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8.4.1 Build Background Knowledge: Lessons from Japanese American Internment
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In this module, students explore the topic of Japanese American internment. As in previous modules, in Lesson 1 of Unit 1, students discover the topic by examining multiple artifacts. They are then introduced to the culminating performance task and the guiding questions of the module (What were the causes and impacts of Japanese American internment camps? What are the main lessons that can be learned from Japanese American internment? How can people effectively apply the lessons of internment to their own communities?). In the second lesson, students begin reading their anchor text, Farewell to Manzanar, a literary memoir that chronicles the experiences of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and her family before, during, and after the incarceration of Japanese Americans in internment camps by the US government during World War II. Throughout the unit, they track connections and distinctions among individuals, ideas, and events in the text and answer selected and constructed response questions about vocabulary and language to consider meaning in the text. This work prepares students for the Mid-Unit 1 Assessment. Additionally, students are introduced to the film adaptation of Farewell to Manzanar in Lesson 4, in which they watch the first of four segments of the film and begin to track the extent to which the film Farewell to Manzanar stays faithful to or departs from the text.

In the second half of the unit, students continue to read Farewell to Manzanar while tracking connections and distinctions in the text. Students also continue to watch the film adaptation of Farewell to Manzanar and analyze how the film stays faithful to and departs from the text. Students focus their analysis on how the film portrays significant ideas from the text, including the ways in which Jeanne and her family members are impacted by internment. This work helps to prepare students for the literary argument essay they will write in Unit 2. Students also review past experiences with collaborative discussions in earlier modules and engage in practice that targets relevant speaking and listening skills in advance of a collaborative discussion during the End of Unit 1 Assessment. During the assessment, students synthesize their learning in the unit by engaging in a QuickWrite before participating in a discussion centered on the following question: what were the causes and impacts of Japanese American internment camps?

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English Language Arts
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EL Education
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05/17/2024
8.4.2 Write a Literary Argument: Significant Ideas in Farewell to Manzanar
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In this unit, students continue to explore the topic of Japanese American internment and analyze how significant ideas from Farewell to Manzanar are conveyed in the film adaptation of the text. In the first half of the unit, students read part 2 of Farewell to Manzanar and continue to track connections and distinctions between individuals, ideas, and events in the text and answer selected and constructed response questions about connection and distinctions, point of view, vocabulary, and language to consider meaning in the text. For example, students consider how the authors use figurative language to make a connection between the narrator Jeanne Wakatsuki’s baton and her father to convey Jeanne’s anger toward her father. This work prepares students for the Mid-Unit 2 Assessment. Students also watch the third segment of the film adaptation of Farewell to Manzanar in Lesson 3 and continue to track the extent to which the film Farewell to Manzanar stays faithful to or departs from the text.

In the second half of Unit 2, students read the final chapters of Farewell to Manzanar while tracking connections and distinctions in the text and finish watching the film adaptation of Farewell to Manzanar. For the End of Unit 2 Assessment, students choose a significant idea from Farewell to Manzanar and write a literary argument essay to evaluate how effectively the film conveys this significant idea. In preparation for this assessment, students analyze a model essay that centers on how the film conveys the significant idea that Jeanne Wakatsuki’s youth impacts her understanding of events in the text. They will then plan and draft a practice essay with partners to evaluate how the film conveys the significant idea that Jeanne’s father feels deeply conflicted loyalties, both to Japan and to America. Finally, they will plan and draft their assessment over a series of scaffolded lessons.

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English Language Arts
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EL Education
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05/17/2024
8.4.3 Investigate, Discover, and Apply Lessons from Japanese American Internment
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In this unit, students focus on understanding key lessons from Japanese American internment. In the first half of the unit, students read a series of informational texts to understand the redress movement and the long-term impact and effects of Japanese American internment. From their reading of these texts, students generate enduring lessons from internment and then find evidence from the anchor text, Farewell to Manzanar, and other supplemental texts read in Unit 2 to deepen their understanding of these lessons. For example, students will use text-based evidence to identify the lesson that in times of terrible struggle, people can draw strength from their identities and communities. They also engage in collaborative discussions. This work prepares students for the Mid-Unit 3 Assessment, a text-based discussion on lessons from Japanese American internment and the redress movement.

