Tuesday - April 22, 2014

Activity #1:
We will finish the HERO presentations.

So far we have learned about . . .

Here is a poem about Odysseus. . . home was not as expected.

http://www.famousliteraryworks.com/tennyson_ulysses.htm
Activity #2
War Art

What pictures did you find?
A. Share at your table.
B. Select one person from each table to share with the class. These must be on CANVAS.

Activity #3
We have not yet listened to any music associated with war.

1. Revolutionary War
2. Civil War
3. World War I
4. World War II
5. Korean War
6. Vietnam War
7. Iraq/Afghanistan

Join one of the seven groups.
A. Listen to at least three songs from your era.
B. Locate the lyrics
C. Tell how the lyrics relate to the war and the era. (If you don't know about the war or the era, do a bit of quick research.
D. Prepare to share one song with the class. Share how the lyrics relate to the war and the era. Consider:
 1. Why the song was popular
2. How it was representative of the war
3. Why it fit the time period. (What was going on in the world aside from the war?)
4. Explain why or why not the song would be popular today.

Homework

Start thinking about a possible topic for the final essay.

• The music of war
• Honoring those who died
• War in art
• War in movies or on stage
• Those left behind
• Preparing for battle
• Survival
• Why We Fight
• Unlikely Heroes
• A personal hero
• The need for heroes
• War at home
• Returning home after war
• Military cemeteries/burial places (Punch Bowl, Arlington, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier etc.)
• Celebrations or parades
• Weapons
• PTSD
• The cost of war
• Your idea . . . this is not a finite list.

Select a topic. Create a mind-map or brainstorm bulleted list of all that you know about the topic. Decide what you want to say. Post the mind-map or brainstorm bulleted list in CANVAS by Thursday. (25 pts.)

Start conducting research now.

For the paper that will result from this, you will need the following:
1. An art selection or photograph
2. At least two interviews with family, friends, classmates, or others
3. A quotation from literature or music
4. A news link or history link
5. Reference to a play, movie, or television show
6. A graph or chart
7. References to at least two reliable sources of information: articles, books, pamphlets, government reports, magazine or newspaper articles, etc.