Diary Entries and Common Core

[Anonymous]

In US History, when do students usually learn about World War 2? Quarter 4?

[Anonymous]

I think the diary entries we reviewed in the course are an excellent source to fulfill certain common core requirements. They make such an excellent primary source to really get into the perspectives of the individuals of the time period, which seems too often a literature that is overlooked. I definitely plan to use the literature introduced by Yamashita in my courses regarding looking at tone, diction, historical content, and for the purpose of comparing to other Western works.

[Anonymous]

Big change is coming! Common Core and writing a well crafted essay or paragraph, based on evidence, including using strategies talking to the text, citing evidence directly related from the text. Students, examine historical texts from across time while incorporating technology. Analysis of historical and biographical narratives an effective way to spark interest in writing and reading across disciplines. Reading about other peoples' accounts from other eras, is a personal experience and a satisfying intellectual task.

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

Diary entries and Common Core

The diary entries provide a great opportunity for a cross curricular unit- English and History.
While students learn about World War 2, the diary entries give an authentic voice to the people and their experience that will be engaging for students.

Here are some Lang Arts standards that could be used for this unit.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.

[Anonymous]

I teach US History and I just started my unit on WWII this week. I am going to use journal diaries with my class. The textbooks are terrible and don't personalize these struggles at all. I want the students to have human perspective from multiple perspectives. I'm going to especially focus on the experience of the homefront; both in Japan and in the US. What drove the the average person in each country to elist and fight for their emperor/empire.

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