Week 5 Lesson
History
New York Times article:
Lawmakers begin Push to Give Bush Authority on Iraq, By Alison Mitchell
this article can show the decisions that go toward going to war.
Lesson Title: The Attack on Pearl Harbor: November 7, 1942
Bell Ringer:
Does anyone know what this is a picture of?
Have you seen something like this before?
Objectives
1. Students will know who attacked us on December 7, 1942.
2. They will know how many people died because of the attack.
3. They will know how many men and women died while trapped in the Arizona.
4. Students will know how historical of a day this day became and try to relate it to the attacks we faced on 9/11/01.
5. Students will learn about how devastating Pearl Harbor was to Americans physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Practice and Application (Anticipatory Set)
1. Do you know what these pictures are of?
2. Do you know what the significance of the one on the right is?
Closing:
Students will write a brief essay on how they think Pearl Harbor is related to 9/11 or to how the US wants to go to war with Iraq.