6. Teacher
Support Materials
MD VSC:
E.1. Apply and
refine comprehension skills through a
variety of texts including traditional print and electronic texts.
E.1.a Listen to
critically, read, and discuss texts representing
diversity in content, culture, authorship,
and perspective, including areas, such
as race, gender, disability, religion, and socio-economic background.
Objective: Students will read
and learn about Japanese
life in internment camps in order to
write about personal feelings and emotions.
Differentiation:
Pair students together to support struggling readers.
Provide copies of
all text to highlight student information.
Variety and range
of web sites provided to assist different
levels of readers.
Learning Styles:
Field Dependent…….social
content material
Field Independent…..new
concepts
Kinesthetic…..playing
games
Tactile……writing
Reflective…..journals
Global
Understanding……stories and anecdotes
Time Management
Strategies:
This is one 45 minute
lesson.
Extra time may be
allotted for examination of sites in
enrichment activity.
Teacher Note:
You may want to
make copies in advance of Slide 4
for note taking.
The enrichment
activity on Slide 5 “Dear Miss Breed…” is a unique view of correspondences from internment camp children.
Created by, Catherine
Knight
Copyright 2006,
Baltimore County Public Schools, MD,
All rights reserved.
Lesson based on Jamie
McKenzie’s Slam dunk Lesson module available at: