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A perfect Minute to introduce students to the events that brought the United States into the second world war, Amy Nathan finds a unique angle to get kids thinking. |
English/Language Arts
Explore grammar - prepositional phrases
The opening paragraph of this Minute begins and ends with a prepositional phrase followed by the main clause of each sentence. Use this opportunity to re-introduce prepositions - the definition, a list of the common ones, and a mini-lesson on how they behave. Need a refresher yourself? No worries. Check out Grammar Bytes, Grammar Revolution, or choose your own favorite grammar go-to site.
Social Studies
Explore US History - 20th Century
Use this Minute to introduce students to the events of December 7, 1941 at Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor. A perfect Minute to introduce students to the events that brought the United States into the second world war, Author Nathan finds a unique angle to get kids thinking.
Explore gender roles - 20th century
As Author Nathan points out, female and pilot were not words that belonged together during the early days of aviation. Have students use this Minute to begin their exploration of the change in gender roles brought about by the US entry into WWII. students can explore occupations not traditionally available to females prior to the war, and then examine the change in roles as a large portion of the male population left the domestic workforce to enlist in the Service. Compare occupation statistics from before and after the War and hypothesize about the underlying causes.
Explore geography
Get out your globe and take a look at the distances between the continental US and Japan. Why do you think Hawaii was the first bombed by the enemies in the war? Time for some critical thinking! Give your students a globe to check out the locations of Japan and Honolulu so they can start doing some thinking about why Hawaii was a Japanese target.
Research Skills
Explore Great websites
This is Amy Nathan’s second Minute about aviation history. If your students share her passion, send them searching on the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum website. Have them explore the site trying out different keywords and phrases to see how many articles they can find about the WASP pilots, or any other questions they may have after reading this Minute.
Explore grammar - prepositional phrases
The opening paragraph of this Minute begins and ends with a prepositional phrase followed by the main clause of each sentence. Use this opportunity to re-introduce prepositions - the definition, a list of the common ones, and a mini-lesson on how they behave. Need a refresher yourself? No worries. Check out Grammar Bytes, Grammar Revolution, or choose your own favorite grammar go-to site.
Social Studies
Explore US History - 20th Century
Use this Minute to introduce students to the events of December 7, 1941 at Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor. A perfect Minute to introduce students to the events that brought the United States into the second world war, Author Nathan finds a unique angle to get kids thinking.
Explore gender roles - 20th century
As Author Nathan points out, female and pilot were not words that belonged together during the early days of aviation. Have students use this Minute to begin their exploration of the change in gender roles brought about by the US entry into WWII. students can explore occupations not traditionally available to females prior to the war, and then examine the change in roles as a large portion of the male population left the domestic workforce to enlist in the Service. Compare occupation statistics from before and after the War and hypothesize about the underlying causes.
Explore geography
Get out your globe and take a look at the distances between the continental US and Japan. Why do you think Hawaii was the first bombed by the enemies in the war? Time for some critical thinking! Give your students a globe to check out the locations of Japan and Honolulu so they can start doing some thinking about why Hawaii was a Japanese target.
Research Skills
Explore Great websites
This is Amy Nathan’s second Minute about aviation history. If your students share her passion, send them searching on the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum website. Have them explore the site trying out different keywords and phrases to see how many articles they can find about the WASP pilots, or any other questions they may have after reading this Minute.
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