Ken Burns The Civil War: Day 2

  EQ: What were the effects of the 1860 Presidential election?

Engage:

•  Vocabulary

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Election of 1860
3. Democratic Party
4. Republican Party
5. Abolitionist
6. Secession

Explore:

•  Ken Burns: The Civil War Secessionitis

Explain:

1. In 1860, which political party was split over the issue of slavery?
2. Why did some southerners support a movement for secession?
3. Why did South Carolina call for a convention after the 1860 election?
4. What was Abraham Lincoln’s initial political platform?

Extend: 

• PBS Ken Burns in the Classroom The Civil War site

Ken Burns The Civil War: Day 1

  EQ: How did sectionalism help lead to civil war?

 Engage:

•  Vocabulary

1. Harriet Beecher Stowe
2. Uncle Tom's Cabin
3. Bleeding Kansas
4. Dred Scott

Explore:

•  Ken Burns: The Civil War (Prime Video) 

Explain:

1. During the mid-19th century, southerners and northerners both had fears around slavery. What did many southerners fear? What did many northerners fear?
2. What threatened to upset the “delicate equilibrium of power”?
3. In the course of three months how many men died in Bleeding Kansas? How long did the events around Bleeding Kansas continue?
4. In 1857 the Supreme Court refused to free an enslaved person. What was his name? What was the reasoning?
5. At the end of the video, President Abraham Lincoln called the nation “A House Divided.” What did he mean by this?

Extend: 

• PBS Ken Burns in the Classroom The Civil War site

 

Map of Australia

   

EQ: What are some of the major landforms of Australia? 

Engage:

• Geography Now Australia

Explore:

• Topographic Map of Australia

Explain:

      Label the following on the map:

1. Indian Ocean
2. Southern Ocean
3. South Pacific Ocean
4. Tasmania
5. Great Sands Desert
6. Gibson Desert
7. Great Victorian Desert
8. Tanami Desert
9. Hamersley Range
10. Great Dividing Range
11. Flinders Ranges
12. Nullarbor Plain
13. Great Artesian Basin
14. Cape York Peninsula
15. Barkly Tableland

 Evaluate:

• Label and color the map of Australia

Sub-Saharan Africa: Foo

  EQ: What are some of the traditional foods found in South Africa?

Explore:

•  Gordon Ramsey: Uncharted Wilds of South Africa (Disney+)

Explain:

•  What are some traditional foods Gordon discovers on his trip?
• How are traditional foods cooked in South Africa?
• Would you like to eat some of the foods that are made in the show?

Evaluate:

Vocabulary:

• wetland
• cloud forest
• rural
• river basin
• tropical
• desert

Sub-Saharan Africa: Petra

  

EQ: What is the city of Petra?

Engage:

• How a Jordanian Princess is Saving the Ancient City of Petra (11:58) 60 Minutes Australia

Explore:

• Petra's Hidden Origin (45:00) Disney+

Explain:

• Who made Petra?
• Why was Petra abandoned?
• How has Petra remained unchanged for so long?
• When was Petra started?

Evaluate:

Australia: Outback House

EQ: What was life really like in Australia?

 

Engage: Vocabulary

• drought
• global warming
• seminomadic
• continent
• volcano
• vegetation
• Aborigine
• earthquake
• cyclone
• urbanization
• arid
• subsistence farming
• greenhouse effect
• indigenous
• deforestation

Explore:

• Outback House video

Explain:

• What was life like for ranchers?
• Who are the Aboriginal Australians?
• What are the resources of Australia
• How have the people adapted to varying climate and terrain?
• How has human activity damaged the environment in Australia?

 

Evaluate:

Sub Saharan Africa Map

  

 EQ: What countries inhabit the continent of Africa?

Engage:

• Africa Destination World (2:50) Nat Geo Kids

Explore:

• Map of Africa

Explain:

• What countries are in Africa?
• What capital cities are in the nations of Africa?
• What oceans surround Africa?

Evaluate:

• Draw and Label the continent of Africa
• Label all the nations in Africa
• Label all the capitals in the nations in Africa
• Label the Oceans around Africa
• Color the map

Life in the West

  

EQ: What was life really like in the west?

Engage: Vocabulary

• forty-niners
• vaquero
• missionary
• reservation
• Mormons
• Oregon Trail
• Santa Fe Trail

Explore:

• Lure of the West
• Endless Labor on the Farm
• Traders and Fortune Seekers
• Frontier House Part 1 video
• Rushing Toward Riches
• Claiming Native Tribal Lands
• A New Wave of Immigrants
• Texas Ranch House video
• The Mormon Trail to Salt Lake City
• Expanding Into the Southwest
• The Struggle for Freedom in the West
• Opportunities, Gender, and Challenges in the West
• Texas Ranch House Episode 2 video

Explain:

• What was life like for farmers?
• What events attracted settlers to New Mexico and California
• What was life like for a miner?
• Why were Native Americans forced onto reservations?
• Why did Asians immigrate to California?
• Why did Mormons relocate?
• Who were America's first cowboys?

Evaluate:

• Comparison Chart

People and Culture of North Africa and Southwest Asia: Iran

  

EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

 Engage:

• Iran: Yesterday and Today Rick Steves
• Vocabulary

1. Arabic
2. Aramaic
3. Hebrew
4. Kurds
5. Berbers
6. Persians

Explore:

• Many Ethnicities and Languages
• Kurdistand: A Nation without a Country

Explain:

• How do ethnicities and languages unite and divide the region?
• How have ethnic differences led to conflict in the Kurdish regions of Southwest Asia?

Evaluate:

Cut Paper Presidential Portrait

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/painting-the-presidents/

EQ: Which President will you choose to make a portrait of?

Engage:

• Presidential Portraits

Explore:

•   Torn Paper Portrait

Explain:

•  Choose a President from 1824-1859 and look at their picture.

Evaluate:

• Create a torn paper portrait of your chosen President.