This week students will be reviewing ideas of social justice and considering the essential question, "Why is it important to study past social injustices and crimes against humanity? More importantly, why is it important that we never forget these past atrocities and injustices? How can the study, remembrance, and discussion of these issues and mistake help guide our decisions in the future? How can understanding and remembering our individual past mistakes help guide our decisions for our own future?
Monday: Students consider how language can be manipulated to disguise injustices:
Vocabulary: euphemism, connotation, denotation
Assessment: Quiz on Allegory and the short story "Terrible Things"
Tuesday: Students work in groups or pairs to understand the terminology used by the Nazi's during the Holocaust.
Vocabulary: propaganda, euphemism, concentration camp, antisemitism, concentration camp, death camp, genocide, persecution, the Final Solutions, etc.
Assessment: Complete all vocabulary in SpringBoard 3.6
Wednesday: Working with setting, character, plot, mood. Tone vs. Mood--What's the difference?
Reading excerpt from Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
Assessment: Discussion questions, SpringBoard 3.11
Thursday: Literature Circles and Roles--Tracking setting, character, plot, and mood in preparation for film study: Life is Beautiful
Assessment: Being film study using packet provided in class
Friday: Continue film study of Life is Beautiful
Assessment: Part I of film study graphic organizer
Also Due Today: Quarter 4: Reading Log #1
