1. English IV Dual Enrollment Historical Narrative

2. Objectives Students will define cultural analysis. Students will define cultural analysis. Students will analyze the effectiveness of various cultural analysis essays. Students will analyze the effectiveness of various cultural analysis essays. Students will write a cultural analysis essay. Students will write a cultural analysis essay.

3. GLES W.1.A.9-12 ? W.1.A.9-12 ?

4. Introduction What is a historical narrative? What is a historical narrative? historical = dealing with the past historical = dealing with the past narrative = telling a story narrative = telling a story Anticipatory Set

5. Lesson/Activities/Procedures Read “How You Became You” by Bill Bryson. Journal. Write 1-2 pages (typed): To what extent does Bryson’s essay qualify as a historical narrative? Why do you think he presents this information in this style? Read “How You Became You” by Bill Bryson. Journal. Write 1-2 pages (typed): To what extent does Bryson’s essay qualify as a historical narrative? Why do you think he presents this information in this style? Lesson Type & Pages from text

6. Lesson/Activities/Procedures Read “from Superfreakonomics.” Journal. Read “from Superfreakonomics.” Journal. Answer the following questions in about one handwritten page: Answer the following questions in about one handwritten page: How does the essay begin? Why is this effective? How does the essay begin? Why is this effective? How does the essay make the past relevant to the reader? How does the essay make the past relevant to the reader? Style should always be closely related to audience, topic, and purpose. Explain the author’s choice to use a more informal style in this essay. Style should always be closely related to audience, topic, and purpose. Explain the author’s choice to use a more informal style in this essay.

7. Lesson/Activities/Procedures Before you begin today’s reading, write a one page reflection on the bombing of Hiroshima in World War II. What do you know about it? What facts can you recall? How do you feel about the bombing? Then read “Hatsuyo Nakamura” John Hersey and “Hiroshima” by John Berger. Write a 2-3 page paper in which you explain how each of the two essays changed or reaffirmed your understanding of the events surrounding the bombing. Before you begin today’s reading, write a one page reflection on the bombing of Hiroshima in World War II. What do you know about it? What facts can you recall? How do you feel about the bombing? Then read “Hatsuyo Nakamura” John Hersey and “Hiroshima” by John Berger. Write a 2-3 page paper in which you explain how each of the two essays changed or reaffirmed your understanding of the events surrounding the bombing.

8. Lesson/Activities/Procedures Read “This is the End of the World: The Black Death” by Barbara Tuchman and “Love Canal and the Poisoning of America” by Michael Brown. Journal on each. Each of these writers tells the story of public health issues in a specific historical setting. Research another health- related issue that impacted a large number of people at a specific time in a specific place. Create a detailed outline for an essay that tells the story. Write the first two pages of the essay. Read “This is the End of the World: The Black Death” by Barbara Tuchman and “Love Canal and the Poisoning of America” by Michael Brown. Journal on each. Each of these writers tells the story of public health issues in a specific historical setting. Research another health- related issue that impacted a large number of people at a specific time in a specific place. Create a detailed outline for an essay that tells the story. Write the first two pages of the essay. Lesson Type & Pages from text

9. Historical Narrative Paper A narrative essay is an essay that tells a story. That covers quite a bit of ground, but for this assignment you will be writing a formal narrative essay based on an event in our nation’s history that you believe has often been misrepresented. You will be working to tell the story accurately, dispelling common misconceptions in the process. Don’t let the word “story” fool you: this is still a nonfiction essay. A narrative essay is an essay that tells a story. That covers quite a bit of ground, but for this assignment you will be writing a formal narrative essay based on an event in our nation’s history that you believe has often been misrepresented. You will be working to tell the story accurately, dispelling common misconceptions in the process. Don’t let the word “story” fool you: this is still a nonfiction essay. 5-6 pages. Three non-internet sources. (Google Books, Ebscohost, etc. do not count as internet sources for this purpose.) Sources must be in MLA format. 5-6 pages. Three non-internet sources. (Google Books, Ebscohost, etc. do not count as internet sources for this purpose.) Sources must be in MLA format. Lesson Type & Pages from text

10. Peer Review Complete an extensive peer review one of your classmate’s papers using Microsoft Word’s comment feature. Complete an extensive peer review one of your classmate’s papers using Microsoft Word’s comment feature. Then, write a 2-page paper explaining 1) what works about the paper and why and 2)what doesn’t work, why, and how to fix it. Be specific and include examples and explanation. Then, write a 2-page paper explaining 1) what works about the paper and why and 2)what doesn’t work, why, and how to fix it. Be specific and include examples and explanation. To refer to the third sentence of the fifth paragraph, write 5.3. To refer to the third sentence of the fifth paragraph, write 5.3.

11. Resources Rosa, Alfred and Paul Eschholz. Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition, 9 th Edition. Bedford/St. Martin’s:Boston, 2007. Rosa, Alfred and Paul Eschholz. Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition, 9 th Edition. Bedford/St. Martin’s:Boston, 2007.

12. Closure Students will participate in a peer review of one another’s essays in which they discuss the effectiveness of the thesis statements. Students will participate in a peer review of one another’s essays in which they discuss the effectiveness of the thesis statements.