Overview of Lesson Plan: In this lesson, students critique three Web logs, each of which offers first-hand accounts, but reflect different points-of-view, on the war in Iraq.
The author's ear for Iraqi despair, fury and violation is keen, even as he manipulates the book's ideological posturing to reflect different points of view.
Benchmarks: Understands why policies should be designed to guide the use and management of Earth's resources and to reflect multiple points of view; Understands contemporary issues in terms of Earth's physical and human systems Language Arts Standard 1- Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the writing process.
Benchmarks: Understands why policies should be designed to guide the use and management of Earth's resources and to reflect multiple points of view; Understands contemporary issues in terms of Earth's physical and human systems Behavioral Studies Standard 1- Understhats that group and cultural influences contribute to human development.
Benchmarks: Understands why policies should be designed to guide the use and management of Earth's resources and to reflect multiple points of view; Understands contemporary issues in terms of Earth's physical and human systems (CTSS – 'social', '9-12'geo6'o6') Language Arts Standard 1- Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the writing process.
Benchmarks: Understands why policies should be designed to guide the use and management of Earth's resources and to reflect multiple points of view; Understands contemporary issues in terms of Earth's physical and human interactions with it Science Standard 11- Understands energy types, sources, and conversions, and their relationship to heat and temperature.
Benchmarks: Understands why policies should be designed to guide the use and management of Earth's resources and to reflect multiple points of view; Understands contemporary issues in terms of Earth's physical and human interactions with it Science Standard 16- Understands the scientific enterprise.
Benchmarks: Understands why policies should be designed to guide the use and management of Earth's resources and to reflect multiple points of view; Understands contemporary issues in terms of Earth's physical and human systems Language Arts Standard 4- Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
Benchmarks: Understands why policies should be designed to guide the use and management of Earth's resources and to reflect multiple points of view; Understands contemporary issues in terms of Earth's physical and human interactions with it (CTSS – 'social', '9-12'geo5'o5') This lesson plan may be used to address the academic standards listed above.
Benchmarks: Understands why policies should be designed to guide the use and management of Earth's resources and to reflect multiple points of view; Understands contemporary issues in terms of Earth's physical and human systems (CTSS – 'social', '9-12'geo6'o6') Language Arts Standard 4- Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
