Unit Title: Hiroshima

Grade Level: 10th Grade

Timeframe: 1 Week
Unit Designer: Sarah Kelley

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Final Project

Presentation

ELD Standard: Standard: Standard: Standard: Standard: Standard:

ELD: ​11. ELD: 1 ​ 1. ELD: 1 ​ 1. ELD: 1 ​ 1. ELD: 1 ​ 1. ELD: 1 ​ 1.
Justifying/argui Justifying/argui Justifying/argui Justifying/argui Justifying/argui Justifying/argui
ng a. Justify ng a. Justify ng a. Justify ng a. Justify ng a. Justify ng a. Justify
opinions or opinions or opinions or opinions or opinions or opinions or
persuade persuade persuade persuade persuade persuade
others by others by others by others by others by others by
making making making making making making
connections connections connections connections connections connections
and distinctions and distinctions and distinctions and distinctions and distinctions and distinctions
between ideas between ideas between ideas between ideas between ideas between ideas
and texts and and texts and and texts and and texts and and texts and and texts and
articulating articulating articulating articulating articulating articulating
sufficient, sufficient, sufficient, sufficient, sufficient, sufficient,
detailed, and detailed, and detailed, and detailed, and detailed, and detailed, and
relevant textual relevant textual relevant textual relevant textual relevant textual relevant textual
evidence or evidence or evidence or evidence or evidence or evidence or
background background background background background background
knowledge, knowledge, knowledge, knowledge, knowledge, knowledge,
using using using using using using
appropriate appropriate appropriate appropriate appropriate appropriate
register. register. register. register. register. register.

Objective: Objective: Objective: Objective: Objective: Objective:

Once students Once students Once students Once students Once students Once students
partake in class partake their read their produce their complete their complete their
reading, assigned assigned work for their formative formative
students will be reading, chapter, designated assessments assessments
able to justify students will be students will be reading circle throughout the throughout the
opinions or able to justify able to justify positions, week, students week and
persuade opinions by their opinions students will be will be able to submit their
others by making by making able to justify justify their proposal,
making connections connections opinions by opinions by students will be
connections and distinctions and distinctions making making able to justify
and distinctions between ideas between ideas connections connections their opinions
between ideas and text by and text by and distinctions between ideas by making
and texts and articulation articulation of between ideas and texts and connections
articulating sufficient sufficient and text articulating between ideas
sufficient textual evidence articulating relevant textual and texts and
textual evidence by through relevant textual evidence or articulating
evidence viewing producing their evidence using background relevant textual
through image photojournalis work for their appropriate knowledge to evidence or
take away m pieces from designated register during produce their background
activity, where the article and reading circle their fishbowl “Final Project - knowledge to
they’re inspired consider position. exercise. Hiroshima present their
by the text to accurate and Presentation Final Project,
formulate an concise Proposal.” where they
image and captions. answer if the
caption. end justifies
the means.

ELA Standard: Standard:

1.5 Synthesize 1.5 Synthesize
information information
from multiple from multiple
 sources and sources and
identify identify
complexities complexities
and and
discrepancies discrepancies
in the in the
information information
and the and the
different different
perspectives perspectives
found in each found in each
medium (e.g., medium (e.g.,
almanacs, almanacs,
microfiche, microfiche,
news sources, news sources,
in-depth field in-depth field
studies, studies,
speeches, speeches,
journals, journals,
technical technical
documents). documents).

Objective: Objective:
Once students Once students
complete their complete their
formative formative
assessments assessments
throughout the throughout the
week and week and
submit their submit their
proposal, proposal,
students will be students will be
able to able to
synthesize synthesize
information information
from multiple from multiple
sources and sources and
identify identify
complexities in complexities in
the information the information
and the and the
different different
perspectives perspectives
found in each found in each
medium, in medium, in
order to order to
produce their present their
“Final Project - Final Project,
Hiroshima where they
Presentation answer if the
Proposal,” end justifies
where students the means.
synthesize their
learning
through
addressing the
prompt.

CCSS Standard: Standard: Standard: Standard:

CCSS:​ 6. CCSS:​ 6. CCSS:​ 6. CCSS:​ 6.
Analyze a Analyze a Analyze a Analyze a
particular point particular point particular point particular point
of view or of view or of view or of view or
cultural cultural cultural cultural
experience experience experience experience
 reflected in a reflected in a reflected in a reflected in a
work of work of work of work of
literature from literature from literature from literature from
outside the outside the outside the outside the
United States, United States, United States, United States,
drawing on a drawing on a drawing on a drawing on a
wide reading of wide reading of wide reading of wide reading of
world world world world
literature. literature. literature. literature.

Objective: Objective: Objective: Objective:

Once students Once students Once students Once students
partake in class read their produce their complete their
reading, assigned work for their formative
students will be chapter, designated assessments
able to analyze students will be reading circle throughout the
a particular able to positions, week and
point of view or analyze a students will be submit their
cultural particular point able to analyze proposal,
experience of view or a particular students will be
reflected in a cultural point of view or able to analyze
work of experience cultural a particular
literature from reflected in a experience point of view or
outside of the work of reflected in a cultural
U.S. through literature from work of experience
image take outside the US literature from reflected in a
away activity, through outside the US work of
where they’re producing their during their literature
inspired by the work for their fishbowl outside the
text to designated exercise, where U.S., in order
formulate an reading circle they analyze to present their
image and position. their assigned Final Project,
caption. chapter. where they
answer if the
end justifies
the means.

VAPA Standard: Standard:

4.1Articulate 4.1Articulate
how personal how personal
beliefs, cultural beliefs, cultural
traditions, and traditions, and
current social, current social,
economic, and economic, and
political political
contexts contexts
influence the influence the
interpretation interpretation
of the meaning of the meaning
or message in or message in
a work of art. a work of art.

Objective: Objective:
Once students Once students
partake their complete their
assigned formative
reading, assessments
students will be throughout the
able to week and
articulate how submit their
personal proposal,
beliefs, cultural students will be
traditions, and able to
current social, articulate how
 economic, and personal
political beliefs, cultural
contexts traditions, and
influence the current social,
interpretations economic, and
of artwork by political
viewing contexts
photojournal- influence the
ism pieces from interpretation
the article and of artwork, in
consider order to
accurate and present their
concise Final Project,
captions. where they
answer if the
end justifies
the means.

Assessment Formative Formative Formative Formative Formative Summative

Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment

- Vocabulary - Develop an 8 - Read their - Participate in - Write out the - Present final
Prediction word summary assigned a fishbowl “Final Project - project
Activity of the LIFE chapter regarding their Hiroshima
article lit circle roles Presentation
- Draw one - As a group, Proposal”
image with a - Rotate eight student read
caption to photos around their chapter
summarize the room and and complete
your final in groups, write their reading
takeaway a detailed, 2-3 circle tasks
sentence
caption for
each photo