English+-+The+Wave

toc = = **English 9: Unit 1 - The Wave by Todd Strassor**

=**English 9 - [|The Wave Webquest]**=

Additional review of the webquest: resources lack an engaging quality and include some dead links.

Target
The Wave Webquest asks students to complete an independent study on propaganda within the context of WWII (see required reading below), work in small groups to identify WWII related propaganda themes, and then write a persuasive essay.  //Planning Questions://
 * //What is our target, for the week and day-by-day? //
 * // What skills are we teaching? //
 * // What standards are we hitting? //

Required Background Knowledge
The Webquest recommends the following reading materials so that students will become familiar with propaganda.  //Planning Questions://
 * //Is the goal for students to read these materials in our out of school (see required reading below)?//
 *  //Will students have to read these materials and be sufficiently versed in the subject to successfuly complete the assignments?//
 *  //Will students work on the essays at home?//
 *  //Are there other activities that we can plan to meet the students' need for background knowledge?//

 Required Reading
 **[|Handout: Terms from Hitler's Era] **  References: [|The Third Reich Fact Book]  [|WWII in Europe] <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> [|Ask Jeeves] <span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> [|Wikipedia] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> [|Webster’s Dictionary] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> [|World Book and Brittanica on HHS Home Page, bottom, under Research.] PROPAGANDA: [|What is it?] ** ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">GERMAN: Read the articles linked here. Think about your role and how you feel about your country. ** or, depending on which role you choose...
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">What are the [|eight common techniques of propaganda]? List and give brief definitions of each.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|1930s Depression in Germany] **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Rise of Hitler] **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Fascism] **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Prelude to War: Photos] **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">AMERICAN: Read the articles linked here. Think about your role and how you feel about your country. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|1930s Depression in the United States] **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Roosevelt and the New Deal] **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">[|Photos of New Deal Era] ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">

=**Other Ideas for Teaching Propaganda**=

Thoughts and Reflections
The Wave Webquest appears to be focused on teaching about propaganda within the context of WWII. It might be more meaningful for students to first learn about propaganda within the context of modern culture. I'm thinking this will provide them with some meaningful and relevant context from which to build knowledge and make connections to historical contexts. Then, as they read The Wave, they will be prepared apply their knowledge to how propaganda was used in WWII. Your thoughts. --M.Torrise

Possible Alternative Lessons
[| Lesson Plan: Media Literacy: Discovering and Understanding Propaganda - Grade Nine - Grade 09] Ohio Department of Education [|Propaganda Techniques in Literature and Online Political Ads] Read Write and Think [|Propaganda Techniques in Commercials] Lorraine Tanaka, Sierra Grande Elem., Blanco, CO

Resources & Reference
[|10 Things Everybody Should Know About Propaganda] Nancy Snow [|Mainstream Media Propaganda] YouTube [|Walt Disney Cartoon - Hitler's Children Education For Death] YouTube [|Wartime Disney Cartoons] YouTube [|What Hitler Wants - Soviet Propaganda] YouTube

= = =Other Ideas for Teaching Holocaust= We could teach aspects of the Holocaust through primary documents, using role playing or document based questions.

Possible Alternative Lessons
[|Document Based Questions] Teaching w/ Documents [|Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in History]. Google Books

Resources and References
[|A Teachers Guide to The Holocaust] Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida [|Common Student Questions about the Holocaust] U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum [|Document Analysis Worksheets] The National Archives [|Entering Auschwitz] A Survivor Site

Primary Documents
[|Interviews and Transcripts] PBS [|The Berdichev Revival] A Survivor Site [|Holocaust Images] Google Images [|Primary Documents Related to WWII] Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History - WWII

Did You Know?
On September 11, 1944, the first U.S. troops crossed into Germany, one month after Soviet troops crossed the eastern border. In mid-December the Germans launched an unsuccessful counterattack in Belgium and northern France, known as the Battle of the Bulge. Allied air forces attacked Nazi industrial plants, such as the one at the Auschwitz camp (though the gas chambers were never targeted).

What is significant about this passage?

Source: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005137