1. UNBROKEN

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How does war affect an individual and a society?
What makes certain individuals persevere while others do not?
Why is human dignity important?
How can sports and competition prepare us for life?
How do our current perspectives shape our interpretations of the past?
How does group mentality affect an individual’s actions?
Is it possible to truly forgive someone?

3. World War II – Background Info
What years did this war take place?
List some of the major causes of the war.
Who was fighting against whom?
How did the war end?
What are some of the events this war is known for?

4. Author Laura Hillenbrand
“After the 2010 publication of the adult edition of Unbroken, I was startled by the volume of correspondence I received from teachers, librarians, parents, and students, urging me to recraft the book for young readers. The proposal delighted me. For far too long, school instruction on World War II has focused on the European theater, with little discussion of the Pacific theater. Louie Zamperini’s story offers a unique opportunity to take students into the heart of this epic conflict, viewed through the eyes of one American airman, a former Olympic runner, whose 1943 crash into the Pacific began an odyssey that was truly breathtaking. And there’s more than just history in this narrative. Zamperini’s story is rich with lessons pertinent to young readers—lessons about perseverance, resourcefulness, and ingenuity; maintaining optimism amidst severe hardship; and ultimately, forgiveness. If ever there was a life to inspire, this one was it.” —Laura Hillenbrand

5. Author Laura Hillenbrand
What does the author mean when she refers to the European theater and the Pacific theater?
What does the word odyssey mean? When reference does this word have to Greek mythology?
What does ingenuity mean?

6. WWII Airmen
Hillenbrand explores the extraordinary risks faced by America’s WWII airmen:
54,000 men killed in combat
36,000 killed in noncombat aircraft accidents
15,000 men killed in stateside training—at times, an average of 19 per day
Men faced a 50% chance of being killed during combat tours of only missions. 
Infer:
What was the
reason for
these high
numbers?

7. Inspirational
Louie Zamperini’s experiences are singular (one-of-a-kind). Most of us will not be: Olympic participants, in a plane crash, strafed by a bomber, attacked by sharks, cast away on a raft, or held and tortured as a POW. And yet the word most often used to describe him is “inspiring.”
As you read, think what does Louie’s experience demonstrate that makes him so inspirational to people who will never endure what he did? What are the lessons that his life offers to all of us?
Author Interview

8. Friday
Look over your essay grade and put your essay back in my basket.
Take the vocab test – put your final answers on the line provided. Put the test in my basket when you are done. Be sure your name is on it.
After the test, quietly read chapters 2-3 in Unbroken (pp 13-29)

9. Monday
Corrections for your vocab test are due tomorrow. Write each question and answer 2x’s on a separate sheet of paper. Staple this to your test.
Assessment practice today. Read the passages. Highlight and annotate as needed. Answer the questions in the packet. Then write your final answers on the answer sheet. Turn in the answer sheet only. Keep the packet.
Read chapters 4-5 (pp 30-46) in Unbroken for Wednesday.
You will receive your independent novel project tomorrow. Read something!

10. Tuesday
Finish your practice assessment from yesterday if you have not already done so. Turn in the answer sheet.
Get a Chromebook and log onto Schoology. Complete the independent novel project. Do this in Google docs and upload to Schoology. See the instructions on your desk. This must be completed by Thursday.
Chapters 4-5 in Unbroken are due tomorrow. There will be a brief quiz tomorrow on chapters 1-5.

11. Think About It…
On page 15, Louie is resentful of track and Pete’s insistence that he run. On pp 19-21, that resentment is gone. Why?
Why does Pete have such an influence over Louie that even his own parents don’t have?

12. Unbroken
1936
Olympics

14. WWII Begins

15. Thursday
All Independent Novel Projects should be uploaded to Schoology by now.
Your chart, A Character’s Decision for chapters 1-5, is due tomorrow.
Open the book to page 49.
Homework - Read Chapter 8 for Friday.

