5/10 Hitler's Rise to Power

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

• analyze conditions in Germany that allowed Adolph Hitler to gain power.

Why?

• To better understand your role as a global citizen.
• To practice identifying important information.
• To develop your critical thinking skills.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.  Follow the directions in the first item in Google Classroom           15 minutes

3.  Wait for whole class share.               5 minutes

4. Working with those at your table, discuss the following and jot what you agree upon in your scrap paper doc:               10 minutes

You have just become a dictator of a country. You know you need to take certain steps to maintain your power.  List the 10 most important things you would need to do to make sure you keep your power.

5. Wait for whole class share.               10 minutes

6. Thematic statements               10 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What are some factors or conditions that allowed Adolph Hitler gain power in Germany?

5/9

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

•  share what you know about the Holocaust.
• begin to make a personal connection to the Holocaust.

Why?

• To develop your understanding of ethnic groups and religious groups.
• To better understand your role as a global citizen.
• To develop your critical thinking skills.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.  Look at the suitcase.  Imagine you suddenly need to leave your home. You are not really sure why, don't know for how long you will be gone, and don't even know if you'll be able to come back.  You only have 10 minutes to pack into the suitcase you see.  What would you pack?

On paper, write a list of what you would pack.             5 minutes

3.  Whole class share.               10 minutes

4. In your scrap paper doc, make a 2x2 table. Label one column as KNOW; label the other as WANT TO KNOW.               10 minutes

5. Whole class share.               10 minutes

5. Go to Google Classroom, read the first item, and open the document about thematic statements.               10 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What would you pack in your suitcase?
• What is something you learned about the Holocaust?

5/8 Being a Global Citizen

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

•  assess how physical geography impacts human geography in the Aral Sea region.
• write about how physical geography impacts human geography in the Aral Sea region.

Why?

• To develop your understanding of physical and human geography.
• To better understand the importance of geography.
• To improve your writing skills.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).   1 minute

2.  Think by yourself: What is the most impressive thing you or one of your peers has done to make the world a better place?             2 minutes

3.  Whole class share.               10 minutes

4. Determine which of the people profiled at the following two links has made the biggest, positive impact. Write your choice in your scrap paper and give at least three reasons why.               15 minutes

• https://campus.one.org/stories/6-kids-who-are-changing-the-world/
• http://www.thisisinsider.com/kids-who-are-changing-the-world-2016-8#sofia-tomov-12-is-using-code-to-to-solve-the-fourth-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-us-10

5. Whole class share.               10 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• Describe what some of the people you read about did to impact others in a positive way.
• Why are these people particularly noteworthy?