In the second half of Unit 3, students explore modern activism and how lessons from Japanese American internment are being applied today. Students research and interview local community organizations to understand how their work connects to lessons from Japanese American internment. For example, students might explore how an organization that helps refugees embodies lessons from Japanese American internment. For the End of Unit 3 Assessment, students deliver presentations in triads on the community organizations they have selected. Students then prepare for the final performance task of the module: the Activist Assembly. During the Activist Assembly, students participate in focus groups with other triads of students and guests (family, friends, and community members) to uplift the work of the organizations they researched and to further consider how lessons from Japanese American internment can be applied today.

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English Language Arts
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EL Education
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05/17/2024
8.4 Earth in Space
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How are we connected to the patterns we see in the sky and space? Humans have always been driven by noticing, recording, and understanding patterns and by trying to figure out how we fit within much larger systems. In this unit, students begin observing the repeating biannual pattern of the Sun setting perfectly aligned between buildings in New York City along particular streets and then try to explain additional patterns in the sky that they and others have observed. Students draw on their own experiences and the stories of family or community members to brainstorm a list of patterns in the sky. And listen to a series of podcasts highlighting indigenous astronomies from around the world that emphasize how patterns in the sky set the rhythms for their lives, their communities, and all life on Earth, and these are added to their growing list of related phenomena (other patterns in the sky people have observed).

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Science
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OpenSciEd
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01/26/2024
8.4 Lessons from Japanese American Internment
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In Module 4, students learn about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. They study the experiences of survivors of internment, focusing most centrally on the experiences conveyed in the anchor text, Farewell to Manzanar. This memoir, told through the eyes of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, chronicles the experiences of her and her family at the Japanese American internment camp Manzanar. Through close examination of this text and of other supplemental texts that provide context about the impact of internment, students deepen their understanding of this dark time in history and of the lessons that can be learned from it.

In Unit 1, students are introduced to the anchor text. They analyze how the text makes connections among and distinctions between important individuals, ideas, or events, tracking these connections and distinctions in a note-catcher. They also begin to develop an anchor chart to highlight significant ideas that emerge from the text, including the ways in which Jeanne and her family members are impacted by internment. To further develop the background knowledge needed to interpret the events described in the text, students examine images and primary source documents that center on other Japanese American internment experiences. Also in Unit 1, students watch two segments of the Farewell to Manzanar film. They focus on key moments, noting the extent to which the film stays faithful to or departs from the text. Students also examine how significant ideas from the text are conveyed in the film. The assessments of the unit evaluate students’ abilities (a) to analyze the connections and distinctions made in a new chapter of the text and (b) to discuss the causes and impacts of Japanese American internment in a collaborative discussion.

In the first half of Unit 2, students finish reading the anchor text and watch the two final segments of the Farewell to Manzanar film. They continue analyzing connections and distinctions, identifying significant ideas, and evaluating the film’s depiction of events in the text. They also analyze the points of view of different individuals in the text. The Mid-Unit 2 Assessment challenges students to demonstrate these analytical skills with a new chapter of the text. In the second half of Unit 2, students revisit the Painted Essay® structure to analyze a model literary argument essay that addresses the following prompt: One significant idea in the text Farewell to Manzanar is that Jeanne’s youth impacts her understanding of events in the text. How effectively does the film Farewell to Manzanar convey this significant idea? Using a similar prompt about the significant idea that Papa feels conflicted loyalties to both the United States and Japan, students write collaborative argument essays that prepare them to produce their own independent argument essays during the end of unit assessment. These essays work with the same question but invite students to choose a different significant idea on which to focus.

