1. World War II
M. Wagner
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2. Why are we learning about a war during English class?

3. Courage In Life & Literature
Unit Title:
How can reading about the courage of real people inform our understanding of determined literary characters?
Essential Questions:
Real People
Winston
Churchill
Anne Frank

4. Courage In Life & Literature
Unit Title:
Essential Questions:
How can reading about the courage of real people inform our understanding of determined literary characters?
How does reading a variety of texts affect our understanding of historical events?
Historical
Events
WWII
Holocaust

5. Take a moment and brainstorm everything you already know about WWII.
World War II K W L
Take a moment and brainstorm everything you already know about WWII.

6. World War II Give One, Get One:K W L
Give One, Get One:
Quickly share your idea(s) with a neighbor.
If you don’t have any ideas, this is a chance for you to get one from a neighbor.

7. World War II What questions do we have about WWII?K W L
Record the questions ,
as the class brainstorms what we want to know!
What questions do we have about WWII?

8. Adolf Hitler
As you watch consider:
How does this mini-biography affect your understanding of World War II?

9. How did this mini-biography
on Hitler affect your understanding of World War II?

10. Graphic representations of time
Timelines:
Graphic representations of time

11. In what ways are timelines and number lines alike?

12. Exploring An Interactive Timeline
Close Reading Of A Timeline: See-Think-Wonder
Spend 6 minutes exploring the website / timeline.
Find one event with which you were able to connect.
Read about at least 3 events that you were not familiar with and be able to summarize each in 1 sentence.

13. World War II What have you learned aboutWWII?K W L
Record information you learned about World War II.
What have you learned aboutWWII?

14. Mini-Biography of Hitler
How does reading a variety of texts affect our understanding of historical events?
Mini-Biography of Hitler
Variety of Texts
Interactive Timeline
Historical Event
WWII