Thanks!

Thanks for all your dedication, hard work and smiles this year. Remember to study for the final!

Period 5:

Period 6:

Period 7:

Vietnam: Daughter from Danang

Agenda 5/30-6/30:

Students began watching the film Daughter from Danang. They took notes comparing and contrasting American and Vietnamese culture. At the end they wrote a series of letters from the perspectives of the people featured in the film and one from their perspective to the people in the film.

HOMEWORK:
Daughter from Danang Letters - DUE Friday 6/7 - Turn in on a separate piece of paper.

Daughter from Danang:

Vietnam

Agenda 5/28:

1. Complete Checkpoint #8
2. Finish Vietnam Tea Party
3. Read article comparing Vietnamese and American culture

HOMEWORK:

China Political Cartoons - DUE NOW

Tank Man

Agenda 5/21:

1. Students compared and contrasted Google and Google China search results.
2. Students completed viewing Tank Man.
3. Students began brainstorming to create a political cartoon about Communist China.

HOMEWORK:

Tank Man Political Cartoon - DUE Tuesday 5/28

China and Free Press: Censor It - DUE Thursday 5/23

Tank Man:

Tiananmen Square 1989

Today students began studying the student protests in Tiananmen Square, Beijing in 1989. Students started by comparing and contrasting two paintings of Tianamen. After, they began watching a documentary about the event, The Tank Man [below]. They took notes with this worksheet while they watched.

HOMEWORK:
China and Free Press: Censor It - DUE Thursday 5/23

Tiananmen Square Preview:


The Tank Man:

Watch The Tank Man on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.