In the first half of Unit 3, students engage with supplemental texts that help them better understand the impact and legacy of internment. First, students read about the efforts of some Japanese Americans to seek redress, or reparations, for their incarceration. Then, they read about the negative psychological effects of internment and about the protests of internment survivors against modern-day migrant detention centers. With these supplemental texts as well as the anchor text in mind, students develop a list of “lessons from internment”: enduring understandings that can be taken away from the study of Japanese American internment. For the Mid-Unit 3 Assessment, students collaboratively discuss these lessons from internment and how they are embodied by the redress movement. In the second half of Unit 3, students apply this learning to their own communities. They conduct research about and then interviews with activist organizations whose work embodies, in some way, these lessons of internment. Students present their findings during the End of Unit 3 Assessment.

For their performance task, students participate in small group discussions during the “Activist Assembly.” With classmates and members of the local community, students discuss the best ways to apply lessons from internment to their own communities, using evidence from their research of local organizations to support their ideas.

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English Language Arts
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EL Education
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05/17/2024
8.5 Genetics
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Why are living things different from one another? This unit on genetics starts out with students noticing and wondering about photos of two cattle, one of whom has significantly more muscle than the other. The students then observe photos of other animals with similar differences in musculature: dogs, fish, rabbits, and mice. After developing initial models for the possible causes of these differences in musculature, students explore a collection of photos showing a range of visible differences.

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Science
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01/26/2024
8.6 Natural Selection & Common Ancestry
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How could things living today be connected to the things that lived long ago? At the beginning of this unit, students hear about the surprising fossil of an ancient penguin (nicknamed “Pedro”) in a podcast from the researchers who found and identified the fossil. Students analyze data about modern penguins and Pedro to develop initial explanations for how these penguins could be connected. They brainstorm about 1) Where did all the ancient penguins go? 2) Where did all the different species of modern penguins come from? and 3) What other organisms alive today might also be connected to organisms that lived long ago?

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Science
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01/26/2024
Access
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In this free tutorial, learn how to enter, manage, and search through large amounts of data in an Access database.

Lessons include: (1) Introduction to Databases. Learn all about an Access database and how it works. (2) Introduction to Objects. Learn about each of the four objects in Access to understand how they interact with each other to create a fully functional relational database. (3) Getting Started in Access. Familiarize yourself with the Access environment, including the Ribbon, Backstage view, Navigation pane, Document Tabs bar, and Record Navigation bar. (4) Managing Databases and Objects. Learn how to to open and close an Access database, as well as how to open, close, and save objects.

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Business and Communication
Technology
Material Type:
Lesson
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GCFGlobal
Date Added:
04/02/2024
Access 2010
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In this free Access 2010 tutorial, learn how to enter, manage, and search through large amounts of data in an Access database.

Lessons include: (1) Introduction to Databases. Learn all about an Access database and how it works. (2) Introduction to Objects. Learn about each of the four objects in Access to understand how they interact with each other to create a fully functional relational database. (3) Getting Started in Access. Familiarize yourself with the Access environment, including the Ribbon, Backstage view, Navigation pane, Document Tabs bar, and Record Navigation bar. (4) Managing Databases and Objects. Learn how to to open and close an Access database, as well as how to open, close, and save objects.

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Business and Communication
Technology
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Lesson
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GCFGlobal
Date Added:
04/02/2024
Access 2013
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In this free Access 2013 tutorial, learn how to enter, manage, and search through large amounts of data in an Access database.

Lessons include: (1) Buying Office. If you're thinking about buying Office 2013, there are a few things you should consider before your purchase. (2) Understanding Office 365. Learn what you need to know about Office 365, a subscription-based version of Office 2013.

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Business and Communication
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GCFGlobal
Date Added:
04/02/2024
Access 2016
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In this free Access 2016 tutorial, learn how to enter, manage, and search through large amounts of data in an Access database.

