Questions to guide us...
Big Idea Questions....
What is a social issue?
Why are there conflicts in society?
How do periods of war impact society?
Why do issues occur in society?
What is a value?
What happens when values conflict?
How do conflicting values cause social issues?
How do we resolve conflicts when values differ between groups of people?
Essential Skills
Students will be able to recognize their own values and explore points of view of others.
Students will be able to communicate (represent) the impact of war on society.
Targeted Outcomes:
CP8. 4
CP8.5
CP8.6
CR8.1
CR8.2
*CH8.1
Assessments:
Peer Evaluation for group planning and work.
Reflection responses
Rubric for peer evaluation
Title/Tasks…
A. “Values Exploration and Obtaining What You Want” Drama Activity/Discussion
1. Concept web – Exploring Social issues… What is a social issue? What do I value?
As a class share responses to this question on the board or break into small groups and write responses to the question above, then share as a class.
2. Big Question to Guide us… What are my core values?
3. Other Questions for Discussion:What do people value? What are people willing to do to get what they value?
What will people do to get money?
What will people do to get power?
What will people do to get popularity?
**Groups will brainstorm answers to these questions... OR...Each group will be given a question to brainstorm responses to...
4. Guide discussion into how disagreements lead to conflicts, which can lead to war...
What happens when values conflict? (An argument can lead to a fight, which leads to a battle, which leads to war).... What happens when it's countries who have a fight?
B. From Photos to Tableau - "Looking at the Perspective of Children During War"
Photograph – Westminister British Columbia
http://www.theprovince.com/technology/This+History/5473173/story.html
"WAIT FOR ME DADDY"
File photo of 'Wait for me Daddy' photograph by Claud Detloff. As soldiers march off to war in June 1940, Warren Bernard, 5, reaches for his father Private Jack Bernard of the Duke of Connaught's own Rifles. Taken on Eighth Street in New Westminster, BC. Claud Detloff was a Province photographer and he sold the copyright of this image to the National Archives of Canada.
Read more: http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/This+History/5473173/story.html#ixzz1f9N9cfUE
Lesson Details...
Activity - Bring the Tableau to Life…
Students use this photo of a starting point to guide them in creating a Tableau from the boy's perspective.
Questions to Ponder...What's going on in the photo? Who is the boy? Who is the man reaching out to him? What is going on in both of their minds? If the man is the boy's father, what did the mother tell the boy about where his dad was going?
Students: Take 1 minute to discuss in small groups of 3-4 students, then create a short 30 second tableau where students are going to "freeze frame" the moment in the photo... The freeze can take place at any point in the tableau. Remember that with the Tableau you want to "capture a significant moment in time"
C. So What's it Like to live in a War?
Play on-line role play game… http://www.playagainstallodds.com/ – transition activity into “The Escape”
Drama in Context – to create an experience to relate to children’s experience with escaping invasion… focus on developing empathy.
What's it like to to escape? Set up the classroom with many chairs scattered around the room (or desks), then blind fold 6 students... One blindfolded student will become a "soldier" (use the same army as seen in the on-line game, playagainstallodds.com... corrupt...) and another a person will be a guide trying to escape with a small group of 4 students who are blindfolded (all are escapees) . The objective of the "game" or dramatization is that the "escapee" must lead a group of other blindfolded "escapees" out of danger without getting caught by the "soldier". They must be very quiet and careful not to disturb chairs... or they will get caught. As an added challenge and to create the sense of war... the teacher will play sound effects which simulate a war situation... See the following sites as inspiration... (all from Youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XZ7atFoaD4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfFdItIEqJg
D. Explore the Life of a Child Who Lived During War
Anne Frank House/Annex Tour (see on-line tour: www.annefrank.org)
OR Boy in the Striped Pajamas OR explore resistence “fighter” Helmuth Hubener see YOUTUBE VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cto6mRGInk&feature=player_embedded#!
Culminating Task:
Create a dramatic scene from WWII based on the drama in context - “The Escape…”
Group created activity…
Resources:
Life of a refugee… (today’s perspective)
http://www.playagainstallodds.com/
Life in WWII
Heroes of the Holocaust – Helmuth Hubener
Youtube video on Helmuth Hubener
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cto6mRGInk&feature=player_embedded#!
The Boy Who Dared – Life of Helmuth Hubener
Or see Nelson Mini-Series, “Step Up” unit
Anne Frank
http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/
Virtual Tour of Auschwitz
http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/z/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=35
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