Circle Prep: Why are we watching Restrepo? Why are we reading Montana, 1948?
Circle: 1) Cold call, answer the questions. 2) Would you be willing to die to help build a road in Afghanistan?
Introduce: Globalization vs. Nationalism
Reading: Montanan, 1948
Unit: Globalism -- "Retrepo"
Learning Target: I can explain what is like to be deployed in a combat zone. I can explain how globalization leads to the need for military intervention.
Learning Target: I can explain what is like to be deployed in a combat zone. I can explain how globalization leads to the need for military intervention.
We will be watching the film Restrepo -- a documentary about soldiers' experiences in Afghanistan in 2009. After watching this, you will understand the personal cost to globalism.
1) Watch the segment -- put yourself in their shoes.
2) Look for evidence that will help you explain what it is like to live in a combat zone.
4) Repeat for the next segment.
Unit: Economics -- Globalization Writing
What would you care about if you were there?
Who would you be fighting for?
Given the poverty of Afghanistan, do you feel any obligation to help them?
Are you a globalist or a nationalist?
Future:
Learning Target: I can summarize the Allegory of the Cave and explain how it pertains to my life.
Finish Plato's Allegory of the Cave--Puppet Show in the Middle
First, we will read this text after looking up Socrates.
1) We will read a section of the text and model the kind of discussion you will have at your table.
2) Take notes on the provided document.
3) We will read more text.
4) You will have private conversations at your table.
5) Volunteers to explain.
6) Write translations in the box.
7) Repeat until done.
First, we will read this text after looking up Socrates.
1) We will read a section of the text and model the kind of discussion you will have at your table.
2) Take notes on the provided document.
3) We will read more text.
4) You will have private conversations at your table.
5) Volunteers to explain.
6) Write translations in the box.
7) Repeat until done.
Show video.
Puppet Show
Learning Target: I can summarize the Allegory of the Cave and explain how it pertains to my life.
Puppet
We will finish the connections in the grid.
We will finish the connections in the grid.
1) Allegory of the cave row.
2) Create a row for Montana, 1948
3) Question -- if shadows aren't real, is there anything that is? What would you do?
Moral Dilemmas
Learning Target: I can make decisions based on a personal philosophy
1) Take this
2) Share out
3) Question: if we were trying to make the world a better place, what would be the just decision?
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