History and Social Studies: 11.7.3; Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the unique contributions of the special fighting forces (e.g., the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat team, the Navajo Code Talkers). 11.7.6 Developments in
Aviation Describe major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine and the war's impact on the location of American industry and use of resources.
Literature and Language Arts: Reading
Informational Materials 2.3 Verify and clarify facts presented in other types of expository texts by using a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents . Reflective
Composition 2.3 Write reflective compositions:
Skills
Analyzing
text Critical
thinking Cause
and
effect Expository
critique Making
inference Visual
analysis Write
reflective
composition Research
Examine
the
origins
of
American
involvement
in
the
war,
with
an
emphasis
on
the
events
that
precipitated
the
attack
on
Pearl
Harbor.
Explain
U.S.
and
Allied
wartime
strategy,
including
the
major
battles
of
Midway,
Normandy,
Iwo
Jima,
Okinawa,
and
the
Battle
of
the
Bulge.
Identify
the
roles
and
sacrifices
of
individual
American
soldiers,
as
well
as
the
unique
contributions
of
the
special
fighting
forces
(e.g.,
the
Tuskegee
Airmen,
the
442nd
Regimental
Combat
team,
the
Navajo
Code
Talkers).
Analyze
Roosevelt's
foreign
policy
during
World
War
II
(e.g.,
Four
Freedoms
speech).
Discuss
the
constitutional
issues
and
impact
of
events
on
the
U.S.
home
front,
including
the
internment
of
Japanese
Americans
(e.g.,
Fred
Korematsu
v.
United
States
of
America)
and
the
restrictions
on
German
and
Italian
resident
aliens;
the
response
of
the
administration
to
Hitler's
atrocities
against
Jews
and
other
groups;
the
roles
of
women
in
military
production;
and
the
roles
and
growing
political
demands
of
African
Americans.
Describe
major
developments
in
aviation,
weaponry,
communication,
and
medicine
and
the
war's
impact
on
the
location
of
American
industry
and
use
of
resources.
Discuss
the
decision
to
drop
atomic
bombs
and
the
consequences
of
the
decision
(Hiroshimaand
Nagasaki).
Analyze
the
effect
of
massive
aid
given
to
Western
Europe
under
the
Marshall
Plan
to
rebuild
itself
after
the
war
and
the
importance
of
a
rebuilt
Europe
to
the
U.S.
economy.
2.0
Reading
Comprehension
(Focus
on
Informational
Materials)
Students
read
and
understand
grade-level-appropriate
material.
They
analyze
the
organizational
patterns,
arguments,
and
positions
advanced.
The
selections
in
Recommended
Literature,
Kindergarten
Through
Grade
Twelve
illustrate
the
quality
and
complexity
of
the
materials
to
be
read
by
students.
In
addition,
by
grade
twelve,
students
read
two
million
words
annually
on
their
own,
including
a
wide
variety
of
classic
and
contemporary
literature,
magazines,
newspapers,
and
online
information.
Structural
Features
of
Informational
Materials 2.1
Analyze
both
the
features
and
the
rhetorical
devices
of different
types
of public
documents
(e.g.,
policy
statements,
speeches,
debates,
platforms)
and
the
way
in which
authors
use
those
features
and
devices.
Comprehension
and
Analysis
of
Grade-Level-Appropriate
Text
2.2 Analyze
the way in which clarity
of meaning is affected by
the patterns of organization,
hierarchical structures,
repetition of the main ideas,
syntax, and word choice
in the text. 2.3
Verify
and
clarify
facts
presented
in
other
types
of
expository
texts
by
using
a
variety
of
consumer,
workplace,
and
public
documents.
2.4 Make warranted
and reasonable assertions
about the author's arguments
by using elements of the
text to defend and clarify
interpretations.
2.5 Analyze an author's
implicit and explicit philosophical
assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
2.3
Write reflective
compositions:
a. Explore the significance
of personal experiences, events,
conditions, or concerns by
using rhetorical strategies
(e.g., narration, description,
exposition, persuasion).
b. Draw comparisons between
specific incidents and broader
themes that illustrate the
writer's important beliefs
or generalizations about life.
c. Maintain a balance in describing
individual incidents and relate
those
incidents to more general
and abstract ideas.
Your
writing
will
be scored
on how
well
you
meet
the
criteria
of the
criteria
of the
reflective
composition
writing
application
standard:
Explore
the
significance
of
a
personal
experience,
event,
condition,
or
concern
by
using
rhetorical
strategies
(e.g.,
narration,
description,
exposition,
persuasion).
Draw
comparisons
between
specific
incidents
and
broader
themes
that
illustrate
the
writer’s
important
beliefs
or
generalizations
about
life.
Maintain
a
balance
in
describing
individual
incidents
and
relate
those
incidents
to
more
general
and
abstract
ideas.