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Facing History and Ourselves |
Day |
# |
Date |
Topic |
Assignment
Due |
Tuesday |
1 |
1/24 |
First
Day of the Course -- Welcome! |
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Wednesday |
2 |
1/25 |
Identity & Why It's Important | Read The "In" Group on pages 30 and 31 Answer first set of questions |
Thursday |
3 |
1/26 |
The Bear that Wasn't | Bring in Shoebox and Journal |
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Friday |
4 |
1/27 |
Work on Identity Box in the Classroom | Bring Materials for Identity Box |
Monday |
5 |
1/30 |
Identity Box Self-Evaluations & Sharing "Beautiful" and "Born this Way" |
Review Notes & Finish Identity Box, if necessary |
|
Tuesday |
6 |
1/31 |
Heil Hitler: Identity and the Holocaust | Finish One-Page Identity Summary |
Wednesday |
7 |
2/1 |
Little Things are Big Multi-Media Class Project Strategy Session |
Read Conformity and Identity on pages 32 & 33 Answer questions in your journal Bring Journal for Class |
Thursday |
8 |
2/2 |
We and They: A Real-life Discussion | Write in Journal |
|
Friday |
9 |
2/3 |
A Class Divided / Eye of the Storm | Read 39-Top of 50 and complete worksheet |
Monday |
10 |
2/6 |
Unit II: Universe of Obligation Why Study Armenia? |
Journal Entry |
|
Tuesday |
11 |
2/7 |
We and They: The Armenian Genocide |
Confronting Genocide Work on Project |
Wednesday |
12 |
2/8 |
We and They: The Armenian Genocide | Work on Project |
Thursday |
13 |
2/9 |
Finalize Projects Due by 7 a.m. Friday |
Prepare for Presentation |
|
Friday |
14 |
2/10 |
We and They Project Presentations | Prepare for Presentation |
Monday |
15 |
2/13 |
We and They Project Presentations |
Review Notes Honors Research Project Proposal Due |
|
Tuesday |
16 |
2/14 |
We and They Project Presentations | Journal Entry |
Wednesday |
17 |
2/15 |
The Armenian Genocide as seen today | Write "A Convincing Letter" |
Thursday |
18 |
2/16 |
Rescuers & Survivors Raphael Lemkin and the word "Genocide" |
Journal Entry |
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Friday |
19 |
2/17 |
Obedience: Why good people do bad things | Journals Collected |
| February Break | ||||
Monday |
20 |
2/27 |
Begin Unit III [Power of the Individual: 100 Days in Rwanda] Eight Stages of Genocide |
No Homework During February Break |
|
Tuesday |
21 |
2/28 |
HRC Report: How it Was Prepared? | Read the HRC Report: How it Was Prepared? |
Wednesday |
22 |
2/29 |
Hotel Rwanda | Journal Entry |
Thursday |
23 |
3/1 |
Hotel Rwanda | Time Magazine Article |
|
Friday |
24 |
3/2 |
"...no end to the unprecedented bloodshed is yet in sight." The U.S. and Rwanda (1994) | Hotel Rwanda and Valentina's Story |
Monday |
25 |
3/5 |
In the Oval Office with President Clinton | Prepare for Briefing with President Clinton |
|
Tuesday |
26 |
3/6 |
A Good Man in Hell The U.N. in Rwanda Monuments and Memorials |
Read Pages 115-117 and take notes in journal |
Wednesday |
27 |
3/7 |
Gacaca and the I.C.T.R. | Writing a Letter to Roméo Dallaire |
Thursday |
28 |
3/8 |
Begin Unit IV [Neighbor v. Neighbor: Bosnia] The Little Ones and Bosnia |
Create Summary of Class Project Topic |
Friday |
29 |
3/9 | Background of Bosnia: a Brief History |
Read 11-16 -- "A Wedding in
Sarajevo, 1992" Answer in Journal: Why was the wedding so important? Think about and the theme of the unit, neighbor v. neighbor. |
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Monday |
30 |
3/12 |
"Tears and Terror" (pages 41-45) | Review Notes |
|
Tuesday |
31 |
3/13 |
"We're Getting Creamed!" |
Name of musical piece related to class Write in Journal |
Wednesday |
32 |
3/14 |
The Bad Samaritan | Write in journal |
Thursday |
33 |
3/15 |
Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo | Lyrics and Explanation for your musical piece |
|
Friday |
34 |
3/16 |
Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo |
Write questions from Romeo and Juliet Honors Book Review Due |
Monday |
35 |
3/19 |
Srebrenica: Advisor to President Clinton | Class Team Project Assignment |
Tuesday |
36 |
3/20 |
Wrapping-up Bosnia | Finalize notes for Recommendation |
Wednesday |
37 |
3/21 |
Field Trip to Facing History and Ourselves | Write Questions/Work on Class Project |
Thursday |
38 |
3/22 |
Unit V [Choosing to Participate: Darfur] Introduction to Darfur |
Field Trip Reflection |
|
Friday |
39 |
3/23 |
Darfur Today: What can YOU do? Final Project/Assessment Introduction |
Read Darfur Backgrounder |
Monday |
40 |
3/26 |
Darfur Today: What can YOU do? Final Project/Assessment Introduction |
Honors Research Project Due w/o Deduction |
Tuesday |
41 |
3/27 | You're the Teacher! | Prepare preliminary You're the Teacher proposal |
Wednesday |
42 |
3/28 |
You're the Teacher! | Work on Project |
Thursday |
43 |
3/29 |
You're the Teacher! | Work on Project |
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Friday` |
44 |
3/30 |
Final Assessment Presentations |
Finalize Lesson Plan Journals Collected |