development of atomic weapons). 7.2.3 Impact of WWII on American Life Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II including mobilization of economic, military, and social resources role of women and minorities in the war effort role of the home front in supporting the war effort (e.g., rationing, work hours, taxes) internment of Japanese-Americans (National Geography Standard 10, p. 203) 7.2.4 Responses to Genocide Investigate development and enactment of Hitlers final solution policy, and the responses to genocide by the Allies, the U.S. government, international organizations, and individuals (e.g., liberation of concentration camps, Nuremberg war crimes tribunals, establishment of state of Israel). (National Geography Standard 13, p. 210) Motivation/Accessing Prior Knowledge (The Hook): Bell work: Please take a copy of the Ch. 17 Review from the front table. Circle or highlight the key terms or names you need to review the most. Learning Activities/Assessments* 1. Students will participate in a short, teacher-led review of Ch. 17 2. Students will form groups and complete the Black History Month Carousel: Students will go to four different tables and participate in activities to help them understand and appreciate the struggle of African Americans. Closure 3. Students will discuss their responses to the Black History Month Activity to check for understanding.

Name:_________________________________________Hour____________Date___________ Station: Strange Fruit Read the lyrics to the 1939 Billie Holiday song Strange Fruit, and answer the following questions. Discuss your answers with your group. Then, read the about history behind the song. 1. What do you think this song is about?

2. What is the mood of this song?

3. What does this song make you feel?

Station: Literacy Tests You have been provided with a copy of the 1965 State of Alabama Literacy Test. This test was given as a part of the voter registration process in many Southern states with the goal of keeping minorities from voting (disenfranchising them). Ms. Walivaara has the answers to the test, if you are curious. Discuss with your group: Would you have been eligible to vote if you had to take this test? How did you feel taking this test? Do you this this test is fair?

Station: Photo Reactions Answer the following questions about these images, taken from 1937 to 1943. They have each been archived by the Library of Congress. 1. Describe what you see in a few of these photographs.

2. How would it feel if these photos were a part of your everyday reality?

3. Why do you think so many African Americans were willing to fight in World War II for the freedoms that America supported, when this was what they lived with at home?

Station: African American Marines in World War II Read the passage provided for you and answer/discuss the following questions with your group: 1. What does this passage tell us about the treatment towards African American war veterans?

2. How would you feel if someone reacted to you in this manner? What would you do if you saw someone else talking to a person in that way?

A story went the rounds about a San Franciscan white matron who refused to sit beside a Negro civilian on the streetcar, even after he made room for her on the seat. Her explanation was that she would not sit beside a draft dodger who was a Negro as well. She added that the least he could do was fight for his country the way her son was fighting on Iwo Jima. The story said that the man pulled his body away from the window to show an armless sleeve. He said quietly and with great dignity, Then ask your son to look around for my arm, which I left over there. -Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Strange Fruit
Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves Blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth The scent of magnolia sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck for the rain to gather for the wind to suck for the sun to rot for the tree to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop

Eighty years ago [in 1930], two young African-American men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, were lynched in the town center of Marion, Ind. The night before, on Aug. 6, 1930, they had been arrested and charged with the armed robbery and murder of a white factory worker, Claude Deeter, and the rape of his companion, Mary Ball. That evening, local police were unable to stop a mob of thousands from breaking into the jail with sledgehammers and crowbars to pull the young men out of their cells and lynch them. News of the lynching spread across the world. Local photographer Lawrence Beitler took what would become the most iconic photograph of lynching in America. The photograph shows two bodies hanging from a tree surrounded by a crowd of ordinary citizens, including women and children. Thousands of copies were made and sold. The photograph helped inspire the poem and song "Strange Fruit" written by Abel Meeropol and performed around the world by Billie Holiday. -From NPR

1965 Alabama Literacy Test

Your Name ________________ 1. Which of the following is a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights? ____Public Education ____Employment ____Voting ____Trial by Jury 2. The federal census of population is taken each five years. ____True ____False 39. If it were proposed to join Alabama and Mississippi to form one state, what groups would have to vote approval in order for this to be done? ____________________________________________ 40. The Vice President presides over _______________

