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Unit Objectives:
Students will:
- familiarize themselves with the history and importance of Veterans Day in the United States
- research and share details of similar commemorations in their native country
- compare and contrast veteran commemorations in their native country to Veterans Day in the United States
- engage in academic conversations via video conferencing with students in Brazil
- discussions will include presidential election results as well as Veterans Day celebrations in the United States and abroad
- daily exit tickets will be completed in order to gauge understanding
ELP Standards:
Standard 1: Social and Instructional Language
Standard 2: Language of Language Arts
Standard 5: Language of Social Studies
Standard 1: Social and Instructional Language
Standard 2: Language of Language Arts
Standard 5: Language of Social Studies
Appetizer (Listening/Reading/Connections/Writing):
History of Veteran's Day
- Together as a class, students will discuss prior knowledge of Veterans Day and its origins
- Share your prior knowledge here.
- Class discussion about Veterans Day in the United States.
- After learning about the history and origin of Veteran's Day, students will compare and contrast a similar commemoration in their native country.
- Students will submit their comparisons in writing and can choose any of the following tools to submit their work.
- T-Bar Template (Google Doc)
- Venn Diagram (Classtools)
- Through random selection, students will work with a partner to research answers to their assigned questions on this Veterans Day scavenger hunt. NOTE: This assignment will be revisited in December.
- Students will have the opportunity to trade their randomly assigned topic with other students.
- Questions and answers will be prepared using the tool of choice and submitted in Blackboard Learn.
Using the tool of choice, students will develop a presentation on a commemoration in their native country that is comparable to Veterans Day in the United States.
Students will orally share the following information. NOTE: Visual aid will contain graphics to illustrate the information shared, but it should not be written on the slide.
- Name of the holiday/commemoration
- When is it commemorated
- Who exactly is honored?
- How is it commemorated?
- Is there a special place that people go for the commemoration?
- A memory of this day or personal anecdote.
- Sources must be cited either on the slide or at the end.
- There is no minimum number of slides.
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