Lessons include: (1) Introduction to Databases. Learn all about an Access database and how it works. (2) Introduction to Objects. Learn about each of the four objects in Access to understand how they interact with each other to create a fully functional relational database. (3) Getting Started in Access. Familiarize yourself with the Access environment, including the Ribbon, Backstage view, Navigation pane, Document Tabs bar, and Record Navigation bar. (4) Managing Databases and Objects. Learn how to to open and close an Access database, as well as how to open, close, and save objects.

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Business and Communication
Technology
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Lesson
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GCFGlobal
Date Added:
04/02/2024
Accounts & Passwords
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Learn the basics of creating online accounts, including creating secure passwords and keeping accounts secure. This Beginner lesson is approximately 20 mins.

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Technology
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Lesson
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DigitalLearn
Date Added:
03/20/2024
Adapting to Change
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In this free tutorial, learn some tips to help you adapt to unexpected changes that may occur in your life.

Lessons include: (1) Change: Reacting, Then Responding. Learn some tips for coping with change.

Subject:
21st Century Skills
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Lesson
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GCFGlobal
Date Added:
04/02/2024
Addition and Subtraction
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Learn the basics of addition and subtraction, then practice what you've learned using our interactives.

Lessons include: (1) Introduction to Addition. Learn the basics of addition, then use our interactives to practice what you've learned. (2) Adding Two- and Three- Digit Numbers. Learn how to add two- and three-digit numbers, then use our interactives to practice what you've learned. (3) Video: Addition. In this video, you'll get the basics down of adding numbers.

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Mathematics
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Lesson
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GCFGlobal
Date Added:
04/02/2024
Aerospace Engineer
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Fly into high-tech career exploration as you learn about careers with satellites, airplanes and flying cars of the future!
See the Lab Squad kids’ report for this career in Support Materials +

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Career and Technical Education
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PBS LearningMedia
Date Added:
04/16/2024
Algebra Topics
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Learn how to use exponents and negative numbers, read and write algebraic expressions, solve equations and word problems, and more.

Lessons include: (1) Order of Operations. Learn how to use the order of operations to solve algebraic equations. (2) Exponents. Learn all about exponents, which are numbers that have been multiplied by themselves. (3) Negative Numbers. Learn all about negative numbers, which are any number less than zero. (4) Reciprocals and Inverse Numbers. Learn about reciprocal and inverse numbers and how they work.

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Mathematics
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Lesson
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GCFGlobal
Date Added:
04/02/2024
American Revolution Choice Board
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This choice board, created from Google Slides, includes 20 different eBooks about the American Revolution. These eBooks will help build background knowledge on Ohio's Learning Standards for 8th Grade Social Studies on the American Revolution. Share this choice board directly with students and allow them to choose the eBooks they would like to read to learn more about the topic.

Subject:
American History
Social Studies
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Interactive
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Provider:
INFOhio
Author:
INFOhio Staff
Date Added:
04/11/2024
Android Basics
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Use this free Android tutorial to get started with your device, manage your privacy and settings, add and delete contacts, and keep it running smoothly.

Lessons include: (1) Android: Frequently Asked Questions. Get answers to the most common questions about Android devices.

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Technology
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Lesson
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GCFGlobal
Date Added:
04/02/2024
Applying for Jobs Online
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This course looks at the process of filling out and submitting a job application and includes tips and advice for completing an application. This Intermediate lesson is approximately 14 mins.

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Technology
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Lesson
Provider:
DigitalLearn
Date Added:
03/20/2024
Aprenda Inglês
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If Portuguese is your native language and you want to learn English online, use this tutorial to learn commonly used English words.

Lessons include: (1) Aprenda Inglês. Use this interactive tutorial to learn English if your native language is Portuguese.

Subject:
English Learners
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
GCFGlobal
Date Added:
04/02/2024