3. If a person is indicted for a crime, name two rights 41. The Constitution limits the size of the District of which he has. Columbia to _________________________________ ____________________________________________ 42. The only laws which can be passed to apply to an 4. A U.S. senator elected at the general election in area in a federal arsenal are those passed by November takes office the following year on what _______________ provided consent for the purchase date?_______________________________________ of the land is given by the ______________________ 5. A President elected at the general election in November takes office the following year on what date?_______________________________________ 6. Which definition applies to the word amendment? ____Proposed change, as in a Constitution ____Making of peace between nations at war ____A part of the government 7. A person appointed to the U.S. Supreme court is appointed for a term of________________________. 8. When the Constitution was approved by the original colonies, how many states had to ratify it in order for it to be in effect?____ 9. Does enumeration affect the income tax levied on citizens in various states? _______ 10. Persons opposed to swearing in an oath may say, instead: (solemnly__________________________) 11. To serve as President of the United States, a person must have attained: ____25 ____35 ____40 ____45 years 43. In which document or writing is the Bill of Rights found? _______________________________ 44. Of which branch of government is a Supreme Court justice a part? ____Executive ____Legislative ____Judicial 45. If no person receives a majority of the electoral votes, the Vice President is chosen by the Senate. ____True ____False 46. Name two things which the states are forbidden to do by the U.S. Constitution. ____________________________________________ 47. If election of the President becomes the duty of the U.S. House of Representatives and it fails to act, who becomes President and when? ____________________________________________ 48. How many votes must a person receive in order to become President if the election is decided by the U.S. House of Representatives? __________________ 49. How many states were required to approve the original Constitution in order for it to be in effect? ____________________________________________

12. What words are required by law to be on all coins and paper currency of the U.S.? 50. Check the offenses which, if you are convicted of ____________________________________________ them, disqualify you for voting:

13. The Supreme Court is the chief lawmaking body of the state. ____True ____False

____Murder ____Issuing worthless checks ____Petty larceny ____Manufacturing whiskey

51. The Congress decides in what manner states 14. If a law passed by a state is contrary to provisions elect presidential electors. ____True ____False of the U.S. Constitution, which law prevails? ____________________________________________ 52. Name two of the purposes of the U.S. Constitution. ________________________________ 15. If a vacancy occurs in the U.S. Senate, the state ____________________________________________ must hold an election, but meanwhile the place 53. Congress is composed of may be filled by a temporary appointment made _ by__________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 16. A U.S. senator is elected for a term of ____ years. 17. Appropriation of money for the armed services can be only for a period limited to ____ years. 18. The chief executive and the administrative offices make up the _____________ branch of government. 19. Who passes laws dealing with piracy? ____________________________________________ 20. The number of representatives which a state is entitled to have in the House of Representatives is based on ____________________________________ 21. The Constitution protects an individual against punishments which are _________________ and _ 22. When a jury has heard and rendered a verdict in a case, and the judgment on the verdict has become final, the defendant cannot again be brought to trial for the same cause. ____True ____False 23. Name two levels of government which can levy taxes: _______________________________________ 24. Communism was the type of government in: ____U.S. ____Russia ____England 25. Cases tried before a court of law are two types, civil and ____________________________________ 26. By a majority vote of the members of Congress, the Congress can change provisions of the Constitution of the U.S. ____True ____False 54. All legislative powers granted in the U.S. Constitution may legally be used only by_______________ 55. The population census is required to be made every ____ years. 56. Impeachments of U.S. officials are tried by ____________________________________________ 57. If an effort to impeach the President of the U.S. is made, who presides at the trial? ____________________________________________ 58. On the impeachment of the chief justice of the Supreme court of the U.S., who tries the case? ____________________________________________ 59. Money is coined by order of: ____U.S. Congress ____The Presidents Cabinet ____State Legislatures 60. Persons elected to cast a states vote for U.S. President and Vice President are called presidential ____________________________________________ 61. Name one power which is exclusively legislative and is mentioned in one of the parts of the U.S. Constitution above. ___________________________ 62. If a person flees from justice into another state, who has authority to ask for his return? ______________ 63. Whose duty is it to keep Congress informed of the state of the union? ________________________ 64. If the two houses of Congress cannot agree on adjournment, who sets the time?

27. For security, each state has a right to form a ___________________________________________

____________________________________________

65. When presidential electors meet to cast ballots for 28. The electoral vote for President is counted in the President, must all electors in a state vote for the same presence of two bodies. Name them: person for President or can they vote for different ____________________________________________ persons if they so choose? ______________________ ____________________________________________ 66. After the presidential electors have voted, to 29. If no candidate for President receives a majority whom do they send the count of their votes? of the electoral vote, who decides who will become ____________________________________________ President?___________________________________ 30. Of the original 13 states, the one with the largest 67. The power to declare war is vested in representation in the first Congress was ___________ ____________________________________________ 68. Any power and rights not given to the U.S. or 31. Of which branch of government is the Speaker of prohibited to the states by the U.S. Constitution are the House a part? specified as belonging to whom? ________________ ____Executive ____Legislative ____Judicial ____________________________________________ 32. Capital punishment is the giving of a death sentence. ____True ____False 33. In case the President is unable to perform the duties of his office, who assumes them? ____________________________________________ 34. Involuntary servitude is permitted in the U.S. upon conviction of a crime. ____True ____False 35. If a state is a party to a case, the Constitution provides that original jurisdiction shall be in ____________________________________________ 36. Congress passes laws regulating cases which are included in those over which the U.S. Supreme Court has ________________________ jurisdiction. 37. Which of the following is a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution? ____Public Housing ____Education ____Voting ____Trial by Jury 38. The Legislatures of the states decide how presidential electors may be chosen. ____True ____False