3-minute fiction: Use one of the following lines to inspire a short story. Include the line anywhere in your story.
Daymé Arocena from Cuba
Respond to the music in this performance. Here are some prompts to think about: I noticed_____about the music/musicians… One word that describes this music is… Another word would be... The mood of this music is... The music/musician made me feel...because... This reminded me of… I was surprised when… I wonder… This music is like____. One question I have about this is... The theme or message of this is… because... Describe this picture and then answer the following questions:
What's Going on in this Picture? What do you see that makes you say that? What else do you see? 1. Watch two short videos about Matt Black a. Meet the Journalist: Matt Black b. Water Crisis in Central Califormia 2. Answer one of the essay questions provided on the Reflecting and Projecting sheet. National Standards: Framework for Social Studies D2 Geo.2.9-12. (I will be able to...) Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their political, cultural and economic dynamics. USA. Flint, Michigan. 2016. The site of former "Buick City," which once provided 80,000 automotive manufacturing jobs in Flint. In 2010, the United Nations declared that clean drinking water is a human right. Regardless of where one lives or how much money one has, one has the right to safe water. Do you agree with the United Nations point of view. Why or why not? Have you experienced any kind of water crisis, from drinking water toxicity, flooding, or drought. If so, what was the experience like? Have you heard about any of the water crises affecting the United States this past year in the news.
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Since early 1941 the U.S. had been supplying Great Britain in its fight against the Nazis. It had also been pressuring Japan to halt its military expansion in Asia and the Pacific. With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. could no longer avoid an active fight. On December 8, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt asked Congress for and received a declaration of war against Japan. On December 11, Germany and Italy, allied with Japan, declared war on the U.S. The United States had entered World War II. Choose from the following prompts: 1. We heard President Roosevelt describe the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor as “a day that will live in infamy….” Infamy means disgrace, dishonor, or great wickedness. What do you think were the various emotions of Americans in the first hours and days after they heard the news of the attack? Why? 2. It is believed that after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who was one of the most famous Japanese naval admirals, said, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” What do you think the admiral meant? Do you think he feared what the United States would do? 3. Joe had finished the letter to Nancy, tucking it with care under his pillow on the hard bunk when a tremendous crash… |
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