16. Attack on Pearl Harbor

17. Unbroken
Skim through pages Look over the pictures and copy these highlights into your notebook..
Louie begins his flight training in Ephrata, Washington. He becomes a skilled bombardier.
He meets Russell Allen Phillips (Phil) who will be his pilot and they become like brothers. Their unit/squadron is formed. See page 53.
The B-24 is a new plane and can fly all day without refueling. However it has many problems:
The cockpit was cramped
The wheels had no steering which affected takeoffs and landings
It was very heavy
It had many mechanical issues including engine failures
The wings snapped off if struck in combat
The men nicknamed it “The Flying Coffin” due to its many crashes
At the end of the chapter, Louie’s unit is assigned to Oahu in Hawaii

18. 5-4-3-2-1… On your post it note, sum up… Chapter 5 in five words
Chapter 4 in four words
Chapter 3 in three words
Chapter 2 in two words
Chapter 1 in one word
Choose your words to best reflect the central ideas of each chapter.

19. Short Response
Using RACER, write a short response addressing the following:
How does Louie’s athletic background help him get through his ordeals on the raft and as a POW? Use textual evidence to support your claim.

20. Copy this:
Chapter 7 -
Louie and his crew are bored while waiting for their first mission. They go on “sea searches” and play practical jokes on each other.
Their first mission is to bomb Wake Atoll in the Pacific. They complete their mission but encounter mechanical difficulties in the plane and barely make it back to the base.
Chapter 8 -
The B-24’s often crashed due to the following factors:
Engine failure or jammed landing gear
Poor navigation equipment
Fuel leaks
Runways that were too short
Storms
Pilot error
They are fighting over the Pacific. When a plane goes down, it ends up in the water.

21. Wednesday Turn in your Mood/Tone Chart for Louie.
Your homework is on your desk. This is due tomorrow. Be sure to elaborate, support your claims with textual evidence, and PROOFREAD. You will need to use the book. This is your last grade for the five week marking period.

22. Read the following excerpts from the book:
“For decades, Japan’s military-dominated government had been preparing for its quest, crafting a muscular army and navy and, through a military-run school system that violently drilled children on Japan’s imperial destiny, shaping its people for war. Most ominously, its army encouraged and celebrated extreme brutality in soldiers.” p 44 “Of all the horrors facing downed men, the one most feared was capture by the Japanese… in 1937… the Japanese military surrounded the city of Nanking, stranding civilians and 90,000 Chinese soldiers… What followed was a six-week frenzy of killing. POWs were beheaded, machine-gunned, and burned alive. The Japanese turned on the civilians, staging killing contests, raping tens of thousands… mutilating and crucifying them. The Japanese murdered between 200,000 and 430, 000 Chinese.” pp “The bullets showered the ocean in a glittering downpour.” p 120 “A shark lunged onto the raft, trying to drag a man off… Then another shark jumped on, and after it, another.” p 121 “Phil felt as if he were on fire. The men’s scalded skin cracked and their lips ballooned, bulging against their nostrils and chins. Their feet were cratered with quarter size salt sore. The water cans were empty.” p 112 Post-it note: Stranded at sea or captured by the Japanese?

23. UNBROKEN Post- it
Based on the excerpts from the previous slide, would you rather be stranded on a raft in the Pacific or be captured by the Japanese? Write your response on the post-it and give specific reasons to support your view.

24. Monday
Turn in your reading comprehension answer sheet from Thursday if you did not finish it in class.
Short quiz today on chapters You may use the book.
After the quiz, read chapters (pp ). You will finally meet the true antagonist of the book.
Mutsuhiro Watanabe “The Bird”

25. Unbroken
Turn in your Impact of Setting sheet from yesterday if you did not finish it in class.
Keep the poetry notes on your desk. We will review these quickly.

26. Man’s inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn.
Copy the following lines into your notebook. Explain what they mean and how they relate to the book.
Man’s inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn.
- Poet Robert Burns
A Japanese officer
about to behead an
Australian POW.
The officer asked to be photographed so he could have a souvenir of his “sword work”.

