Wednesday, May 8,

Objective: By the end of class, students will summarize and compare history with current events.

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QUIZ
Open text book to page 381-382. Take test practice for the four Einstein articles.

Direct Instruction

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View Obama speech regarding North Korea. 

Read together article on "OBAMA - North Korea has failed Again." Use active reading strategies to decipher information.

1. Put comments in margins where you make personal connections.
2. ANNOTATE. This means: 
Put a ? near a sentence or word you may not understand. 
Put a + where you agree with something
Put a - when you disagree. 
Put a !! when something surprises you. 
Circle important statements.  

Summerize the article in 4-5 sentences.

There are many similarities between the cold war (USA and Soviet Union) and the current events between North Korea and USA. Use the following questions to guide you to write a a compare / contrast in paragraph form between cold war and current events.  Minimum - 7 sentences.

1. What type of government was Soviet Union? North Korea?

2. What did Soviet Union threaten? What is North Korea threatening?

3. How did the USA react to Soviet Union? How did that work out?

4. How is the USA reacting to the North Korean threat? Is this similar to what we did during cold war?

5. What do you expect might happen in our current situation with North Korea?