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2008 American History Summer Institute

2008 American History Summer Institute. Sponsored by TUSD’s Teaching American History Grant and the University of Arizona Department of History. Outside Assignment. Reflects content and training provided during Summer Institute Shows how content and training will be transferred to instruction

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2008 American History Summer Institute

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  1. 2008 American History Summer Institute Sponsored by TUSD’s Teaching American History Grant and the University of Arizona Department of History

  2. Outside Assignment • Reflects content and training provided during Summer Institute • Shows how content and training will be transferred to instruction • Helps teacher prepare for school year and implementation of Social Studies Topic Maps

  3. Outside Assignments • 5 classroom assignments • Submitted by June 13 – all 5 assignments together • Based on content presented during the 5-day institute • Incorporate SIOP strategies • Incorporate reading strategies

  4. Format • Word processed • Include: performance objectives, class time required, directions for students, materials, handouts, websites, titles of texts, specific page numbers

  5. Example Name: Maria Abalos Topic: McCarthyism Time Required: 2 class periods Standard: SS07-S1C9-02a Describe the impact of the Cold War on the U.S.: McCarthyism Materials: Glencoe: The American Journey -pages 808-809; “Interpreting Political Cartoons” – pages 51-52; butcher/chart paper; markers

  6. Procedures Class will read pages 808-809 in TAJ. Students will examine the political cartoon on page 809 and discuss answer the question underneath the cartoon as a class. Teachers will project the political cartoon on page 51 from “Interpreting Political Cartoons” on the Promethean. Students will examine and answer questions 1-4 on page 52 in groups of 3-4. Class will discuss. In groups, students will define the following words: stereotype and irony. Class will discuss. • stereotype: a conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image. • irony: the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

  7. Procedures In groups, students will create a Venn Diagram on a piece of butcher or chart paper comparing both cartoons and how they portray Joseph McCarthy and the McCarthy Era. Groups will share their comparisons with the class. Students will answer the following question in their interactive notebook: • What negative effects did McCarthy’s anti-Communist actions have on American society?

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