27. Man’s inhumanity to man
A Japanese officer
about to behead an
Australian POW.
The officer asked to be photographed so he could have a souvenir of his “sword work”.

28. Japanese Propaganda: Political Cartoon

29. 220 Punches

30. Wednesday Get a Chromebook and log onto to classroom.google.com
Open our class and click on Unbroken Character Motivation.
Two files will appear. View the video clip (use your earbuds). Then complete the chart. Be sure to use textual evidence for the first column of the chart. Click on turn in when you are totally finished.
Read chapters for homework - pp
Remember your song/poem needs to be shared with me by Thursday with poetic elements highlighted and a detailed paragraph explaining the connection to the book.

31. “He cannot break me.”

32. Thematic Statements - Unbroken
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow.
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.

33. “Where we had seen a clear city two minutes before, we could now no longer see the city. ”
Hiroshima

34. Hiroshima Truman's Announcement

35. Tuesday Quiz on Schoology. You may use the book.
Read chapters 33 and 34 for homework. Begin reading after the quiz.

36. PTSD from the Perspective of a WWII Veteran
“As a 91-year-old World War II veteran, I am not the most obvious choice to help these Iraq and Afghanistan vets, some of them almost four times my junior. In many ways, we fought vastly different wars, and more importantly, we experienced vastly different homecomings. But I can persuade them to talk by being forthright about my own decades-long battle with PTSD.”
- Norman Bussell German POW

37. PTSD continued
“PTSD is not particularly associated with WWII vets, partly because the term didn’t emerge until after the war in Vietnam, and partly because we downplayed its effects. We’re “the greatest generation,” the ones that lived through the Depression and returned home as heroes. But war is war…”
- Norman Bussell German POW

38. PTSD continued
“The rate of PTSD among WWII vets is difficult to ascertain, but one study put the number at percent. The vets I meet from today’s wars are surprised to learn I’m a weightlifter who does interval training on the treadmill and that I can make it through a conversation without nodding off. I tell them how PTSD has affected me: I avoid elevators, crowds and July 4th fireworks; I’m claustrophobic from the 12 days I spent in a lightless cell at the Luftwaffe interrogation center in Germany, and I won’t fly unless I have an aisle seat.”
- Norman Bussell German POW

39. PTSD continued
“Survivor’s guilt is still my strongest stressor. I tell today’s vets about my bombing missions with the Eighth Air Force during WWII and the day that my B-17 exploded over Berlin. I tell them how I am plagued with guilt over the loss of four of my crewmates that day. My joy helping today’s veterans is not entirely selfless. Making life a bit easier for disabled veterans is the most effective remedy I know for reducing the pain of my survivor’s guilt. Each time I help a vet deal with his nightmares from the Middle East, I look upward and tell my four crewmates, who died when our B-17 was shot down, ‘This is for you guys.’”
- Norman Bussell German POW

40. Unbroken - Epilogue Interview with Watanabe Catharsis – a healing,
cleansing, or release
Interview with Watanabe
Louie running for
USC in the late 1930’s.
Louie carrying the torch in the 1998 Olympics
in Nagano, Japan.

41. Unbroken – Final Questions
All One Line Poems should have submitted through Classroom by now.
Get a Chromebook. Log on to Classroom and complete the assignment: Unbroken Final Questions with Letter.
Be sure to write your responses in complete sentences, develop your answers fully and scroll down to complete the letter portion.
This will count as your final quiz for the book and your last grade of the third marking period.
Catharsis – a healing,
cleansing, or release

42. Japanese Internment Camps

43. Japanese Internment Camps
Get a Chromebook. Log on to Classroom and complete the assignment: Unbroken - Japanese Internment Camps -Written Responses
Read the short story and view the documents attached. Then complete the written responses.
This will be your first grade for the fourth marking period.
Be sure to finish yesterdays’ questions from Unbroken if those have not been submitted.