Lesson One
What is Pearl Harbor?
Lesson Focus: The focus
of lesson one is to provide the student with background knowledge of the causes
and the effects of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Time to complete: Approximately two
fifty minute class periods.
Grade level: 7
Lesson objectives:
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The student will demonstrate the ability to use
graphic representations as a means of organizing information and events
logically.
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The student will demonstrate the ability to summarize
information that he or she receives from nonprint sources.
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The student will demonstrate the ability to use a
variety of resources, including technology to access information.
·
The student will demonstrate the ability to use print
and nonprint sources to support ideas used in his/her own writing.
Lesson procedure:
After reading chapter one of Farewell to Manzanar, students will
consider and discuss Mama’s question “What is Pearl Harbor?” The students will
then complete a KWL chart on the bombing of Pearl
Harbor. This should be done as whole-class discussion.
After completion of the KW part of the
KWL chart, students will view a PowerPoint presentation on the bombing of Pearl
Harbor. As they watch and listen they should make notes in the last column of
the KWL chart. Have students work in
small groups or pair them up to discuss
what they learned from the presentation. Bring students back together as a
whole class to discuss what was learned from the PowerPoint. Complete the KWL
chart as a whole class.
Upon completion of the KWL chart and
discussion, the students will complete the graphic
organizer (with a partner or independently) noting the causes and effects
of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Independent Writing Assignment:
Imagine that you are a Japanese-American
living on the coast of California in December, 1941. Write a letter to a
relative living on the East Coast of the United States describing the bombing
of Pearl Harbor and the effect it is having on you and your family. Be sure to
use your KWL chart and your cause/effect graphic organizer for accurate
details. Your paper will be assessed according to the writing rubric.